(SPOT.ph) The medium of comic books and graphic novels has always been an impressively bizarre one. Even on the mainstream scene, you have characters like Doctor Strange fighting multiple, weirder versions of himself and Ms. Marvel fighting—brace yourselves for this one—a clone of Thomas Edison in the body of a parrot. No joke; thankfully, that wasn't in her Disney+ series.
However, there are few authors and artists in the graphic novel scene as prolific as the maestro of strange tales, Neil Gaiman, the writer behind eclectic works you may be familiar with; think Coraline and American Gods. Gaiman's most popular, other-worldly work, The Sandman, has just been adapted into a 10-episode Netflix series, and viewers caught off guard by the dense concepts surrounding characters like the Children of Time and Night and Doctor Destiny (David Thewlis) may be scratching their heads at that ending.
Allow us, then, to be your guide through the dreamworld of The Sandman, as we explain the first season's finale and what lies in store for Lucifer in the second season. And in case it needs to be spelled out, here lie spoilers.
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The premise of The Sandman revolves around Dream, or rather Morpheus, (Tom Sturridge), who's freed from a century of captivity and must partake in some side-quests of fetching items and defeating baddies to reclaim control of his realm, the Dreaming. One of said items is Dream's helm, which is in the possession of Lucifer Morningstar—but not the one from that other Netflix show. Here, she's portrayed by Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie. Sorry, Tom Ellis, there's only room for one Tom.
In the fourth episode of the series, Dream travels to Lucifer's domain, Hell (obviously), to reclaim his helm. There, he defeats Lucifer in a game of one-upmanship, when Lucifer cannot come up with a concept that can defeat Hope. Dream further embarrasses Lucifer when he asks the question, "what power would Hell have if those here imprisoned were not able to dream of Heaven?"
Fast-forwarding to the final scene of the first season, we revisit Lucifer in Hell. Lucifer is met by Hell's co-ruler Azazel, a being that looks like a tear in space. Azazel then informs Lucifer that the demonic armies of Hell are ready to strike back at Dream and make a move to conquer the Dreaming, and later, the waking world and the angelic Silver City.
Lucifer accepts Azazel's invitation to act and cryptically mentions that they'll be pulling a move that will infuriate God and bring Dream to his knees. The Sandman comes to a close with the armies of Hell chanting Lucifer's name, leaving us on one—*clears throat*—hell of a cliffhanger.
With the second season already being written, we're interested to know what Lucifer's plans are for Dream in the sophomore outing. Thankfully, we have the graphic novel source material to look at.
The first season rather faithfully adapts Dream and Lucifer's battle for Dream's helm from the comic "Preludes and Nocturnes." Lucifer's next appearance was in "Seasons of Mists," where Dream is hesitant to return to Hell after the previous face-off with Lucifer. However, in a surprising twist, Lucifer tells Dream, upon his return to Hell, that they'll be surrendering their rule over Hell to Dream.
Yup, it seems like Lucifer is channeling their inner stressed, angry, and sad Filipino worker, because they resign from their position. Lucifer has Dream help cut off their wings and then hands him the Key to Hell, before bouncing for a beach in Australia. Again, something every Pinoy would want to do.
It's still unclear whether the second season will follow the route of the comics, but given how faithful it has been so far, it's definitely one of the more likely possibilities. Lucifer handing Dream the rule of Hell does fall in line with what they state at the end of the season, regarding angering God and bringing Dreams to his knees, as the paradigm shift would prove to be a great burden to anyone. Plus, it'd be funny—in a bizarre way—to see that cliffhanger just lead to Christie chilling on a beach.
Whatever the case, The Sandman has proven to be one of Netflix's more unique blockbuster titles in quite some time, so here's hoping a second season gets greenlit.
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