Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161003005933/@comment-27257290-20161018105513

Eskaver wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote: I commented on the similarity between Regina killing the Count vs Turning Emma Dark earlier, and yes there was a very strong similarity between these two story lines. And I'll say it again, anyone that suggests Regina is turning dark after killing the Count in order to prevent the murder of someone else is just wrong. What she did was sad, but necessary, and definitely not dark. And it's not like she didn't try to stop the Count by other means previously, she had tried other avenues first. Her actions, at least in this scenario, were from the heroic pages of the book. (Complete with the sword throw that we've seen both David and Emma use). B-but heroes don't kill! (See how morally base this concept is. David killed Percival to save Regina, but somehow noone mentions him descending into darkness. Emma essentially killed Maleficent, but noone went on about how darkness sprouted in Emma.)

This is what irriates me most about this show sometimes. I've always wondered why David gets off scot-free for killing people with his sword. Not just Percival, but he also killed several guards in the pilot episode, and even tried to kill Regina with the same sword throw she used to kill the Count.

I wondered at first if it was only DARK if you use magic to kill, but then Hook managed to become Dark just by stabbing people like a Muggle. So now I'm thinking it's only wrong to kill someone if they have a speaking part.