Talk:The Collector/@comment-36078489-20180704141743/@comment-29889966-20180707113851

OK. Gabriel Agreste is Hawk Moth, which we do know of as the main antagonist for the series. So Gabriel knowing that the grimoire (the Miraculous Spell Book) was missing since Volpina, and made some temper tantrum, he decides to akumatised himself as The Collector so that Ladybug & Cat Noir will leave them astray. Preventing them from thinking that Gabriel is Hawk Moth, which he is, so once Gabriel is de-akumatised, it shows Gabriel instead of Hawk Moth. So yeah. Clear answer is that Gabriel akumatised himself to become The Collector.