(Spoilers) Questions about the timeline and the Carpenter children
So I just finished the reread of 12 Months, in which Molly and Daniel both figure prominently and it got me thinking about their time line. I thought Molly was 28-29, Daniel 27-28, Matthew 24-25, Alicia 22-23, Amanda 17-18, Hope 16, and Harry 13. But looking at the timeline on his site, I was off by at least 3-4 years on everyone. I didn’t realize this, but I was at least partially thrown off by the fact that Skin Games and Peace Talks/ Battleground happen within a few months of each other. I thought Jim had said that each casebook was the worst 3-4 days of Dresdens year. So the correct ages are Molly is 25, Daniel 24, Matthew 21, Alicia 18-19, Amanda 16-17, Hope 14-15, and Harry 13. I’m wondering if Jim has also kinda lost track of their ages, bc now I have a bunch of questions:
(1) Molly is mentioned in Battleground that Molly uses a glamour to add some wrinkles and a few pounds to make her look her age. Who has crows feet at 25? Maybe at 30, but not at 25.
(2) Daniel has completed his first tour in the Marines in Ghost Story. Technically possible if he enlisted at 17-18. However, I think it is mentioned after Ghost Story that he re-enlisted. That commitment is 4 years. If so, he’d be only 2 years into his tour during 12 Months and should not have been in Chicago. I don’t have the Ghost Story in ebook, so I can’t do a word search like I can on some of the other books.
(3) Matthew is easily the least developed of the kids. The only thing we know is that in 12 Months he is a nurse with Doctors Without Borders and is in South America.
(4) Is 18 kinda young for Alicia to be engaged?
Am I the only that finds these to be notable continuity errors?