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Adaptational Backstory Change: The show does away with the mythological origins of the gods Aengus, Heka, Iris, and Bacchus instead they are all gods who were originally mortal Librarians.Though Eliot was bullied quite extensively when he was younger, in the novel he never committed Accidental Murder by magic.Also, in the book he is described as inappropriately enthusiastic, and possibly autistic rather than constantly angry Penny didn't have much of a background to account for his unpleasant behavior - and he wasn't being secretly taught by the Beast.Alice, while undoubtedly fueled by grief over her brother's death, never became obsessed with discovering the truth about how he died and definitely never attempted to summon his Niffin self.At the start of the series, Quentin has just been discharged from a mental hospital.
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When Margo's memories are wiped and she's given a new identity in season 4, she is called Janet again.
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Lampshaded in Margo's case: when the group arrives at the Neitherlands: the librarian calls her Janet, but when Margo corrects her, she simply replies, " This time." - implying that the books and the television series are actually alternate timelines.
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Here it's compressed to just showing us that the writing on the exam paper is frequently changing, and Quentin passes while Julia doesn't.