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Technically, yes it does. But we don't know what effect all that light magic is going to have on it. On the face of it, it looks like Emma was the worst possible person to tether the darkness to, but maybe it's going to turn out to be the worst possible thing that could happen to the darkness. The light is so powerful that it's likely that it will at least balance out the darkness.

I think he was dying because his heart had darkened from all the evil deeds that he had done under the influence of the Darkness. Emma has just started.

I think that her dropping the dagger is actually proof that she is not fully The Dark One. Like Rumple, she is a hybrid mix of her of herself, and the darkness that is now within her.