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Because there’s nothing more powerful than thirst, Netflix’s buzzy new series, The Sandman, has the gays day-dreaming over a literal nightmare.
Adapted from Neil Gaiman’s hit comic books, The Sandman ushers viewers into the dark fantasy world of Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), an immortal, godlike being who is the creator of humanity’s dreams, the good and the bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ClbRPRDXU
It’s admittedly pretty heady stuff, but all of the dense mythology goes down easy thanks to a gorgeous cast playing deities, demons, humans, and everything in between.
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Chief among them is Boyd Holbrook (Logan, Narcos) who stars as an entity known as The Corinthian. Essentially the season’s primary antagonist, The Corinthian is a nightmare created by Morpheus who escaped and is now wreaking havoc in the real world, killing most anyone in his wake.
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Oh, and did we mention that he has two extra mouths where his eyeballs are supposed to be? Good thing he’s usually wearing sunglasses!
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In other words, The Corinthian has all the makings of nightmare fuel, except for the fact that he’s played by the ruggedly handsome Holbrook, who imbues the character with a real swagger and a devilish charm. As long as those shades stay on, it’s hard not be wooed by his alluring villain.
There’s also the fact that The Corinthian has an insatiable sexual appetite with a predilection for men, and The Sandman doesn’t hold back in delivering some sexy gay scenes—even if a lot of them do end in bloodshed.
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Is this yet another example of Hollywood vilifying queerness? Over at Digital Spy, writer David Opie argues that The Sandman leans into the tropes of the “depraved homosexual” with The Corinthian, only to subvert them by season’s end, further strengthened by the fact that the series (much like the comic source material) creates space for a wide range of LGBTQ characters and experience.
This has all led to a lot of conflicting emotions from queer viewers who have been alternatively attracted to and horrified by the character. Still, fans have not been afraid to share their lusty feelings on Twitter. Below, we’ve assembled a collection of the thirstiest and funniest tweets about The Corinthian, the man of our “liquid nightmares.”
morpheus making the corinthian pic.twitter.com/a4gbgPsvDt
— wrecker's defence lawyer (@patroclustendon) August 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/exdilfcastle/status/1555684377333481478
https://twitter.com/bluesargentsbsf/status/1555651273520828416
https://twitter.com/JosephYzrael/status/1555967916813996032
me When the corinthian is on the Screen pic.twitter.com/u94CthQCLI
— mikey (@fagkovich) August 6, 2022
The sluttiest thing a man can do is be the Corinthian
— Tam ? Anime North ?????????????????? (@TheTampire) August 7, 2022
The Corinthian appreciation tweet. pic.twitter.com/1xkSHF7fpO
— Ryan (@Magnus838) August 7, 2022
Boyd Holbrook really took the "be gay, do crimes" to a whole new level for his Corinthian role and I'm on my knees for it ???#TheSandman pic.twitter.com/uA3zRzLvFK
— MAGNETO WAS RIGHT (@IronasticGirl3) August 8, 2022
The Corinthian is quite literally a nightmare dressed like a daydream. #TheSandman
— Jor-El Simons (@JorElSimons) August 6, 2022
If The Corinthian has a million fans, I’m one of them. If he has a 1000 fans, I’m still one of them. If he has 1 fan, it’s me. If The Corinthian has 0 fans, it means I have left this world. If the world is against The Corinthian, then I am against the world! #TheSandman pic.twitter.com/0q1AbGtrfl
— David Opie (@DavidOpie) August 7, 2022
The Sandman is now streaming exclusively on Netflix.
CatholicXXX
Man on man kissing is either obscured or 1/1000th the time of the gay women kissing.
bachy
The trailer looks like murder salad.
Ken A.
He’s good looking but he’s not gay IRL.
Creamsicle
Netflix’s Sandman is a VERY good adaptation of the graphic novel. I was very impressed. The Sandman is the first American comic that I read, and it’s a very faithful adaptation. There are some very minor changes made to the narrative to modernize it, and I enjoy them.
I’m looking forward to season 2, and how they choose to depict Wanda, Barbie, Thesally, and the entire very queer ragtag bunch in the next major arc.
I was very impressed by the changes the show made to The Oldest Game while keeping the majority of the original prose.
dbmcvey
I’m enjoying Sandman, but, in context, what an incredibly creepy article.
MrMichaelJ
This is perhaps the one show with the most LGBT representation. Multiple gay and bisexual men, lesbians and transexuals. Hopefully it doesn’t lose its magic in the 2nd season like both Teen Titans and The Doom Patrol did after both having stellar 1st seasons.