Oh good I'm not the only one lol
Hmm. I think I'd agree with that, but I'm not sure?Bee wrote: ↑Sat 20 Nov, 2021, 11:14 pmThe Captain Flies
I'm really torn on this one. I think it's a powerful poem, but I... don't like the implication that one should feel pity for Captain Hook. It's been so long since I've read or watched Peter Pan, I don't remember enough to judge how solid this interpretation of the character is, but I'm leaning towards not. It feels more like a reimagination, kwim?
Usually I kinda hate the "sympathetic reimagining of a villain" things, actually (like ugh, Wicked, and Cruella, and worst of all Maleficent) so you pointing that out has given me something to really think about re: my response to the poem.
I think the line there is... this isn't presented as "Captain Hook isn't so bad actually", at least not any more sympathetic than in the original material, so much as a different perspective of him. It's not telling me I should feel bad because Hook is a disabled man with PTSD - or at least I don't feel like it is - and it's not telling me that any of it justifies his bitterness and hatred. It feels more like it highlights his obsession with vengeance than justifies it.
I actually went and read the plot synopsis of the book on Wikipedia just now to make sure I wasn't missing any details and... I still have no idea what the last verse of the poem is talking about??? Which makes it hard to really get a grasp of the whole poem because it's clearly building up to that point and like, structurally and tonally it feels really good but I don't know what's happening.
Yeah the first time I started it I was confused too, but then I scrolled back to the top to reread to try to figure out what I was missing and caught the quote at the top and went "oooooohhh".Bee wrote: ↑Sat 20 Nov, 2021, 11:17 pmOh, so that's what that was about? I really didn't know what to make of those portions.InspectorCaracal wrote: ↑Sat 20 Nov, 2021, 10:55 pmI really liked this one, although I don't think I would've appreciated it as much if it hadn't been for the header quote. For one thing, I wouldn't have made the connection to the italicized verses being PT stretches, and I think that connection is somewhat integral to the entire tone of the poem.
I'm not entirely sure why they're there, what the tonal or narrative purpose or intent of including them was, but I am sure that's what they are.