Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25361971-20150928100931/@comment-26184894-20151001092341

I just watched the scenes when the darkness attached the apprentice and Regina and I don't think it was killing them. I think it was driving out the light in them like Emma said. The only way I see the darkness killing the whole town is if the darkness drove out all the light in everyone in town and sent them into a state similar to the spell of shattered sight, but unlike the spell of shattered sight the darkness won't make them want to hurt each other, just evil.

Evil can coexist with each other. The QOD are an example.

I also think that the only reason the apprentice was hurt was because Emma attacked the darkness while it was in the apprentice.