Thread:Marvelus/@comment-27496405-20190519011243/@comment-39828249-20190630111552

I know this isn't how you guys work around here, but I think we can all assume that most of the time TV shows try to make important things obvious for the audience so as that way they don't miss important details. Most audience members don't notice dates on calendars & how it was dark early one night or the weather. (I know they. can be used as indicators & sometimes these things play an important role in the timeline or story but for this season of this show because our attention wasn't largely drawn to these things I think it is easier justified to ignore it. If we heard a weather report stating "The wintery weather is on it's way, make sure to wrap up" & this impacted how a character dressed or a character made their plans taking into account this information, then it would be important to accept this, because it is playing a part in the story & a character’s decisions. I don't remember any situation this season in which a character makes a decision based a detail like that. I am not trying to say these details aren't important just because a passive audience doesn't pick up on it, I'm just arguing that it could be overlooked due to the lack of importance for the actual story.

In the same vein, the snap would clearly not be overlooked in this season if it was post-snap. There aren't even any hints that it took place. No audience watching. this, passive or not, could pick up on this being post-snap. Even if this season played out the same, they would at least make reference to the snap like they do with the Battle of New York, the raft, the Avengers, etc. Would a passive audience put 2 & 2 together to realise the snap took place in summer of 2018 & this takes place in fall of 2018? I doubt it because they would have to pick up on small hints & remember date indicators & references in other movies & TV shows to realise when Infinity War took place in the first place & then do the math in their head to find out when each of the Netflix seasons took place.

The Mother's Day reference is the biggest issue because a passive audience member is going to hear that & know roughly when this season takes place during a year. But, are they going to remember this long term? It's not like season one of Punisher in which Thanksgiving was an event, or Mari Gras in season one of Cloak & Dagger. They basically mentioned an annual event is taking place at a different time of year than it is now. If this season actually had a holiday happen during it, such as halloween or Thanksgiving, it would be harder to overlook. I just think saying a holiday is at a different time of the year to right now is less of a date indicator than if we seen a holiday take place this season.

As I said these shows are largely  made for passive audience, the "18 years ago" isn't going to trigger most people to realise it doesn't exactly line up. We can make a case to overlook the inconstancies & seasonal & monthly indicators, because largely they don't play a role in this story & we don't see an actual holiday celebrations. The snap would not be overlooked by the writers, even though they wrote this before they knew what happened in Endgame, there is no way they would overlook this universal event without even a reference. Lack of Endgame references trump the mothers day 6 months away & other inconsistent dates I feel.

I know most, if not all of you agree, you are just looking for a way to justify it. I’m not trying to force things, just trying to make a solid argument that you guys think will support & justify overlooking some details in lieu of others that are arguably more important.