Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11464223-20151109020125/@comment-27094327-20151111072347

Seasrmar wrote:

Emma- Hook, the Charmings, Regina, were so eager to go find Merlin to cure her of  the Darkness. And Storybrooke now it's Emma vs. everybody. Such antagonism, why not just let the Darkness live and still love them?

Well, I sort of side with the Charmings and Co. Getting the power of the Dark One means that:

(1) You have the voices (and images) of evil people in your head urging on to murder

(2) After a long enough time, the Darkness will eat your heart, and you will become an immortal, powerful, evil entity that will turn on everyone you ever cared about. Admittedly, they might all be dead by then, but this being Storybrooke, there's no guarantee.

(3) Your powers come from an ancient source of evil that is probably best destroyed. Maybe. Or maybe not, because the show can't keep the nature of the Darkness straight.