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Jessica Jones: Season 3 (ProBot1227)
ProBot1227 wrote: Great work, and thank you for the explanation, BEJT. Thanks ProBot1227.

On another Jessica Jones: Season 3 note, I have now finished my notes for the season, with the write-up explanation of all my process in working out the number of days that pass, the days of the week, evaluating (but unable to make a conclusion yet) the different options, and the two possible sets of results. They can be found here if interested.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 6 (Edward Zachary Sunrose, Marvelus)
Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: According to Jeremy Conrad on Twitter, Loeb added to his original comments.

Originally, we were all freaking out because he said Season 6 was pre-Snap. Well, now, Season 7 (sadly the final season) is apparently "before the five year time jump in Avengers: Endgame".

So Season 6 is both a year and some months after Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian invade New York, and some time before the Snap. And Season 7 is both after Season 6 (thus well into the five year gap) and between the Snap and the murder of Thanos on Titan II.

So hopefully Season 7 actually MENTIONS the Snap, but I doubt it. Thanks. Haven't watched the panel yet, thought I thought this might come up. He must be sick of that question.

I imagine saying "before the 5-year time jump" doesn't mean "between the Snap and the murder of Thanos", he just means before the Snap. But he's wrong.

Marvelus wrote: As long as they do not show the Snap happening in the middle of any season, we are safe. Yup. At this point, I'll take them just never mentioning it until the end. The mess is already happening, at least that doesn't provide a contradiction.

Iron Fist: Season 2 and Daredevil: Season 3 Notes (additional)
I went back and worked hard on the full write-up of my process coming to the conclusions I did over the dates of Iron Fist: Season 2 and Daredevil: Season 3. The notes for those two seasons are now complete, with the conclusion having been achieved before but the explanation not typed up. The notes can be found here if interested. Glad these two big bits of work are done and I can do some more write-ups soon.

Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest Volume One: Beginning Notes (additional)
I have gone into a fair amount of detail here in summarising the events. This is because I intend to help with the wiki pages for these novels, as one of the few who have read them, so wanted enough detail in these notes so I don't have to keep rifling back through the book. So every name, item, whatever that's mentioned I've tried to include even if it's not important to the plot, which is why there's more detail than necessary when, for example, they're just recounting the events of The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, or Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest Volume One: Beginning notes.


 * "Foreword": A simple description of the Infinity Stones.
 * "Chapter 1": The Collector wakes from a nap and calls for his blue Zoobaazian slave, Keelan, accidentally calling her Carina. He laments his museum's destruction, and does a recording of himself on a Memory Disk, having chosen to chronicle his life. He has been trying to rebuild, having lost a lot of his connections. He asks Keelan for a story, but as she tells it she's reminded of how she lost her planet to a mysterious attacker and becomes upset. He asks her to dust and thinks about how he still wants the Infinity Stones. She lets him know there's no news on them and he tells her to take inventory. He thinks about his Xandarian Boulder-Crusher in the basement and how he came into possession of the Reality Stone via Asgardians Sif and Volstagg after the Dark Elf incident. Keelan accidentally lets a tentacle out and they have to catch it. The Collector notices his big black spiky Dotaki skull is missing. He tells her to find it and the thief, and she remembers she was supposed to tell him he was expected at Pungo's Pawnshop now. He leaves.
 * p3 - Clear almost immediately that this is after the Collector's museum was destroyed in Guardians of the Galaxy.
 * p10 - The Collector's collection had been millennia's worth of hard work before it was destroyed.
 * p17 - Keelan refers to "this morning", implying it's no longer morning.
 * p21 - Keelan accidentally released the other two tentacles from captivity over a week ago.
 * "Chapter 2": The Collector meets with the pink, blobby, sluggish Pungo. He reveals there is another buyer, who reveals himself to be the Collector's brother, "En Dwi Gast"/the Grandmaster. Pungo is annoyed by his beast bodyguard Spord and opens a portal with a device to get rid of him. Pungo mentions the Grandmaster having been through something on Sakaar, which piques the Collector's interest, but the Grandmaster tries to avoid talking about it. He asks for a Shakuss Tusk, but it's not for sale. Pungo is proud of his son Gluddy. He tries to sell them three things: a pale grey fuzzy G'Zara which expels a horrible substance, an Ergon 450 robot from Xandar which breaks down, and a woman who runs away. He says he has a Dotaki skull, but insists it must be a different one to the Collector's, then offers a Hadron Enforcer, but the Grandmaster wants to leave. He reveals he has Wishing Ores, but they realise they're fakes since the one he cracks contains a horrible lizard-like fairy rather than a rainbow sparkly one. Pungo then says that he's heard there's an Infinity Stone on Knowhere, and mentions the destruction of the Collector's museum, which he tries to brush over - each brother trying to hide their recent failures. The brothers start to talk, having not seen each other for a "long while", but don't really get along. The Grandmaster spots the exclusive Blue Dot lounge and heads over, saying he knows the bouncer, Kuda, whom he asks to become his new bodyguard. She says she will come and check out his Contest of Champions, which makes him uncomfortable. She lets them in.
 * p31 - The Grandmaster has been through something, implying this is post-Thor: Ragnarok.
 * p33 - It's confirmed that this is after the Grandmaster lost his place on Sakaar.
 * "Chapter 3": The Collector is paranoid, feeling he has been since his museum was destroyed. They get to the VIP section where a six-tentacled creature called Joolz introduces himself as their mixologist, offering Mumb Melon Spritzer, Zaxus Blood, and flaming Surtur Shooters. The brothers try to ask each other about their recent problems. The Grandmaster asks why the Collector stays on Knowhere, saying it is best left to Ravagers, but the Collector directly asks the Grandmaster what happened. He admits some things went wrong on Sakaar and that he wants to stay on Knowhere. The Collector mocks him for needing his help, which the Grandmaster denies needing. The Collector agrees to house him. Some droopy, pale Cackalorns from Cackalor make a racket, wanting Flazen Milk barrels. A brute called Yaan enters and tells the brothers they're in his area. The Grandmaster tries to invite him to be his bodyguard, but Yaan realises the Grandmaster kidnapped his brother for his battles. Yaan sees Joolz and throws him, falling onto the Cackalorns' table, then turns to attack the Grandmaster. The Cackalorns are angered and attack Yaan as the brothers escape.
 * "Chapter 4": The Grandmaster's disappointed when he sees the museum. The Collector reminds Keelan to follow up on the Dotaki skull. The Grandmaster says he had heard of a remarkable collection with a Sovereign Birth Pod. The Collector says there was an incident, and prepares a herbal elixir the Nova Corps tend to drink, which his brother drinks. The Grandmaster tells the Collector about Sakaar, the Contest, and Scrapper 142. He explains he used a Cerebral Holographic Environment Nexus to project his hologram, and tells him about his champion, and the fighters including Korg. He mentions the Lord of Thunder, whom the Collector realises is Thor. The Collector tells him about Mjolnir and how it was crafted by Odin from Uru. They wonder how it would work if a frog were to lift Mjolnir (Throg reference), or a Korbinite (Beta Ray Bill reference). The Grandmaster says he didn't like Loki's betrayal, and the Collector tells him about his previous experience with Asgardians. He asks about the champion, and the Grandmaster reveals he is "the Hulk", believing him to be from Ergonar, then remembering it was Earth, but calling him Bruce Banks. The Collector corrects him, having heard stories of Bruce Banner, interested in getting him as a specimen. Keelan drops a plate and asks to go to the basement to feed the waste to the Xandarian Boulder-Crusher, winking at the Grandmaster as she goes. The Grandmaster finishes his story and the Collector is sceptical of the revolt being a supposed "tie". The Grandmaster tells the rest of the truth, then realises the Collector gave him Kvellian Truth Paste in his drink. He reveals, however, that he knows about the Infinity Stones and the Collector's desire for them, and that he has the Aether, asking to see it.
 * p67 - Hours since he realised the skull was missing.
 * "Chapter 5": The Grandmaster reveals he was told by Dark Elves. The Collector wants to work out if he has an ulterior motive, and decides to take him on a tour. He points out where he kept his Sovereign Birth Pod, bought from one of Ayesha's disgruntled underlings who had stolen it from her and was supposedly killed for his crime. He comments that he believes it was destroyed in the mishap, but that he's sure Ayesha has a brand new one. He points out that his Dark Elf escaped, and where he kept his Frost Giant and his Xeronian female killed in the chaos, who Carina used to read to. The Collector highlights an ancient, an Earth moose skeleton, an Earth space suit, the Celestial Javelin, a stolen Nova Corps helmet, the Mask of Secrets, a stuffed avian creature, a Vandarian butter knife, a broken Chitauri blaster, and a Pandorian crystal necklace. He eventually cannot stall any longer and tells his story - how Carina made an appointment with the Guardians of the Galaxy to bring the Orb, but that she grabbed the Power Stone and destroyed the place. He says how unfulfilled he's felt since losing the Power Stone after coming so close, and losing everything. The Grandmaster asks to be educated on the Infinity Stones, and the Collector shows him holograms of them. He tells of how the Celestials used the Infinity Stones' power to terrorise worlds and wreak havoc, and that the stones ended up lost to species like Kree, Asgardians, and Dark Elves. The Collector explains about the defensive casings of the Orb, the Sceptre, the Tesseract, the Eye of Agamotto, and the Aether, but that the Soul Stone's location and defence is unknown. He says the stones even speak to each other, then explains their powers and mentions that he believes the Tesseract to be on Asgard and that the Soul Stone's powers are also a mystery. The Collector then tells him about the Infinity Gauntlet capable of channelling all the powers together, connected directly to its bearer's mind. He thinks about how enthralled he always was by the stones, and the Grandmaster eagerly says they will find them together.
 * p102 - The mess of the Infinity Gauntlet continuity continues. "The holographic Stones chased one another through the air, coming together to assemble the bright hologram of a golden glove. Its glow illuminated the room. "While each Infinity Stone possesses a singular ability, they can also be used in unison. The Infinity Gauntlet channels the power of all the Stones at the same time. This is no easy task. All those who have attempted it have perished. The gauntlet connects directly to its bearer's mind. It can be overwhelming to an inexperienced being. It's unclear who built it, though I have my suspicions."" This backs up the theory that, considering Odin had a fake Infinity Gauntlet by 2010 despite it being made specifically for Thanos in 2015, the Infinity Gauntlet was more of a widely known concept that had just never been properly actualised until 2015. Perhaps people were unsure whether to believe it was true or not over the years, but either it didn't actually exist until 2015, or there's another one made before then already out there somewhere. And when the Collector refers to the people who have attempted to channel the power of all the stones together and died, he is probably just referring to people who have gone after multiple stones in the past and died before they even managed to possess two, considering Ebony Maw saying, "No other being has ever had the might... nay, the nobility... to wield not one, but two Infinity Stones."
 * "Chapter 6": The Collector tells the Grandmaster about Keelan. Keelan says she has information about the skull and he tells her to leave to follow it. The Grandmaster warns him not to be too cavalier about her intentions, as his treatment of her could backfire. The Collector gets a purple crystal ball, "a crystalized cosmic embryo from a realm that replays Time Loops specifically centred on cross-dimensional forces from other quadrants of the universe". He activates it to learn about where the Eye of Agamotto is, and it tells him the story of Stephen Strange: his accident, how he went to Kamar-Taj in Nepal, he met the Ancient One, trained as a Master of the Mystic Arts. The Collector takes his hand off the ball and takes out a sling ring he owns. The Grandmaster takes it and is disappointed when he can't use it, but the Collector explains it's a replica. They go back to the ball and it continues the story, telling of Strange's training and how he found the Book of Cagliostro with pages missing, stolen by Kaecilius. It says how Kaecilius wanted to unleash Dormammu from the Dark Dimension after he lost his wife in the hopes he would bring her back and that they could escape the entrapment of time. The ball describes how Strange found the Eye of Agamotto and learned time manipulation, then had to go to Hong Kong to stop Dormammu, how he reversed time to reconstruct the city and put Dormammu in a time loop, making a deal to remove the Zealots. The Collector decides it is out of their reach on Earth and calls his old friend Mizzala, saying he need her services in the hopes she will have information about a potential stone on Knowhere, and Mizzala says to come to her sideshow. They head off.
 * "Chapter 7": Mizzala, a tiny woman with bright white braids piled on her head, lets the brothers into her office, full of Earth junk as she loves Earth. Mizzala has a crew of misfits such as Nox Dovax "the Man with the Black Hole Belly", Glendara the hypnotist, and the Yooks Kree improv troupe. She offers for her "life partner" to make a spiced soup with a touch of Heat Gel, but the Collector says they don't have time. Mizzala gets excited to show them her Earth DVD player, but the Collector says to focus, and that they're looking for an Infinity Stone on Knowhere. Mizzala uses a pager to contact her staff, having given them all refurbished pagers. She says she and the Collector are similar, collecting things to fill an emptiness in their hearts, which her "Oobagonian Dream Counselor" told her she does. The Collector asks what she knows about where the Mind Stone is, and she says Earth, revealing she knows because of a cube device she has with cobbled-together stories from Earth through 'satellite footage, news reports, secret files, and other clips". She activates it and it is narrated by a character called Jerry. She says she has no news on any Infinity Stone on Knowhere yet and leaves them with the Jerry device. He tells them about the Avengers: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and S.H.I.E.L.D. special agent Hawkeye. Jerry explains that Loki was cast out of Asgard and hooked up with an unknown "cosmic bad guy" who wanted the Tesseract, then came to Earth with the Sceptre. He says that the Tesseract contains the Space Stone and was being worked on by Nick Fury and Erik Selvig, and that Loki attacked Fury's men, then says the Mind Stone is in the Sceptre and that Loki used it to control Hawkeye and Selvig. Jerry goes on to tell how Loki communicated with the Other in "another dimension" and got the Chitauri army, then got Selvig Iridium to open a portal, but the Avengers captured him. However, the Sceptre manipulated them and the Hulk was set loose in the Helicarrier while Hawkeye saved Loki. He talks about the portal over Stark Tower in New York City and how the Avengers won, the Tesseract went back to Asgard, and S.H.I.E.L.D. got the Sceptre. The brothers ask him to proceed to the next story, "Battle of Sokovia". Jerry explains that a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent took the Sceptre to Wolfgang von Strucker at Hydra in Sokovia, and how Strucker did experiments on humans, with many Sokovians dying, but Wanda and Pietro Maximoff being granted enhanced abilities which he describes. Jerry recounts how the Avengers took down Strucker's base and stole the Sceptre, but in the process Wanda managed to give Tony a nightmare vision of his teammates dead out in space, then used it to finish Ultron, who awakened, strangled J.A.R.V.I.S., and took control of the Iron Legion. He tells of Ultron stealing vibranium, Wanda causing Hulk's rampage, Thor visiting the Water of Sights and finding out about the Infinity Stones, the Avengers stealing Ultron's new body, the Maximoffs joining the Avengers, Vision's creation and lifting the hammer, and then the Avengers defeating Ultron, Tony stepping down, and Thor leaving. He finishes with the explanation that Pietro died, Wanda became an Avenger "called the Scarlet Witch", and War Machine, Falcon, and Vision joined the team. He says the next stories are The Sokovia Accords and Return of the Winter Soldier, but the Collector asks him to stick to the Mind Stone details, so he tells them about Vision learning how to be human and falling for Wanda, followed by the civil war. Jerry then asks for them to take him with them, but the Collector smashes the cube, sick of the endless stories. Mizzala returns, panicked, saying the Nova Corps have arrived to arrest everyone, and gets a buzz on her pager, passing on the information from it saying they need to go to Cleeton's Retreat to follow up on the Infinity Stone. She leads them to a trapdoor into a sewage chute to escape.
 * p150 - Jerry tells them how a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent stole the Sceptre and went to work for Hydra, taking it to Strucker, which is in line with Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude - This Scepter'd Isle Infinite Comic, supporting that the 2012 events shown in Avengers: Endgame were not how the Sceptre got all the way to Strucker.
 * "Chapter 8": The brothers are walking, trying to find Cleeton's Retreat before the Infinity Stone goes somewhere else. The Collector doesn't know where it is, having sprung up since his incident. They find a broken pipe and use its water to clean themselves, then dry with a hot exhaust vent. They ask a beggar boy where Cleeton's Retreat is, but he wants something in return, and he and the Grandmaster end up arguing. Nova Corpsmen arrive and they have to hide among outcasts, wanderers, and vagabonds, worried that since they are out of their homes they are not immune to the Nova Corps. They see people playing Astro Chips, which they used to play as children, with the Grandmaster saying he used to beat him a lot and that the Collector would furiously try to stab him. The Collector recalls how, as a child, he was obsessed with the six colours he later came to realise were of the Infinity Stones. The Collector mocks him for being controlled by the stones. They sit on a bench and overhear a couple: a man called Taago and a woman called Bel, saying they need to hide and let things settle, as if they leave now to join their children off-world then Nartaz will find them. The Grandmaster interrupts, checking they said Nartaz. Taago confirms the name, Nartaz being a Ravager after the bounty on them, grabbing the Grandmaster in suspicion of him. The Collector convinces Taago they are not Ravagers or in allegiance with Nartaz, and he lets go. The Grandmaster threatens to decapitate Taago, send the head to his offspring, and chop the rest up for animal food if he ever sees them again, but the Collector convinces him to leave, finding the Nova Corps have left the park. The Collector asks him if Nartaz is a friend of his, but the Grandmaster says he was simply being nosy. The Collector comments how fascinating it is that a team of humans, who should be meaningless in the wider universe, are so involved in events. The Grandmaster says he knows the Collector must have lost the Aether in his incident, considering he didn't use it. He exclaims loudly about the fact they need to find Cleeton's Retreat, and parkgoers point to it in the distance, with a glowing sign.
 * p161 - They have been walking for over an hour.
 * "Chapter 9": The brothers tell the hostess they are looking for Cleeton, and she introduces them to the Exalted Overseer, a short green young man who uses funny words. The Grandmaster notices Spiced Slug Larva and Phelch Juice. The Exalted Overseer says he's a big fan of the Grandmaster, and that he's Cleeton's son. He tells them he doesn't need to make money because he's family's rich, and shows that his bodyguards have to laugh when he finds something funny because he's the boss. The Collector asks about an Infinity Stone, but the Exalted Overseer asks for a story first. The Collector decides the Exalted Overseer is unstable so he has to play along, and says he will tell the story of the Power Stone and Guardians of the Galaxy. The Exalted Overseer is excited, saying he's Star-Lord's number-one fan. The Collector says the story begins on Morag, where Terran Peter Quill tried found the Orb, was ambushed by Korath, but got away. He says Korath, defeated, returned to Ronan, who has been charged with securing the Orb for a third party, and the Exalted Overseer interjects saying that this was Thanos, which the Collector had not known. The Collector continues, telling of Gamora, whom the Exalted Overseer notes he knows is Thanos' daughter, volunteering to steal the Orb, and how the Broker refused the Orb and Quill had a run-in with Gamora and two bizarre creatures. The Exalted Overseer interjects again, excitedly saying this is Rocket and Groot. The Collector notices that the Exalted Overseer seems to know more than he's letting on. He goes on to recount how they were taken to the Kyln and met Drax the Destroyer, then broke out and came to Knowhere to sell it to him. The Collector says that Ronan killed his benefactor's messenger out of spite, a creature called the Other, then realises as he says it that the pieces are coming together, turning to the Grandmaster and saying that since the Other was who Loki spoke to, Thanos must have been the figure behind Loki. The Exalted Overseer makes him resume the story and he explains that he taught the Guardians about the Infinity Stones, but his slave ripped the Power Stone out and destroyed the place. The Exalted Overseer exclaims, "Javen's Nuggs!", and says he heard Gamora and Star-Lord fell in love, childishly asking if they kiss and commenting that he sometimes kisses his pillow and pretends it's Gamora. The Collector tells about Ronan getting the Power Stone and coming to Xandar with it in his Cosmi-Rod on the Dark Aster accompanied Necro-Craft, the Nova Corps' Star Blasters failing to stop him, and Ronan preparing to destroy Xandar. The Exalted Overseer interrupts again, finishing the story with the dance-off. When the Collector asks why he wants to hear the story if he knows it, he says he likes to be in control. The Collector finishes the story of defeating Ronan. The Exalted Overseer says he left out parts about the Yondu and Ravagers, but shrugs it off. He also notes that the Nova Corps don't have the Power Stone anymore, as Thanos has taken it, which the Collector hadn't heard yet. The Grandmaster leans to the Collector's ear. The Collector notes that the Nova Corps weren't qualified to have it and insults Nova Prime, and the Grandmaster tells him to make up a great story to impress the Exalted Overseer and get the Infinity Stone. The Collector fakes a story, saying Star-Lord stole the Power Stone for Thanos, going undercover as a Nova Corpsman, and that Gamora became bored with him and kissed Star-Lord's companion in front of Star-Lord and his friends. The Exalted Overseer brings out what he claims is the Soul Stone, and the Collector offers a Wishing Ore, in fact fake, in return. The Exalted Overseer breaks it and smashes the fairy inside, and when it isn't filled with rainbow sparkles, knows it to be fake. Tensions boil, and the Collector rises to leave, glad he at least knows who his competition is now. He belittles the Exalted Overseer as he and his brother leave. They walk away and there's a fiery explosion, with the Exalted Overseer and his bodyguards running out, dazed and coughing. The Collector tells his brother he stole a small explosive device from Mizzala's collection and left it behind. They make their way through the crowd of revellers, but are blocked by a shaggy-haired broad-shouldered creature - Nartaz, whom the Grandmaster does in fact know. Nartaz says the Grandmaster stiffed him on a job and he's here to get what he's owed. They run in the other direction as Nartaz chases with a plasma rifle, but find themselves confronted by Yaan and the Cackalorns, who have become friends, and recognise the Grandmaster as the one who had Yaan's seat. The brother's are trapped, but find a deliveryman with a hoverbike. The Grandmaster pushes him off and they hop on, speeding away to the museum.
 * p190 - Thanos has recently taken the Power Stone, so this is between the attack on Xandar and the Knowhere sequence in Avengers: Infinity War.
 * p198 - They've been walking "all day", it's all still one day.
 * p199 - It's a Friday (which apparently is a thing on Knowhere), so that easily places it as the Friday between the attack on Xandar and Avengers: Infinity War. This also aligns nicely with it only being shortly after the attack on Xandar, for the Exalted Overseer to have heard but not the Collector.
 * "Chapter 10": Getting back to the museum, the Collector gets his brother to help move a chair and reveal a hatch, from which a pedestal rises up holding the Aether. The Grandmaster is in awe, having thought the Collector had lost it. Nartaz, Yaan, and the Cackalorns arrive, followed by the Exalted Overseer. The Collector opens the Aether's containment device and it sweeps across the floor "like a multiheaded serpent", strangling the Exalted Overseer's bodyguards and coiling around the Exalted Overseer, sucking his energy and discarding the husk before moving to the next set of victims. The Cackalorns, Yaan, and Nartaz have their insides ripped apart, then the Aether morphs into a thousand small spikes and repeatedly stabs them, before returning to its containment device. The Grandmaster is in awe. The Collector asks Keelan to clear the bodies, but she refuses. She reveals that he's been watching his holovids and reading his ledgers while he's been napping and sulking, and establishing contacts and connections. She says he treats her like just a thing, and pulls out a "Minituarized Thermotron Collider" she got from Pungo, having been stealing items, including the Dotaki skull, and pawning them to buy a weapon, which she did when he sent her after the skull. The Collector warns her the weapon won't work the way Pungo has said, and accidentally calls her Carina again. She angrily shouts that her name is Keelan and pulls the trigger, but it backfires, and she is blasted into a tube of slugs that shatters. She sobs, having failed and been betrayed again. The Collector feels slightly sympathetic, saying it must have been hard having no purpose, but says he gave her purpose, still believing he did nothing wrong. He prepares to use the Aether to kill her, but the Grandmaster says to be merciful as if he killed her he would indeed be as cruel as she says. The Collector considers that power isn't only destruction and control, but also giving someone something you can easily take away. He tosses her a hexagonal Memory Disk and says it has stories of the universe on it, including who ravaged her homeworld, then says to leave Knowhere and never come back. The Collector muses to the Grandmaster that he should stop acquiring slaves, as it is more trouble than it's worth - the Grandmaster asks him not to use the "s word". He notices their childhood Astro Chips board and comments that the Collector must be sentimental and nostalgic. He says they should play a game and asks if he has Tesklazian tea, also requesting a footbath, and the Collector becomes frustrated. The Grandmaster suddenly decides that actually, he can't stay on Knowhere, needing comfort in his life. He asks where he can find the Devil's Anus, which the Collector doesn't understand, then says he'll find another way off instead. The Collector is incredulous at his sudden arrival and then departure and the Grandmaster replies not to be sentimental, saying to keep his eye on the prize of Infinity Stones, saying at least he has the Aether "for now, at any rate". He asks what the Collector will do if Thanos comes for him, but the Collector is confident, proud of the weapon he has. The Grandmaster comments that it's odd the universe allows someone so basic and unworthy to possess something so incredible, and the Collector has had enough, telling him to leave and, knowing he is about to make a snide comment, cuts him off and says not to destroy any goodwill they've developed and not to seek his aid again, also mentioning that if he tries to acquire the Infinity Stones from under him, he will kill him the same way he killed their attackers. The Grandmaster says, "Good luck, Tivan. You'll need it," then storms out. The Grandmaster puts the Aether back and retrieves an unused Memory Disk, smirking, ready to begin a new story.
 * p208 - Keelan has been stealing items from the museum for weeks, pawning them for money to buy a weapon.

So yes, the Friday 5 days before Avengers: Infinity War.

Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest Volume Two: Aftermath Notes (additional)
I'm a couple of chapters into Volume Two: Aftermath, and while there's no exact mention of time since the Snap yet, the tone of it to me would imply at least a couple of months. Erik Selvig is said to have basically run off to New Mexico, cutting himself off from everyone and not really leaving a room he's staying in there, working tirelessly on trying to figure out what's happened and what to do, going almost crazy, barely washing and shaving and leaving his room a mess. Darcy has to turn up and force him to get sorted. I think it's not a massive stretch to assume that Erik disappearing off to New Mexico and cutting himself off like that would get him registered as missing, still considered missing 3 weeks after the Snap (before, seemingly, the events of this novel).

It looks like Brandon T. Snider is contactable by email, so once I've read the whole novel, I will email him about the matter and see what he says.

The Empire Film Podcast Spider-Man: Far from Home Spoiler Special (additional)
Listened to the Far from Home spoiler special interviews on The Empire Film Podcast and here's the few tidbits of timeline-related info. Nothing particularly important:
 * 5:11.
 * Chris: "He's quite hormonal in this movie though, isn't he, Peter? It's revealed that he was looking at an adult video..."
 * Jon Watts: Laughs. "He's..."
 * Chris: "When he, when he..."
 * Jon Watts: "... he's 16!"
 * Chris: Laughs.
 * Jon Watts: "Just trying to be honest here..."
 * Chris: "... when he should've been fighting Captain America and all that.
 * Jon Watts: Laughs.
 * They're technically referring to the time of Captain America: Civil War here, when Peter was 14, but Jon is clearly referring to the main events of the film. As before, 16 doesn't really make sense but isn't the end of the world.
 * 26:34.
 * Chris: "And Cap is in that montage as well..."
 * Jon Watts: "Yeah.
 * Chris: "... so do they think that Cap is dead, 'cause, yanno, we know he's not, yanno, but..."
 * Jon Watts: "Yeah, I think the world doesn't know that he's...
 * Chris: "They just know he's, he's gone?"
 * Jon Watts: "... he's travelled through time and is an old man now, so I think the world's assumption is that he's dead too."
 * Chris: "OK, excellent, and, erm..."
 * Jon Watts: "I wasn't trying to kill Cap."
 * Chris: "No no no no of course not, of course not. And, er, I notice you didn't have any "8 years later" time...
 * Jon Watts: Laughs.
 * Chris: "... time stamps this time around." Laughs. "You're..."
 * Jon Watts: "No comment!"
 * Chris: "... staying away..."
 * Jon Watts: "No comment!"
 * Chris: Laughs "... staying well away from that..."
 * Jon Watts: "Yeah!"
 * Chris: "... sort of stuff. OK!"
 * I included the Cap part leading into this because, while it's not really timeline related, it confirms what I assumed from Cap being in the in memoriam and that he hasn't in fact died in the last 8 months like some people seem to have assumed.
 * Jon here laughs about "8 years later", the "No comment!"s being jokes about how it was a blunder that they got so much stick for in a "We don't talk about that!" kind of jokey way. It's clear that everyone at Marvel has just kind of gone, "Yeah... let's pretend that never happened," and we've reached a point now where everyone is in agreement to just laugh at that stupid mistake and move on.
 * 47:14
 * Kevin Feige: "Peter's in 11th grade in this film, junior year in U.S. high school terminology."
 * Just another confirmation of this.
 * 58:28
 * Kevin Feige: "And also suggests, uh, that he and Talos have been in contact..."
 * Chris: "Yes."
 * Kevin Feige: "... For those 20 plus years since they met in Captain Marvel."
 * It's actually almost 30 years now, but "20 plus" isn't wrong. Feige is probably just thinking about how the mid-1990s are 20 plus years ago.