Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11464223-20131118032545/@comment-3536695-20131118065525

I feel like Peter is very bipolar, and has some identity problems, at least the way he's been written.

First, we see him say to Rumple in "Nasty Habits": "Everyone you love has left, haven't they? Your wife, Milah, not to mention your own father." and "Deep down, you're just an unloved, lonely lost boy."

Secondly, in "Ariel": "Have you forgiven your father?" and then him basically telling him to leave Neverland and go back to Storybrooke or he'll die.

Then tonight: "I never forgot about you. Why do you think I call myself 'Peter Pan'?" and then trying to convince him to stay in Neverland so they can be together.

It doesn't make sense to me. First, "you are unloved" then, "I never forgot about you"; "Leave" to "Stay".... I'm so confused.

And also, the way he refers to himself in the third person like that. Most likely trying to distance himself from Rumple so he can retain his youth BUT STILL, it's really weird.

Also, Malcolm was not near as smart as Peter. And they're supposed to be the same person. When I saw Malcolm trying to get his way, it was cheap card tricks and urging his son to tears. When Peter tries to gets his way, he creates mind games, uses his brain, tricks upon tricks, genius upon genius. He manipulates with ease. Malcolm just seemed like a crazy man. He didn't even seem childlike to me, he just seemed crazy. Though, one thing I liked was that his laugh reminded me of EF Rumplestiltskin, after Bae fell through the portal.

I just can't connect Peter and Malcolm as one in the same.