Not dead yet! I have nothing better to post and I have a headache so I decided to screw around with some CL HCs while my brain gets back in order.
most of these are about Aelita oops
The kids are all budding film fans, having a great enjoyment of the power of film as an art form. They like to head out to their local cinema once a week when not preoccupied.
I've played with this idea previously but I think all five of the kids are big fans of Studio Ghibli. Yumi grew up with their movies and the boys learned of their existence through critical acclaim and started watching their works frequently. Aelita, as I mentioned, was introduced to their films through Yumi and found herself loving them just as much.
Everyone in the friend group likes springtime a lot - except for Odd, who has some terrible hay fever problems.
Shortly after Aelita's materialization, during a free night with no XANA madness, Odd took the gang out for pizza. This was Aelita's first time eating pizza and she was in love - it quickly became her favorite food.
In terms of pizza toppings, while all five of them enjoy pepperoni, Jeremie, Aelita and Yumi enjoy pineapple pizza while Ulrich and Odd despise it. This has led to a great many instances of bickering - Yumi calls these incidents "the great Pizza Wars".
As time went by, Odd found himself developing an interest in children's writing. He's always enjoyed making people laugh, and he soon found himself wanting to share laughter with people around the world. With his friends' help, he's started to write numerous wacky and silly stories with an emphasis on comedy, and telling those stories to some of the youngsters around the group.
I've talked about this before because of my AU, but the kids are skilled singers and musicians. Jeremie in particular is talented at singing, piano and guitar, though he doesn't like to make a show of it. Sometimes he and Aelita will spend private time having intimate little jam sessions together.
The kids all love amusement parks - though Odd is somewhat prone to motion sickness (though he still loves the thrill of a good rollercoaster despite what it does to his stomach) and Jeremie dislikes most of the faster rides. Oftentimes, on amusement park outings, Jeremie takes Aelita on some of the calmer, gentler rides so the two can share romantic peaceful moments while the others blast through the more exciting and stomach-turning rides.
Having grown very used to flying after being given wings on Lyoko, Aelita wants to try hang gliding someday.
I stated this before but I feel like over time, Jeremie would grow more comfortable with being openly affectionate towards Aelita, and thus the two can often get adorably (and a bit disgustingly) sappy and romantic in the post-XANA era. Much to the aggravation of their friends lol
Taking my AU out of the equation, I feel like Odd is the most likely to be a My Singing Monsters player
Post-series, William has difficulty fitting in with the group, but Aelita is openly friendly to him and Jeremie doesn't mind him. William finds friendship in Aelita and even Jeremie to an extent, and Aelita is helping the other three grow better used to him.
Once Sissi became better friends with the group post-series, she decided to try her best to treat Aelita better, and occasionally invites her and Yumi for girl hang-outs. Sissi likes painting Aelita's nails!
Aelita found herself getting addicted to Google Street View after Odd introduced it to her. (She's just like me fr) She loved wandering the world and seeing the sights. Whenever she sees something especially funny or neat, she excitedly tells her friends about it.
Street View also sparked a desire to travel the world in Aelita. Jeremie hopes to get a good job so the two can make money to travel together when they grow up.
Odd definitely picks up some of his sense of humor from the internet's dumbest jokes as time goes on, to the frustration of the boys + Yumi and the confusion of Aelita who has no idea where half these jokes came from or why they're funny
I'll end this post off with a cute one; Aelita has volunteered to walk Kiwi for Odd. She loves that cute pupper, and Kiwi loves her back! Aelita loves spending time with Kiwi, he helps keep her spirits high even in her roughest times!
I'm working on a request for Code Lyoko atm, but meanwhile, here are some headcanons!
Headcanons - Code Lyoko
Aelita Schaeffer
I headcanon that Aelita's music and dj mixing skills are rooted in her dad playing the piano and teaching her about music.
It also gives her trauma and nightmares, as we've all seen in the canon episodes tho..
And though she's smart and brainy, I don't see her going to read literature books or novels. Idk if that's just me.
I think she finds comfort in information rather than fiction, so maybe she would prefer non-fiction genres.
I also think that Aelita would like butterscotch ice cream. It's cute.
There are days where she has hallucinations and nightmares because of X.A.N.A and Franz Hopper and her past, and she would like nothing more than to listen to music while cuddling with Mister Puck and having butterscotch ice cream.
Also, much like Nicholas, a lot of people find Aelita cute. Adding to her popularity that rose from her DJ skills, she's sure to have a lot of people having crushes on her. But of course, she's only got eyes for Jeremie.
Remember that lookalike of Aelita who got only one episode on the show? Taelia? I headcanon that people in Kadic call them twins, and they eventually become good friends. I think Jim would get very confused and would put Aelita and Taelia in different classes for the sake of his own sanity.
Elizabeth "Sissi" Delmas
Sissi is a child of divorce (I think that's also canon).
I headcanon that her parents had a slightly significant age difference, because Principal Delmas looks vv old. Sissi's mom was four years younger than him -- I headcanon her to be a fashion designer, she was very impulsive and liked to live in the moment, but eventually, the love they had for each other fizzled out and they divorced.
I also think that maybe her mom wasn't what you would call "maternal". She knows this too, and accepted it when Sissi's dad contested for her during the divorce. It doesn't mean that her mom loves her less, though. She's just aware that her father could care for her daughter better than she could, and chooses to love Sissi in her own way.
I think it was mentioned somewhere in the website wiki that Sissi goes on shopping sprees with her mom, so that could be their love language. I also think that Sissi digs her mother's fashion style and did a little tweaks of that to turn it into her own.
I think that, Ulrich was her best friend before, and they bonded over having turbulent family situations. It was natural for her to catch feelings for someone who understood her, and hence she liked Ulrich. When Ulrich rejected her (multiple times), she was put off, but just didn't know how to handle their friendship from that point onward.
Sissi knows how to bandage wounds professionally (canon) and I think it was mentioned that she wanted to become a nurse. I definitely see that as a career for her, once she's matured and grown into her own self.
She's definitely a writer on the side. She would write under the pen name Sissi for sure.
I love Sissi a lot. She's so much more than what's shown on screen. I'd have loved to see her grow into the person she's actually meant to become, after some maturity and heart-to-hearts with Ulrich and her parents, too.
Jeremie Belpois
Jeremie needs naps.
A lot of naps. Poor guy.
Jeremie has definitely read classics. I also headcanon Yumi to like classics and literature, so I think both of them would bond a lot over this.
I also headcanon Jeremie to be comfortable with certain colors only – like, he wears blues and browns and some beige tones – and you wouldn't find colors like pink or yellow in his wardrobe.
Jeremie's cousin is said to look like him, right? And that guy – Patrick, I think – was a brunette and wore black rock aesthetic clothing. I think that both of them actually looked similar when they were kids, and Patrick must've changed his look at some point to have that poofy hair instead. This probably annoyed Jeremie, but now that they're on good terms, he probably teases Patrick about it a lot (and also has baby pictures to prove his point).
I can see how I turned this into Patrick headcanons. Sorry.
Jeremie likes long walks during the night. When he's not working on Lyoko related stuff, and when he's not able to sleep, he walks around at night.
His prized possession(s) is the set of polaroids that he took with Aelita on one of her first nights on Earth. He has them in a safe (and yes, he definitely has a safe that he hasn't told anyone about. Except Aelita.).
Laura Gauthier
Laura made some poor choices in Evolution, but hey, Sissi made poor choices in the original show too! People can always improve, and change.
Laura was brought up in a very strict household, where only the very best was expected from her.
That's why she desperately wanted to show her dad the laboratory at the old factory and say, "See? I'm a part of something big."
Laura has closeted lesbian energy. Evolution kinda made a big rivalry between Aelita and Laura for Jeremie, to see who was his better equal and all, but I think Laura didn't care about that and just liked getting Aelita riled up. I think Laura is more into girls, romantically speaking.
I headcanon that Laura buys clothes from Sissi's mom's fashion brand.
I can see her being a fan of "ceilings" by Lizzy McAlpine.
I think Laura has the potential to be even smarter than Jeremie, even better than him, too. But she lacks some of his empathy. It's not necessarily a bad thing -- just shows how people who are similar are also different.
Adding on to this, Laura might not be very in touch with her emotions, and might come off as unempathetic. She's just misunderstood, but she's not helping her own case.
Like with Sissi, I think she could be so much more, if she matures and grows into her truest self.
Odd Della Robbia
BEFORE I START, LET ME JUST SAY THAT ODD DELLA ROBBIA IS THE BEST FICTIONAL CHARACTER TO EXIST.
I know it's said that Samantha Knight is the person Odd really really loves, but I headcanon Odd to be a no-commitments soul. He enjoys PDA and dates, but he's probably the most comfortable when he's by himself.
He's a top-tier bisexual.
I headcanon that Odd is allergic to cats. His family definitely seems like the type to have cats at home and he's hated it because all he's done is sneeze.
He's the family favourite. I think this is canon too, which is why he was allowed to get Kiwi as a pet. His sisters probably hated that smh.
This might be a personal wish-fulfilment headcanon, but I think Odd didn't learn how to ride a bicycle. He learned the skateboard, but not the bicycle.
He also feels like the kind of person to hate long car rides? He doesn't like sitting in one place for hours.
Odd is really good at remembering birthdays, anniversaries, and special days. Considering how he had to remind Ulrich that Yumi's birthday had passed, this is probably a canon thing.
Ulrich Stern
Ulrich's a rich kid. Canon. He's known Sissi for ages. Canon.
I headcanon that Ulrich and Sissi were on good terms before both of them hit puberty and Sissi kept forcing herself onto him.
Ulrich's best friend was probably Sissi before everything went downhill between them. Then, Odd and the Lyoko warriors happened.
Martial arts are Ulrich's way of communicating with his inner self. Penchaksilat, karate... he's very self-disciplined.
I think that's why he is so attracted to Yumi in the first place. Her being his equal in terms of martial arts would have been very appealing to him.
With reference to Aelita, Ulrich gives big brother energy and Odd gives little brother energy.
Ulrich is probably the most protective of Aelita out of them all. Of course, Jeremie worships her, but Ulrich has the means to fight anyone who messes with his lil sis.
He played with a lot of samurai toys when he was younger.
Ulrich seems to be the type of guy to like haunted houses.
William Dunbar
I LOVE WILLIAM WITH MY HEART AND SOUL, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND—
Well.
William is definitely king of reading classics and books. He gives Yumi a book on poetry in Evolution, right? He loves romance novels and crime thrillers, and probably reads for an hour a day.
When you think about it, William and Ulrich are very similar. Both of them are only childs with wealthy backgrounds, but the difference lies in the fact that William is loved by his parents, while Ulrich's relationship with his own are strained.
William's favorite fruit is orange.
Lyoko gave him a lot of PTSD, but he loves the thrill, and he's still a very honorable man. That's why he comes back.
William and Aelita have an unusual friendship, I think. They can relate to being haunted by X.A.N.A. It's very unfortunate that they have limited interactions in the show and in Evolution too.
I can definitely see William going into the military or the CIA. He gives me those vibes.
ALSO, I think William would probably end up with someone who's way younger than him (maybe 3 years younger) – someone with a lot of vitality and optimism — and probably blonde.
(My OC for William is blonde, but this isn't about me—)
MOVING ON
Yumi Ishiyama
Yumi was brought up in a very traditional household, as we know.
Yumi would be very into Asian literature and classics, as mentioned in Jeremie's section.
Yumi doesn't look like it to most people, but she's the most motherly out of all of them. She's a big sister, and she's had to raise Hiroki when her parents were fighting and they almost divorced and all.
I think Yumi's slightly spiritual too. Not to the extent where she fully believes in prayers and ancient rituals, but she understands the significance of her culture and respects them.
Yumi loves fireworks and shooting stars. I headcanon her as a bit of an astrology freak.
I also think that Yumi is bisexual? Or at least, she's always been curious about it.
I think she's had a curious phase about everything. But once she understands, she has the capacity to evaluate for herself and make right decisions.
A/N: These are just my personal headcanons. I can do more of these, and relationship headcanons or friendship headcanons too, if I get requests, or strokes of inspiration. I hope you like these!
listen i know code lyoko is y7 but fanon = letting the kids swear so uh. Cursing headcanons ig
Ulrich
tries to avoid cussing, but does a pretty bad job at it, cusses like half the time when he gets hit on lyoko, damn or fuck lmao
Odd
learns swears in different languages and started using them for the fun of it, but they ended up sticking, so now instead of "Fuck!” you're ending up with cazzo, neuken, or faen or something of the sorts
Yumi
usually good at not swearing, since if she did it in front of say, Hiroki, she would never hear the end of it from him, but sometimes it slips out regardless when she’s frustrated, usually just “damn it” or something of that nature.
Aelita
Didn’t actually know many or any swears before meeting the others, buuut she’s caught on pretty quickly since. She doesn’t swear much, which is why when she does it honestly just. Shocks the others a bit. Odd has taken to teaching her more swears in different languages.
Jeremie
He either doesn’t swear at all, or once every once in a while just lets out a loud FUCK because the code isn’t working. Probably a mix of both, he tries to avoid cussing at all costs but listen, it’s impossible to avoid cussing if you’re a programmer /hj
Ulrich handles very well being in love with Odd. (spoiler : it's not true)
aaaaah i’m finally done with this rbfkdjw i hope you guys will enjoy it !! i’m not english so sorry if some things don’t make sense. (i’d love to see what you thought about this so don’t be shy to comment or leave tags if you reblog 👉👈) a big thanks to @vexfulfun for motivating me to write this djsjd that being said... enjoy !
• Yumi comes out to Ulrich as aromantic a few months before they finally beat Xana, and now that they're on the clear about the nature of their relationship, it's easier to move on from the massive crush he had on her since Day One. Considering how pretty chaotic their relationship was sometimes, he thinks that the next time he gets a crush on someone it will be easier (spoiler : it's not. it's really not.)
• He figures out his crush on Odd a few months after putting an end to Lyoko, during the summer break. They got closer a few weeks before the end of school, and they've been texting or calling each other almost non-stop since the holidays started. Now Ulrich is lying on his bed, looking at the blank walls of his bedroom, wishing Odd was here to fill the silence like he did in their shared bedroom at the school, when it hits him and he's like. oh. Oh. OH NO.
• At first he thinks it's going to go away if he doesn't think about it, so he tries, but now that he knows, he sees it everywhere. And it doesn't help that Odd keeps texting him things like "hey it sucks without you, Kiwi and i miss you". (Granted, Odd does says the first part to every of their friends, but the Kiwi part ? that's just for him, and Ulrich loathes how proud and happy it makes him feel)
• So, yeah, the "i do not see it, i can not see" method doesn't work at all, but it's okay ! Ulrich is Smart, he can find a solution to that ! Maybe if he represses it hard enough, it will go away !
• Surprise : it doesn't work too.
• So whatever. Ulrich has a crush on Odd. It's fine, it's totally fine. (It's not.) He can handle this. (He can't.)
• Ulrich ends up being in a constant crisis about it during the whole summer, until the last week before school starts and he texts Yumi to tell her everything because, and he hates to admit it, he can't handle it and he might need help.
• Yumi instantly makes fun of him BUT she does help and at the end of the day Ulrich is much calmer about it because he finally got it off his chest and can now think a bit more clearly.
• So, he has a crush on Odd. And it... might be not that bad. Actually, it's okay. Yes, he has a crush on his best friend, and so what ? It's just a crush, and it will all be over soon, when they get back to seeing each other everyday and Ulrich is going to remember the little things he dislikes about Odd and why they would never work together anyway.
• ...It’s a month and a half in the school year when Ulrich thinks he should start taking circus classes, because he's becoming a clown.
• His crush does not go away. His crush gets WORSE. because of course he dislikes things about Odd, like how coward he can be sometimes, or how bad his feet smells, but it's not important compared to how many things he -loves- likes about him. and the worst thing is, they do work well together !
• Ulrich hates it ! He is tired of feelings, he doesn't want them ! Why did it have to be Odd ! Why does he keeps getting crushes on people he shouldn't !
• Eventually, after a long time.. He learns to live with it. He ends up accepting (for real, this time) the fact that he has a crush on Odd, and that it's not going away any time soon. And he's fine with that ! If he's destined to pine over Odd forever, then so be it. Ulrich finds that it's not a terrible way to live, anyway.
• He does try to date some people there and there during high school, but he always ends up cancelling plans after the second date because it's clear it's not going to work and people deserve better than being a last resort to a guy who has a crush on his best friend.
• He takes a gap year after high school, because he doesn't really know what he wants to do with his life. Odd goes to an art school in a close town, and ends up being roommate with Sissi, of all people ! (She moved out of their city before starting high school, and she changed a lot during that time).
• They don't see each other as much as they used to, since they're not in the same town anymore and they both have different things to do. They were both scared of drifting apart or not finding the time to hang out with each other (or with the rest of the group), but in the end they make it work.
• But still, a lot of things change. They spend week-ends together, whether it's Odd going to Ulrich's place or the opposite, and sometimes they go out, or they stay inside when they can.
• Ulrich barely sees Sissi because she's not here a lot during week-ends, and he still believes that Odd has been lying to everyone when he says she's nice now and they're getting along really well, because there's no way that's true.
• Anyway, the point is. They spend a lot of time together, and Ulrich ends up having dog food for Kiwi for when Odd comes over with him, and Odd ends up having Ulrich's clothes in his closet (and yes, sometimes he wears them but you can't blame him ! it's not his fault Ulrich keeps forgetting to take them back !) (what really happened is that Ulrich only forgot his clothes one time, and then he noticed Odd wore them, and look, he's enough of a disaster already, let him at least have this, he's been pining for *years* now). It's totally not gay, purely platonic, of course.
• And then comes The Competition. They don't remember when it started, but one day they noticed that every time they hung out outside, people mistook them as a couple and... well. They started playing along, calling each other ridiculous pet names, and of course it turned into a competion, to see who could come up with the worst pet name and who could be the most mushy.
• They're insufferable. Jeremie, Aelita and Yumi are planning their deaths because they're so tired of their stupidity.
• There’s no “rule” for this, but they never call each other pet names that are used a lot, like "babe" or "darling" etc. It always has to be ridiculous. Why, you ask ?
• Because one day Ulrich called Odd "babe" and they just. stared blankly at each other, both desesperatly trying to hide the fact that they were screaming inside, and both went "uh. that was weird. let's never mention that again." and that was it.
• So voila, everything is fine in their lives. They flirt (but as a joke), and they sleep in the same bed when they see each other during the week-end (because the couch is uncomfortable, and it would be rude to make someone sleep on it) and Odd wears Ulrich's clothes sometimes, and Ulrich keeps dog food in his apartment for Odd's dog (but there's nothing domestic about that). Everything is fine.
• Yumi, Aelita and Jeremie aren't as stupid as them though, and they kind of notice that... there's no way this is going to end well for Ulrich. (Ulrich hadn't planned on telling Aelita and Jeremie about his crush, but they figured it out themselves after a few years, because Ulrich is sometimes pretty obvious) (yes, Yumi, Aelita and Jeremie are keeping bets on who's going to confess first)
• So Yumi tries to talk to Ulrich, like 'hey maybe you should confess because you're kinda acting like a couple but you're not and we don't want you to see heartbroken the day Odd starts dating someone else'.
• And Ulrich wishes he could pretend everything is fine and there's no way this could go wrong, but he's a Responsible Adult now, or at least he's an old teenager, and maybe it's time to.. stop waiting. Maybe he could tell Odd, and it would make their friendship change, but maybe that's for the best. Maybe. So he promises to think about it, and he does.
• There's comfort in the way things are now, but at the same time, Ulrich has to move on someday, because as much as he loves loving Odd, it doesn’t stop it from hurting. and he doesn't want to wait until forever to confess either. the only reason he hasn't done it by now is because he's never sure about how Odd really feels about him, but then again, if he waits to be sure, then he'll never say anything.
• So it's decided. Ulrich is going to confess, and then life will move on, with or without Odd in it.
• He hopes it will be with Odd in it. He really, really hopes it will. He doesn't know what he would do if he had to live without him. Because before being his crush, Odd is his best friend since middle school, he's family, and Ulrich can't find the appeal of a life without Odd, no matter how hard he tries.
• (Fuck, Odd was right when he told him he wouldn't be able to live without him, the first day when they met.)
• It's a good thing to know you're going to confess. But the important question is, how are you going to do it ?
• Ulrich doesn't know. UnFortunately, he doesn't get the chance to think about it for too long.
• One week-end, while they're watching Pacific Rim again in Odd's apartment, with Odd buried in Ulrich's big hoodie, his legs resting on Ulrich's lap, Sissi comes home early.
• It's a little bit awkward between her and Ulrich, in the way that they're only acquaintances now, so they don't know each other really well. But that doesn't mean they don't get along, which is why it's not much of a problem when Sissi decides to watch the end of the movie with them.
• But she keeps glancing at them, especially Ulrich, until it's time for him to leave. And it's weird, because Ulrich doesn't understand why she would do that. It might be stupid, because it's not a big deal, but Ulrich got a sinking feeling in his stomach during the whole ride home and it doesn't leave him even after.
• Odd texts him a few hours later, and for the first time Ulrich doesn't want to know what he said. But still, he opens his phone and reads the text, because he's a weak man who can't refuse anything to Odd.
• It's something along the line "Sissi thought we were a couple hahahaha, that's so weird."
• It shouldn't be a big deal. It shouldn't. It's not the first time someone tells them they look like a couple anyway. Heck, they often pretends they are with the pet names competition. But there's something about that makes Ulrich sick in his stomach.
• Technically, nothing is wrong, because Odd still texted him, and he's laughing about it, like he always does, but. But Odd never uses capital letters, and he never types "hahaha" and he never puts punctuation in his texts, and sure, it's just some details, but Ulrich knows Odd and he knows that something is wrong and that somehow, now, everything is going to change. For the better or for the worst.
• He types back a simple "yeah, weird." and Odd never replies.
• It's... strange, for about a month. Odd starts avoiding him, answering his texts really late (if he answers them at all), never calling, coming up with shitty excuses to not spend time with him. They don't see each other once. Ulrich doesn't know how to feel about this situation.
• He's frustrated, because what the hell ? What happened ? Did he do or say something wrong ? He keeps replaying the last time they saw each other in his head, but he can't find anything out of the ordinary, except, well. their last texts.
• It angry, too. Because he doesn't understand. Odd had never been bothered when people mistook them for a couple, so why did he now ? And even if this was the reason, his behaviour still didn't make any sense. Odd would never stop talking to someone just for that, or at least he never did before.
• Did he discover Ulrich's crush on him and decided to put some distance between them because he thought it would be awkward to acknowleged it ? Odd had never acted like that when learning someone loved him, but maybe because they were best friends, this was different ?
• It hurts to think about it. It's not like Ulrich wasn't prepared to be rejected if he were to confess, but losing Odd like this ? It sucks. Odd is his best friend first and foremost, so of course Ulrich doesn't want him out of his life. He just always thought Odd would want him to stay in his, too.
• He's angry, and he's sad, and he's hurt and he's tired of this. It makes him mad that Odd was right when he said Ulrich wouldn't be able to live without him, and he’d like to believe that maybe he's got it all wrong and something else happened to make Odd stop talking to him, but he knows it can't be anything else after spending time with Yumi, Aelita and Jeremy. They all acted a little awkward, and Ulrich knows Odd still talks to them on the regular, and it's enough proof to know that the problem is indeed with him.
• He talks to Yumi about it, and she just tells him that Odd is an idiot and that maybe he should still confess so he can move on.
• Ulrich actually starts thinking about it, after the third week. Moving on that is- not confessing, because that is way too scary.
• And of course it's not going to be easy and it sucks but if Odd wants to act like a dumbass then fine, Ulrich isn't going to wait and cry about it forever. He deserves better than this bullshit anyway.
• (It doesn’t make it any less hurting. Ulrich is not really sure he wants to fully admit that he lost his best friend.)
• He tries to talk to Odd a few times during those three weeks of course, but it never ends anywhere. He either leaves him on read or answers vaguely and doesn't participate in the conversations. Ulrich tries to confront him one time, and they end up fighting. It's not a big fight, but it's still shitty, and Ulrich stops trying after that, and Odd doesn't say anything.
• Then out of nowhere, on the fourth week, Odd calls him. Ulrich stares in shock and considers for a brief moment not answering and ignoring him, because that would only be fair, but he ends up answering, because maybe this their chance to make it right again and fuck, he missed his best friend, okay ?
• It's... it's awkward. At first, Odd tries to act like nothing happened, and Ulrich pretends that they don't need to talk about it, but they both know ignoring the elephant in the room won't resolves anything.
• And surprise ! After a few awkward silences, they do end up talking about it. Or at least a little.
• Odd apologies, but doesn't offer any explanations, and Ulrich decides that it's enough, at least for now.
• They start catching up on what they missed during the month, though not a lot happened on both sides, and they joke around and that's pretty much it.
• Ulrich is sure life is going to go back to normal (until he confesses), and he's happy with that, but then it's the end of the call, and Odd tells him about this movie that's going to come out soon and how they should go watch it together, and Ulrich agrees, and Odd says "cool, so it's a date then ?" which is. what. WHAT.
• Ulrich takes five whole minutes to answer because his brain decided to shut down. He's not sure if it's a joke, like their pet names competition, or if it's a dream, but it can't be real. Except Odd is silent at the end of the line, so he must be serious, and oh, Ulrich is a weak, weak man.
• "Uh. Yeah, ok." "Cool, see you on the week-end for our date then !"
• And that's it. That's how the call ends and Ulrich doesn't know for how long he stares at his phone like it holds the secrets of the universe, but when he finally registers what happened, a lot of time has passed.
• Ulrich has a date. With Odd.
• He wakes up Yumi by calling them. (They're mad because they lost the bet on who will ask the other out on a date first, but she doesn't tell him that.)
• And so the week-end comes, and Ulrich gets ready. to go on his date. with Odd.
• He's expecting this to be a bad prank but still, he takes his time to dress well and make sure he looks good. And then he goes pick up Odd on his motorcycle and tries his best not to have a gay panic when Odd comes out of his apartment wearing his best date outfit with the jean jacket Ulrich bought him for one of his birthday.
• They go to the cinema, and it's awkward at first, because how are you supposed to act on a first date with your crush who's also your best friend who you also haven't talked to since a month ? It's.. a little bit weird, doing romantic coded things together for real and not as a joke, but it's nice. It's something they could get used to, something they /want/ to get used to.
• And so it doesn't take long for them to be comfortable around the other again, and everything falls back to normal, and they have an amazing time.
• None of them confess that day, because they want to take the time to enjoy this new thing, and they go on a lot of other dates and Ulrich feels weird because he's not used to have luck on his side when it's about romance, but he's definitely not complaining about it.
• A few months later, when they're coming home to Ulrich's apartment after a midnight walk with Kiwi, Odd tells him about the month when they stopped talking to each other. It slowly becomes a confession, because it turns out Odd realized he was in love with Ulrich after Sissi's comment and didn't know how to process it, but Ulrich cuts him in the middle of it to confess how he feels because 1) he hasn't been suffering all these years only to not confess first and 2) Yumi would kill him if he didn't.
• So that's how they start dating.
• Yumi, Aelita and Jeremy are like "finally ! we can have peace now. no more them being fools." and also very happy because they've been waiting for this for so long and their best friends deserves to be happy together.
• jokes on them though, because now that they're dating, they're worse than before. the pda, the jokes, the love confessions at any given time, they're everywhere. the awful pet names ? even worse now because they call each other regular pet names too.
• But hey, for their friends happiness, they can endure it. a little. they do deserve to be happy after all of this.
• Bonus :
Later, after a few years of being together, someone looks at them and goes "wow, you're such good friends ! i would love to have a bro like that", and it's the pet name competition nightmare all over again, except it’s reversed. Yumi, Sissi, Aelita and Jeremie have to deal with them calling each other "bro" or "dude" constantly and they regret being friends with them.
- Sometimes powers/traits from Lyoko carry over, though not in extremely obvious ways. Odd is much more graceful, almost always landing on his feet; Ulrich feels faster; when Yumi reaches for her pen, it almost always seems to get pulled towards her hand, just in reach.
- William takes a lot of comfort in darkness, but only when there’s noise. He later moves to the heart of Paris, in a section of the city where there’s always something happening outside his window.
- Aelita sometimes struggles to remember how temperatures work sometimes, as Lyoko didn’t have a way to simulate “hot” or “cold.”
- Ulrich gets emancipated from his parents as soon as possible and cuts ties with them completely. He even changes his last name, changing it to “Robbia.”
- Jeremy is actually really good at fencing! Problem is, it almost never helps him with any practical combat, so he rarely gets to show off.
- Yumi paints as a hobby, often creating landscapes or portraits (that may or may not be inspired by Lyoko). Later, she pursues art as her career and sells a lot of the less personal ones. Her most famous paintings are “The Stoic Samurai” and “A Simple Universe,” which are paintings of Ulrich’s Lyoko form and the Lyoko map in the holosphere, respectively.
- Sexuality + some gender headcanons for the main gang (bc I gotta do it):
Jeremie: Trans boy, Heterosexual
Realizes that he’s trans before entering Kadic and his parents help him with changing his name and buying new clothes!
The gang is v supportive and helps him when puberty starts hitting and he starts feeling dysphoric before his parents can come by to help out more.
Ulrich: Bisexual
Absolutely does not realize he’s not straight until waaaay after the series’ events. I’m thinking maybe second-to-last or his last year at Kadic.
He comes out to the gang very slowly (he knows they’d accept him but it’s v scary having the shoe on the other foot) but not anyone else.
He briefly considers telling Sissi, but feels that she might accidentally blab about it to the whole school.
His parents disapprove of anything “gay” so he doesn’t come out to them. Really, it just helps him with the decision to emancipate himself.
Odd: Genderfluid, Pansexual
The bodyswap experience with Yumi was actually his gender awakening! He was able to experiment with more feminine clothing options and realized that he didn’t feel as uncomfortable as Yumi did in his body.
He often uses male pronouns, but he sometimes changes to female or gender neutral ones.
Starts expanding his dating pool after the series and is well known around the school for hitting on everyone.
Briefly dated Herve. Doesn’t like talking about it.
William: Cishet
Very relaxed around the gang and openly accepts all of them! Helps as best he can when they need a shoulder to cry on and does his best!
Yumi: Lesbian
Breaks it off with Ulrich and William after the series, but they’re all on good terms when Yumi explains why.
Ulrich does get a bit testy as she’s the first one ‘out’ in the group and thinks that he was just an experiment or smth. They don’t talk for a good month after that and it basically takes a group intervention to get his head out of his ass. Their friendship is rocky for a while afterward but it smooths out when Ulrich starts having Gay Thoughts himself.
Way, way after graduation, she dates Sissi and they’re surprisingly good together! It shocks everyone and it’s basically open season for some playful banter from the boys.
Aelita: Agender, Asexual
Look, gender is a complex thing, alright? Especially when most of your formative “memories” are as an AI who doesn’t understand humanity.
Aelita gets the hang of it, eventually! But she also starts to think she doesn’t really mind being called a boy, or a girl, so long as she’s considered a person.
She eventually settles on ‘agender’ as she doesn’t feel nonbinary doesn’t really fit, but she’s fine with female pronouns.
She likes platonic relationships more than romantic ones, and though she and Jeremy date, neither really feel the need to do anything further than that.
I know it's established that Milly, Tamiya, and Odd have a sibling relationship. But it's not shown whole lot much in the show except for a few episodes. I'm sure he supports them in which ever way he can and that includes those scoops. But I headcanon that Milly does go to Odd more for a lot of things when she's unsure, needs help, needs to rant or just needs simple company from him. He'll support her in any way he can.
I headcanon that Milly can sing but practices in private because she's embarrassed. In the beginning it was rough so she shyly went to Odd. Since then they practice somewhere private or in her dorm when no one is in hearing range. They also practice on acoustic guitars. The do duets when attending school concerts. When Milly is doing solos Odd couldn't be more prouder and just smiles.
I'd imagine Odd being protective of Milly when she has a boyfriend
He comforts both of them when they are sad about things
They both went to him about their sexuality
Everyone is very surprised that when the two sing together that their voices harmonize very well
