Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26342775-20151008034423/@comment-25926288-20151010200343

Magic has two sectors, light and dark, but every one has access to either, but most choose dark because of their pain. Dark magic isn't evil because being angry isn't an act of evil. I think that theDark magic is the normn for all magic users, except a rare number.

Emma was one of the rare people with light magic, but I'm certain that all magic is just neutral and it's the victims of the practioners that label it as such. Emma used anger to light a fire once and they never said she could use "dark magic". So, I believe that the show itself has shown that magic is just a tool and light magic can kill as well as dark magic can and the opposite too.

I'm certain of this because the Apprentice is noted to be a Dark Magic user and all he has done was help people. But I'm sure Dark Magic sounds better than Smoke magic (or Witchcraft, as we label it)