Flash Forward Fic: If the "25 Years Later" in the title didn't tip you off.Faking the Dead: Greg tries to kill himself, but ends up surviving and pretends that he's actually dead.Failed a Spot Check: If Greg had remembered about Meemaw's ring before his dad's death, things probably wouldn't have ended as badly for him.Evolving Title Screen: Towards the end, the comic's title is changed to "26 Years Later", as it deals with the aftermath of Greg's Bungled Suicide and the apparent one-year Time Skip.A considerable amount of things happened in the intervening time, including Manny ditching his family to move to New York and Rodrick getting married.
Distant Sequel: As the name states, the story's set two and half decades after its parent work.Deconstruction Fic: This story takes a grimmer, more realistic look on aspects Played for Laughs in the book, like Frank's strictness, Greg's dissatisfaction with life and his relationship with Rowley, and Fregley's mental instability.Deconstructed Character Archetype: Fregley's status as the Cloudcuckoolander is explained as the result of a physically abusive father and a divorce that left his mother low on income, since they couldn't afford to take Fregley to therapy to learn better coping skills.Despite that, Greg remains hopeful of his future. However, Greg's relationship with his family and friends remains unknown (it's even implied that they have no idea that he's even still alive) and Greg is now bounded in a wheelchair due to his Bungled Suicide. A one-year Time Skip reveals that Greg has taken huge steps in bettering himself (such as taking therapy and no longer writing all of his emotions in his diary) and deciding to take charge of his own life without his past shackling him down. Bittersweet Ending: In the end, Greg survives his suicide attempt.Big Applesauce: Manny moves to New York, seemingly as soon as he could get the money.Even if the latter told him to "Get the FUCK out of here," that's still a drastic response. Ax-Crazy: Manny sets Frank's grave on fire.Adaptational Sexuality: Greg is revealed as bisexual in this story.Rowley ends his friendship with Greg after he comes out.The reveal of Frank being willing to beat Greg due to his bisexuality.An alternate universe fic, titled Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rich and Famous was later made.Ī Distant Finale was later created, titled Diary of a Wimpy Kid: 75 Years Later (Beware that all spoilers from that work will be unmarked, so it's recommended that you view 25 Years Later and Rich And Famous first).
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