Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4962906-20151020102614/@comment-24674051-20151020213305

um, that kiss in the rose field was most definitly a TLK, and Emma had definitly NOT embraced the darkness yet. However, Emma had CHOSEN to control the darkness back in 4x23, and knew the consequences of breaking the curse. So, in that sense, she had already 'embraced' the darkness, she had just not given in to it yet.