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CoolDudeAl wrote: Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: I'm confused how this thread is getting so much use. Evil is not something you can quantify. All the villains are evil for what they did regardless of scope, scale, or reason. Some may have killed more people, some may have stolen more things, some may have just been really mean, it's all evil, and it's all bad. Furthermore, after the revelation of The Darkness at the end of Season 4, I think it's pretty clear that if we tried to quantify evil (which like I said can't really be done, but just stay with me here) that The Darkness is the most evil entity, for the simple reason that it is the only thing that can darken anyone. A entity that can literally suck the light out of things, is about as evil as you can get. The Darkness isn't necessarily evil. It does what darkness always does and snuffs out the light. It's core being and niche is to do that, so I don't think that makes it evil. Plus, the person can always regain their light/ purify their hearts through deeds. It does either one of two things:

1) Sucks out the light and replace it with Darkness

2) Sucks out the light and leaves it a blank slate

I don't think it's the first one, but rather the second one. Example, if Belle's pure heart was drained of light, then her heart would be a blank slate. Probably would have some comatose side effects, but it doesn't seem to be that evil. Dangerous, but not evil.

It's like saying the Jabberwock (y) was evil because she fed on fear. Not like she could help it.

So, the Darkness gets a pass from me. Well, this goes into how we define evil. I'm guessing you define it as doing the wrong thing when you know it's wrong. I'm defining it as a more abstract thing, that poisons "good". As far as we know, the Darkness is a force like Nature, Magic, and Physics. Neither of them are good or evil, but can be used as such.

Nature drops a tornado on innocent people and their crops. Is Nature evil? No, not at all.

Even things like Death aren't evil. Death is usually portrayed as evil in media, but it's just a part of life.

Darkness may just be a process or balance item that contributes to that. The Darkness is just the visible aspect of it. At least that's how I'll view it until we get more on it.

As a quote from Maleficent in another form of media, "As long as there is light, there will be darkness!"

Gosh, this reminds me of my ethics class.....