Talk:The Collector/@comment-31772822-20171019225035

This is my theory: Hawk Moth is not Gabriel Agreste. In a scene, Ladybug tells Cat Noir that she think she knows who Hawk Moth could conceivably be. So to avoid suspicion, Hawk Moth transformed himself to The Collector. But after a while, Gabriel was vulnerable for an kuma attack. So Hawk Moth could have de-transformed himself and akumatized Gabriel into The Collector to get Gabriel do his bidding for him. This could happened off screen like how Hawk Moth akumatizing Sabrina was off screen. Then Gabriel was defeated by Ladybug and Cat Noir. The aspect of Gabriel looking like Hawk Moth could just be red herring. If this is true, they might show and explain these scenes in a flashback in a future episode.

Hawk Moth could have some relationship with Gabriel Agreste. They both could have loved the same person.