I’m still rather partial to my theory of Neverland standing in for the Pleasure Island chapter of Pinocchio’s life, but I like this as well. He’d have to have a very loose connection to THO for Tamara to do what she did in “Selfless, Brave and True”, though.
I’m intrigued by this notion because it would help explain how August knew that Neal was Bae without having to introduce new people or give some off the wall explanation. Simple: They were together on Neverland. And perhaps PP didn’t want Pinocchio because he doesn’t have a shadow as a wooden boy (maybe?) or his shadow wouldn’t be as valuable/useful as real boys’ shadows.
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"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"