Talk:Gabriel Agreste/@comment-32209374-20171022113626/@comment-34479129-20171116212747

There was just more proof in that episode that Gabriel was Hawk Moth. Right before he made the akuma for Simon, he said something along the lines of "Hmmm, it's risky, but you've given me an idea." RISKY because his civilian form would be the villain's target. But also as Hawk Moth he is able to control his villains so maybe he thought he could go back and forth without messing everything up.

Notice the second time he starts talking with Simon Says after he is akumatized, when Gabriel is seen is his house, Hawk Moth is walking to the center of his lair while speaking, like he hadn't been there a second ago. And he's saying he doesn't think it's a good idea to go inside, since Simon Says was standing in front of Gabriel's mansion having his zombie people climb up the walls. Simon protests that Gabriel is inside, to which Hawk Moth replies silkily, "Yes, but . . . I sense Ladybug and Cat Noir nearby." Right after Gabriel saw the two heroes in his house to protect him.

And when Simon's army got a hold of Gabriel inside, watch that look that Gabriel gives the villain. It's almost like a glare of hatred AND regret, like he was realizing what he'd done.

Plus Hawk Moth was never shown talking to his villain while Gabriel was captured and hypnotized, and there was no "I'll get you some day" speech by him in the end because Gabriel was on his roof with Ladybug and Cat Noir. Put all this proof together with the special creepy attention he was showing to their miraculouses. It all screams one message: Gabriel is DEFINITELY Hawk Moth.