The Corinthian, played by Boyd Holbrook in Netflix’s Sandman adaptation, wasn’t meant to be a fan-favorite character. After all, he’s a brutal and bloodthirsty homicidal maniac who revels in the tired “bury your gays” trope by seducing men only to murder them before stabbing out and consuming their eyes. (His own eyeballs are a pair of tiny mouths hidden behind suave sunglasses.
