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jwhouk:
I go by the Hodgson's Law theory of time passage, personally.

AprilArcus:
Fleshing out my notes from the the 1400-1600 period. We should probably remove all possible gaps between 1430 and 1546 to place Cosette's receipt of Steve's photo, fall, hospitalization and discharge in as short a time frame as possible.

I surmise this chunk to take place no later than mid-february, since Cosette would have spent 4-10 weeks in her cast, Wil would have needed 6-12 weeks to grow a handlebar mustache, and on the basis of Dora's guess that an Espressosaurus takes about six weeks to make. This period includes the last snowfall of the season, and it only sticks for one day (1396-1429) before the streets are clear.

* 1383-1395 Sledding party.
* 1396-1429 The day after sledding. Tai and Jill break up (1398). Tai and Dora flirt (1400, 1402). Tortura bids Steve farewell (1406). Steve gives Marten a photo to give to Cosette (1409). Pintsize crashes, Marigold fixes him, and Hanners cleans her room (1411-1421). Angus takes Hannelore out for drinks with Dora, Marten and Faye. Angus and Marten get fancy (1425-1429). First appearance: Marigold. Last day snow is visible in background scenes (1397, 1406, 1408, 1423)
* Jump? But 1431 takes place soon after drinks with Angus.
* 1430-1436 Cosette asked Marten out (1322) "a while ago". He gives her the photo Steve (1430). Wil returns from his walkabout (1432). Marten retires his hoodie (1436). Snow is now gone from background scenes (1432).
* 1437-1438 Penny is afterglowy. Sven has a sad.
* 1439-1441 Sven has a sad. Dora gives Faye a commission for Espressosaurus I. Hanners, Marigold and Angus watch Magical Love Gentleman. Continuity note: possible jump between 1439 and 1440.
* 1442-1472 The day after Anime night (1444). Wil applies for jobs. Marigold gets drinks with the gang.
* 1473-1505 Faye talks to Angus in the wee hours (1476). Wil gets hired at the Revelation (1480). Sven tries to patch things up with Faye (1481). Angus tells Marigold that she's pretty (1495). Continuity glitch: In 1501 Marigold wakes up in a new outfit, asking Angus if he meant what he said "the other day" (1495), but in 1503 Dora, Faye and Marten are still in their outfits from 1477-1500 watching a movie they started in 1500, and in 1504 Marigold is back in her outfit from 1483-1496.
* Jump?
* 1506–1514 takes place on a Wednesday, since Marten's dad has made plans to visit "on Friday" and Dora complains that his family never schedules anything "more than a couple days in advance". In 1509, Faye hasn't seen Raven "in forever". Presumably she started her physics training in the Five Colleges area at the beginning of the current (spring) semester.
* Jump. Thursday.
* 1515–1521 Friday. Henry and Maurice's visit. Dora has died her hair black again.
* 1521–1536 Saturday, the Smif Nerd con. Continuity note: Wil's last appearance without a mustache (1529).
* Jump?
* 1537–1554 Cosette has just gotten out of the hospital after falling down a flight of stairs, which happened while oggling the photo of Steve she received in 1430. She runs into Steve, they get dinner and hook up, and she ends up back in the hospital.
* 1555-1556 The next day.

AprilArcus:
And here's the 1300s. This period has a very loose continuity. Where do folks think it should be placed? 1311 suggests the coldest part of winter, i.e. mid-January. 1322 appears to take place during or just prior to the first week of classes, so late January. Luna's dialogue in 1550 states that Cosette "was obsessing over [whether to ask Marten out] for WEEKS", suggesting mid-February, unless Marten worked through winter break (probably) and Cosette stayed on campus (maybe).


* 1311-1320 Midwinter. Penny reads a letter from Wil. Hannelore has the flu. Sven hits on Penny and takes Faye home. Lydia and Sven invite Faye to the Gina Riversmith concert on Saturday.
* Jump?
* 1321-1328 Hanners feels better. Cosette asks Marten out, Dora and Marten have a fight about it.
* 1329 The next day? Marten and Tai talk about the fight.
* Jump? Same day? We can't see under what Marten is wearing under his hoodie in 1329, and we don't see Tai again in 1330-1334.
* 1330-1334 Saturday. Drinkin' Scrabble at Marten and Faye's. Sven hooks up with Gina Riversmith after her show.
* 1335-1349 The next day. Marten tells Hanners about his hopes and dreams. Sven confesses to Faye. Dora assaults Sven.
* Jump? The fight from 1325-1326 is not fresh in Marten's memory by 1351.
* 1350-1351 Marten catches up with Steve. Marten: blue crew neck.
* Jump. Marten is hanging out with Steve in both 1351 and 1355, but he's wearing a blue shirt in 1351 and a black "dystynt höllërin" shirt in 1355.
* 1352-1359 Faye talks to Dr. Corrinne about Sven. Deathmøle haven't practiced in a while.
* Jump?
* 1360-1376 Band practice. Angus broke up with Renee yesterday. Pintsize gives Winslow a tentacle to give to Momo. Jimbo is working on a new book. Sven's sad continues. Hannelore goes to the zoo. Continuity note: Hanners' shirt changes from to 1360 (red) to 1367 (yellow, tic tac toe) to 1374 (blue crew neck) to 1376 (white tee), but Dora is in her teal crew neck from 1360-1376, Marten is in his TEH shirt in 1367-1376, and Faye is in her Blood Party shirt from 1363-1373.
* Jump?
* 1377-1382 Faye stays up thinking about Sven. Dora takes her out to "Oh, Wow" to buy a vibrator.

osaka:

--- Quote from: Zebediah on 17 Oct 2014, 08:52 ---The problem with trying to use RL events as a guide is that Jeph has said before (don't have a link to where he said it, but I remember it) that QC takes place in "comic book time" - the characters keep pace with RL events even though not enough time has passed in-comic to justify it.

--- End quote ---

I think that Jeff did mention in a Q&A that the QCverse exists in a quantum state in which it's perpetually and simultaneously 2006 and the present day.

AprilArcus:
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Yeah, makes sense to me. Claire starting her transition in 2000 vs. 2006 changes the way I read her character in kind of a huge way, though. It would mean a lot more gatekeeping, a lot less freedom to experiment, a much tinier community, and that she'd need to be a lot more sure of herself at a time when it was a lot harder to be sure of yourself.

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