Like how Kiki pretended to be a kid in For the Future
And how (Inner) Belos pretended to be a kid in Hollow Mind
What if the Collector is pretending to be a kid too 🤔
(Did I mention that both FtF and HM just so happen to be eps where not only the Collector plays a major part, but also acts more noticeably like a kid 🤔 hmm very sus)
The Collector seems to parallel Adegast as well
They're both puppeteers
Their humanoid selves wear purple celestial-themed robes and pointy/crooked hats
Pretending to be someone that they actually aren't...? 🤔
Even Bill and Chris (one of Adegast's puppets) have some similarities, like their eyes and tails
So in a way Bill could also be the Collector's "puppet" just in a more metaphorical sense (like being manipulated by them)
Back in Witches Before Wizards, Adegast tricked Luz, and Eda and King had to save her after finding out the truth about him
Maybe this time Eda and King got tricked by the Collector, and Luz will have to save them after learning the truth, possibly from that glowing Titan guy (kinda like how the palismen creature warned her and Hunter about Kid Belos in HM)
(It's possible Lilith will also figure out ahead of Eda and King that the Collector is tricking them, since she's been tricked by Belos before and we don't see her reaction to King's plan of talking to the Collector)
Speaking of which
Luz looking above and seeing something glowing yellowish/orangish
Sounds familiar?
Yeah I'm guessing the "Titan" is actually a Collector in a Titan costume, possibly even an actual child Collector (which would explain their shorter proportions compared to King's dad/Boiling Isles and the adult Collectors) who got tricked into dressing up as a Titan and got caught in the crossfire
Tl;dr Collector sus