Talk:The Collector/@comment-32398651-20170815152202/@comment-7117024-20170815202718

If it's possible, it would be a great way to throw off suspicion towards him if Hawk Moth and Gabriel are one and the same, though. Gabriel is suspicious that Adrien is Cat Noir, as seen in "Simon Says", and if Adrien was Cat Noir, it would be dangerous for him to find the Miraculous book and start questioning if Gabriel is Hawk Moth. Not only that, but what if Ladybug or another Miraculous holder on the side of good got the book, assumed Hawk Moth had it, and put two and two together if they learned it originated from Gabriel? There's at lot at stake here.

To be fair, we don't know if Gabriel is Hawk Moth yet or someone else is, but if Hawk Moth could pull off akumatizing himself by sending an akuma to "Gabriel," detransforming with his Miraculous, and being transformed by the akuma, it would a perfect way to throw people off his track. Ladybug and Cat Noir would think that Gabriel is a regular victim, and Adrien would just think that Gabriel had the book by coincidence, not actually being Hawk Moth and using it for villainous purposes. There could be an interesting trick being played here by Hawk Moth, and if Hawk Moth is Gabriel, give the man credit for confusing his superhero enemies and his son for a while instead of being figured out, defeated, and defamed.