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Someone on Tumblr brought up an interesting theory...

The reason Peter may have been refering to himself in third person in Nasty Habits and Ariel is because he no longer believes himself to be Malcolm. He's just Peter Pan. The name is just a nostalgic keepsake. And in Think Lovely Thoughts, time was about to run out and the sand in the hourglass was almost gone. So maybe the reason he began saying stuff to Rumple like "You mean my great grandson?" "I never forgot about you!" "Come live on Neverland with me. We can have a fresh start." is because he was slowly starting to become Malcolm again. But by gaining Henry's heart, he stopped the process.