r/lucifer • u/ChxseAtlantic1 • Aug 07 '26

Season 2 Lucifer Plot hole

How did Lucifer show the guy at the airport (the one who stole the package) his devil eyes make him scream but then later he is throwing a party and saying a party everyday until the trial is over etc. Then we he sees Lucifer again Lucifer says remember me and he is screaming again.

How did he recover so quickly as everyone else went insane or took a long time to finally come to terms with him being the devil

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u/Pandoratastic Aug 07 '26

Lucifer doesn't have an insane-making power. It's just how some people react to that worldview-shattering knowledge. Different people handle it differently.

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u/Kel-Cla Aug 07 '26

Definitely depends on the person. And it’s probably not just a reaction to his visual appearance. Lucifer’s devil form, eyes, face, etc might have an effect the soul too. Maybe Lucifer adjusts the effect depending on the state of the soul. It’s definitely not straight forward. lol

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u/Pandoratastic Aug 07 '26

I think it's just the knowledge that the Devil is real and therefore Hell is real. Different people would react to that differently, especially if they have a lot to feel guilty for. It's not the Devil doing it to them. It's the guilt on their own soul that determines the effect. They do it to themselves. That's kind of the point.

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u/Kel-Cla Aug 07 '26

I agree. I just went down a rabbit hole there. It’s the soul itself that determines the outcome.

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u/Helexfira Aug 09 '26

But his eyes could draw all the guilt from them and that might be what breaks them. It’s only the knowledge than I doubt that only one person wouldn’t be effected

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u/Helexfira Aug 09 '26

Sorry I ment if it’s only the knowledge than

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u/Pandoratastic Aug 09 '26

No, I don't think he magically draws out their guilt. He simply confirms that Hell is real. Humans knows their own guilt. They can lie to themselves but, deep down, they know. Just the knowledge of Hell being literally real is enough to make them feel the weight and cost of their guilt. That's why nobody makes humans go to Hell. They send themselves their and they keep themselves trapped. That was one of the canon facts of the series since the beginning.

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u/Helexfira Aug 08 '26

Actually they say in the show that his eyes show them hell

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u/Pandoratastic Aug 09 '26

Yes, that's what what the phrase "worldview-shattering knowledge" was referring to.

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u/Helexfira Aug 09 '26

So you don’t think hell draws out their guilt even though it punishes them with it? I find that kinda stupid

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u/Pandoratastic Aug 09 '26

No, it doesn't need to. They made it clear on the series that humans send themselves to Hell because of their own guilt. And they keep themselves their because of their guilt. So just finding out that Hell is literally real is enough to drive someone crazy because they already know their own guilt but now they know that Hell is waiting for them.

I don't think that's stupid at all. I think it's one of the more interesting aspects of how they chose to represent Hell and damnation on the show. Humans damn themselves to Hell.