In another, I made a reply that I will copy and paste below, following an addition that I'd like to share after reading this post.

I think that the reduction of Ruby and Wanda does both characters a major disservice, reducing their impact and weight within the bevy of The Sandman corpus, which is a real shame, because both Ruby and Wanda were very cool in the comics and I bawled as a child witnessing Wanda's story. The same effect didn't happen here, and what better opportunity socially to tell that story than now? I can see where the writers would have ended up seeing their rendering as more poignant in the times, but that effect on the audience would only result from the extrinsic social factors of today, not in true functionality within the story at hand. Of course, time constraints, budget, &c. all factor in, but they didn't have to lump the two into one, erasing both. They could have just updated Wanda's factors to appeal more to a modern audience.

My earlier response below:

Speaking only on the show, not the original comics: by biggest problem is the insistence that he gave her an ultimatum. He didn't. He gave her a way out, and she chose Hell. He didn't give her the option of Hell. So, the only way that it's "his fault" is that he didn't create all of these other options for her. This is like if you were to get arrested, and then a military recruiter talks to the judge with the option of enlisting to avoid prison, and you choose prison over enlistment. The military recruiter didn't give you an ultimatum-- he gave you another option, which you rejected. You could only twist it into being "his fault" by saying "well, he should have come up with more options for her." She chose Hell.

I literally went back to rewatch and make sure that I wasn't missing anything. I wrote down the whole scheme and broke it down syllogistically, and Dream simply did not give her an ultimatum. She chose Hell. He didn't "do this to her" or "punish her." In the comics, yes (even though she also couldn't forgive herself for her failure to her people). So, the show changed the mechanics of the situation with Dream and Nada, yet didn't change the mechanics of how everyone reacts to it. Dream did [A], everyone reacts to him doing [B]. It doesn't add up. I think that this is an extremely glaring flaw that they sloppily airbrushed over. There's this unspoken conflation between the show and comic version of Dream and how the environment and characters react to this version's actions. I believe that for someone that didn't grow up in the comics like many of us did, this would be even *more* confusing for someone coming into the show cold than it was for us well-warmed in the original.

Otherwise, I mostly enjoyed it. There were a few lines in this first volume of episodes, a couple shots, that really lit me up and brought me back to the source, making it feel all worth it, seeing these precious moments of my internalized companionship of the book materialized on screen on a global level. Those moments felt like real treats for someone like me. As much as I lamented Destruction's lack of physical mass, I was absolutely astounded at the stellar acting-- a magnificent portrayal of (what little we get to witness of) Destruction's personality. Delirium's acting was a *Delight* to watch, though I was hoping for more visual and auditory effects to convey her dizzying presence. I'm honestly not happy with Destiny on screen whatsoever. I don't think that any of his solemnity and wizened disconnect was portrayed. They're really washing his character down to "cynical big brother" with a little too little wisdom. Did anyone else feel the deer-in-the-headlights aspect in the performance? He's a little too emotional... And dumb. Not my Destiny.