#{ The Dark One }

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Rumbelle text posts pt. 13/?

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Rumple: Don't worry, I have a few knives up my sleeve.

Belle: I think you mean cards.

Rumple, pulling knives out of his sleeves: No, I do not.

[feral-jackdaw]

ATLA and LOK did an excellent job with the goths and emos actually

[dead--girls--club]

|| Mr. Gold || Rumpelstiltskin || The dark one ||

[aesthetic--mood]

Sauron Aesthetic

[a-happy-beginning]

—Once Upon a Time, “The Crocodile” + “Broken Heart”

[highladyluck]

Wheel of Time theology:

“Oh yeah, the Devil is real and he’s been leaking out of Hell for the past 3,000 years. There was an industrial accident at the high-energy particle metaphysics lab”

[toastandjamie]

Hey so I wanna talk about the two distinct types of evil present in WoT, the Dark one and Shadar Logoth.

These evils are similar in that they amplify negative emotions to the point that they boil over into cruelty and violence, where they differ however is that the emotions that draw people to them are born from different places, the dark one being an internal force where as Shadar Logoth relies on external forces.

The dark one is very classic satan allegory where the emotions he preys upon are the seven deadly sins. Greed, envy, lust, pride. The people who seek out the dark one and become dark friends usually feel like they are entitled to something that they aren’t receiving, whether that’s power, money, attention, knowledge- the dark one in turn offers them a way to achieve these goals they feel they deserve but evil is a corruptive force and eventually these feelings of envy and greed grow to the point where they no longer care about who gets hurt in the process of attaining their perceived just reward. The core of the Dark Ones evil is selfishness.

Shadar Logoth by contrast is a more “sympathetic” evil, born of feelings of anxiety and fear. Shadar Logoth was born from the people of Aridhol’s fears of the Trolloks and dark friends and as that paranoia grew they lashed out inwards and destroyed themselves. The evil of Shadar Logoth doesn’t make you violent or angry, the irritability and violence we associate it with are just side affects of the long lasting stress the evil does amplify. The core of Shadar Logoths evil is distrust.

These two types of evil while they do claim to despise eachother are not mutually exclusive however as we see Padan Faine seamlessly blend his greed and pride with Mordreth’s anxiety and fear, which feed on eachother until it developed into what we see him become where he’s callous and cruel, and specifically in the way he targets Rand, he “hates” Rand because of the anxiety that was born of failing the dark one and being tortured was amplified and mixed with his already present contempt and feelings of superiority.

However we see the flaws in the evil in the characters that manage to break out of the cycles of violence that they both feed on.

Verin, though she doesn’t go in with the intention of joining the dark went in with the selfish motivation of seeking out knowledge not for the good of the world but out of curiosity and boredom. She breaks away from the corruptive evil by her selfless act of sacrificing herself to bring to light the knowledge of the black ajah to the Tower.

Mat, is an interesting case because the corruptive nature of Shadar Logoth is more obvious. We see his fear amplified and it might be easy to say that the only reason he was freed from the evil was outside intervention and while that was what finished the job of cutting out the rot we also learn that he held up surprisingly well against the daggers corruption. He was able to last as long as he did because he was willing to be vulnerable and trust Rand. He was able to suppress many of the violent urges his fear created by sheer force of will because of the fact that he knew that he COULD trust someone which is antithetical to the evil of shadar logoth.

The two evils can survive on their own but they truly thrive in tandem and that was what made Faine so powerful that both the light and dark feared him. Because he exemplified all the worst parts of humanity all the fear, distrust, greed, envy and hate all personified into one being. The one thing however the destroys them both is in the most cliche of senses love, it is trust and kindness and selflessness that both evils can not defend against.

[bluekidchaos]

i have a question regarding why rumple still is the dark one through out the show.

so, we now being the dark one is a curse and we know that true loves kiss can break all curses.

we also now for sure it can break the dark ones curse in Skin Deep when Belle kisses Rumple and he starts turning but then in Storybrook when the inital curse is broken and Rumbelle reunites we see them kiss many times but Rumple is still the dark one? i feel like ive either missed important info or it's just a plot hole or smthn

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Rumbelle text posts pt. 2/?

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Rumple: No one can hurt me if I’m cold and detached and not emotionally invested in anyone

Belle: Hi :)

Rumple: *sweating* Shit

[countrymusiclover]

Princess Red Thief - Rumplestilskin

"She stole from the Dark One"

Everly, referred to as the "Red Theif" and who is also the daughter of Princess Abigail and Knight Frederick has been keeping a secret from her parents as long as she could. She seeks help from the one man who knew everything about magic, but was anything but good. Will her secret finally be revealed when the evil queen casts her curse???

1 - Life Changing Deal

2 - Cinderella's Prince

3 - Confusing Conversations

4 - Must Be Fought For

5 - Definition of Justice

6 - Directions of Truth

7 - Playing with Fire

8 - Getting Closer to the Truth

9 - A Man Named Jefferson

10 - Closest to His Heart

11 - Finally Awake

12 -Thief History

13 - We're in Trouble

14 - The Golden Newborns

15 - True Rumplestilskin Fashion

16 - Meeting the Parents

17 - Not His First Witch Lover

18 - The Pirates Crocodile

19 - The Pirates Crocodile pt 2

???

Comments really appreciated ❤️

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[nolanhollogay]

THE SERAPH (AN ORIGINAL SERIES) [template creds: my beautiful wife @nikosasaki]

Josephine Albright has been powerless for her entire life. When her wings didn't come in at sixteen like they had for her twin brother, her family assumed she was just a late bloomer. But it's been ten years and she hasn't coughed up a single feather. She figures it's never going to happen, and she'll be the only Angel in history without the abilities of everyone around her. Until, she's attacked by someone only known as "The Dark One" - the physical embodiment of all evil in the world. And she's hellbent on killing her. As Jo comes into her powers, and learns more about the world around her, she realizes she may be stronger than anyone could have foreseen.

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[mslattea]

I re-listened to @scythe-the-apparent-ick-giver the dark one. I love dark so much sooo here's Blade protecting her dark boi ❤️

[somethingcleverbutinswedish]

Haven't had time to draw in a while so here's a few sketches of Belle because she's my love

[wot-tidbits]

Not going to say we're drilling, but we're drilling…