Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26241562-20151013033754/@comment-25926288-20151015143451

CTrent29 wrote: ''I don't know what else they'd call it. I mean, we still call it "dark magic," and no longer, "black magic." It's not like we're calling it "The Blackness." It's the freakin' darkness. Trying to pin that name as racist is a huge stretch, basically, in my opinion.''

I don't think it's a stretch. In the old days, darkness or black had nothing to do with evil or any other kind of negativity. And lightness or white had nothing to do with good or anything positive. Only since the emergence of Western society has black or darkness been strongly associated with evil and light, good. Especially a Western society that had come into contact with non-Europeans - especially those of Africa and the Americas.

Even these days, darkness or black can mean about something other than evil - elegance and individuality are two examples. Even in China, black is used as a symbol for water. Also white can be used for something that is not considered good - illness, deceit, cowardice and death. So, what is the point of automatically associating darkness (black) with evil and light (white) with good? Some fans claim that darkness blind people. Well, so can light. Both darkness and light can be blinding or hide the truth. Sometimes that is a good thing and sometimes it isn't.

I've also noticed a growing trend among fans and writers of science-fiction and fantasy - especially in movies and television - to automatically associate dark with evil and light with good. It has come to the point when a lot of people do not even use the words "good" and "evil" anymore. And I find that rather odd.

So again, I feel that Horowitz and Kitsis should consider giving this entity another name. Hey, listen up. Stop talking about it. The more you speak of it, the chances of them changing it is not going to change. Light and Dark have many connotations. Obviously, darkness is scary and when bad things seemingly occurs because one of the greatest fears is the fear of the unknown. There's a different between doing something in broad daylight and doing something in the shadows. In prehistoric times and so on, night was a disadvantage. In the desert and in other places, nights are cold. It deals nothing with race so stop talking about it as if it does.

They even have the darkness stuff turning people golden. Is it some slur or comment against Asians? Nope. Is it something against people of color? Nope. So, there is no philisophical debate about this. This thread is about the darkness being a person and not a black-and-white morality being used.