There is no such thing as a faithful adaptation. Even when bringing a play word for word to stage/screen, there are a lot of decisions made by director, actors, stage & costume design that the author never foresaw or intended.
We don't all have the same number of bones or muscles. There's an average, I guess. We all kind of cluster around it. Some muscles are pretty rare. Some people just invent their own artisanal bones.
Can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them stop harming their kid/spouse, the kid/spouse won’t rebuild the lost affection, and mostly abusers just learn to be more efficient and cruel abusers.
There is no such thing as a faithful adaptation. Even when bringing a play word for word to stage/screen, there are a lot of decisions made by director, actors, stage & costume design that the author never foresaw or intended.