"In conclusion I would recommend to not get hung up on birthdays or aging."
— Pete Abrams, author of Sluggy Freelance, on how much time has passed since the beginning of the story
"I know a day is just 24 hours, but that one felt like it took a year and 37 weeks to get through
"
"— Florence Ambrose, Freefall, hanging a lampshade on the trope.
You have a feeling it's going to be a long day.
— Narrator, Homestuck, at the beginning of a day that wouldn't end for two and a half years.
Heartful Punch: Hey, do you still think you'll be down for the announcement tomorrow?
Undine: Oh, right! Sorry, so much happened tonight that it completely slipped my mind!
Alt Text: It's almost like this last came up months ago!! Weird how that works!
Undine: Oh, right! Sorry, so much happened tonight that it completely slipped my mind!
Alt Text: It's almost like this last came up months ago!! Weird how that works!
Chu: It's Christmastime, Matchu Brown!
Matchu: It's the middle of September...
Chu: Nope, it's December! It was September last week and will be September again next Tuesday!
Matchu: It's the middle of September...
Chu: Nope, it's December! It was September last week and will be September again next Tuesday!
— A Matchu Christmas filler strip during a story taking place in September.
Complains: Wait, haven't we've been in this situation before?
Thaco: I don't know, have we?
*flashback*
Thaco: Oh yeah, you're right. Feels like that was a decade ago.
Complains: And yet it's only been a few days.
Thaco: I don't know, have we?
*flashback*
Thaco: Oh yeah, you're right. Feels like that was a decade ago.
Complains: And yet it's only been a few days.
— Goblins note
"Nearly all of the next two weeks of comics will take place over a span of, oh, say, about fifteen minutes to the folks actually involved in the comics themselves. It's like Narnia that way, I guess...."
— Micheal Payne, on Daily Grind
Question: Why hasn't (insert thing set up in Squirrel Prophet here) happened yet?
Amanda: Because it's literally only been one day since that happened.
Lisa: Squirrel Prophet ended on February 13th. Of 2015.
Amanda: Their time. Comic timeline wise, it was yesterday.
Lisa: One hundred and eighty-two comics ago!
Amanda: Still just one day.
Amanda: Because it's literally only been one day since that happened.
Lisa: Squirrel Prophet ended on February 13th. Of 2015.
Amanda: Their time. Comic timeline wise, it was yesterday.
Lisa: One hundred and eighty-two comics ago!
Amanda: Still just one day.
"And you only get ten minutes ... A normal ten minutes, not the decompressed 40-strips-equals-ten-minutes kind."
Thor: Sorry about letting you hang for a bit when you arrived, Durkon. But in all fairness, you really took your sweet time getting up here. When did you croak, like five and a half years ago?
Durkon: Uh, I think it were only aboot a week, me lord.
Thor: Well, still. Took forever.
Durkon: Uh, I think it were only aboot a week, me lord.
Thor: Well, still. Took forever.
Tor-Gor: Remember the dude we met last week, the one who happens to buy and sell souls?
Taq: Uh, we met him an hour ago.
Tor-Gor: Oh right, right, right. Tor-Gor's been out for a while, the last hour's kind of fuzzy.
Taq: Uh, we met him an hour ago.
Tor-Gor: Oh right, right, right. Tor-Gor's been out for a while, the last hour's kind of fuzzy.
— Jace Beleren Must Die, Episode 3
, Episode 3Liam: Length isn't just a problem in regards to real-world publishing time, but also the in-world time of the story. And that happens to be due to the fact that the entirety of Dressrosa predominantly takes place over the course of a single day.
Contributor 1: Two years for one day is insane.
Contributor 2: 118-ish episodes for a day is really wack to me.
Contributor 3: I just- I remember many times, thinking like, "Okay, can we please move on?"
Contributor 4: Oh my god, this is going on forever.
Contributor 5: Big ol slog.
Contributor 6: I, uh, completely stopped reading for a while, One Piece...
Contributor 7: I kind of zoned out when I was watching and reading because I just lost interest.
Liam: In addition to that, unlike the The Lord of the Rings example, it's not like we're waiting for huge chunks of story to be dumped on us once a year; rather, what happened was that we were being drip-fed a weekly experience which felt much more painful than it should have because everything took place during a singular day- in fact, even less, because the sun doesn't go down until the conclusion- so more accurately, we could call it a single morning and/or afternoon.
Contributor 1: Two years for one day is insane.
Contributor 2: 118-ish episodes for a day is really wack to me.
Contributor 3: I just- I remember many times, thinking like, "Okay, can we please move on?"
Contributor 4: Oh my god, this is going on forever.
Contributor 5: Big ol slog.
Contributor 6: I, uh, completely stopped reading for a while, One Piece...
Contributor 7: I kind of zoned out when I was watching and reading because I just lost interest.
Liam: In addition to that, unlike the The Lord of the Rings example, it's not like we're waiting for huge chunks of story to be dumped on us once a year; rather, what happened was that we were being drip-fed a weekly experience which felt much more painful than it should have because everything took place during a singular day- in fact, even less, because the sun doesn't go down until the conclusion- so more accurately, we could call it a single morning and/or afternoon.
— "The Dressrosa Disaster", The Grand Line Review
", The Grand Line ReviewDonovan: Geez, kiddo, you must've had a real bad morning.
Dominic: Tell me about it...I've seen Acibek's birth and death, a cult mass suicide, Gregory's battle with jocks and Mom's class getting ripped to shreds. And on top of that, I triggered a small time loop, argued with "Penelope the Pain" and, not two minutes ago, rescued someone from the Storm of Souls. And it's not even noon yet! I feel like I've been through a four-month ordeal and it's only been, what, four hours?!
Dominic: Tell me about it...I've seen Acibek's birth and death, a cult mass suicide, Gregory's battle with jocks and Mom's class getting ripped to shreds. And on top of that, I triggered a small time loop, argued with "Penelope the Pain" and, not two minutes ago, rescued someone from the Storm of Souls. And it's not even noon yet! I feel like I've been through a four-month ordeal and it's only been, what, four hours?!
