Thread:BEJT/@comment-27496405-20170830154244/@comment-26838855-20171001170215

I think this is their timeline, and my fears: Fury's Big Week Tuesday 18th-Monday 24th November
 * c. Late December 1969 - Tony is born (14 in 1983 and days from turning 22 when he takes over Stark Industries only a week or two after his parents' deaths on December 16, 1991).
 * c. 1991 - Captain Marvel. "Early '90s" according to Kevin Feige.
 * December 2007-May 2008 - Iron Man.
 * December 2007 - Beginning of Iron Man, Tony sleeps with Christine Everhart. There is a clear magazine cover shown in a slideshow with "Jan. 2008" that they cannot have missed, so since this day has to be the year before Iron Man 2, they must have decided for some reason that this must be December 2007, with the magazine for next month just released. I don't see why on Earth they would decide to do this considering all the further problems it creates - if you're really going to ignore all but the main evidence, surely you're at least going to put Iron Man in 2008, Fury's Big Week in 2009, and The Avengers in 2010? Even though that's wrong, I can just about understand that, plus that causes slightly fewer problems down the line... well, "Why on Earth?" can be asked about all of this... but this is the only way that they could possibly have decided for 8.
 * March 2008 - Tony gets back home, "3 months" later.
 * May 4, 2008 - Pepper helps Tony with his arc reactor, "May 4, 2008" shown on computer screen.
 * May 25, 2008 - "I am Iron Man". The day after the "24th" of whichever month.
 * c. November 1-November 22, 2008 - Iron Man 2. "6 months later" after "I am Iron Man", Tony slept with Christine "last year". Happy says in Spider-Man: Homecoming that he has had the ring since "2008", presumably since they got together. Tony has his birthday party a month before his actual birthday.
 * c. November 20-27, 2008 - Thor.
 * c. October 2-December 25, 2008 - The Incredible Hulk.
 * December 25, 2008 - "31 days" later, Bruce has another incident.
 * November 2009 - Captain America: The First Avenger. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, he says he slept for "65 years" and we know for certain that he went into the ice in early 1945 (seemingly March 1945). I guess they're deciding it's just under 65 years, despite them saying it was roughly 70 years in both Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers.
 * c. December 25-30, 2009 - The Avengers. Thor was "last year", Hulk's last incident (using the "31 days later") was "more than a year" ago. There is literally only a few days at the very end of 2009 that they could possibly have slotted this into, to be over a year since the "31 days" after The Incredible Hulk, which has to be a month after 6 months after Iron Man, which cannot possibly be earlier than May 25, 2008.
 * Early 2012 - Thor: The Dark World. When Jane worries if Thor will come back to her again, Darcy says, "Last time, [Thor] was gone for like 2 years." For the correct timeline to work, it has to be interpreted as "the last time Thor left you, he was gone for like 2 years until he came back to Earth". I guess here they've had to do the opposite, interpreting it as referring to "last time Thor left Earth, he was gone for like 2 years," and they're stretching the 2 years to a little under 2.5. I honestly don't understand how they could possibly put Thor: The Dark World before Iron Man 3 or way out from Captain America: The Winter Soldier if they even paid any attention to the shows, and they're saying Ragnarok is 4 years later, when it's almost certainly in late 2017. There isn't really any way this film is earlier than 2013 in this timeline, but hey, they've made this mess for themselves, I'm just stretching that for them as much as possible.
 * December 2012-January 2013 - Iron Man 3. "13 years" since December 1999. For some reason, 3 years after The Avengers, when it should really be 7 months.
 * October 2013 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier. October 2013 date on-screen.
 * 2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy. 1988 + "26 years later".
 * 2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. 1980 + "34 years later".
 * Summer 2015 - Avengers: Age of Ultron. 2 years before Ragnarok, "summer". Within 2 years of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as Sam is still searching for Bucky.
 * Autumn 2016-January 2017 - Ant-Man. Has to end within 6 months of Captain America: Civil War. Ignoring the fact that Sokovia is a recent event (and, of course, everything else).
 * February 2016-Early 2017 - Doctor Strange. Watch date at the beginning says February 2016. Avengers Tower still around at the end, which isn't a problem if you assume they just took a while to renovate it, but still, if this is before Homecoming, that makes a little more sense (it just can't be if you actually know the timeline).
 * July 2017 - "8 years later" moment, 8 years since the Battle of New York in December 2009.
 * June-July 2017 - Captain America: Civil War. "In the 8 years" since "I am Iron Man" repurposed to mean "the 8 calendar years following "I am Iron Man", before this year" (so 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). "You've operated for 4 years with unlimited power and no supervision" repurposed to mean "You've operated without supervision since Captain America: The Winter Soldier, when S.H.I.E.L.D. went down". Sam saying they searched for Bucky for "2 years" repurposed to mean they only searched for 2 years, then for some reason gave up, despite it being nothing like the characters. Peter is in school in July for whatever reason. Zemo saying he has been thinking of his revenge for "more than a year" since Sokovia repurposed to mean for whatever reason that he calls over 2 years "more than a year" or that he only decided to get revenge, for whatever reason, a year after Avengers: Age of Ultron.
 * August 2017 - Black Panther. Soon after Captain America: Civil War. If it really is only within a couple of months since Captain America: Civil War, this should actually put it in summer-autumn 2016. If they refer to it only being within a couple of months of that film, but also suggest it is set in 2017 (or even 2018 if they want to be extra annoying), this could continue to back up their incorrect timeline - it's worrying.
 * September 2017 - Spider-Man: Homecoming. September, "2 months" after Captain America: Civil War, Aaron Davis is born in April 1984 and is "33". Peter is starting his sophomore year, which would mean he is in sophomore for Sep 17-Jun 18 (when it should be Sep 16-Jun 17), junior year for Sep 18-Jun 19 (when it should be Sep 17-Jun 18), senior year for Sep 19-Jun 20 (when it should be Sep 20-Jun 21), which could continue to cause problems.
 * November 2017 - Thor: Ragnarok. Set "2 years" after Avengers: Age of Ultron, set roughly at a similar time to Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming as a producer said, set roughly when it comes out - I don't know how they'd explain the fact that they've also said it's "4 years" after Thor: The Dark World. Shouldn't be many problems here, considering it's seemingly November-ish 2017 in both timelines. The only problems could come from references to how long it has been since previous Thor films, or a mention of Civil War being very recent when they come to Earth, or anything similar.
 * 2018 - Ant-Man and the Wasp. Seemingly set just before Avengers: Infinity War despite coming out after. It's possible that this being before Infinity War might mean it should be in late 2017, when they might very well have things placing it in 2018. It is also possible that this could be not long after Captain America: Civil War and not long before Infinity War, if they are only placing them a year apart, when it should be nearly 2. This could cause a problem as well.
 * 2018 - Avengers: Infinity War. Yes, it should be set in early 2018 (to still be before the end of Peter's junior year, the focus of Spider-Man 2), but there's a good chance they could place this later in the year. If they stick to Homecoming being September 2017, not 2016, that means Peter's junior year would be September 2018-19, not 2017-18, and this could mean Infinity War is in late 2018, which would be a problem. Spider-Man 2 has to be set before June 2018 in the correct timeline. Infinity War should also be a a few months under 2 years since Civil War, about 1.5 years since Black Panther and Homecoming, a year since Doctor Strange, a few months since Ragnarok. What if they refer to these all being "last year"? That would be another nightmare.
 * 2018 - Avengers 4. Same problem as Infinity War.
 * December 2018 - Spider-Man 2. This is said to be about Peter's junior year. Considering they seem to have put Homecoming in September 2017, this puts his junior year as September 2018-June 2018. I don't imagine it would be set in September again, presumably a few months later in the school year. It's scary, again - since Homecoming should be September 2016, Spider-Man 2 should be before June 2018, and Infinity War should be early 2018 - this would mean that Spider-Man 2 should be around early 2018 as well. But what if they refer to the events of the first film as "last year"? Well, we can take that to mean last academic year, but what if there are references to it being c. December 2018, not early 2018? If there are even just references to the month being November/December-time, minus a year, that would mean it needs to be 2017, which would mean Infinity War has a problem, having to be before that, when it should be in 2018. Even if they don't say the year, that would still be a problem. And if they do back this up as being somewhere between September 2018 and June 2019, that continues to break things, reinforcing Homecoming being September 2017.
 * March 2020 - Spider-Man 3. Again, the school years problem. This film cannot be set later than June 2019, but it will be coming out in 2021 most likely. It's hard to believe that they'd want to let the timeline lag because of this film more than a year, and these films have a tendency to set themselves at the time they're released without thinking. I would not be surprised at all if there are 2020/2021 prop things that ruin the timeline. It's hard to imagine them adhering to the timeline they've set up to only set this before June 2019. If they continue to reinforce Homecoming as being September 2017, this continues to break the timeline.