WARNING: The following contains spoilers for I Am Not Okay With This Season 1, streaming now on Netflix.

Following the success of The End of the F***ing World, Netflix is now streaming an adaptation of yet another Charles Forsman comic: I Am Not Okay With This. The series follows Sophia Lillis as Sydney, an angst-ridden teen who has to navigate family drama, an unrequited crush and general high school awkwardness, all while dealing with budding superpowers.

The Netflix adaptation differs from its source material in some key areas, including narrative structure, character origins and tone. Here's a breakdown of the biggest changes from comic to screen in I Am Not Okay With This.

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Sydney's Diary and Voice

In the comics, Sydney -- known in school as Syd -- is a 15 year-old freshman who writes in her diary as a way to cope with school drama, her father's death, her moods and her new-found telekinetic powers. Forsman's I Am Not Okay With This depicts Sydney through her diary entries, along with the visuals and art of a classic mini strip. It's a perfect way to encapsulate Sydney's deepest thoughts and secrets.

In the Netflix series, Sydney's diary entries occur alongside her inner monologue. While her diary entries narrate the story forward, her inner monologue explains how she is feeling in the moment, which adds depth to her narration and makes her seem more likable. It's a small change, but one that establishes deeper intimacy between Sydney and the viewing audience.

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Powers

Forsman's comic introduces Sydney long after her superpowers manifested. She is able to control her powers really well, which is evidenced in part when Sydney willingly gives school bully Brad a nosebleed. In the book, the only time she doesn't have much control over her powers is during sexual activity.

In the Netflix series, on the other hand, Sydney discovers her telekinetic power when her anger accidentally gives Brad a nosebleed. She doesn't have the same experience with her powers as she does in the comic and they occasionally leak out during times of emotional distress -- including panic attacks. She does seem to have some control, like when she explains her powers to her younger brother, but when Sydney attempts to use her powers to defend her brother from bullies, nothing happens.

This change humanizes Sydney, because it connects control over her powers to control over her emotions. If she can control the latter, she can probably control the former, which is something viewers can't help but hope to see.

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Brad

Richard Ellis as Brad in I Am Not Okay With This

Since Sydney has less control over her powers in Netflix's I Am Not Okay With This, certain events are different -- including Brad's death. In the book, Sydney purposely seeks out Brad and kills him in his workplace after he puts her best friend, Dina, in the hospital. Her anger takes over and she gives him what seems to be a massive aneurysm. Later, Sydney's guilt over Brad's death eventually leads her to commit suicide.

In the series, the inciting incident is different, as is Brad's actual death. He steals her diary and reads it, then begins to reveal all of Sydney's secrets to her school during the homecoming party. He tears into her sexuality and love for Dina, disrespects her family dynamic and mocks the death of her father. In her anger, Sydney loses control of her powers and blows Brad's head off in a messier, more public display than in the comic.

She comes to a revelation on how her father must have felt about his own powers -- which were similar -- and why he may have committed suicide. By making Brad attack Sydney directly in the show as opposed to attacking Dina, Sydney becomes the victim, which further humanizes her.

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Sydney's Father

Sydney goes to the library in I Am Not Okay With This

After touring in Iraq during his military service, Sydney's father never recovers from the horrors he witnessed. In Forsman's comic, he begs her to use her powers to end his pain and suffering. Sydney kills her father out of mercy, with tears in her eyes. She constantly carries with her the secret of her father's death. It is one of the many reasons she gets into fights with her mom, why she starts smoking weed and why she has a lot of dark moments.

In the Netflix series, Sydney's mother describes her late father as vacant and exhibiting similar symptoms to Sydney. There is also a conversation about how comic book characters frequently inherit their superpowers, which solidifies the idea that Sydney's father had powers, too. However, he dies by his own hand, rather than asking Sydney to kill him. It's clear in the show that Sydney needs closure, which is something she already has in the book; in the show, she doesn't get any until she finds her father's dog tags. This journey for closure encourages the audience to cheer for Sydney, while the book encourages pity.

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Uplifting Scenes

The Netflix series also offers a lighter rendition of I Am Not Okay With This than its source material. Forsman's illustrations and language in the book are miserable, bleak and graphic. To humanize the characters more, the show balances a lot of the dark book moments with some funny and uplifting ones, like the dance with Dina, Liam's loaded lasagna and Stanley purposefully trying to get detention. Shots have more color and the series has a similarly retro, '80s feel to Stranger Things.

While the book focuses on Sydney's darker emotions, the show does one thing that the book does not. The audience hopes for Sydney to get better; they hope for her to learn control over her powers and emotions. She makes up with Dina, her family and Stanley. Brad's death is her first major failure, but it doesn't seem like the end of the road. For Forsman's Sydney, there is nothing but a sad finality to her arc. The Netflix version holds far more hope.

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