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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.
shownly by iamthedriving June 2, 2014
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(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.
shownly by anonymous June 12, 2023
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She sucks dick period.
Shonlyn sucks massive cock everyday
shonlyn by Shonlyn sucks cock June 10, 2019
Showlyn is a beautiful intelligent young lady. She's very musical and artistic. She is not one to be of the norm, she prefers to be unique and a loner. Although she does enjoy the company of her family and listening to 5 sounds of shit (5 seconds of summer). She hopes to someday be the invented of spurtle soup.
I sure would like to meet the Showlyn that invented this Spurtle Soup!!
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B)
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A)
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B)
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