I think that PP needs Henry’s figurative heart rather than his literal heart. You’ve heard the expression, “He’s full of heart” which means someone is full of life, confidence, courage, or in this case perhaps, belief. Probably, Pan needs Henry’s belief to rub off on himself and the other Lost Boys, which is why they’re playing games. In ‘Hook’ Peter had grown up and lost his belief, so he couldn’t imagine the food in front of him, but then the Lost Boys were full of imagination and the food they were pretending to eat suddenly manifested to PP when he allowed himself to believe again.
I’ll agree it could go this way, but given Felix’s “it’s your lucky day boy, you get to live,” line when Bae is discovered to NOT be Henry, I really think Henry has to fork over his physical heart willingly.
I still think there is more to Felix than just PP’s head lackey.
I’m torn about this. On the one hand I can see why people would think that, we’ve had a lot of Felix interaction. But on the other hand, why would they usurp PP’s role in the Neverland mythology by placing someone of their own creation at the head of it all? This is the NL story, it makes sense that PP is the big baddie. Someone may be pulling his strings but I don’t see it being Felix.
There is no question that Felix is just as devious and malevolent as PP, but to me this is like Lucius Malfoy and Voldemort. Sure, individually they are both extremely scary but you put them side by side and Malfoy pales in comparision to Voldie. This is why I really want some Felix and PP interaction.