The Sandmancreator Neil Gaiman defends casting nonbinary and Black actors in Netflix adaptation

But Gaiman hit back with equal passion.

Watch the show, make up your minds."

The Endless may change, but one thing that remains consistent is Desire’s genderor lack thereof.

When this member of the Endless first appears inThe SandmanNo.

It helped me when reality presented me without non-binary people, some of whom I now know and love.

I can’t imagine readingSandmanand desiring Desire as anything other.

“I don’t think so, no,” the author responded.

When another asked, “Wasn’t Desire… always non-binary…?

?,” Gaiman replied, “Well, yes.

But you’d have to have read the comics to know that.

And the shouty people appear to have skipped that step.”

Netflix and Gaiman did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.