Locke & Key leaves all the magic for the children. In season 1 of the Netflix collection, viewers study that almost all adults can’t bear in mind any of the keys of Keyhouse or the magic they produce. Nonetheless, the present doesn’t fairly clarify why that’s. Maybe the reply will arrive in season 2, however in the meantime, a doable clarification lies in Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & Key comedian books: The Riffel Rule.
[Spoiler alert: The following story contains some spoilers for Locke & Key Season 1.]
Rendell Locke and his pals took Duncan Locke’s reminiscences
Locke & Key Season 1 follows Nina Locke (Darby Stanchfield) and her children, Tyler (Connor Jessup), Kinsey (Emilia Jones), and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott), on their transfer to Matheson, Massachusetts, after the dying of father Rendell Locke (Invoice Heck).
Their new dwelling, Keyhouse Manor, has been in the Locke household for generations. Rendell and his brother, Duncan Locke (Aaron Ashmore), grew up there. Nonetheless, the home has a secret: it’s full of magical keys that give the children the energy to do nearly something.
All through season 1, the Locke children discover a number of keys. Additionally they study that Rendell, Duncan, and Rendell’s highschool pals (often called the Keepers) used the keys once they had been youthful till an accident led to a few of the Keepers’ deaths. Tyler and Kinsey uncover that Duncan witnessed the accident, however the Keepers took his reminiscences to maintain it a secret.
Kinsey tries to point out Duncan his reminiscences involving magic, however he nonetheless doesn’t perceive as a result of adults can not comprehend magic.
The ‘Locke & Key’ comics use ‘The Riffel Rule’ to elucidate why adults can’t bear in mind magic
In the Locke & Key comics, adults’ lack of ability to recollect the keys will be traced again to Hans Riffel. As a spy despatched to the Locke household in the Forties, Hans knew about the keys and used them to hurt Germans throughout World Struggle II.
The Lockes by no means meant for the keys for use with malice. So, they created the Riffel Rule. When Keepers flip 18 years previous, they lose the capability to recollect magic to make sure they will’t abuse the keys’ powers.
Locke & Key Season 1 didn’t point out the Riffel Rule, and it’s unclear if future seasons will. The Netflix collection has made some adjustments from the comics, together with an general shift in focus from horror to younger grownup fantasy. Hill and Rodriguez tailored character storylines, together with Tyler and Dodge, and invented a couple of keys for the present.
So, season 2 would possibly introduce a completely completely different motive for adults not remembering the keys. As the oldest Locke baby, Tyler is approaching 18 years previous, so that would turn out to be an essential element in season 2 or 3.
Why can Ellie and the different Keepers bear in mind?
In season 1, Rendell’s good friend, Ellie Whedon (Sherri Saum), revealed to Kinsey and Tyler that the Keepers did one thing to recollect the magic after they turned 18. Nonetheless, she didn’t specify what it was. In the comics, the Keepers solid a brand new key that may bypass the Riffel Rule to carry magic into maturity. The Locke children might have to seek out their very own approach to hold the magic so as to hold Tyler in the loop.
Locke & Key Season 1 is now streaming on Netflix. Season 2 arrives on Oct. 22.