I thought this was going to only be inspired by Peter & Wendy...but it became so much more. Including The Wizard of Oz, Little Nemo, Captain Harlock, The Killing Joke, Harry Turtledove's Atlantis series for the eastern portion of the USA broke off from the main land, Rogue One, Talespin and a hint of Deathloop, about the island outside of time.

All bundled together in this swashbuckling, romantic, adventurous, horrifying saga about two souls from two distant European lands, both ruled under the Nazis without Hitler. And it's revelation is something you'll have to read to unbelieve.

Usually the stories based on J.M. Barrie's work is either set at the time of the novel/play's creation or other time frames, IE WW2 like Return to Neverland and Pan, the 1990s like Hook or the present day.

So i chose WW2, which is a decade i don't really want to tell stories based on it, nor want to take inspiration from it because of how devastating and horrifying it was, but it help set up ideas for NLII (or NLI2). Like Rogue One, there is a grey area for the pirates but still make both the Nazis and Soviets the bad guys.

But not something like "Rebellions are built on Hope" BS because mostly rebellions are built on a lot of other things beyond hope, like hatred, revenge, justice, peace and so forth.

Rather one group of pirates shall crush the tyranny of a different leader than Hitler, since in this story he is an agent for the now replaced Weimar Republic (it works in context if you saw US of Z's video about his life before becoming the dictator we loathed/feared) and currently for the crew of the USS Bald Eagle (The most American pirate ship i could muster up), led by the brave and heroic Captain Spork, his name's actually Hoover Spooner but he came up with the nickname to sound cooler.

In Neverland there are of course many animals that are both native and exported from North & South America, Africa and Europe. Mermaids and Native [American]s are nowhere to be seen – as they don't work in the context and intention of the story – the Neverlanders, those who were either stranded or exported onto the island and made it their home and as a safehaven in exchange both protection and food from Seaguards – combining the solitude of sailors with the might of pirates but primarily to defend the innocent and from the most nefarious of pirates.

But since the Caribbean is part of Neverland and featuring both colonists from the Americas, I wanted to branch things out and make some of them members of the Seaguard.

Fairies also exist, as does fairy dust and both are used as respective pets and resources, the last of which is how the ships can fly.

For the ships both Pirates and Seaguard commandeer I think it be interesting to make them diverse. Some would look like galleons whilst others look like airships, not unlike the Iron Vulture from Talespin. And their weapons and/or defense would range from cannons (both vintage and modern), blasters (unguided rockets) or fighters, it all really depends on their preference, practicality and cargo space.

Just adding some detail and worldbuilding that – though similar to Neverland to the stories – is otherwise anchored on an alternate Earth.

All combining the action of Pan, the friendship/romance of Peter Pan (2003), and the heart of the Disney films (also putting the art in heart).