Talk:Unnamed black substance/@comment-39648772-20190601052448

My thought is that the Black goo is Hawkmoth's first attempts at Akumatizing something, But because he didn't have the butterflies he just spat out the dark energy and it clumped together, which is why it is so volatile in nature, because it's unrestricted and not under his control

The butterflies, in a sense, act as a holder of this Energy and distribute it equally through a person where as the actual energy would keep expanding, For example, take a look at Plagg's power without the miraculous controlling it, the same could be said here.