Recap / Triptych Continuum

The Continuum can be something of a puzzle box, with clues scattered across the stories. As such, it occasionally becomes important to take note of just what happened, along with where.

Instead of the order of their writing, the stories below are presented in rough chronological order of the local timeline, which considers each season to take place over roughly one year, covering the first three seasons of the show itself.

Warning: unmarked spoilers ahead

1. "Proof of Concept" ^note Shows how Sunset Shimmer became Celestia's student.
2. "Captain of the Fridge Guard" ^note Set during Twilight Velvet's pregnancy with Twilight Sparkle.
3. "War Journal of the Second Equestrian Revolution (Second-Grader Rarity Belle Commanding)" ^note Set before the Bearers get their cutie marks.
4. "A Dirge In Fugue Major" ^note Set after the death of Diamond's mother. Bright Mac and Pear Butter make an appearance.
5. "Lazy River" ^note Takes place while AJ and Pinkie are still teenagers.
6. "Tricks Of The Trade Show" ^note Takes place after Rarity drops out from school.
7. "Cut, Color, Carat, Clarity" ^note Takes place almost immediately after "Tricks Of The Trade Show".
8. "A Series of Egotistical Events" ^note Takes place when Rainbow Dash has just moved from Cloudsdale to Ponyville.
9. "The Night Before Nightmare" ^note Takes place on the last Nightmare Night before Twilight is sent to Ponyville.
10. "Like a Well-Oiled Machine" ^note Two weeks since Princess Luna's Return.
11. "Twilight Spackle" ^note Is set at an undisclosed point early in S1.
12. "Unnoticed" ^note Is set early into S1, taking place "a few moons" after Twilight moves there.
13. "Permanent Record" ^note Covers just over two years, starting shortly into S1.
14. "Customer Disservice" ^note Covers a period of roughly three years, but begins early in S1.
15. "The Elements Of Elements" ^note A series of short pieces which occur at various points on the timeline: this is the placement of the earliest.
16. "Blessing"
17. "Twilight's Escort Service"
18. "100% Move = 50% Fire"
19. "A Total Eclipse Of The Fun"
20. "Princesses Can't Cook"
21. ''Bitter/Sweet''
22. "A Mark Of Appeal"
23. "On The Application Of Time And Motion Efficiency Study To Initial Relationship Formation"
24. "Pony Up A Tree"^note Has not been officially placed on the timeline, but is mentioned as occurring after "On The Application...", and features a Unicorn Twilight.
25. "If Rainbow Dash Can't Sleep..."
26. "Luna's Lottery Lunacy"
27. "Season's Bleatings"
28. "Barnyard Barge-Ins" ^note takes place just after Hearthswarming, but which Hearthswarming is unclear
29. "Cart-ography" ^note direct sequel to "Barnyard Barge-Ins"
30. "Department of Madness Vindication" ^note direct sequel to "Cart-ography"
31. "Cutie Mark Crusaders Alpha Pack Leader"
32. "Stupid Direction-Face"
33. "Goosed!"
34. "Drunk Little Ponies" ^note Explicitly takes place "after the goose incident", it's a once-every-three-years event and it's Twilight & Spike's first homebrewing festival.
35. "Sick Little Ponies (And One Dragon) ^note A collection of seven short stories which take place at different points on the timeline: the earliest-set may be around here.
36. "Post Negative Comments Only"
37. "The Bounce Test" ^note A direct sequel to "Post Negative Comments Only".
38. "Sonic Rainbigot" ^note Set early Spring.
39. "Five Hundred Little Murders"
40. "The Hypocrisy Of Tolerance"
41. "Suited For Terror"
42. "Naked Lunch"
43. "Trav(ap)est(r)y"
44. "One Tenth-Bit"
45. "Mechanical Aptitude"
46. "A Good Trot, Spoiled"
47. "Rainbow Splash"
48. "Scootalift"
49. "A Confederacy Of Dunce Caps" ^note Week before School Finals, set in Late Spring
50. "Multi-Factor Authentication."
51. "Twilight Sparkle Vs. The Equestrian Cutie Mark Constellation Registry"
52. "The Remainders Of The Day" ^note Confirmed to take place a few weeks after Triptych Continuum Twilight Sparkle Vs The ECMCR
53. "Mah-Teor" ^note Takes place after "A Total Eclipse of the Fun", and Rainbow Dash's interest in thaumic fiction means it has to happen after "The Remainders of the Day".
54. "If I Gave You Diamonds And Pearls"
55. "0G Network Coverage"
56. "Good For Nearly All Princess Labor, Public And Private"
57. "Mint Condition" ^note Direct sequel to ""Good For Nearly All Princess Labor, Public And Private".
58. "Horsefeathers!" ^note  Takes place shortly after ""Good For Nearly All Princess Labor, Public And Private".
59. 'No Sale'
60. "360 Degrees of Saturation" ^note Rarity had "a recent lesson on when to vent", and it's before Twilight's ascension.
61. "Orange Is The New Blue" ^note Set 3 weeks before Twilight ascends.
62. "One Remove" ^note Takes place after the summer tourist season has ended and has connections to Tricks Of The Trade Show, Sonic Rainbigot, and One Tenth-Bit, taking place after all of them.
63. "Dear Friend,"
64. "Pinkie Pie Vs. The Soufflé" ^note Takes place one week before Triptych. Two weeks after Twilight ascends.
65. "Triptych"
66. "Snowflake Shoe-Hare" ^note Starts concurrently with Chapter Four in the story immediately above.
67. "Unstable Sale" ^note Takes place shortly after "Snowflake Shoe-Hare" and runs concurrently with "Triptych"
68. ''A Duet For Land And Sky'' ^note Takes place immediately after Triptych
69. ''(In)Convenience'' ^note Takes place immediately after A Duet for Land and Sky
70. "Monsoon Season" ^note Takes place a few weeks after A Duet for Land and Sky and 'close' to Summer Shut-Down
71. "The Small Hours" ^note Begins after Triptych, "days away" from the Running of the Leaves.
72. "On The Slow Death of Crocodiles" ^note Starts in an autumn after Twilight's ascension. Whether it's the autumn immediately after is unclear.
73. "Dark Thoughts From A Manehattan Parking Stable At Four In The Morning" ^note Set at an unknown point after Triptych.
74. 'Passing Storm Passing' ^note Set at an unknown point after Triptych.
75. "Belle Epoque" ^note Set after Passing Storm Passing but before Glimmer.
76. "Glimmer" ^note Set the winter after Triptych.
77. 'Ripstop' ^note Set the spring after Triptych.

Timeline Position Uncertain:

1. Word Of God Blog Posts
2. "Auk-ward" ^note Mentions taking place after the events of "Sweet and Elite", and takes place in Early Spring.
3. "Two Plus Two Equals Five" ^note Has not been officially placed on the timeline.
4. "Sandalous" ^note Uncertain of timeline position, but does take place after One-Tenth Bit.
5. "Haunted Hayride" ^note Position is unclear and has not been officially stated; it takes place after the Bearers have been going on missions for a while and is strongly implied to come after both the first Cider Day seen in the show and after Rainbow Dash gets into the Wonderbolts' Academy.
6. "A Bird in the Dryer" ^note Takes place during Winter and after 360 Degrees of Saturation, but has no official timeline placement
7. "Half!" ^note Takes place during Lambvent, the celebration of the Spring lambing. This suggests it takes place after A Duet For Land and Sky, but it's not confirmed.
8. "Three Hoofwidths to the Left"
9. "Spike vs. the Equestrian Fire Code"^note An official sequel to "Three Hoofwidths to the Left".
10. "Surge Protectors!"
11. "The Free Public Mini-Libraries Of Canterlot" ^note Set after Luna's return.
12. "Hoofticuffs Day" ^note Set the day after Hearthswarming... although which Hearthswarming is debatable.
13. "Out of Commission" ^note Direct sequel to Hoofticuffs Day, and after "360 Degrees of Saturation", due to the mention of new plumbers.
14. 'Hoofballistic'

---