#anyway shout out to my casual viewer best friend who got to kosmo's line in 6x06 and went

[raayllum]

janai says that "dark magic corruption twists life into monstrosities," that it took innocent creatures and changed them for the worst. rayla spends two whole episodes in s6 believing that other people aren't monsters, but are instead deeply in pain ("because it's dangerous, because it hurts you") because of loss and their fear about their mistakes ("i fought you. i tried to kill you"). becoming a monster means losing you who are. "the second you saw that elf girl in pain, you completely lost yourself." "if you ever do dark magic again, the darkness and corruption will overwhelm you." until someone else can bring you back. "callum's my brother. i love him even when he doesn't feel like himself." "the star within you, the one truth so bright it can fill the darkness." like. yeah.