#code lyoko headcanon

[coding-the-lyoko]

I gotta say, one of my fav parts of the CL fandom here on Tumblr (and just in general) is just how many pride headcanons there are for Odd. It's actually iconic, I've seen Odd as bi, gay, aroace, enby, trans, and y'know what? All are correct actually. 100%. Everyone is right here I think, and I love it

[writer-of-worlds]

Been daydreaming about after XANA dies, years later, a grown up Jeremie takes inspiration from XANA's monsters and built them and used them as tools and assistants. Like imagine a Kankrelot Jeremie built to send out to scout for some supplies and scraps. Maybe Jeremie has a Hornet assistant that helps his computer programming/research. He named it Flineal (he's bad at names. Even Odd laughs at the terrible name he gave his Hornet robot).

[cloudy-whales]

It’s basically Halloween now, right? 🎃

[arcatsk]

A Terrifying Alliance

[aretheyqueer]

Is he a trans boy?

disclaimer: this is a hc, not speculating on what the writers intentions were.

reason: Vibes

[codelyokomodern]

Odd Della Robbia- Headcanons

(Modern Day Code Lyoko AU)

Because Odd has five sisters, he is well acquainted with menstrual cycles. He may not get them himself, but he knows how they can affect those who have them.

As such, he can recognize when Yumi is having a rough time with hers, as much as she tries to hide it.

This is one of few times Odd doesn't make a joke of the situation. Instead, he offers Yumi some of his favorite chocolates.

After Aelita comes to Earth, Odd treats her the same way.

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Having five sisters, Odd is no stranger to playing dress up. This has contributed to his unique sense of style and his belief that clothes don't determine gender.

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Odd typically introduces himself as a boy, but he can lean towards non-binary presentation as well. He mostly uses male pronouns to keep things simpler.

He doesn't worry too much about it.

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Odd secretly has some self esteem issues. His parents are incapable or recognizing fault in him, making their praise almost worthless to him. He doesn't know if he's really that great, but tries to play the part.

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The reason Odd dates so many girls is to boost his ego. In his eyes, if he can attract a girl, it means he's worth something.

While he is attracted to boys too, he feels boys are too easy to win over and thus will not improve his self esteem.

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Odd's relationships are often short lived due to his difficulty sharing his true emotions.

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While he can come off as shallow, Odd tends to treat his dates like queens while they're with him. He has deep respect for girls as he adores his sisters.

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Odd has had Kiwi since the puppy was born. Kiwi and his five litter mates were the result of the family's female Chihuahua mating with an unknown dog. The family couldn't bear to separate the puppies and each child picked a puppy to be their own.

Kiwi serves as a reminder of Odd's sisters, helping him feel less lonely when they are apart.

[yoshistack]

CL hc about Aelita I thought up of while working on my most recent fic (which you can read here should you be so inclined):

S2!Aelita is very squeamish about the sight of blood and/or injuries in general. It's just not something she had to deal with on Lyoko. If she took a huge fall there or something, sure she'd lose some life points, which is dangerous specifically for her, but all it takes to fix that is to just pop into a tower and wait for them to regenerate. It's not like she'd break her leg. Lasers sort of sting for a moment, but there's nothing permanently damaging about them either

So the fact that in the real world, there are actual physical marks that can get left when you get hurt, it kinda freaks her out. She wasn't unaware of that when she materialized, but reading about it or talking about it with the others is a very different animal than seeing or experiencing it for herself

Basically she just doesn't like the reminder that physical bodies are so much more fragile than virtual ones

[invisible-portfolio]

jeremie showing ulrich all of his pirated anime because i can

you can figure out what he’s watching

text below:

picture 1:

“and with this website, you can watch ANY anime you want!”

“…even the new stuff?”

“oh yeah!”

picture 2:

“this test better be easy, i couldn’t sleep at all last night!”

“worth it.”

“FOR YOU MAYBE!!”

picture 3:

“i’m sleeping on your floor. you get no say after what you put me through.”

“glad he likes it!”

[dionysiandragon]

kinda old and low effort but. headcanons for some of the gang,, theyre older so a bit more figured out than like during the shows events

theyd probably wear different outfits but i didn't feel like designing them🙏🙏

[midnightbasilisk99]

What if the Lyoko Warriors got tattoos?

Here’s what I personally think they would get:

Jeremie- probably some lines of code (likely a message or joke only he & Aelita understand) or the Eye of XANA (as a reminder of his & the gang’s struggles and triumphs)

Aelita- perhaps some Angel Wings or something to remember her parents (I can also see her and Jeremie getting matching tattoos)

Ulrich- either a katana design or a chrysanthemum since they were present on his original avatar design

Yumi- probably some traditional Japanese art given the pride she has in her heritage (though she’d also probably refrain from getting tattoos given their association with organized crime in Japan)

Odd- either a cat’s paw print in reference to his avatar, a picture of Kiwi, or maybe a BADASSified version of himself on Lyoko he drew himself

William- I can see him rocking something edgy or maybe he’d tattoo the lyrics from his favorite Subsonics song

[coding-the-lyoko]

For your Code Lyoko screenshot redraq request

The gooby gang central

ty!!

i was gonna do lineart but I got to messing with the lasso fill tool and kinda am in love with it now lol

rare lineless art moment... whoo

[prclns]

My brain says if they carry a device everywhere, that character is autistic and uses an AAC.

[sailorlyoko]

Ulrich Stern headcanons

tws for Ulrich's dad, depression, mental illness, abusive parents, miscarriages, and intrusive thoughts,

: Has depression

: His dad used to beat him when he was a kid

: Has a thing for hot japanese girls

: He is a taurus

: He is a Zhongli main

: He LOVES romance dramas

: His father considers him worthless because he wouldn't live up to his ideals about being a typical manly man

: He is probably either Bi or Pan

: His favorite bands are Foo Fighters, Aerosmith, Nirvana, Goo Goo Dolls, Pearl Jam, and No Doubt

: He generally felt bad for Sissi after finding out that her mom had a miscarriage since Sissi was really excited to be an older sister and wanted to be a good example to her younger sibling

: After he and his friends graduated from high school, He cut off all contact with his father

: He is the Uncle figure for Jeremie and Aelita's children, Adrien and Maya

: He is the Godfather for Sissi's daughter, Sasha

: He generally finds abusive parents absolutely morally reprehensible

: He later marries Yumi and has 5 kids named Raphael, Akiko, Marc, Kimiko, and Yuma

: Head canon Voice Actors: Erica Mendez(Code Lyoko) and Johnny Yong Bosch( Code Lyoko Evolution)

: He is the best man for Odd and William's wedding

: He generally finds the idea of crashing Laura Gautier's wedding to be mildly amusing and also cathartic

: He had a dream where he had a therapy session with a cat wearing a top hat, a monocle, a dapper tuxedo, a fancy mustache, and had a British accent

: He sometimes has intrusive thoughts that he's worthless and can do nothing right

: He sometimes listens to Trash Taste and generally enjoys it

: Odd sometimes calls him "The lovechild of Cloud Strife and Squall Leonhart" as a joke

: He played Final Fantasy 8 and REALLY enjoyed it

: He secretly likes horror movies

: His favorite song is Move Along by the All American Rejects

: He likes to read Hurt/Comfort fanfics

: He was generally happy to find out that his father died since he believes it was karma at it's absolute finest

: He ships Snake x Otacon

: He was the one who played "You think I ain't worth a dollar but I feel like a millionaire" by Queens of the Stone age on the P.A system during the infamous Farmageddion incident

: He read Percy Jackson, and didn't like it

: Don't ever mention Sonichu around him since he finds the actions of its creator to be absolutely disgusting to the point he had to have a few drinks to forget about it all and if you are wondering how that turned out, Just ask Odd who literally had to restock on Jack Daniel's and whiskey after the whole debacle

: Has read poetry from Victorian era England

: Has a crush on Masa from Meta Runner

: Watched Meta Runner after Odd suggested to him to watch, and LOVED it

: Secretly writes Masa x Y/N Hurt/Comfort fanfics on AO3

: He has also watched Murder Drones and ships Uzi x N, Doll x Lizzy, and V x Lizzy

: Secretly likes to watch Critical Role

: He has played Persona 3 Reload and his favorite characters are Aigis, Yukari, Akihiko, Shinjiro, Fuuka, and Koromaru

: He has also played Digital Devil Saga and his favorite characters are Sera, Argilla, Angel, Gale, and Cielo

[kitsumidori]

Neither of these kids are straight, cis gender nor neurotypical for that matter.

[just-a-normal-regretter]

A cursed theory that I must share.

Odd knows how to throw himeslf off a moving vehicle with minimal injuries.

And that got me thinking.

Why was he sent to Kadic? Why did his parents never question where kiwi is? They had to know about the no dogs thing. (Unless this was adressed between them off screen, in which case why was there no effort to visit and take Kiwi home?)

So a theory for you: Odd was a vigilante of some kind. (Boy had a tail on Lyoko and no balance problems. He clearly is trained in some way. Maybe a magical girl esc situation or something but still. That is not a normal reaction to suddenly having a new limb you can control. Unless it isn't new.)

Or maybe he is trying very hard to keep some powers a secret.

I mean. Aelita had a little elf toy and became an elf on lyoko. Yumi is Japanese and being geisha is a normal, respected job that many aspire to be. Ulrich is a samurai, and by golly aren't Samurai cool people who protect others and work under a lord (bit of a stretch but he's a teenager. With a dad like that I would not be surprised if there was a little escapism involved.) William just got a BFS and really. What teenager would not go wild for a cool sword (seriously the thing reminds me of final fantasy 7).

Then there's Odd. The purple I can get. But the cat never gets an explanation, given the scanner wasn't active while Kiwi was in there. Add in that weird purple no explanation given ever spot in his hair and something doesn't add up. (Yes Aelita's hair is pink but redheads exist so I can see the leap given nobody questions it. People question Odd's hair.)

So really. Something is up with this boy's history. I personally believe superhero of some kind (magical girl esc shenanigans included) or escaped experiment.

What do you think?

Sorry for the late response but anon, you could totally make an AU out of this haha (magical girl-verse or general superhero/escaped experiment tomfoolery). Honestly you could probably spin the magical girl AU quite a bit with Kiwi playing as the Familiar, or even play on the escaped experiment idea and twist it around a bit with series lore

Theory-wise can't be too crazily sold on it. Odd's parents aren't the most observant of their kids (and canon pretty much makes it seem like they're so busy they don't really keep an eye on what goes on in their kids lives) so I imagine what is happening with Kiwi slips under the rug. That and perhaps Odd's sisters don't want to admit they let their little brother sneak off with the family dog, either out of sibling comrodery or they don't want to get in trouble for this as well lol

I've seen some authors like to offer the headcanon that Odd likes to dye his hair (I'm one of those writers haha, Evolution may have been extremely shaky but there are some ideas that can certainly work etc etc Odd having brunet hair is one of them). The kid loves to dress up in flamboyant colors, bright pink, yellow, purple, you get the idea. Part of me likes to think it's to attract attention, he is just one of six kids after all (mind you the only boy and the youngest of the bunch too). I'm sorta headcanon-posting about Odd's parents being emotionally neglectful. I mean it's also kinda out there in the episode. Sure they "care" on the surface level but they don't really offer much structure? They let him loose, offer unconditional love without any set rules. Obviously there's a fine line given the other side of the spectrum is like, say, Ulrich's family (or father in particular) for example. But too much care without guidance can leave kids feeling in the dark and truly not cared for. Especially if they see other kids actually having that healthy relationship/boundaries taught to them (I hope I'm conveying this all right lmao)

Anyhow! Back to this and off the headcanon tangent, I imagine Lyoko grants some knowledge on how to use their abilities. Or at least, kinda like ingrained instincts already despite not having much experience with them just yet. I like to point out how easy it was for Yumi to wield her fans, or for Ulrich to instantly know how to use super sprint in the prequel, even the contested shield of Odd's just showed up out of nowhere there lol. The tail not causing balance issues is probably one of the instinctual things, just like how Odd can go back and forth from cat paws to human hands without batting an eye. This could also just thrive in your theory/AU either way haha

I've heard some suggestions that Kiwi shed some fur in the scanner Odd went in right before he was virtualized for the first time, so maybe that could lend some idea to his form? This one is the weakest out of the bunch though, especially given dog fur really doesn't equal cat. Cats are flexible and agile though (they love to sleep and eat, they're very playful despite not knowing when to hold back at times, I own two cats atm so this is my own observations leaking over haha), Odd fits the bill, and he's an animal lover (or a dog lover, I forget if the show has mentioned if he just doesn't like cats or whatnot it's been a while). I remember bits and pieces of cats having a sixth sense (not really but people like to say they do) so that can line up with Future Flash, Odd's a gamer which is my only decent excuse for laser arrow lmfao Thank you for your ask! Sorry about the bit of delay but it was very fun chatting and thinking about all of this :)

[cl-plus-s]

Nicolas and Herb

The fact that Sissi started being in good relationship with the other Lyoko warriors and got more in that group as time went on meant that the trio of Sissi, Nicolas and Herb started drifting apart. Nicolas was the one that minded the least since while being a bit meatheaded he wasn't really a bad guy nor that unpleasant to be with, so he eventually found another group that shared some of his hobbies. Herb on the other side didn't took it that well, having an unidirectional crush on Sissi meant that when he saw her passing more and more time with the guys he didn't like, in particular with Jeremie he became bitterer that he already was. The bad blood he had with Jeremie becoming full on hate fueled by jealousy, even if Sissi told him that there was nothing between them two. As time went on Herb became as annoying and as a problem as Sissi was on the original series. The difference is that as time went on and her character develop, Sissi found out she felt guilty for using Herb so blatantly in the past. She believed that what he needed was a group to belong to. A place where he could be himself and sand out all his jagged edges. Jeremie and her ended up hatching a plan precisely to do that, bringing to Herb's attention a robot building competition. During that competition, Sissi made sure to hype up Herb to the other participants, which after seeing the finals of the tournament (Jeremie vs Herb) where Herb won by the skin of his teeth, they were all too eager to try and befriend what in their eyes was a young genius. Sissi had a heart to heart with Herb as well and told him that while she would still be his friend, he needed a group of their own, one where he could really be himself and not just trying to look as someone cool that stomped on everyone else, because she could confirm that that road left her with pieces of guilt that were hard to come to peace with. Herb had an oportunity to try and have a good time, to have a place where he could be comfortable in his own skin, Sissi told him to not miss the opportunity but that was his own choice to make. After that, Sissi left him and saw how he went with the group of teens that had participated as well and started talking. She didn't know if this would work or Herb's ego would stop him from making genuine connections but she had done all she could. Because just as Yumi and Jeremie had done with her what felt like a long time ago, she had given Herb an oportunity.

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