Everyone is wondering who the new villain is but its 100% Nathalie! If you rewatch the collector there is a scene where gabriel agreste tells her that she knows where the book goes which was in the room where hawkmoth goes! The peacock kwami is emotional and they complement the opposite holder aka a non-emotional person which would be Nathalie. Therefore, she will be the holder of the miraculous because it needs to be someone he trusts and knows he is hawkmoth!

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❣ POSSIBLE ML S2 FINALE SPOILERS AHEAD ❣

I do agree, she’s aware of Gabriel’s motives and there is a significant amount of evidence to support the theory. However, I don’t believe she’ll willingly fall into step and serve Hawkmoth. Before I go into further detail, let’s examine what we know so far about the future peacock holder and how Nathalie fulfills the profile.

It may seem like we know very little—but there’s more than meets the eye if we consider the circumstances. Based on appearances and presentation, it’s reasonable to assume Le Paon (now known as Mayura) identifies as a traditionally feminine person. There is a notable difference between her transformed appearance and that of other miraculous users. Although there have been instances of changing hairstyle and color (i.e. Rena, Chat), we’ve never seen such stark transformations in other features like skin, eyes, perhaps eye shape. This is why we cannot rely on appearances alone to deduce her civilian identity. 

But what else do we know about her? Truthfully, very little. So the real question isn’t “Who is Mayura?”, but “How did Mayura come to be?”.

Let’s summarize the necessary factors;

– Mayura should have a basic understanding of the miraculous jewels.
– Mayura must know Gabriel Agreste possesses one or more miraculous.
– Mayura needs to obtain the peacock miraculous from Gabriel Agreste.
– Mayura needs to have access to the Agreste household.
– Mayura needs the code to Gabriel’s safe.
– Mayura will work with Hawkmoth and knows Gabriel is affiliated with the miraculous, therefore she’s probably aware of his secret identity.

This significantly shrinks the pool of candidates and turns us back to Nathalie. She has full access to the Agreste mansion—and her being familiar with Gabriel’s things/schedule wouldn’t be out of place. She is probably the only individual that actually knows he wields a miraculous. She has also physically seen the grimoire and the contents of Gabriel’s safe, so it’s reasonable to conclude she has an understanding of the peackock miraculous.

There are a number of other clues that allude to Nathalie being Mayura. Many characters of the show share color schemes with their miraculous/kwami.

Evidentally the blues, deep reds, and dark hues of Nathalie’s color palette match Duusuu.

This carries over into her future akumatized form as well. Catalyst and Mayura share striking number of features as well. The build and change in skin tone are almost identical. Various characteristics of Mayura’s outfit, such as the high neck collar and long sleeves, match Nathalie’s civilian appearance. 

The creators also like to play around with names. Many have deeper meanings and relate to a part of a character’s identity.

– Dupain-Cheng: du pain, french for “of bread”, cheng, chinese for “to make”
– Bourgeois: reference to wealth and the  “bourgeoisie”, a.k.a. the upperclass.
– Agreste: the french word for the grayling butterfly.
– Césaire: reference to Aimé Césaire, a french author and poet from Martinique.
– Marc Anciel: a play on the french word for gay baby boy rainbow, arc-en-ciel.

Nathalie’s last name “Sancœur” translates to “heartless” or “without a heart” in french (sans cœur). There could be a few explanations for this; it could be a reference to the fact she’s complicit in Gabriel’s manipulation, schemes, and toxic parenting. She’s a silent bystander (though there is the possibility she’s being blackmailed/coerced into it). However—I think there’s more to it. However, heartless is such a heavy word and as of yet we haven’t seen much of her at all.

One last thing to consider is the episode placement. Rarely are there more than one akuma per episode, it simply wouldn’t make sense for Nathalie to be akumatized for only half the season finale and disapear afterwards. They’re going to build up to Mayura throughout both parts.

What can I say? The shoe fits.

I personally don’t think so. While it’s hard to see on the artwork for Catalyst (because it’s 2D) Natalie’s jawline is completely different to Mayura, as are the eyes.

Also, while having an abnormal skin color is normal for Akumatized victims (Bubbler, Evillustrator, The Mime, Princess Fragrance, Simon Says, Kung Food, Gamer, Puppeteer, Santa Claws, The Collector, Befana, Troublemaker, Frightningale, etc), the same doesn’t go for Miraculous Holders.

In fact, aside from Mayura, the only Miraculous Holder who has an abnormal skintone is Mudekudeku, and that’s because as part of her transformation, her skin is covered in something similar to
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paste, which is part of her culture; as was confirmed by Plagg in Frightningale, the look of a transformed Miraculous Holder corresponds to their own personal desires.

Then there’s also the name “Mayura”, which means peacock in various indian languages, meaning that whoever Mayura is, she’s most likely of indian descend, which also fits the change in skin color, since many deities in Hinduism have abnormal skin colors, including one named Krishna, who has blue skin, and is even one of the many Hindu gods who are associated with peacocks. Peacocks are also considered sacred in Hinduism, and are referred to, you guessed it, Mayura.

So it’s pretty likely that Mayura is of indian descend, and I highly doubt Natalie, being white, blue-eyed, and having a completely french name, is that.