Lore Timeline?

[LineageRazor]

It's specifically something that's not meant to be taken seriously.

Well, one thing that may be worth noting, is that the Simpsons is specifically intended to not be taken seriously.

This game IS. We're supposed to be invested in the characters, take their dramas seriously. Sitcom-style "everything stays the same and nothing changes" RANKLES. Especially since things DO change.

I don't mind if they never get into specifics as to how much time is passing, and leave that up to the player. Even the lack of physical growth for Alphinaud and Alisae can be handwaved - they're Elezen, and Elezen's period of puberty is longer than most. But for this to work, they need to stop making references to how long ago something was. In the beginning, in ARR, "the Calamity happened five years ago" was fine. As the expansions pass, however, they need to ease back on these markers, give the players a chance to set whatever timeline they feel makes sense.

[Iscah]

Honestly, the time bubble sucks. We get threads like this quite often, variations of 'how much time to you think has passed' and it could be interesting to talk about but instead the replies always become about the time bubble and the damn Simpsons of all things.

It's not about not being able to speculate on the actual amount of time, but people who ask how much time has passed are often asking in combination with "how old are the characters now? Aren't the twins 18-20 by this point?" ...and the answer is no, however many years have passed, they're still 16. (You can assume they're older now of course, since they logically should be, but don't expect to see it reflected in the game.)