Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
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DORK DIARIES vs. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID....






I’m not trying to offend anyone, but I’m just putting my point out there.



With Dork Diaries, you have all of these terms like "LOL" and exaggerations that gets annoying and repetitive.
Dork Diaries also has a lot of pages where they try to relate to whoever is reading, but ends up just making you say, "Oh gosh, why?". For example, Dork Diaries once had this "Most Viral Video Moment" with a bunch a people dabbing. And the caption didn't help either.
Wimpy Kid feels a lot more like a diary too. The art style of Dork Diaries is, although hand-drawn, looks like it's from a legitimate artist. And it is. But because so, it doesn't feel like a diary from your average student. Wimpy Kid, on the other hand, has a more simpler art style that is still visually appealing, and also feels as if it was actually from a student.
Wimpy Kid also can make up some pretty good memes, so that's a win.

I know Nikki exagerrates a lot but at least she's nice! she knows her mistakes and most girls can exagerrate a lot! Shes 14! some 10 year olds are worse at exaggerating! By the way how could they copy DOWK if they were written earlier? Greg is very self centered and doesn't care for anyone. Nikki isn't perfect but she does know her mistakes and when she upsets her friends in book 2, she knows its her fault. In DOWK, he bullied a kid smaller than him and said it wasn't his fault! Nikki cares for her friends and even though her sister is annoying, she still loves her! Greg doesn't like anyone, not even his family




Sorry Dork diaries.

I mean, I know Nikki has a total meltdown if her crush is with Mackenzie and says 'SQUEE!" and 'OMG!" too much, etc the emotions, but think about Greg. He's just got this regular old frown on his face on 89% of the illustrations, and he's probably not even sad. Come on, can't Jeff just do a ':|' on his face?! While Russel makes Nikki express herself in entertaining ways. Plus, the characters look totally unrealistic. Greg's hair is just a few strands and he seems to wear the same thing every day: A plain shirt and shorts, and all the other guys and a few of the girls do, oh yeah, speaking of the female characters, It's pretty sexist how they made 90% of the girls wear skirts and practically only 5 or 6 of them wear the things all the guys wear in those books, and plus, Greg is WAY too in need for a girl and what does he do? NOTHING AT ALL! He just stands there and tells Rowley to help him get a girlfriend. He's also kind of a stereotypic, since anyone in the book who's SMART has glasses. He doesn't progress one bit, too! The only progress he's made is completing 6th grade in one book, and then he's been in 7th grade for the next 13 books, and still focused on the same thing: Getting famous, getting a girlfriend, and especially being a popular boy at school. And to that, he was going to turn 13, but immediataly aged back to 12 in the Long Haul, even though he's had like 3 birthdays in all the books. And let's compare to Nikki. She actually PROGRESSES, and doesn't go through too fast, either. I also like how she's selfless enough to call herself 'Dork' when Greg has only admitted to being a wimp (He's not even that funny most of the time) and skinny. And I like how the character sizes in DD was accurate to irl, but in DWK, they literally made manny the size of a BABY DOLL when he's actually almost 4 already, and the mom and dad are WAY taller than greg, in real life, by the time someone ages to 11 and a half, they should be as tall as their mother, and rodrick's literally nearly a grown man but he's just half an inch taller than Greg, and that's weird for siblings more than 3 years apart. And Nikki, on the other hand, has actual relatable moments, no offense, people who say the opposite. Sure, maybe her middle school is made too preppy, but it's more engaging. Plus, I love the drawing style of dork diaries. it's changed so much. Back in the first release in 2009, it was just stick figures, but now in 2020, it's anime. While DWK has always been the same since 2007. I know, DWK was released 2 years before DD, but that DOES NOT mean DD copied. Plus, Wimpy Kid may actually be copying. It's got the same amount of books in series and the next book is releasing the same month DD book 15 is arriving. That's my opinion, but I still enjoy reading both.





I mean, I know Nikki has a total meltdown if her crush is with Mackenzie and says 'SQUEE!" and ..." Greg is not an artist , he’s got homework and stuff too.. Me and some of my friends have diaries too, and we either don’t draw or we draw stick figures( I was the same age as Greg, I didnt draw any emotions on the faces or anything..)Jeff wanted to make it realistic as he knew a 12 year old who isn’t that interested in drawing , won’t have much time to draw descriptive pics.Meanwhile Nikki is an artist so she draws really descriptive pictures ( and either she draws really fast, or her school doesn’t have much workload) and also she remembers every conversation vividly( the girls got memory skill) while Greg just gives the gist of the conversation( like normal people) This is my 3rd year having a diary, and while I first used to draw not just stick figures, but also clothes and stuff( like Greg does) , and now I’m in 8th grade, 13 years old, I have sooo much workload that I barely have time to draw stick figures.. And I’ve drawn the same way for all these years, again Jeff wanted to make it realistic , that’s why he doesn’t change the drawing style( especially for a kid who’s not much of an artist)

With Dork Diaries, you have all ..."
I agree 100%

Might be true for some girls, but me and my friends are girls, and we relate much more with DOAWK than with DD

I’m not trying to offend ..."
Yea me too😍


Yea..

All because of the rude memes of Dork Diaries 'sucking' posted by Diary of a Wimpy Kid fandoms.
The Dork Diaries Fandom won, with the involvement of Max Crumbly fandom, and now the few members who did not participate in the war are the ones left on the fandom.
The point is, Dork Diaries fandom wasn't affected at all. They stood together, and used words instead of deleted info. And now, we're all happy! :)
Dork Diaries fans known better than to fight with others!
We're such Dorks! :)


All because of the rude memes of Dork Diaries 'sucking' posted by Diary of a Wimpy..."
No, you are totally wrong!!! DD ROCKS, its SUPERrealistic and supercool. I love that book. Maybe it ain`t meant for you suckin reader, cause ya may be older and its for 9-11, I`m 11, so its awesome for me. Get that ?

All because of the rude memes of Dork Diaries 'sucking' posted by Diary of a Wimpy..."
No, you are totally wrong!!! DD ROCKS, its SUPERrealistic and supercool. I love that book. Maybe it ain`t meant for you suckin reader, cause ya may be older and its for 9-11, I`m 11, so its awesome for me. Get that ?
I know that! This series is amazing! I love Wimpy kid!

With Dork Diaries, you have all ..."
I agree! DD 4 Life

With Dork Diaries, you have all ..."
? That's so untrue. Dork Diaries humor made me laugh so hard, while all DOAWK humor did was fail and make me cringe.

What-? ...Where's the grammar-?


Doawk sucks. None of the characters are funny at ALL and I don’t care what artstyle the author was going for, I hate it. Yes, Dork Diaries is…um, sometimes hard to read but that’s only because there are a lot of problems in the book in Nikki’s life. But, DD has much better characters and it’s perfect for me. Being in the perfect age range!
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True. Dork Diaries in a summary is that Nikki keeps worrying about Brandon and Mackenzie. It is SOOO annoying when she obsesses over him and I'm like..what? I enjoyed diary of a wimpy kid a LOT more