What I like and what is for me a proof that Félicie and Victor are meant for each other and what I think proves that Félicie wasn’t attached to Rudolph at all, is how in the movie, there is nothing that Félicie hides or doesn’t tell to Victor.
Victor maybe was trying to win Félicie, telling her lies about how is going the things for him in life.
The fact is that, when Félicie hangs out with Rudolph, both doesn’t really talk to each other about their lifes. All is resumed in Rudolph showing off how perfect he is, or flirting with her, promising things or giving her compliments.
But there’s no compromise from his part, and their relationship stays over the surface, with appearances, never grow roots or goes deeper.
Meanwhile when Félicie hangs out with Victor, they go out, they share mutual experiences about their adventures, they even play or joke about the other. They even argued! and that’s something that sometimes is necessary. Victor doesn’t only flirts with Félicie or gives her compliments, he also gives her advices like “You should have more care with your music box, is the only thing your parents have left to you.” He helped her to escape, he fixed her music box many times, he took care of her while she was sleeping in the train road to Paris. He was really interested for her and more important, for her wellfare.
Félicie trust in him like with nobody. She barely knows Rudolph, but Victor is a friend of a lifetime. She is involved in Victor’s life, she supports him in his dream, she is happy with his achievements.
But here is my point; the best proof that Félicie have more interest in Victor than in Rudolph is the fact that she even telled him about her affair with the russian prince, even while telling him in his face that she’s practically friendzoning him.
While Rudolph hasn’t have any idea of who was Victor. Félicie never told him about him, nor even her adventures, or her story, even after Félicie’s identity was revealed…
When the three characters meet at the Eiffel tower, when Rudolph tries to attack Victor Félicie tells him: “He’s my friend.” and when Rudolph doesn’t believe her she answers: “This is Victor, we grow up together.” There is no signal of Rudolph knowing something about Félicie’s friend.
That’s why I think, Félicie and Victor work as a couple so well. The best is that they work together, they share everything, they help each other, they treat the other as an equal, not as someone superior or inferior. They can be as imperfect and injuried as some couples can be, but I believe their love is true. I believe that when they grow up, they will be an amazing and sweet couple.