#code lyoko aftermath

[just-a-normal-regretter]

Alright I have decided to update my list after my Whumptober adventures 'n such. Seeing people post their AU lists makes me want to get my current ones arranged :D

An Index of Codes (current AUs for CL that I'm messing around with):

Parallels/Disparate - very old AU that feat. Odd constantly cycling through time loops, the ending leading to Disparate where the gang knows and is aiming to solve this while defeating XANA in S4.

Bizarre Guide - AU where Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi are AI. Jeremie and the other students at Kadic try to help them & Aelita learn how to be human.

Loneliest Life - William/Odd roleswap AU, canon Odd teleports into the alternate world (Teleportation glitching) and is trying to get back home... although, can he resist trying to help fix this mess his other self landed in?

Trade My Life - Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi obtain a virus at the end of Season 1 instead of Aelita. Non-linear snippets explore the aftermath for the Lyoko Warriors.

Strays - one of the MLB crossovers, focusing on Chat Noir dealing with a solo mission that spirals into a new crush (& other distressing concepts that should've never mixed in the first place).

Drain - Odd's lack of a new ability after Jeremie gets rid of Future Flash has its consequences. XANA just wanted to kill them one by one, it didn't calculate this madness would come out of it.

tip of the brush - XANA targets Odd for his artistic abilities. A cat-boy wakes up in control of his own world, unknowing of who he was meant to be. Both parties seek to remedy this. This may/may not have a William/Odd/Ulrich ship.

Cherrybird - Odd wields the Ladybug Miraculous and still decides to help out to defeat XANA. Juggling two heroic lives with his own new school life isn't exactly sane...

Bystander - Odd never takes Kiwi to Kadic. Ulrich wants to keep the one piece of normalcy in his life, despite the problems that come with this. UlrOdd shipping ensues.

Can we Restart? - The Evolution group are trapped in an endless time loop dragging them back to the day Jeremie turned on the supercomputer. After countless times trying to break this with distressingly lack of concern for themselves, XANA decides enough is enough. A chaotic team-up occurs.

Such a Charmer - William crushes on Odd instead of Yumi in S2. Likely a five times William realizes he's in love with Odd, and the one where Odd reciprocates. :)

Done in Halves - After their first time in Lyoko, the gang come to realize their avatars possess their own consciousnesses. They're not exactly... quaint. In fact, they seem to agree with XANA's beliefs.

Tangled Strings - Soulmate AU; Odd is ecstatic to have three soulmates. The problem is uh, they seem to never get along. Great. (i.e. Odd/William/Ulrich/Yumi, yes I'm diving into the deep end, and yes Jeremie/Aelita have their own struggles on the side looool)

Replacement - Jim's been trying non-stop to locate the sneaky dog on campus. Odd has to send Kiwi back home for a bit until the heat cools down. He's bummed out and Jeremie lets him borrow Kiwi 2 so they can trick Jim into thinking this was the dog all along. Of course, XANA can never resist an opportunity that presents itself.

brick by boring brick - this particular story blends CL and Ben 10 a bit. Odd has the Omnitrix AU & Kiwi is more than he seems. They arrive at Kadic late into the semester due to some strange circumstances, and it slowly becomes clear to Odd that this school isn't exactly normal. Ulrich wishes that his roommate was normal but it seems like nothing can go his way.

[ani-action]

Code July day 1: Possession.

A fight between possessed William vs Aelita and Odd.

(With an aftermath of after lyoko because I decided to be nice.)

[haveahearttinman]

Rules: Make a new post with just the names of your current WIPs, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Tag as many people as you have WIPs. People send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, then post a little sketch or snippet or tell them something about it!

Tagged by @windona

*looks at WIP folder*oh no

Young Justice/DC in general *cries* there's so fucking many

an attempt at redforce pwp

Brion gets punched

probation

Brion's in prison, oh no

Child of Kanik + Legends of Kanik

Covid in the Cave

Ivy induced threesome

J - B underground

Jason in dumbassery

Joker tortures Brion

meet at a young age

Mercenary j hired by b

Redforce at a gala

Redforce pwp w/feelings

YJ Brion first arrives

One Piece

Modern-ish Marines

Drake pinned under rubble

FMA:B

Miles got raised by Racists

Scars of the past, wounds in the present

untitled (52667 words, 171 pages long. help)

Zoids

Aftermath of Hell

Beat it Bloody

fuckinbigassshitfuck zoids/hogwarts au

Karl/Herman #5

the one where Karl and Herman share illicit alcohol

au's A B C D and E

Tin Man

Zero spy

fic 1

penance

Misc.

Gene/Joe - Band of Brothers

Future fic - Code Lyoko

All Growed Up - Recess

Radioactive Childhood - Witch Hunter Robin

Rex is drowning - Star Wars

True original works

ace working

blood on the Bayou

cowboy sebastian

ki and the ordeal of becoming known

meeting of the chaos gremlins

prince and soldier in love with gods n shit

werewolf boyfriends

Off to California

I have more WIPs than followers.... fuck

Tagging: @anaer @warsawmouse @possum-in-a-jar and whoever wants to do this because holy hell that's too many to name

[chornayadrakoshig]

saw this fic writter tag on @oh-hush-its-perfect page and decided to join too :) I'm not tagging anyone directly but feel free to participate!

My Ao3 if anyone is interested: https://archiveofourown.org/users/ChornayaDrakoshig

1. How many fics do you have published on Ao3? 

70 currently posted; I'm moving to Ao3 from another website and there is one collection of oneshot translations that I haven't reposted yet + a few essays/character analysis works that are kinda in question, as well as some old things and original works (I'm still not 100% if I want to repost them or not, maybe I'll do some editing first)

2. What's your total word count on Ao3?

235,711 at the time of posting (9 feb 2024) - not a total word count ever published, but the other website I've used doesn't have stats like that (it's in pages and this stat is disabled since I've hidden everything into drafts there)

3. For which fandoms do you write?

mostly Code Lyoko; second largest is Harry Potter, but I doubt I'll write any more HP after finishing the current WIP crossover. I'm not going to say "never" but well...

besides that, I have a few one shots written for Miraculous Ladybug, Humans, Parked, Testament of Youth (yes, I was hardcore Colin Morgan fan okay? I watched most of the films/shows with him pre 2016 and even one theatre play recording)

and I have a lot of fandoms on my "want to write" list including one large fic activelly in planning/plotting stage 👀

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

tbh I barelly have any kudos on my Ao3 account because I'm reposting my works under original publication date so they are deep, deep in the tags. Also at the moment I'm writting/translating in russian only, and Ao3 isn't even in top 3 of popular fanfic websites for this language. But I picked it for reasons

so, originally posted top 5 were (unsurprisingly all HP):

Сломанный маховик (time-travel fix-it, marauders era, Sirius/OC - and that's the largest multichapter I've ever did)

Шесть шагов (Jily one shot)

Чем пахнет свобода? (Sirius-related one shot, OC mentioned but unspecified, related to 1st fic but can be read separately)

Крёстная (7ish years post main canon [not epilogue], Teddy Lupin and his OC godmother - again related to 1st fic but can be read separately)

Осеннее обострение (Jily oneshot)

and on Ao3 currently:

Сломанный маховик (yep again)

Снежный Ангел (Code Lyoko, that's a translation actually! William/Aelita)

Остаточное погружение (Miraculous Ladybug, one shot, darker take on the results of akumatization, focuses on Alya)

Маршмеллоу и овсяное печенье (Miraculous Ladybug, one shot, fluff, Alya/Nino)

Lyokober (Code Lyoko, one shot collection made for challenge, each fic is a different pairing - has both popular ships and rarepairs)

5. Do you respond to comments?

I try to respond to everyone (especially now when I don't get a lot of them on the new platform)

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

ooooh I love angsty open endings :) I think one of my favourite is "Ритуал" (Code Lyoko, aftermath of main character(s) death, kinda apocalyptic AU)

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? 

that's the hardest question so far xD As I mentioned I like to breathe in the angst, so, eh, I think "Сломанный маховик"as it was time-travel fix-it?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not really? I got a few "this is a dumb idea" type of comments, but it was few and far between idk if it counts as hate comments.

But I got banned from one discord server and part of the reason was mentioning one ship I've written for. So...

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Not my thing really - tbh I rarelly read smut too (maybe like, 25% or less of things I read?). If we don't include translations, I have one original work that's kinda Prelude/PWP without Porn thing. And one one shot with rape/non-con. Most of the time, if the fic even touches that, I'm more "fading into darkness, no detailed description of body parts of poses, feelings-focused, T rating at most" type of smut writer.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've ever written?

I love crossovers but I've ever written (or, rather, I'm currently writting) only one. It's Code Lyoko & Harry Potter, where Harry's world is a virtual reality that Lyoko Warriors explore.

However, I like to go into inspired-by-fandom AUs that aren't really full crossovers, as they don't include characters or detailed worldbuilding from another fandom, but they are heavily inspired - I think I have multiple fics like that.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I had one fic stolen (I think one of my HP ones? honestly I don't remember at this point). Also had a few shorter original works reposted with minor edits and no links/credit on social media.

And, unrelated to writting - there was an art of my fan character (not made by me, I think I got it as art trade or gift?) that was recolored & reposted on instagram once.

12. Have you ever had a work translated?

No, but I translate a lot myself - currently out of 70 posted works 16 are translations! I mostly translate from english but there are 2 french-russian translations too.

13. Have you co-written a fic before?

Nope, but I helped to beta-read/edit a handfull of works before. Also worked on ideas/worldbuilding for original work together but I haven't wrote for it. Also co-translated a fic once!

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

Odd/Aelita (Code Lyoko)

Sirius/Hermione (Harry Potter, a specific subset of time-travel fix-it fanfic but I occasionally read other stuff)

Raine/Eda (The owl house)

Crowley/Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Eddie/Chrissy (Stranger Things)

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but probably never will? 

I had one WIP (not reposted currently and probably never will) that is canon retelling in format of poetry, kinda witty and satirical. I'm bad at poetry. And at satire. The original show is over 100 episodes long. I wrote 3 poems on this wave of inspiration and abandoned it. But I still think the idea is funny and it would be cool to finish it but I have all those other WIPs I'm a) more interested in now b) more likelly to finish

16. What are your writing strengths?

God I like descriptions. Maybe even too much. Also with book-based fandoms, I've often got comments that my writting gives the same vibe as the book writting, so I guess I tend to imitate the tone & writting style relativelly well?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I'm so bad in plotting long-form content it's not even funny. I tend to get one-liner ideas, about a setting, AU type, or a scene, but I struggle to come up with conflict, character development, events. I literally completed only 2 multichapter fics.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in a fic in another language?

I'm not a big fan of including whole dialogs in one language into a fic written in another. My go-to is 3 or less phrases per chapter, with translation in the notes. If I need to include larger dialogue, and the scene include character(s) that don't know the language, I write it in translation, maybe highlight it in italic or bold font, and sprinkle in mentions of what language are they speaking and that other character(s) don't understand what's going on.

Maybe I'm traumatised by reading "War and Peace" back in school but 1st tome has pages after pages that are almost all in french. The footnotes with translation take half of the page. It's not fun to read when you don't know the other language!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Merlin (this fic is an abandoned wip and currently isn't on my Ao3 but I plan to repost it for sentimantal reasons :) - written in 2011)

20. Favorite fic you've written?

I can't pick one they all are my babies 😭 but some of the favourites:

Гордое фарфоровое божество (Humans, poem, Astrid/Niska)

Вырви мне сердце (Parked, poem - and it has stunning podfic that makes me emotional every time I listen to it)

Крёстная (HP, Teddy Lupin and his OC godmother)

Снаружи (current WIP! Code Lyoko & Harry Potter crossover)

[aspharon]

Finally: Episode 95 - Echoes

Echoes. Great title for a great final episode. I'm so glad they had an entire episode to deal with the aftermath of everything.

This might be the best-received clip show episode in any show, because it's so well-executed. Apparently producers required that one of the episodes of Season 4 primarily use recycled animation, and using it at the very end of the series to look back on the entire thing is such a smart idea, especially when you know it's gonna be a definitive end. I'd also like to point out that I think they really tried to avoid showing any season 1 clips here because it looks so noticably different.

Speaking of, Code Lyoko might be an example of a show that ends a little too well, to the point where Evolution really had to stretch things in order to explain XANA's return. Truth be told, the series leaves very few loose ends. The only things we don't know are the whereabouts of Aelita's mother, and the nature of project Carthage, while everything regarding XANA, Franz, and Aelita herself have been fully explained at this point. It's nice.

This episode has given me an appreciation for epilogues, and has inspired me to include them in my own works in the future. Now, enough about this episode, and let's talk about the series as whole…

I understand that it's far from perfect. Much of my love is fueled by nostalgia, and I don't know if getting into it as a new viewer in 2024 and loving it the same way I do is possible. That being said, it was wonderful to rewatch this after some time.

Maybe I'll rewatch Evolution for the first time in ages. If I do, it'll be a separate thread. I'll edit this post if I do end up making. For now, though, I'm signing off.

Time for another Code Lyoko rewatch. It's apparently been 2.5 years since I started my last one, so I'd say it's long overdue.

I'll turn this into a reblog chain as I watch. There's over 90 episodes so I definitely won't touch on all of them, but I need a place to collect my thoughts lol

[shugokairifatewin]

I need to rant about Code Lyoko.

I watched this show as a kid, a little ten year old if recall correctly, and I was OBSESSED with it. I loved the characters, I loved the music, I loved the story and the concept and it really shaped my life in a lot of ways but I never got to finish it as a kid.

Fast-forward fifteen years and here we are, Netflix comes out of left field with my favorite childhood TV show and I'm stoked - LIKE I'M REALLY STOKED, this is what I've been waiting for, this is it! I can finally see what happens after all the sectors are deleted (I had watched on and off up until about Season 3 and I had seen some of season 4 with William being possessed / on Lyoko - what's that saying about kinks coming from your favorite Villains?)

Anyway, putting my favorite Good-Character-Possessed-Against-Their-Will-And-Forced-To-Fight-For-Evil Trope 👀

So I rewatch the whole thing, I want to refresh everything and enjoy the experience and relive my childhood. And I'm chugging through season 4, eating UP That William Angst, gotta save William, gonna save William, William isn't himself, he doesn't mean to hurt us - LIVING FOR IT - and then I start to get a little nervous because I finish episode 26 and I'm like alright we have 3 episodes don't be playing with me Code Lyoko I need some William Redemption in here, that's what I live for after this angst fest, we love angst with a happy ending-

Except that's not what we get at ALL. We get the Lyoko Warriors - whom I love very dearly, each and every one of them with my soul and heart - celebrating for like 10 seconds - MAYBE and then we see these little shits BLOWING WILLIAM OFF IN THE NEXT EPISODE LIKE HES STILL HALF-POSSESSED, LIKE XANA ABOUT TO COME IN AND STRANGLE AELITA - and don't get me wrong because I get it, it's all about paranoia, think about the lasting effects Xana has probably already given these poor kiddos and now we're going to add the fact that William was literally forged into a Xana Warrior to further tip the scales in Xana's favor - I've considered that it wouldn't be easy for them to just pretend like that didn't happen - but to completely drop him? To literally just refuse to let him be a part of the gang? First of all, not even looking at how morally FUCKED that decision is, but Bro he knows your secret, he remembers when you Return to the Past, you guys fucking decided to bring him into your group, you can't just undecide that he's in it. He could really mess y'all up - BUT HE DOESN'T HE INSTEAD HELPS YOU GUYS WHEN YOU NEED HIM EVEN THOUGH Y'ALL TREATING HIM LIKE A TRASH CAN AND THEN WHEN YOU FUCKS REFUSE TO LET HIM GO TO LYOKO TO REDEEM HIMSELF AND GET A LITTLE ANGER AT XANA FOR OH I DONT KNOW RUINING HIS FUCKING LIFE - HE 👏 GETS 👏 POSSESSED 👏 AGAIN 👏 WHICH WOULDNT HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU GUYS HAD LET HIM COME WITH YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE INSTEAD OF DISTRUSTING AND ASSUMING

Can you even fathom the amount of PTSD, the amount of guilt that William has? Let's just pretend for a second that it isn't all sunflowers and rainbows because it's a kid show and William's memory of his time possessed by Xana isn't magically blank, let's talk realistically here for a second. William would be so fucking wrecked afterwards, he literally would feel so guilty, he'd have some crazy bad anxiety. And to top it the fuck off, all his friends are literally estranging him. my heart literally WEEPS for William. THEY DIDNT EVEN INVITE HIM TO THE SUPER COMPUTER SHUT DOWN PARTY. WHAT THE ACTUAL-

I'm going to watch Code Lyoko Evolution ONLY SO THAT I CAN SEE IF THEY REDEEM THIS ENDING BECAUSE WILLIAM FUCKING DESERVED MORE! The last three episodes of Code Lyoko could've been a whole season on its own. Could've spent a whole season getting William back into the group, helping him mo e past his anxiety and his guilt, could've had him redeem himself on Lyoko and let the group rely on him, let him come through for them so that everything's RIGHT IN THE END. Convince me otherwise.

[rin-the-shadow]

Code: July Day 5

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40113273

A little late again, but that’s partially because this thing keeps evolving on me. It’s a little more Aelita-centric and might end up getting another chapter, or at least an alternate version set after the original series.

[fuckyeahjerlita]

Code Lyoko Fanfiction - Help Sought!

I’d like to write a fanfiction about the aftermath of the battle with XANA, focusing on Jerlita (naturally). The elephant in the room is the death of Franz Hopper. I’m trying to think of a way that Jeremie and Aelita might address it that doesn’t seem totally OOC for either of them. So far, I’m floating:

They don’t talk about it and just go on their merry way. (Not too tempting).

Jeremie apologizes to Aelita for her father’s death. She either accepts or rejects it (temporarily).

Jeremie avoids interacting with Aelita because he’s afraid of hurting her. (Perhaps).

Aelita avoids Jeremie because she resents that he sacrificed her father to defeat XANA, even though she knows intellectually it had to be done. (Perhaps)

Which of these scenarios seems most IC for them?

Thanks.

[some-cookie-crumbz]

Cancel the Reservation

Cancel the Reservation Fandom: Code Lyoko Pairing: Ulumi Summary: Yumi has learned how to deal with Ulrich after years by his side. His parents, however, as still a headache and a half. AN: Part of my Spooky Snippets story dump. For more details please see this post.

He was passed out on the futon when she got home from school; or, rather, he had made the whole room darker than a dungeon, meaning that his passing out was most likely planned. She normally wouldn’t find this sort of thing bad, though. She knew that he’d been exhausted for the last few weeks between working doubles at the café, as well as struggling to keep up with his midterm assignments, so a nap didn’t seem too off. It was the fact that they are supposed to be going out to dinner with his parents that night, in celebration of his mother’s birthday, which left her a little displeased. She stole a glance at the clock to see that it was a quarter past three, meaning he had probably gotten back to their apartment just shy of two hours ago, and kicked her shoes off by the front door. A part of her felt like she should wake him up and chide him, since she knew he never set an alarm when he took naps and just relied on her to wake him up after a reasonable amount of time, and they really did need to be getting ready so assure they’d be prompt meeting his parents at the restaurant for their six o’clock reservation.

On the other hand, she didn’t want to struggle through the night with a sleep-deprived Ulrich having to deal with his arrogant parents.

Ulrich Stern was usually on the reserved end when it comes to expressing his feelings, leading to many people just assuming he was constantly grump. And while this assessment wasn’t necessarily wrong - Ulrich had what their friend Odd referred to as “Resting Bitch Face”, meaning that his default expression just came off as being one of irritation – it’s also wasn’t the full truth. While he was normally just indifferent as opposed to annoyed, there were two specific factors that could completely sour his mood; running on too few hours of sleep and having to interact for an extended period of time with his parents. There was only one other time in the past where these two criteria had been met at the same time and, while Yumi herself hadn’t been present when it actually happened, she remembered what dealing with Ulrich in the aftermath had been like vividly. She remembered how upset and frustrated he’d been for nearly a week after the fact – specifically because the two of them had ended up having quite a few fights of their own since his fuse was so short – until she finally got him to talk about what his problem was. She had always been aware that Ulrich’s father was an overly-critical prick with ridiculous expectations for his youngest child but the incident in question illustrated how downright nasty the Stern’s could be when they decided not to pull their punches.

While she had never been particularly fond of her boyfriend’s parents, she always believed that what they did, they did out of a terribly misguided expression of their love. But the things they’d said to him that night, after spending nearly an hour picking at him as if to goad him into causing a scene, had left her angry and hurt on his behalf. She didn’t even like to remember the heinous words they’d spewed and she just couldn’t understand it. Ulrich was far from perfect – Hell, she found “perfect” asinine as a standard of living because everyone had their shortcomings - but dear God did he try to be a better person. He had spent so many years trying to appease everyone – especially his father - while still trying to maintain some autonomy away from his family and how did his own parents react to it? They always claimed that he wasn’t trying hard enough, and that he wasn’t good enough, that he could only make mistakes because he was a mistake!

She had never thought it possible for her to lack respect for another person but it seemed that the Sterns’ had been out to prove her wrong. And they had proven her terribly, terribly wrong.

Ever since that incident, Yumi made sure to attend any in-person interaction with the Stern family for Ulrich’s comfort and peace of mind. While she always felt the anger at their treatment of him clawing at her inside, she was good at faking civility and courtesy when necessary. Her own home life hadn’t been a picnic, either, so she became a master of walking on eggshells and acclimating to try and keep situations from escalating quite well. That brought her back to the moment, watching as Ulrich shifted slightly under the thin sheet he’d grabbed from the linen closet, and the situation facing her.

Well, she may as well try at waking him up.

She settled down on the empty space on the futon beside him and reached over, giving his shoulder a light nudge. “Ulrich, get up. It’s almost three thirty,” She said, keeping her tone soft and low.

He cracked one bright vert eye and stared at her for a moment before groaning and shutting it again. “’S nice,” He slurred sleepily, voice slightly muffled by the pillow.

She poked his cheek in retaliation, making him groan and turn away from her. “Ulrich, come on. We’ve got plans tonight, remember?”

“Sleepy. Don’t wanna,”

“Seriously? You’re being a little ridiculous,”

“Got time. Wanna sleep,” He mumbled back. She stared at him for a moment before throwing her hands up in defeat, not wanting to keep this battle going.

“Okay, fine then. I guess I’ll just come wake you up when you absolutely need to get ready,” She said while shifting to get up. She paused when she felt an arm wrap around her waist and pull her back slightly. She watched as he squirmed like a sleepy worm until he was gently cuddling against her stomach. “I take it you’re feeling cuddly?” She asked, sighing but smiling fondly at him. Despite appearances, Ulrich was someone who loved snuggling when they were in the comfort of home or close friends. She found it to be incredibly endearing.

As opposed to answering with words, he tightened his grip around her and tugged lightly.

It didn’t take much to know exactly what it was he wanted from her. “Okay, I’ll lay down with you,” She laughed, fishing her phone from her pocket and scooting down beside him. He pulled back slightly, waiting until she was comfortably settled in beside him, before he burrowed back into her. This time he nuzzled into her neck lightly. She held her phone up in one hand just above his head so she could see the screen. “I’m setting an alarm for four thirty and not a minute later, okay?”

“If we just shower together we can sleep until five,” He commented through a yawn, his breath tickling her skin. She adjusted the time to a quarter to five instead, clicking her tongue slightly in thought, before deciding to leave her settings as they were. She then set her phone down and settled in with him, resting her chin on top of his head and wrapping her arms around his back gently. She closed her eyes and listened to the small, sleepy snorts he let out as he dozes back off, letting her own mind get hazy with sleep and planning what to do later.

They would wake up at a little after seven that evening, she decided, and she’d fake astonishment over “forgetting” to turn the sound back on for her phone and causing them to oversleep so much. Ulrich’s phone – also still on silent from his shift at work, since she knew he was terrible at remember to turn it back up – would be overrun with texts and voicemails from both his furious parents. They’d collaborate to fabricate a story about a midterm group assignment and lazy partners, knowing that school work would be one of the only things that could get him off the hook. The story would work well enough at placating the Sterns – this time, at least – and a huge meltdown would be avoided. Yumi would order them pizza for dinner while Ulrich finished up with his parents, and they’d take turns playing video games until they were ready to head to bed for real.

Those thoughts, however, were for later. At the moment, she was happy to doze off to a pleasant nap cuddled up with her boyfriend.

[teen-lyoko-fan7777]

6 & 7 for the fanfic ask!

6. Well, there are a lot that made me laugh, but to answer truthfully, it was Rules of the Kadic Dormitory by the user of the name X59. Some chapters started making me laugh up a storm.

7. I never knew a fanfic that made me cry, but the closest was probably any fic relating to Aelita losing her father (in the aftermath, like either in Jeremie’s room or leading to the dorms). Because I know I cried like a baby when I saw the ending of that episode.

In a fanmade video of MLP, however, the two that made me cry were both “Applejack, They Miss You, Too”, and Argodaemon’s SFM “Remembrance” video.

I don’t know any AMV of Code Lyoko that made me cry.

[raidernld]

Code Lyoko FanFiction “[Insert Name]”

Authors: Ronkeyroo & RaiderNLD

Aelita woke up in a cold sweat, Plunging herself forward in a silent, breathless scream. It was another nightmare, and is was the same damned one. The taunting dream She experienced was a mixture of lost memories; her childhood; XANA, and everything it did to her and her friends.

They used to be a blur, memories pushed aside now that the supercomputer was down. But no... It was like another XANA attack in itself, they were all surfacing back in small flashbacks, materializing to the flesh in her dreams.

A quiet sob left her lips at that fact. The pink haired girl sighed, wiping the sides of her eyes from the remaining tears. What time was it anyway?

Her tired eyes glanced towards the small clock beside her bed, 4 AM. It wasn’t the first time she woke up around that hour from this nightmare, and what made it even more difficult was that she already knew she couldn’t go to the comfort of her friends; they were all asleep, blessed with a normal night rest- and she didn’t want to take that from them, especially with how often she had them herself. Sparing them the trouble felt like the noble thing to do. However the second reason saddened her even more. ‘They wouldn’t understand in the first place..’

She stayed laying in her bed, alone in her room, unable to go back to sleep, fearing for more nightmares to come. She tried thinking of her friends, how they might’ve dealt with the aftermath of XANA.. They all suffered just as much as she did, but seemed to have days full of smiles and laughter.

Then, a sudden realization hit her. William.

It was no secret he was also waking up screaming in the middle of the night, at least not to her. When she thought about it, no one in the gang really paid full attention to how damaged he was after the returned from XANA’s possession. They casted him aside, as if he was just another liability to the group, even AFTER his return.

The thought boiled her mind, her heart clenched in anger; at her and her friends. She wished she had paid more attention herself, prevented the same nights he shared with her; waking up in that cold sweat, plagued by these awful nightmares. And she bet his were even worse; feeling XANA’s wrath personally for months while she only caught glimpses of it. She stood up rubbing the sleep off her face. She had to talk to him, if not to comfort him in his battle, she just has to be there for him. She could only imagine how he must feel facing this on his own.

Determined, she stepped towards the door, opening it slightly only to peek in the dorm’s corridor. Jim patrolling around would be a challenge, as well as her nervous mind, but her heart was set, she had to go.

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“William.”

“William…”

“YOU SWORE TO IT, WILLIAM!”

William woke up in a jolt. He panted heavily as he sat upright in his bed. He just woke up for the second time tonight.

He closed his eyes and pulled the covers off him in frustration, turning to sit on the side of his bed. His hands covered his sweating face. “It was just another nightmare.” he said to himself.

He looked up towards his window, the moon shining directly into his face. All he could think about were the horrible comments his former friends made on Lyoko. It was the side effect of six months of torture, watching how XANA used him as a weapon against the Lyoko Warriors. Wishing for some air, he stood up and walked towards his window, opening it. A cold breeze from outside felt like a cold blanket to his face. With a small jump he climbed in his window frame and sat in his window opening.

Outside, the skies were crystal clear. A heaven of stars were clearly visible on one side while sun started to rise on the other. After balancing himself, he looked outside aimlessly, his thoughts wandering.

It has been a few weeks now since he was freed from his possession, but picking up his life after his possession was a challenge on its own. At first, he had missed six months’ worth of class material, which hit him hard. It had forced him catch up on everything. Luckily thanks to additional classes he had the opportunity to catch up, but it still required him to put in some personal effort during his free time.

Then there was the Lyoko gang. Ever since he was back, after a while the group started to avoid him, especially Yumi, which lead him to abort his pursuit for her. It was a painful decision for him to make, but he knew deeply in his heart, it was for the best. He didn´t wanted to be the bad guy anymore. After all, it was obvious Ulrich who had won the competition, especially after everything that happened. Despite he was happy for them, the bitterness was still there, and it made him feel alone.

Suddenly he heard a soft knock on his door. William snapped from his trance and looked towards the door. His mind started to race. If Jim would caught his at this time, he would be a deadman walking, or for that matter, sitting. “But wait. Jim doesn’t knock, nor that soft.” he thought. Jim would be more like opening the door in a ‘gotcha’ kind of way. But that was not the case.

William waited for a few seconds, questioning who else could be at the door. After some time he jumped down from the window opening, he walked softly towards the door. Luckily his socks damped the noise as much as possible. As he opened the door he found no one standing behind it. He looked bewilded. “Is this some sort of joke?” he questioned himself.

As he popped his head into the hallway and started to scan around, he managed to catch a glimpse of someone’s pink t-shirt.

“Who out of three hundred students knew where he slept and wore a pink t-shirt.”

It was definitely not one of the boys, that would be social suicide, well except for Od-… William paused for a second.

“Odd feakin’ Della Robbia” he thought. “But wait.” he stopped himself from overreacting. He replayed what he had seen. He saw that he or she was going to the stairs, so that means that she is from the other dormitory. He stepped outside, shuffling towards the stairs.

Once there, he again he catched more of the female who presumably stood at his door. He saw a noddle of bright pink hair entering the girls dormitory.

“Aelita? But what could she wanted from me?” he asked himself quietly.

As he looked at his watch, the display showed him that it was 04:11. After rethinking his options, he decided to ask her today after classes and returned to his room.

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Aelita looked back over her shoulder as she quietly walked towards her room, her hand holding her other upper arm as she did. Aelita’s original plan was to talk William in his room, but it seems he might be finally sleeping stirless for the first time since he was freed.

Unlike the others, she knew about William’s nightmares and restless nights, and she felt responsible for it. After all, she felt that she could have prevented him from turning to XANA.

When she got to her room, she closed the door and tucked herself in, telling herself she would bump into him next morning anyway.

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Instead of going to bed, William decided to stay up for the rest of the day. He wanted to take a run along the river nearby, the same river which leads to the factory. Sports was what kept him from thinking about his struggles. He grabbed a navy blue hoody, a black track pants and a pair of blue running shoes. He put on his clothes and walked towards the door, taking one more look into the room before he walked out.

Passing through the dormitory, he started planning a 9 mile journey, focusing on clearing his mind. Once outside, he took a deep breath. It was a beautiful early morning. When he left the gate, he focused on nothing but the scenery, his breathing and speed.

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Mile by mile his breath sharpened. William had a decent fitness and was perfectly capable of finding his perfect speed. When he started to approach the factory he instinctively slowed down. The memories he made there started to come back to him.

“You swear to keep our secret?”

“I swear.”

Willliam fell to his knees, his face towards the ground. The flashbacks felt like needles stabbing him in the head. Anger started to take over. “Why, why was I so stupit.” He said punching the ground.

Despite he tried to fight the tears off, it was no use. He remembered just last night’s dinner when almost the entire group looked at him in a cold stare. XANA destroyed any trust they had in him and now he’s alone once again.

“No… I don’t want this” he told himself. William stood back up from the cold ground below him. As he raised his head he showed a face of pure determination.

“I’m not going to let XANA destroy me like this.” he said to himself. “I shall win my friends back.”

Full of determination he continued his run, returning back at the school around 05:00 am, spotting Jim at the main entrance.

“Dunbar! Where the hell have you been at?!”

William stopped in his tracks, shocked. He didn’t think that Jim would open the gate so early this morning.

“I was just taking a run, Jim. I just needed to clear my head.” He answered under his breath.

Jim’s look changed from authoritarian to surprised. As being a sports instructor and former member of the French special forces he did admire those who take time to develop themselves physically, especially early in the morning.

“Oh, well like how far did you go?” he asked interested, raising an eyebrow.

“6 miles, but that is not important. I have to go now..” William answered trying to pass Jim as he did. Suddenly, he felt an arm falling on his shoulder. He looked back and saw Jim smiling.

“Whatever is on your mind William, don’t let it get to you.”

“Thanks Jim.” William nodded.

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During classes William tried to act as normal as possible while trying to be a new him. Instead of letting his ego take control, he listened to his head. Even Yumi noticed this shift in his personality. She even thought for a split second that XANA took control of him.

When classes were over, William searched for Aelita. He was still questioning himself why Aelita would knock at his door at 4am in the morning. After he searched the school, he managed to find her in the library, alone.

 “That’s weird, she usually studies with Jeremy.” He thought.

William stood in the door and found out she didn’t noticed him. She was reading a book, and by the cover it looked to be a roman. He crossed his arms and leaned against the doorpost, waiting for her to notice him. But she didn’t, and the longer he waited, the more he started to look at her with a different eye differently.

As she continued reading, William realized that she was actually quite beautiful. She had grown a lot, and he diving into her personality she was very independent. The thing was that William never had any other ‘love’ interests when he was still competing for Yumi. So he never thought or looked at anyone else. But now, now it seemed that his interests started to make a rather odd shift.

When a smile appeared on Aelita’s face, it made William feel like something started to burn inside of him.

“She’s beautiful when she smiles…” he chuckled.

When Aelita noticed a presence, rather late though. she looked up to the door where the dark haired boy stood in, like a .

“William? How long have you been standing there?” Aelita looked up in surprise, laughing a bit at the idea.

“Not long.” William responded

“Whatcha reading?” the boy walked over, peeking his head behind her and hovering closer to look at the book curiously.

Aelita straightened up a the sudden closeness, turning slightly pink at the sudden yet kinda pleasing intrusion. She smiled warmly, both at him and the book in her arms.

“One of my favorite books, its ah..one of my childhood favorites.” She recalled the memory of her father reading her the same book she held, each time before bed. She smiled bitter sweetly, at this distant dear memory.

“Its about Viking Gods and Myths. A story about adventures, danger, romance, you name it. Its a thrilling mix. She said under a shy tone

“Woah, that sounds really cool.” William grinned, grabbing the back of the chair beside her so he could sit next with her.

“To be honest I never expected you to be into this kinda ‘savage’ stuff.“ scratching the back of his head. William chuckled at her a bit awkwardly.

“I mean, I always had the impression you’re into thick science books and all.”

To the thought of it, she does hang out with Jeremie almost all the time, and Ulrich..and Odd..and Yumi. Williams face slightly dropped. He caught himself in a moment of vulnerability again. The reminder of the friends he could’ve had but didn’t. Too many blames followed that fact..at himself mostly.

‘Pull yourself together, you idiot.’ he scolded himself. ‘nows not the time.’ 

He couldn’t allow himself to wander there; not in front of Aelita. He was set on not letting anyone destroy him, ever again. Not Xana; not the nightmares; and not them - In one way or another. And yet, the hard tug of self doubt in his heart was not easy to ignore.

Still, he couldn’t let himself be sad around Aelita. He wanted to see her smile more, she was like warm light, and it completely engulfed him.

“Hey, I know I’m smart, but there’s more to me then just brains!” She exclaimed playfully, her mouth curling into a sly smile. ‘God, that smile.’

“Besides, I think it’s quite obvious by now. I’m not your average innocent nerd.” She grinned at him, initiating a fast wink right afterwards and leaving the boy dumbfounded and bashful.

He suddenly knew exactly what she meant. Memories of their previous encounters rolled in his mind; Their first meeting, how he figured out her amazing music skills, her obvious sassy, rebellious and intelligent demeanor, as well as her intense devotion to protect what she loves. The fierce princess who fought XANA to her fullest and managed to reach him even through that miserable possession. There was so much more to her. Everything about her just screamed fierceness, bravery, strength. Not your average nerd indeed.

William smiled gently at how close Aelite feels to him. She definitely grew a lot in all this time. Both in mind and soul. He wished he could’ve seen more of it. 

William found himself mirroring her actions, grinning at her in a way he thought was lost among all the wreckage that was left of him.

“You can’t be more true about that.”

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For the rest of the evening, William decided to keep Aelita company. Having some laughs and eventually reading the book together. The longer he spent time with her, the most he saw she was right about her not being an average innocent nerd. But after a while, something else started to happened to William.

Letting go of Yumi allowed him to feel again and this new feeling crashed on him like a lightning bolt. Since he had been paying attention in Italian class, the only thing William could think about were two innocent words.

“sei bella, Aelita.”

A rather curious sounding language has caught Aelita’s attention, away from the book the moment when the foreign sentences left William’s mouth. It was in such gentleness as well.

“Hm?” She turned her head curiosly at the boy sitting next to her.

William’s chin rested on his folded arms, staring forward which looked like a million miles, that famous dreamy expression he always had when he was, well, day dreaming…

But, in what language was that? The first she could think of was Italian, but for all she knew he could be talking in any language. Much to Aelita’s dismay, she was a total wreck when it came to this subject. But considering her fellow dorky classmate just uttered some pretty good Italian may mean he has some lead to offer her to understand it better?

“Woah, looks like you’ll be getting all the A’s in Mr. Dolareo’s class, William.” she smiled at him kindly. Not knowing why he smirked back at her, she started to wonder what he said in the unfamiliar language in the first place.

“Did you understood what I said?” His hand coming to rest under his chin as he lifted him up from his previous posture. He was clearly amused.

“Educate me?” Aelita replied with a smirk of her own. her head moving closer to the boy while her remain eyes half closed, challenging.

“It’s Italian for,-”

As William was about to tell her, he closed in on her, placing his head next to her’s whispering it in her ear. “You’re beautiful, Aelita.”

Taken aback by the sudden compliment, Aelita experienced a sudden sensation, a pinkish blush crept its way to her cheeks, and a giggle followed.

“Why thank you.” she leaned back with her hand resting on her chest. The sensation felt like she was about to melt, the warmth, the pumping in her chest.

William flashed her a grin, winking at her in the process. He spotted all the symptoms that he did it just right. After all, William liked making an impact.

Man.. Her eyes when her voice softens, and the way she smiles that gentle smile at him… He wanted to pour his entire heart in Italian for her if that’s the reaction he pulled. He became hyper aware of her movements, especially how Aelita’s delicate finger found its way to her chin as if she had something interesting in her mind.

She was beyond beautiful, and the first thing to his mind was the word ‘gorgeous’. His thoughts were however shortly interrupted by her excited gasp. “Ah!! Oh hm… and how do you say: ‘You make my heart flutter and sing far greater then any songs of the subsonix.’ Mm?” Her own grin widened at her sentence, waiting in total glee to hear William’s translation of it.

On the opposite side of her, William’s heart swelled in his chest at her sweet reply, for a brief moment he was left speechless; lightly wide eyes fixed on her, lips parted, and raging burning cheeks - the whole package. He was positively emotional from her entire presence and radiating warmth that even her laughter could send him fluttering himself, not to mention such a compliment as that. She was absolutely charming.

The short silence was starting to get noticeable, but Aelita waited patiently with that sweet smile of hers. Oh god, He had to do something. William closed his eyes when he opened then again, the same forgein language left his mouth.

“ti voglio baciare…”

That, didn’t sound like the translation to what she said. Something in the way he said it made Aelita think it was something completely different then what she initially said.. It was much more.. Passionate, directed at her. Maybe it was the sensual look he gave her. When his gentle hand closed in on her, something told Aelita to experience what was about to happen. 

William placed it just behind her right ear, and gently closed her mouth to his… 

He translated his reply to action much better then words, and she loved it. He kissed her gently, pressing softly against the lips. The passion she felt was unknown to her, like she experienced a new feeling.

When she parted with him, she was astonished. William let go of her and leaned against the chair. She noticed a worry on his face, like a criminal waiting to be judged and executed for his crime. “Need a translation for that?”

“No I… I think I understood that one.” Aelita replied, her lips glossy from the damp wetness of the kiss, eyes wide at the intensity she was feeling, her breathe was leaving her just as much as his did.

William smiled gently, sighing happily.

TO BE CONTINUED…

[actuallyaelita]

i love code lyoko fanfiction but i always get sad after reading it cause i start thinking about past lives again and how horrible the parts of the aftermath i remember were

[jothebuttmunch]

If you were the writer of Code Lyoko, what would you do? How would you write it?

Woooo boy, that’s kind of a tough one. But here’s basically what I would do:

-For starters, I’d give more attention and character development to a few characters, like William (for example) and maybe even Samantha Knight as well. To go on a slight tangent, one of the things that annoyed me about Final Round was how we hardly know anything about Sam aside from Rock Bottom, so the romance (if you can really call it that) between her and Odd felt… well, I don’t want to say stale, but rather weightless. 

-Depending on if the target audience would still be the same or not, I’d like to show a little more of the reality and the toll that being secret heroes has on a band of kids (sort of like Animorphs), but I also wouldn’t want it to be dark for the sake of being dark either. 

-I wouldn’t really change too much aside from the events of seasons three and four. One of the main flaws with those seasons was that half the episodes were basically filler, and that the episodes near the end of both three and four felt rushed. I would take my time with trying to tell the story and have the story be more at the forefront like with season two. 

-Either improve the romance elements within the group or just scrap them entirely. 

-Not having William be the one to be XANAfied. To me, it would have felt like the stakes have truly gotten higher and that there is more weight to the gang’s overall mission if someone from the very beginning ended up in XANA’s clutches. With Yumi, you could have Ulrich and William finally putting aside their differences to save their friend and the world. I honestly feel like either Yumi or Ulrich would be the better fit for this position.

-I felt like there was a lot of wasted potential with Franz and Anthea and their whole backstory, along with Aelita’s. I’d also give more attention to that in seasons three and four. 

TL;DR: I would improve the story telling, character development/ relations, show the aftermath of the mission, and give more focus to the lore. 

[fuckyeahjerlita]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Code Lyoko Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jeremie Belpois/Aelita Schaeffer Characters: Aelita Schaeffer, Jeremie Belpois, Anthea Schaeffer (mentioned), Franz Hopper (Mentioned) Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Nightmares, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Post-Episode: The Key, Angst Summary:

In the aftermath of The Key, Aelita has a lot of new yet familiar memories to deal with, and she's not quite sure how to cope. Thankfully, she doesn't have to do it alone.