Part 2:Her Relationship with the Vexos
Mylene generally seemed rather cold or displeased most of the time but the more I got to see her interactions with Vexos, the more I realized that she actually saw them somehow as comrades eventhough she didn't like most of them.
I think Volt was probably the only person she genuinely saw as a friend.
From what we see from their interactions, she respects him and even tried to bring sense in him when he tried to go head to head with Zenoheld, and after that she even called him "a friend" so that should bring no questions, and honestly, I understand her because I also think Volt was genuinely the only person that could count as a good person compared to other members.
Shadow's and her personalities were like water and oil so the writers had done fairly good job with their comedic duo parts.They mostly gave the vibe of “the cool main character and their silly side kick” together.Apart from that it seems Shadow both respected her (most of the time at least) and also saw her close enough to tease her, while Mylene -even though not having his antics- seemed to tolerate his presence somehow.She even accepted him as a friend after seeing how genuine he is to the point of going after her at the end.
Her relationship with Lync seemed the most neutral and I think they make a good duo. Their dynamics when they were goofing around at Earth was rather enjoyable and I definitely would love to see more lighthearted scenes between them. (like in a "big cool sister& the little shit whose also somehow an innocent little kid” team,kind of way)
Yeah I kept the ones she seemed to less "fancy" for the last
I honestly don't see anything personal between her and Gus, but the way she called him "lap dog" shows she most definitely didn't think of his behavior towards Spectra as loyalty but rather viewed it as having no backbone and despised him for that. (Even though Gus' loyalty to Spectra was admirable, it is understandable why she would think of him that way. He could be way too much at times that even Spectra would complain about it, despite knowing Gus’ intentions) but as a brawler she seemed to acknowledge his talents.
Now the last and the most important one - the reason why i decided making these series- Spectra.
I think Mylene and Keith were created to be as set/opposites in mind like most of the franchises have done with their protaganists ( like adrien & marinette from mlb or jotaro & kakyoin from jjba), because I remember seeing these two's promo arts for the first time before NV was released and immediately thought what these two's deal would be :
Here are two characters doing the same pose but one female and the other is male,and one is representing water while the other one is fire.
It already foreshadows the yin-yang feeling between these two,about how they are so alike and yet so different, as we already get to see more and more through the show and at last both of them admiting it themselves. (Something i already mentioned about in the Baku-Zodiac post )
I dont think it would be an exaggeration if one would say their relationship was the biggest factor that had impact on Mylene's character arc even.
Eventhough she often calls him out for being power hungry and for being a traitor she probably also secretly admired/idolized him
(obviously not in the way mira did)
The thing is she was second to him for being obsessed with power and when he would not be around she would get to be more in charge.
She should've been better of him being gone forever but rather,she kept acting bitter about it and of him being unreliable instead.
My thoughts about Mylene is that she had serious trust issues (and i mean more than anyone) and Keith was the real trigger for it. I believe she did not actually despise him at the beginning but the moment she realized he was up to something thats how things started to shift.
