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:I don't see the point of torturing ourselves to make sense of something that the writers never put an ounce of care or thought into. (Which applies to literally everything about Legacy, but I digress...) All we have in the show or otherwise is "three years" so three years it is.--[[User:Pyramidhead|Pyramidhead]] ([[User talk:Pyramidhead|talk]]) 19:49, November 27, 2017 (UTC)
 
:I don't see the point of torturing ourselves to make sense of something that the writers never put an ounce of care or thought into. (Which applies to literally everything about Legacy, but I digress...) All we have in the show or otherwise is "three years" so three years it is.--[[User:Pyramidhead|Pyramidhead]] ([[User talk:Pyramidhead|talk]]) 19:49, November 27, 2017 (UTC)
 
::In order to not contradict in-universe dialogue, the correct option would be 2026. However, it is never unambiguously stated that ''every single'' presidential election happens every 4 years in the ''24'' universe (4 years is mentioned as being the term length in some cases, but how are we to know an election wasn't called early or late?), so as you say, to avoid going too far into the future the only unambiguous dialogue says that Legacy happens ''at least'' 3.5 years after LAD.--[[User:Acer4666|Acer4666]] ([[User talk:Acer4666|Talk]]) 22:56, November 28, 2017 (UTC)
 
::In order to not contradict in-universe dialogue, the correct option would be 2026. However, it is never unambiguously stated that ''every single'' presidential election happens every 4 years in the ''24'' universe (4 years is mentioned as being the term length in some cases, but how are we to know an election wasn't called early or late?), so as you say, to avoid going too far into the future the only unambiguous dialogue says that Legacy happens ''at least'' 3.5 years after LAD.--[[User:Acer4666|Acer4666]] ([[User talk:Acer4666|Talk]]) 22:56, November 28, 2017 (UTC)
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While they never explicitly state no special elections, they never verify one, either, and all explicit references to time passed supports 4-year election cycles UNTIL Legacy. The truth is no version of the timeline you can make gets away without ignoring SOMETHING. For example, if you just adopt the "Perpetual Now" from the show runners you can construct a mostly reasonable timeline with room for all Presidents, BUT you're creating multiple special elections along the way AND fudging almost every reference to time passed in the show. That or you call it a "sliding" timeline like a comic book, but doing that eventually places Day 1 in 1996. Anyway, the premise of my original post was in support of one of the few consistent things the show seemingly presented.
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[[Special:Contributions/2600:1016:B028:9695:DD10:E652:C8FC:97EF|2600:1016:B028:9695:DD10:E652:C8FC:97EF]] 19:15, November 29, 2017 (UTC)

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Forum: The Situation Room > Timeline & Legacy


One area of the timeline which doesn't quite add up is the setting of Legacy. Regardless of what years you set each season, the relative timeline dictates when Live Another Day ends, we are 2 years and 2 months from the next election. However, the official line sets Legacy 3 full years after LAD. The relative timeline holds 3.5. Either way, that is far too soon on the campaign trail for ads to be running, even by today's standards.

I see 3 options to resolve. Using the years on the relative timeline, one is to have it be March to September 2022, within the next election year. That would also shorten Tony's time in prison from 8 years to 6. I tend to favor this option.

The others are to extend Legacy further to the 2026 election. I dislike this simply to avoid going further into the future than is necessary.

You could also slide the events in between Day 8 and LAD, putting it within Heller's 2018 election year. That means Tony now spends 3 years in solitary. It also goes against the creator's intentions since we know had Legacy been renewed, Donovan would have been President.

2600:1016:B022:A580:C0A:4802:7A1B:6743 17:36, November 27, 2017 (UTC)

I don't see the point of torturing ourselves to make sense of something that the writers never put an ounce of care or thought into. (Which applies to literally everything about Legacy, but I digress...) All we have in the show or otherwise is "three years" so three years it is.--Pyramidhead (talk) 19:49, November 27, 2017 (UTC)
In order to not contradict in-universe dialogue, the correct option would be 2026. However, it is never unambiguously stated that every single presidential election happens every 4 years in the 24 universe (4 years is mentioned as being the term length in some cases, but how are we to know an election wasn't called early or late?), so as you say, to avoid going too far into the future the only unambiguous dialogue says that Legacy happens at least 3.5 years after LAD.--Acer4666 (Talk) 22:56, November 28, 2017 (UTC)

While they never explicitly state no special elections, they never verify one, either, and all explicit references to time passed supports 4-year election cycles UNTIL Legacy. The truth is no version of the timeline you can make gets away without ignoring SOMETHING. For example, if you just adopt the "Perpetual Now" from the show runners you can construct a mostly reasonable timeline with room for all Presidents, BUT you're creating multiple special elections along the way AND fudging almost every reference to time passed in the show. That or you call it a "sliding" timeline like a comic book, but doing that eventually places Day 1 in 1996. Anyway, the premise of my original post was in support of one of the few consistent things the show seemingly presented.

2600:1016:B028:9695:DD10:E652:C8FC:97EF 19:15, November 29, 2017 (UTC)