History Literature / LostGirls

* ActionGirl: [=JoAnne=], who when threatened with the idea of facing murderous pirates, [[KnifeNut gleefully picks up a knife]] and rushes off towards them. She gives Smee a good stab and is the only girl who actually gets a hit in on a pirate.

* KnifeNut: [=JoAnne=], to a degree. It's hard to tell since the whole story is only about twenty pages long, but given the way she immediately reacts when presented with a weapon and an easy target...

* [[RecycledInSpace Recycled With FEMINISM!]]: Pretty much the premise.

A YoungAdult novella-length feminist spin on ''PeterPan'', featured in the short story anthology ''Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast''. It deconstructs the gender roles present in the original ''Peter Pan'' with a heavy dose of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic metaphor]].

Darla is a girl who is upset at the chauvinistic undertones of the original ''PeterPan''. She [[OrWasItADream dreams]] that Peter Pan spirits her away to Neverland and discovers that the hierarchy of the Lost Boys and Lost Girls is based upon oppression. With forces from both sides opposing her, she does her best to change the way that things have always been done.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:[[invoked]] The entire novella is a AlternativeCharacterInterpretation {{Deconstruction}} of the characters from PeterPan.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of ''PeterPan'', of course.

--> Darla wiped her eyes, and spoke right to Peter. "My name is not Wendy," she said clearly. "It's Darla."
--> Peter looked at her, and there was nothing nice or laughing or young about his eyes. They were dark and cold and very very old.
-->Darla shivered.
-->"Here you're a Wendy," he said.

* SelfInsert: In-universe with Darla entering the world of ''PeterPan'' after objecting to the implicit message of the story.

** Peter cautions Darla against this when she tries to win equal rights for the Lost Girls. See the quote at the top of the page.

* [[spoiler: RealAfterAll:]] The whole story turns out to be this. See [[spoiler: OrWasItADream]] for more details.

If you are looking for the television series, see ''Series/LostGirl''

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Peter cautions Darla against this when she tries to win equal rights for the Lost Girls. See the quote at the top of the page.

Written by Creator/JaneYolen and winner of the 1998 NebulaAward.

** Peter Pan is a creepily FauxAffablyEvil (Yolen completely takes the Hero out of SociopathicHero) [[TheBully bully]] who kidnaps little girls partly out of a [[OlderThanTheyLook sort of]] [[MayflyDecemberRomance pedophilic lust]], and partly to [[StayInTheKitchen do the housework]].

Written by JaneYolen and winner of the 1998 NebulaAward.

If you are looking for the adult-themed GraphicNovel by AlanMoore, see ''Comicbook/LostGirls''. Heaven forbid you ever confuse the two.

* RealMenHateSugar: Inverted; Darla ''hates'' all the greasy sugary foods that Peter insists they eat.

* RealMenHateSugar: Darla ''hates'' all the greasy sugary foods that Peter insists they eat.

* BechdelTest: Passes with flying colours. The girls in this book talk to each other about their rights, their pasts and all sorts of other things.

* SociopathicHero: The original portrayal of Peter as kind of a HeroicSociopath is subverted. In ''Lost Girls'' he's more of a VillainWithGoodPublicity, manipulating all the sheeplike Lost Boys and Lost Girls into doing what he wants them to with a casual disregard for their happiness, individuality or safety.

* HeroicSociopath: The original portrayal of Peter as kind of a HeroicSociopath is subverted. In ''Lost Girls'' he's more of a VillainWithGoodPublicity, manipulating all the sheeplike Lost Boys and Lost Girls into doing what he wants them to with a casual disregard for their happiness, individuality or safety.

** Peter Pan is a creepily FauxAffablyEvil (Yolen completely takes the Heroic out of SociopathicHero) [[TheBully bully]] who kidnaps little girls partly out of a [[OlderThanTheyLook sort of]] [[MayflyDecemberRomance pedophilic lust]], and partly to [[StayInTheKitchen do the housework]].

** Peter Pan is a creepily FauxAffablyEvil (Yolen completely takes the Heroic out of HeroicSociopath) [[TheBully bully]] who kidnaps little girls partly out of a [[OlderThanTheyLook sort of]] [[MayflyDecemberRomance pedophilic lust]], and partly to [[StayInTheKitchen do the housework]].

A [[YoungAdultAndChildrensLiterature Young Adult]] novella-length feminist spin on ''PeterPan'', featured in the short story anthology ''Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast''. It deconstructs the gender roles present in the original ''Peter Pan'' with a heavy dose of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic metaphor]].

If you are looking for the television series, see ''LostGirl''

* AbusiveParents: Darla doesn't have any, but many of the Lost Girls had fathers that beat them or mothers that left them.

* SelfInsert: In-universe with Darla entering the world of ''PeterPan'' after objecting to the implicit message of the story.

* [[RecycledInSpace Recycled With FEMINISM!]]

** Peter is the head of the Lost Boys who wants to use the Lost Girls as a workforce for the most undesirable tasks. However he does not want to acknowledge them as individuals or to give them equal status and a fair share of the reward.

If you are looking for the adult-themed GraphicNovel by AlanMoore, see Comicbook/LostGirls. Heaven forbid you ever confuse them.

* HeroicSociopath: The original portrayal of Peter as kind of a HeroicSociopath is subverted. In ''Lost Girls'' he's more of a VillainWithGoodPublicity, manipulating all the sheeplike LostBoys and LostGirls into doing what he wants them to with a casual disregard for their happiness, individuality or safety.

If you are looking for the adult-themed GraphicNovel by AlanMoore, see LostGirls. Heaven forbid you ever confuse them.

A [[YoungAdultAndChildrensLiterature Young Adult]] novella-length feminist spin on Peter Pan. Written by JaneYolen and winner of the 1998 NebulaAward.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation

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