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There is Peter Pan as J.M. Barrie wrote him and there is Peter Pan as adapted in movies and plays. What most people think is Peter Pan is based on movies which only show part of the story that's in the book.

There are two groups of 'lost boys'. One is children who are playing at being adult in Neverland, Toodles, and Slightly and the twins, John and Michael Darling. The other group of "lost boys" are the pirates.

When the 'lost boys' grow up, the book says, Peter kills them. They becomes responsible adults in the real world and forget all about Neverland. What about those boys who refuse to leave Neverland? Peter says they become the "pirates" if they stay after they grow up. They are immature, cowardly boys in men's body. Captain Hook is not from the dregs of society. He was educated at Eton. He is an English gentleman in outward appearance, but inside is no better than an outlaw, a criminal, a pirate. He's a child inside a man's body.

Peter is a man inside a child's body. He plays at fighting but he is in reality very considerate. Peter entices Wendy to Neverland. His band build Wendy the kind of house she wants to live in. They are good to Wendy. Peter stops what he is doing to bring Tinker Bell back to life.

Captain Hook, on the other hand, kidnaps Wendy and tries to force her to be the  mother to his pirates, his band of 'lost boys'. Captain Hook forces John and Michael to join his band of pirates or walk the plank.

Manhood is a character trait not a condition of age in J.M. Barrie's book. Peter Pan is more of a "man" even though chronologically he still has all his baby teeth, than Captain Hook is despite age, his fear of death and the creeping ticking of the crocodile.

If you kidnap Rosalee (or anyone else) you have crossed over from the lost boys of Toodles and Slightly and Nips to the pirates of Smee and Cecco and Hook.

I suspect you will find both versions in the Grimm episode. The surface police procedural will be like Peter Pan from the movies, the lost boys will be "bad", their immature leader will be cruel and may have the name "Peter". But underneath in the character development of the regular cast, probably Monroe, will grow in responsiblity and therefore be like the Peter Pan of J.M. Barrie's original story. You will see whichever version you are familiar with. If you don't know the original you won't be able to see the original.

[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16/16-h/16-h.htm#link2HCH0012 Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, online in Gutenberg. org]