after years of waiting for a tv adaptation fans of the sandman were thrilled by netflixs take on the source material mostly upon its release many criticized its depiction of dreams sister despair as a weakwilled and dourlydressed woman a far cry from the fearinspiring confident and nude figure described in the comicsnow creator neil gaiman has shared his regrets over the characters portrayal and promised that season 2 will see donna preston reprise the role and right some wrongs in regards to bringing despairs full spirit to lifemostly what i hope is that the next time you see despair on the screen you wont think of her as frumpy depressed and unloved he told a concerned viewer on tumblr recently she isnt in the comics and i think we missed what we were aiming for in sandman season 1very much a sprawling epic where characters dip in and out of the titular beings life the sandman is based on gaimans dc comics series of the same name it follows morpheus also known as dream of the endless as he traverses different worlds to reclaim his tools and restore his realm having previously been imprisoned by an amateur magic user for 100 years despair doesnt appear often in the first batch of episodes but when she does she shares the screen with her twin desire mason alexander park who is hellbent on destroying morpheus and gaining power over their many siblings fortunately dream has some allies to help him stand against desire and the equally villainous lucifer gwendoline christie in the form of lucienne vivienne acheampong rose walker vanesu samunyai lyta hall razane jammal and johanna constantine jenna colemanthe sandman season 2 is currently in development in the meantime check out our list of the best netflix shows for some viewing inspiration