Mel operates by fae rules, Jayce by angel rules, and Viktor by machine rules

for Mel, it appears she follows the rules of society, but she doesn't, not really. she's very skilled in finding loopholes. she does not create new rules, but she bends the rules that exist to her whim and fancy, all while remaining apparently pristine, and others remain none the wiser. a very fae like way of approaching rules, using brain and beauty.

for Jayce, he's idealistic. there are no limits for him and he dreams the impossible and achieves it. every decision he makes comes from the absolute good of his heart, but often at the cost to others. his moral compass is firm in that he follows what he believes as best as he can. he doesn't shy away from difficulty. his power is making dreams reality.

for Viktor, he is not the originator of anything. not of ideas, like Jayce and sky are. he's incapable of it, as a cog in a machine. he can only tinker with discovery within the rules, and when he tries to branch out, to do something outside of himself and his capabilities, he breaks himself. it's why he needs the shimmer, and even then it doesn't fix him.

if you think about it, Viktor has to override his human limitations by engraving runes into his skin and trying again and again with the hexcore. nothing works, except after he takes shimmer, this gateway drug that gives a regular human super power and gives Viktor regular ability. but what is the first law of robots according to Isaac Asimov?

the first law of robotics is that a robot cannot harm a human being or allow a human to be harmed through inaction. sky is harmed, killed and Viktor successfully 'breaks' his code, and in turn, the hexcore makes up for what was broken. but we'll see then, that instead of becoming more human in season 2, he'll become more like a machine, machine herald