Good Intentions Timeline

*“Words like ‘steal’ and ‘thief’ are so limiting… I acquire the forbidden.”* — Spoilers for *Past Due* follow.

## Good Intentions Timeline

### **Related pages**

* Good Intentions series
* Pop culture references
* Reading order
* Locations
* **Timeline**

### **Books in series**

1. *Good Intentions*
2. *Natural Consequences*
3. *Life in Shadows*
4. *Personal Demons*
5. *Past Due*

An attempt to create a cohesive timeline for the Good Intentions Series by Elliott Kay, covering both the history before the series start and the relative order and chronology of the published stories.

## Introduction

This is an attempt to create a cohesive timeline for the Good Intentions Series. It is very much a work in progress, and doubtlessly contains errors in various forms. This might be due to later works supplanting earlier works, continuity errors between published works, the works having no fixed timeline as they were written, errors from collation, or errors in interpretation. Some specifically thorny problems are noted as well.

It is partially based on the timeline that Elliott Kay posted on Patreon on July 4 2022: Timelines and Links: Good Intentions. For a less detailed chronological order, see the Good Intentions Reading Order.

The backstory covers a very long history, but each book only covers a limited time, usually around a week.

*Good Intentions* and the series proper starts in September Year 0 in the below list.

All years use CE and BCE notations.

## Year 0

### September Year 0

#### After *Good Intentions*

Alex, Lorelei, and Rachel move into Suite 1705 in mid-late September. Jason also moves into his own apartment during the same period. Drew also moves, though possibly a bit later.

### October Year 0

According to the Patreon timeline, “Secret Shoppers” occurs before “Minor Errands”, following the order of their writing. However, the timeline shown below assumes that the stories in *Small Victories* are presented in chronological order, placing “Minor Errands” before “Secret Shoppers”. “Minor Errands” is set on a Monday or Friday since these are the known days for Alex’s photography class.⁠⁠

#### *Natural Consequences* (October)

The timeline for *Natural Consequences* is tricky on the weekend, and currently there is a missing day. Note that *Halloween for Life* and *Natural Consequences* are happening concurrently. *Halloween for Life* also says the concert is two days after Shannon’s talk with Lorelei, not three or four as implied here.

### November Year 0

#### *Natural Consequences* (November)

The Monday is the first confirmed day of November, but the month may have begun earlier in the book.

#### After Natural Consequences

The order of “Trust” and “This Year, I’m Thankful For…” will partially depend on how exactly the weekdays of November falls.

### December Year 0

#### *Personal Demons* (December)

Like with *Natural Consequences*, there seems to be an elided night in the weekend that ends *Personal Demons*. Note that Year 1 starts at chapter 4 of this book.

## Year 1

*Personal Demons* fall on both year 0 and year 1, with January year 1 beginning with chapter 4.

### March Year 1

#### *Past Due* (March)

Most of the story falls during spring break.

### Evan Murphy stories

The Evan Murphy stories begin at some point after Past Due.

## Abbreviations

DHA
*Days of High Adventure*
GI
*Good Intentions*
HHCC
“Clear Communication” in *Habitual Heroes*
HHGu
“Guardians” in *Habitual Heroes*
HHL
“Legitimacy” in *Habitual Heroes*
HHOS
“Outsourced” in *Habitual Heroes*
HHPF
“Proper Focus” in *Habitual Heroes*
HHSR
“Supportive Relationships” in *Habitual Heroes*
LCAc
“Accomplished”
LCAm
“Amends”
LCMNQ
“A Most Noble Quest”
LCSG
“The Spirit of Giving”
LCSt
“Strangers”
LCTr
“Trust”
LSA
“Authenticity” in *Life in Shadows*
LSHL
*Halloween for Life* in *Life in Shadows*
LSNJ
“Naked Justice” in *Life in Shadows*
LSS
*Skin* in *Life in Shadows*
NC
*Natural Consequences*
OBLI
“On the Bus: Lewd Intentions”
PaCN
“Celestial Navigation”
PaCo
“Constellations”
PaCS
“Charting Stars”
PaD
*Past Due*
PaDR
“Dead Reckoning”
PaGR
“God on the Run”
PaLP
“Like a Professional”
PaMNF
“More Than Friends”
PaRF
“Red Flags”
PaTT
“Tempted and Tested”
PaVD
“Valentine’s Day” on Patreon
PeD
*Personal Demons*
SVDM
“Don’t Make It Weird” in *Small Victories*
SVDN
“Date Night” in *Small Victories*
SVGN
“Good Neighbors” in *Small Victories*
SVLC
“Lifestyle Changes” in *Small Victories*
SVLL
“Live Like This” in *Small Victories*
SVME
“Minor Errands” in *Small Victories*
SVRD
“Rough Day” in *Small Victories*
SVSS
“Secret Shoppers” in *Small Victories*
SVTY
“This Year, I’m Thankful For…” in *Small Victories*

## References and notes

1. ↑ Since Rachel is particular about blasphemy.
2. ↑ The timing of Will’s death is tricky, given that Roy’s age is given as 71 at the start of Personal Demons, and it is implied that Michelle had been born at that time. At the same time, Roy should not be too old in Vietnam.
3. ↑  *Good Intentions*, chapter 5
4. ↑  *Good Intentions*, chapter 15