Then a timeline is, essentially, pointless, especially since it contradicts the only actual canon, i.e., what we are seeing on screen.
The truth is that CowLip didn't give a damn about timelines or being consistent -- they changed things to suit themselves or else they were lazy and forgot/didn't bother (that's my belief). Writers who came in during S2 admitted that they didn't even bother to watch S1, so unless the actors said something or someone else called it to their attention, they made everything up out of whole cloth. When things suited them to bring up again -- i.e., Dumpster Boy or whatever -- then they sort of looked things up, but they didn't bother to reconcile facts. They figured no one would be paying that close attention. In other words, they know nothing about fandom (and could care less!).
For instance -- was Vic the older or younger sibling? He is another one with 2 birth years -- one on the Babylon Membership Card he gives Justin in 103 (1952) and another on his headstone (1951-2004) -- which dates Vic's death during late January or early February 2004 (Emmett says it's February when Deb is decorating for the Christmas Party). But if either of those dates is true, that would make him older than Deb, who says that she had Michael when she was 17 -- Michael born in 1970 = Deb born in 1953. Which also means that she was at Woodstock when she was 16 (and those Three Guys Named Julio weren't her first, since she told Jennifer in 106 that she lost her virginity at 15).
So any kind of timeline will always be up for grabs. There is no definitive interpretation -- like the Bible, you can always quote another scripture to contradict it.
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Date: 2008-10-08 05:33 am (UTC)since it contradicts the only actual canon, i.e., what
we are seeing on screen.
The truth is that CowLip didn't give a damn about timelines
or being consistent -- they changed things to suit themselves
or else they were lazy and forgot/didn't bother (that's my
belief). Writers who came in during S2 admitted that they
didn't even bother to watch S1, so unless the actors said
something or someone else called it to their attention,
they made everything up out of whole cloth. When things
suited them to bring up again -- i.e., Dumpster Boy or
whatever -- then they sort of looked things up, but they
didn't bother to reconcile facts. They figured no one
would be paying that close attention. In other words,
they know nothing about fandom (and could care less!).
For instance -- was Vic the older or younger sibling? He
is another one with 2 birth years -- one on the Babylon
Membership Card he gives Justin in 103 (1952) and another
on his headstone (1951-2004) -- which dates Vic's death
during late January or early February 2004 (Emmett says
it's February when Deb is decorating for the Christmas
Party). But if either of those dates is true, that
would make him older than Deb, who says that she had
Michael when she was 17 -- Michael born in 1970 = Deb
born in 1953. Which also means that she was at Woodstock
when she was 16 (and those Three Guys Named Julio weren't
her first, since she told Jennifer in 106 that she lost
her virginity at 15).
So any kind of timeline will always be up for grabs. There
is no definitive interpretation -- like the Bible, you
can always quote another scripture to contradict it.