5 minutes of adventure and 24 hours of rest nonsense
Its kinda fascinating how hard you stick to this (your own) headcannon, even tho you dismiss it as nonsense with the same breath. O_o
After 1 long rest from the time you visit the inn, it should be burnt down.
After 3-6 (whatever they think fits best) long rests from when you arrive at the grove, the ritual should be complete or something else should happen to restart it again.
After 2-3 days of ignoring Lae'zel and not finding her Gith patrol, she should temporarily leave.
Same with Wyll and the goblin leaders.
After you trigger the hag/Mayrina side quest, every time you long rest, a redcap or some other minion should be generated and placed in your path before you get to her in her lair and she comments on how it took you SO long. She was growing bored and impatient.
After 3 days from the landing on the beach, you have your first Dream Lover dream, but you have it sooner if you actually used tadpole powers. After that, you have another in 6 days unless you use tadpole powers repeatedly. Then you have the second 1 day sooner per use of powers. After that, same as second dream.
Interesting ideas ... +1 to all.