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"I was aware that in gestalt relationships, there tends to be partnering, where it was a husband and wife team, or two gay men. So I was interested in that concept but I didn't want Alex to be gay, and I didn't want Nigel to be, overtly, or, gay–"

Speaking of like minds — I always found it interesting that Alex's main interaction with Nigel was violence yet he couldn't ever figure out why Nigel didn't respond normally to it. One, he has a decently violent father himself so hitting likely isn't that "helpful" to straighten Nigel out. That and.. he just adapts to the violence in his own way by also being violent? Or i should say Nigel has always been willing to be violent. He dissects animals which could be seen as a violence in its own with the brutality the specimen carefully endures. Sometimes, when you live in a household where there is violence you start to see it as a sort of love language or just a way humans interact. At a certain point... he was toying with Alex quite obviously but I just wonder if he was seeing Alex as this violent creature that needed brutality to be able to properly engage in a relationship with him. Similarly, I think that's why he was always so adamant on insisting that Alex and him were the same and that Alex wanted people hurt. Alex just isn't brave enough to do it himself so Nigel does it for him as Jack's only weapon.

Seriously though Alex kept smacking Nigel around and I was looking at my screen like does he really respond the way you think he will to this.. ever???

From the timeline, Alex spoke to Susan at around 5 p.m. Susan’s friends mentioned they would miss the bus if they didn’t hurry. If she was held up for approximately a minute, it might not have been too bad—but for the sake of this argument, I’ll presume she missed the bus after all.

After Susan left, Nigel immediately followed up to speak with Alex, and that conversation also took about a minute. In the dinner scene, we see the clock at 6:45 p.m. while Alex is asking for permission to leave. With the room already full and no one else walking in line before or after him, we can see that Nigel arrived late to dinner.

The police found the body and believed the murder took place while she was on her way home that night. In the interview with Alex, Mackenzie said, “Looks like you both missed the film.” We don’t know the exact time of the play, but Susan and her friends were supposed to meet at 7:30 p.m. Pairing that with what the detective said, I presume she never turned up at all.

There’s a time gap between 5:00 and 6:45 p.m. that we never see. In the meantime, we know Alex is already at dinner. The only person in the equation who disappears during that entire period—is Nigel.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Movies 2010-2017), The Middle (TV), Mean Girls (2004) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Axl Heck/Rodrick Heffley, Past Regina George/Rodrick Heffley, Background Regina George/Janis Ian Characters: Rodrick Heffley, Axl Heck Additional Tags: Crossover Pairings, Teen Romance, High School, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Almost Kiss, Boys In Love, Teasing, Banter, Cute, Kissing, Making Out, POV Rodrick Heffley, POV Third Person, Bisexual Rodrick Heffley, Bisexual Axl Heck Summary:

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series - Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Movies 2010-2017), The Middle (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Axl Heck/Rodrick Heffley Characters: Rodrick Heffley, Axl Heck, Greg Heffley, Original Characters, Pete Hosey Additional Tags: Meet-Cute, Attempt at Humor, Anti Rodrina, Greg Heffley is an annoying little twerp, Löded Diper (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Mentions of Phil Collins and Genesis, Simp Rodrick Heffley, Rodrick Heffley is Down Bad, Bands, Band Fic, -Ish, Rodrick is Oblivious, So is Axl, I really need to lock in and write about less niche ships, Talent Shows, Concerts, Betaed Summary:

Rodrick Heffley and Axl Heck meet at a goofy talent show. Axl falls for Rodrick’s incredible charisma and talent at music and Rodrick an incredible goofball about it all.