Talk:Season 4/@comment-30439861-20200101182044/@comment-10390252-20200102110630

I think that the answer to (1) will be the final damnation of Gabriel Agreste. I'm betting that it was damaged during a fight whilst transformed between him and Emilie. Maybe she was attempting to use the Peacock to get her and Adrien out of the house and away from him for some reason. He responded by akumatising Nathalie to help him disable Emilie but he wasn't expecting her to end up nearly dead (because the akuma picked up on Nathalie's jealousy of Emilie and the dark part of her, which she normally would never indulge, that wanted Emile gone so she could have Gabriel to herself).

If I'm right, then there could be a Nathalie redemption arc, claimaxing with her being killed in a fight with Hawkmoth that leaves his secrets exposed to Adrien.