Absolutely. I've seen the headache the first episode of Agent Carter has given you. I think, in the furture, when it comes to my timeline I am going to reference all 'evidence' even if it contradicts other events. In that sense it will become more of a discontinuity guide as well as a continuity guide. I know someone once did something similar with Dr Who many years ago.
Interesting, that I'd like to check out. That's my one regret with the timeline is I didn't keep a separate post detailing the reasoning and specific dates or mentions of time passing between two entries, just as a reference source for people to find answers to why something is placed as it is.
Yep - you are no doubt right on all this. To be honest I have yet to pay as much attention on this as I should have...mainly because I have been scratching my head over other things.
That's understandable. I've been keeping a timeline for the MCU films ever since I saw the first Iron Man and noticed the May, 2008 date onscreen. It's a lot easier (well it was in Phase 1) to just update one film at a time with the occasional spin off comic or One Shot. Currently, balancing the films, TV shows, and comics is noticeably more difficult, lol. Luckily it doesn't have me pulling my hair out yet... well, not much. ;?
Although this makes much more narrative sense than my timeline there is nothing specific that contradicts the evidence of IM3 not happening where I have put it. So I have left it there. I have heard many people say it happens 6 months after the Avengers but I can't find the evidence anywhere for it online. Although nothing is set in stone and open for change!
I'm positive the 6 months later mention was made by Shane Black in an interview before the film was released. He basically gave a quick summary of Tony's state of mind, how he was suffering from PTSD after almost dying in Avengers, etc.
The fact he's still suffering from panic attacks, etc, six months later seems a bit more likely than it being two and a half years later and still be going through it. Of course, Tony doesn't like to talk about his feelings, but given his relationship with Pepper, and friendship with Rhodey (an experienced pilot who likely would recognize symptoms of PTSD), I'm not sure he'd be able to hide it for 2 1/2 years. It's certainly possible, though.
I wonder if it's in the script itself
I have to admit this whole thing is a nightmare. Even though you argue your point well with regards to CA:TWS and T:TDW you could easily argue it several other ways. We're both dangerously stumbling into personal opinion over fact. But there aren't any real facts due to Marvel Studios!!! Rest assured I always blame them!! Especially over AoS (even though it's ABC) which seems to spend most of its time being a promotional tool for the films most of the time.
Lol. Very true.
At the very least the crossover episodes for AoS indicate Thor-TDW occurs before CA-TWS. If you ignore the entire middle part of Agents of SHIELD, then you can raise those other approaches, but it seems to make more sense to ignore a quick flash of a prop date on a paper in Thor-TDW (even though it is the first "tier" of continuity, if you will) instead of 1/3 (or the entirety) of AoS's first season (in terms of the timeline). Though from a critical perspective, at least for the first 10 episodes or so of AoS, from a critical perspective I can understand ignoring it.
I think the main thing is to have a system and try to stick to it - which is definitely what you have done. Phase one was a piece of cake in comparison of all the difficulties with Phase Two and contradictions!! There is definitely a way to use sources and canonicity. Fans did it for Star Wars so surely we can come with some for MCU??!?!
Cheers mate
Indeed! Really glad to have you on the forum, been dying to talk the MCU timeline with you since I discovered your timeline a couple years back (maybe longer, can't remember). The timeline here is a group effort, everyone's input counts, so anytime you think something should be placed differently, definitely post.