we know neverland runs on belief so maybe the reason PP doesn’t let anyone leave is because it will then weaken NL, the more people he has at NL the stronger NL/he is? And the reason he takes children is beacuse they have the strongest beliefs, they haven’e experiences the harshness of life and lost hope in certain things… once doubt creeps in…
I like this! Cynical adults don’t make for reliable believers.
Taking Wendy may have been part of PP’s plan to get Bae in order to get Henry. Once Wendy came back from NL all distraught, Bae would have taken it upon himself to protect the family. And when the Shadow returned it again threatened the Darling Family but Bae stepped in, just like PP was hoping Bae would do and then it took him.
I have no doubt that that’s exactly why Wendy was taken, and brought back.