>>2667215The Knights are a group that advocated the merging of the physical world with the Wired, the guys with glasses are the Men in Black who were trying to combat the knights and keep the two worlds separate. Both of which tried manipulating Lain to support their own agendas. Lain's family was simply hired to take care of Lain until she fulfilled her purpose of merging the two worlds Lain was never born and was never a child she forever exists as the form seen within the show. It's assumed that Lain has been the god of the wired since she has been around within the wired since humanity has been able to access it. She questioned Eiri's statements of being a god because it showed him that she was the true one. The knights died because the men in black's whole goal was to stop them so once their info was leaked they hunted them down. I still don't know why the men in black died though. At the end of the series Lain removes all trace of her existence therefore keeping the wired from ever evolving past the internet (The men in black and knights don't exist, Taro is just a normal kid, and Eiri has no outlet for any of his theories) So the way I saw it is Lain essentially molded the reality we know of now by retroactively preventing all the conflict incited by the wired's existence in the show.
I hope this clears some things up, obviously by my questions asked here
>>2661764 I haven't figured out EVERYTHING but I've watched the show many times over so I feel like I have a firm grasp on most of it.
>>2667155I feel you, anon. Work sucks. In this thread we've been discussing our questions pertaining to the series and I've been taking drawing requests. If you want anything feel free to ask me.
