just learned Rocky and his whole species had a lot of work and research put into it... So cool!!!!! I should read the book, I've been hearing about it for years. I could tell at least some research was put into it, because of the way rocky works and how he's alien in a way that's plausible for him. Opposed to ahh yes human/anthropomorphic being that is slightly altered to be not human, but still inherently humanoid. AAAH!!! I love space I love science I love it. so cool. so inherently fun and cool. I very much like Sci-Fi when it is based in reality. I'm not much of a fiction person when it comes to science... Bit ironic given how much I love spot. Dark matter isn't even really deadly nor dangerous though concentrated dark matter sure would be. even if he did survive the effects would be detrimental. He'd likely die. Otherwise he'd live a very miserable and painful life. I'm really curious about Spot. Like I know it's fake but let me speculate!! how would that work? I'd imagine it'd be like a black hole. dark matter isn't visible but it sure isn't black. I think it'd just turn into a black hole though and that in on itself isn't exclusive. Concentrate anything enough and it'll become a black hole! So in theory... Everything is dangerous. Though honestly it'd probably be too small and eat itself before it caused any damage. Actually I have an old rambling about this. Here!
(Imagine like normal stuff with spot. collider explodes, Johnathon has dark matter and it gets on him/fuses. BUT... more realistic. Like the guy with the particle accelerator. So essentially... either nothing really happens besides him getting really sick. Or perhaps it's the same as the effects of radiation so, blisters, melting, cancer, just overall Ill and weak. the thing is we cant really know what dark matter would do. He'd most certainly be sick though I think. BUT... once again it is invisible and more of a theory. I don't necessarily think of the dark matter he's holding within the movie as being pure dark matter because I think it's not something particularly containable first off and it's a hard thing to measure but I do perceive it to work more as a black hole. Just a very contained one. However that may be done. The amount portrayed isn't an overall dangerous amount, especially with nothing adding to it/energizing it, but it was concentrated and seemingly fell onto him and as such fusing with him could be lethal or simply cause damage, but not enough to kill him. Normal typical effects of experiencing black hole would happen but on a smaller scale. If he had managed to live then I think the symptoms would be nausea, vomiting, chronic pain(but surprisingly not severe pain), delirious episodes, possible cancer(considering radiation), possibly skin falling off/peeling, lethargy, a short of feeling of fizziness(like he would feel his atoms sort of moving a lot more, making him unstable and at risk of death; this is essentially hyper aroused atoms what I'm describing), migraines, paralysis in some areas, PTSD, etc.
NOW to assume that it is somehow possible that he'd gain powers he'd most certainly experience a setback or disadvantage. like random bouts of intense pain, or stinging.)
Alright, then that's all I had. Honestly I didn't use any sources. I did look for sources afterwards. Here are some good things to reference back to. I was quite excited to learn that my guesses went along with reality :) that was exciting!
(https://www.anl.gov/science-101/dark-matter-and-dark-energy
https://www.nde-ed.org/Physics/AtomElements/atomicmassnumber.xhtml
https://www.bbcearth.com/news/what-would-happen-if-you-fell-into-a-black-hole
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-tiny-black-hole-body.html
https://cds.cern.ch/record/2203629/files/1418884_29-50.pdf
https://www.labroots.com/trending/chemistry-and-physics/8181/imagine-head-particle-accelerator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/how-dangerous-is-dark-matter/
Anywho... How would it work? do the portals work as just that? portals?(yes I know this sounds stupid, but it's not in jest. It's because I'd assume it'd work like a black hole/portal, but that in on itself doesn't make sense. If it were big enough it'd kill you! if it were small enough it'd kill itself! but dark matter would likely just turn into a black hole) I'll research more. Teleportation IS possible though! Down below is some news on that. However let me clarify it isn't the standard teleportation you may expect. If we were gonna be realistic, it'd be akin to Star Trek. But then the question is.... am I even me anymore? what even makes me, me? My atoms have been replicated!! blah blah blah. Quantum death stuff. Anyways yeah it's still cool.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-photon-teleportation-distant-quantum-dots.html
loving these videos in particular. In relation to project hail Mary because I got off course.
