[aaron695]

Trump being Peter Pan certainly jumped the shark

I will admit it's darker than I realized -

  “I am old, Peter. I am ever so much more than twenty. I grew up long ago.”
  “You promised not to!”
  “I couldn’t help it. I am a married woman, Peter.”
  “No, you’re not.”
  “Yes, and the little girl in the bed is my baby.”
  “No, she’s not.”
  But he supposed she was; and he took a step towards the sleeping child with his dagger upraised. Of course he did not strike. 

Of course?

  Big Little Panther, a brave of so many scalps that in his present position they somewhat impede his progress

Lines like this are funny, because kids don't think too hard about what a scalp is. Like raping and pillaging it's good exposure to adult topics in a fun way (David Mitchell on raping and pillaging - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJqEKYbh-LU)

Book - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16

[r9550684]

I think the only reason pen's gratuitous violence stands out is because the tropes and the narrative structure are outdated. a trigger happy scrapper is played for laughs in children's cartoons today, but the joke is telegraphed so that there's no confusion. j.m. barrie instead relies on the reader's ability to keep context in long form.