Thread:BEJT/@comment-27496405-20170830154244/@comment-26838855-20171117180250

BardicFire wrote: I think that Daredevil happening in late 2016 is possible, but i could be wrong. it's just a big event that I can't find a rational way for it to have not been mentioned in Defenders if Punisher happens before, but it definitely happens a year after Micro sent the disc, which is firmly in october/ halloween time Punisher occurs after Defenders as far as I'm aware. Late 2016 would work fine with that, and a year after Micro sent the disc, which we know was before Christmas 2015.

The thing is, there's so much evidence putting those first four seasons in 2015. It would be very difficult to move them out of 2015, it would throw everything off and all four of those first seasons would have to move to 2016 which doesn't work.
 * Daredevil: Season 1, Episode 1 mentions that Union Allied has benefited in the last 2 years, since the Battle of New York. This is already stretched to mean that, because it is January 2015, she is referring to them benefiting in the last 2 calendar years, 2013 and 2014, since the battle. It can't be any later.
 * WHiH made a January 2015 post hinted to be about the Man in the Mask during Daredevil: Season 1.
 * Daredevil: Season 1 is "several months" before Season 2, as mentioned by Fisk in The Man in the Box. It's the same year.
 * Jessica Jones: Season 1 is after Daredevil: Season 1, as confirmed by Claire in the finale and the Jessica Jones tie-in comic. It is very firmly set in early 2015. It is shown that Kilgrave was presumed dead following the bus incident on January 20, 2014, which is referred to as "a year ago". It is also shown that Jessica and Kilgrave met "18 months ago" before the show, which is at least a few months before the January 20, 2014 incident. Kilgrave describes it as a "cold night" as well, so September works, 4 months before, and 18 months before March 2015, with the events of the season. March works as there is snow on the ground to begin with, but the snow melts and spring weather begins during the season. It is also implied to be before Age of Ultron, as Jessica talks about the Hulk as if he is still present. March-April 2015 works well, a year after January 2014, 18 months after September 2013, before Age of Ultron, the right weather, and soon after Daredevil: Season 1. Considering Season 2 is several months after Season 1, if Season 2 were pushed to late 2016, that would push Jessica Jones into 2016 too, which doesn't work.
 * Daredevil: Season 2 picks up "several months" (about 6 according to Charlie Cox) after the end of Season 1. It is clearly towards the end of the year as Christmas is shown at the end, and Matt is still cut across his face from the Attack on the Hand. The gap between the Attack on the Hand and Christmas is stretched to a few weeks to fit perfectly with Luke Cage and make the hot weather at the beginning a little more believable as October. It is said that Frank's family were killed the most recent April, so he became the Punisher after the most recent April. Photos from a massacre of his are shown from "07-21-15", meaning that this must be late 2015, not 2016. A calendar is shown in the finale which shows September 2015, then is turned to December 2015. While this would suggest around December 2015, you could assume that they're turning a little prematurely considering they're 2 months behind anyway, and so they're just trying to get ahead, expecting them to fall behind again on changing the calendar. It can't be later than November because of Luke Cage.
 * Luke Cage refers to the Knicks' most recent end-of-season recent record, which is the record they got at the end of the 2014-15 season, which would mean that we're after the end of the 2015 season.
 * Luke Cage presents itself as overlapping with Daredevil: Season 2, which Charlie Cox mentioned as well - and the dates and days of the week line up nicely. Luke Cage clearly shows a "DEC-01" date, and if you look at the end of the 2015 article, you can see how that makes those two overlapping seasons click together. There is also "Thu, 5 Nov" shown on a phone - 5th November was a Thursday in 2015 - and a festival banner shown in Episode 2 which I believe had a September date, I can't remember the exact date, but the day of the week lined up as 2015 as well.
 * Luke also mentions in this season that he's worked at Pop's for 5 months, which would mean he started working there in June, a little while after the end of Jessica Jones.