Talk:EScape/@comment-7706473-20140717095808/@comment-1196539-20140717133609

Well, thank you very much, and may I complement your exceptionally poetic dialogue, as well. :P

I'm glad someone familiar with the series did stroll along. I think I may have had some trouble explaining the whole of the theory towards the end, though--I might modify that a bit to elaborate more, as it's hard to really explain the concept fully without giving it away completely just yet. The basic theory is that, what a "return to the past" does is create a new, illusory reality within Lyoko, sucking the four main characters into it. They go on with their lives, unaware that they're not in the real world, enter this fake world's Lyoko, perform another reset, and create yet another illusory world inside that Lyoko, and continue going down another level with each reset. A Lyoko-inception, so to speak. Each time it happens, a new copy of Aelita is made, leaving only a hollow remnant of the last in the previous level. Their whole reality being digital... actually explains a lot of the stupid XANA stunts (like the giant teddy bear) realistically, and fills pretty much of all the plot holes in the series. Again, the trouble is just putting it into words.

Also, as an obligatory question for surprise ending pastas, how long did it take you to figure out it was a Code Lyoko pasta? I like to think of these kinds of pastas as a game, and see how long I can keep people fooled. (Conversely, maybe you were intuitive enough to pick up on it pretty quickly, in which case kudos to you.)