Any change from the original source material to its adaptation, be it a new character, a new scene, a new location, a character performing a different action than they did in the source material, a new/different/changed plot or subplot, etc. Usually from books to film or television but may apply to any adaptation that is not a reboot and instead simply alters some of the source material.
Ros on Game of Thrones is shownly as she is not in the A Song of Ice And Fire book series.
Will is shownly a working songwriter on the TV show and not the book or movie versions of About A Boy.
The sponsor gifts coming with notes from Haymitch is shownly in The Hunger Games.
The romance between Grey Worm and Missandei is shownly.
Will is shownly a working songwriter on the TV show and not the book or movie versions of About A Boy.
The sponsor gifts coming with notes from Haymitch is shownly in The Hunger Games.
The romance between Grey Worm and Missandei is shownly.
by iamthedriving June 02, 2014
(pl. shownlies) someone who is a fan of an adaptation, but has not interacted with the source material
Oh, no spoilers! Jim's a shownly; they haven't gotten there yet.
Shownlies tend to think Littlefinger is clever; in the books that idea isn't present.
Shownlies tend to think Littlefinger is clever; in the books that idea isn't present.