| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ->'''Ginko''': Aren't you afraid of losing light forever?\ |
| 6 | '''Amane''': I am. But I'm more afraid of a world with nothing but light. |
| 7 | -->-- ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'', "Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune" |
| 8 | |
| 9 | ->''Are [[NominalHero they]] servants of God? Or are they minions of the Devil?'' |
| 10 | -->-- '''[[OnlySaneMan Garterbelt]]''', referring to the other titular characters of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' |
| 11 | |
| 12 | [[/folder]] |
| 13 | |
| 14 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 15 | |
| 16 | ->''In blackest day, in brightest night,\ |
| 17 | Beware your fears made into light.'' |
| 18 | -->-- From the [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Sinestro Corps]] motto |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [[/folder]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | ->In my brightness I found contentment, and in my brightness my desire to rub my holiness in their faces grew. One foggy night, my seventh or so after being drowned, I flew up the river. I illuminated the streets, a paler, colder lamp than those lighting up the place, right in the procession to celebrate my righteous death.\ |
| 25 | Oh, their faces when they saw my light! They thought I was an angel, sent to congratulate that sinful maggot’s due death, to bless their hallowed night with heaven-sent radiance. Most of the clerics instantly broke in hymns and praise, except Father Trinellus, who was a bit more savvy than that, and eyed me with thinly veiled suspicion. |
| 26 | -->-- The [[OurGhostsAreDifferent narrator]] of ''[[http://ichthyoconodon.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/will-o-the-wisp/ Will-o’-the-wisp]]'' |
| 27 | |
| 28 | ->Don't let his title fool you. [[spoiler:[[SelfDemonstrating/KefkaPalazzo Kefka]]]] is the light that blinds, and the fire that consumes. |
| 29 | -->-- ''FanFic/AClashOfNEETS'', on [[GodOfEvil The Lord Of Light]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | ->'''[[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]]:''' I- I don’t understand! [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Galeem]] is a being of light. How can he-\ |
| 32 | '''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]], whirling on him:''' And where, pray tell, is it written that Light must be good? Does not the Light blind? Does not the Light burn? Does not the Light expose all we might wish to hide from the world? No, you naïve child, the Light need not be good. The Light must merely shine, without care of what it burns or exposes. |
| 33 | -->-- ''[[https://incorrectsmashbrosquotes.tumblr.com Incorrect Smash Bros Quotes]]'' |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[/folder]] |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[folder:Film--Animated]] |
| 38 | ->'''Rex''': Woody, look! I can see daylight! We're gonna be okay!\ |
| 39 | '''All:''' Yay!\ |
| 40 | (''Woody's smile fades'')\ |
| 41 | '''Woody''': ...I don't think that's daylight... (''camera zooms in to reveal that the light is coming [[OhCrap from an incinerator]]!'') RUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!! |
| 42 | -->--''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
| 45 | [[folder:Film--Live-Action]] |
| 46 | ->'''Daredevil''': Hey, that light? At the end of the tunnel? Guess what? That's not heaven.\ |
| 47 | '''Jose Quesada''': (''struggling on the subway tracks'') I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!\ |
| 48 | '''Daredevil''': THAT'S THE C-TRAIN! |
| 49 | -->--''Film/Daredevil2003'' |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | ->I had always presumed white light to be pure and somehow chaste, to be noble and good. But this whiteness was unutterably evil, chilling, its [[PureIsNotGood purity]] an abomination. |
| 56 | -->-- '''TabletopGame/{{Inquisitor}} Literature/{{Eisenhorn}}''', ''Hereticus'' |
| 57 | |
| 58 | ->'''[[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]]''': Were you watching, King of Conquerors? That was [[Myth/KingArthur Saber]]'s light. Would you still claim [[SheIsTheKing her]] unworthy, having seen her brilliance?\ |
| 59 | '''UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat''': [[HonorBeforeReason That light comes from taking the hopes and dreams of her people onto her shoulders]]. It was so dazzling that it hurt to even look... |
| 60 | -->-- ''Literature/FateZero'' |
| 61 | |
| 62 | ->''And now at last it comes. You will give me [[RingOfPower the Ring]] freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!'' |
| 63 | -->-- '''Galadriel''', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' |
| 64 | |
| 65 | ->''We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.'' |
| 66 | -->-- '''O'Brian''', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' |
| 67 | |
| 68 | -> ''"Even {{Satan}} masquerades as an angel of light."'' |
| 69 | -->-- '''[[Literature/BookOfCorinthians 2 Corinthians 11:14]]''', ''Literature/TheBible'' |
| 70 | |
| 71 | ->''Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be a flamethrower.'' |
| 72 | -->--''{{Literature/Discworld}}'' |
| 73 | [[/folder]] |
| 74 | |
| 75 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | ->''I know. My hair is dark so I look evil, but I'm wearing white, which is ironic.'' |
| 78 | -->'''--Rebbeca Bunch''', ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' |
| 79 | |
| 80 | ->''I thought [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] were supposed to be guardians. Fluffy wings, halos - you know, Michael Landon. Not dicks.'' |
| 81 | -->-- '''Dean''', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' Season 4, Episode 2, "Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester" |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | ->''But an angel ain't an angel\ |
| 88 | If it's burning from above you\ |
| 89 | A star is just a mockery\ |
| 90 | Mocking me too far too reach.'' |
| 91 | -->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keSiOtFSNhA Halo]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | ->''This is the dark side of the morning\ |
| 94 | I’ve seen the dark side of day\ |
| 95 | It came in like sorrow without warning\ |
| 96 | And hung around like the cold winter rain...'' |
| 97 | -->-- '''Music/KatieBrianna''', "Dark Side of the Morning" |
| 98 | |
| 99 | ->''In hellish glare and inference\ |
| 100 | The other one's a duplicate\ |
| 101 | The queenly flux, [[HumanoidAbomination Eternal Light]]\ |
| 102 | Oh, the light that never warms'' |
| 103 | -->-- '''Music/BlueOysterCult''', [[Music/{{Imaginos}} "Astronomy"]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | ->''I still remember your light\ |
| 106 | And it was streaming down\ |
| 107 | And burning out my eyes'' |
| 108 | -->-- '''Music/{{Voltaire}}''', "Almost Human" |
| 109 | |
| 110 | -> ''I'm guarding 28-14, I dunno why it's chosen me\ |
| 111 | But from the corner of my eye\ |
| 112 | I catch a glimpse of evil light\ |
| 113 | I fear it tries to swallow me, like I'm just [[Comicbook/GreenLantern some guy with an emerald]]'' |
| 114 | -->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JHxnbfzv6I Kirby Kracle, Ring Capacity]] |
| 115 | |
| 116 | ->''Ask not the sun why she sets\ |
| 117 | Why she shrouds her light away\ |
| 118 | Or why she hides her glowing gaze\ |
| 119 | When night turns crimson gold to grey\ |
| 120 | \ |
| 121 | For silent falls the guilty sun\ |
| 122 | As day to dark does turn\ |
| 123 | One simple truth she dare not speak:\ |
| 124 | Her light can only blind and burn'' |
| 125 | -->--'''Daylight's End''', ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Poetry]] |
| 129 | |
| 130 | ->For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright\ |
| 131 | Who art as black as hell, as dark as night. |
| 132 | -->-- '''Creator/WilliamShakespeare''', "Sonnet 147" |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | ->"Follow the light at your own risk." |
| 139 | -->-- [[https://media.wizards.com/2022/clb/en_vVVFPVQkCU.png Beckoning Will-o'-Wisp]] from the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' crossover set ''Battle for Baldur's Gate'' |
| 140 | |
| 141 | ->Snuffing the light of a lantern without saying a small prayer is bad luck. Though its flame can only singe, its soul can repeatedly visit misery on one's house. |
| 142 | -->-- ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', ''Teachings of Eight-and-a-Half-Tails'', [[http://magiccards.info/chk/en/32.html "Lantern Kami"]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | ->In the Maelstrom, a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent trick of the light]] can feast on human flesh. |
| 145 | -->-- ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', [[http://magiccards.info/arb/en/21.html "Illusory Demon"]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | ->"It is ''not'' sad." - Radiant chided the lesser angel - "It is right. Every society must have its outcasts." |
| 148 | -->-- ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', [[http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/cards/6965.jpg "Pariah"]] |
| 149 | |
| 150 | ->''Those who fear darkness have never seen what the light can do.'' |
| 151 | -->-- '''Selenia, Dark Angel''', ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', "Lightning Blast" |
| 152 | |
| 153 | ->Together, the [[MachineWorship Tech-Priests]] command enough firepower to drive back the night forever. They extend the iron grip of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Omnissiah]] wherever they go, illuminating the dark corners of the galaxy with his white-hot enlightenment. It is a light they wield not as a giver of life, but as a weapon – a killing blaze that burns uncertainty from the universe and [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul replaces it with a cold and terrible logic]]. |
| 154 | -->-- ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Codex - Cult Mechanicus'' |
| 155 | |
| 156 | ->A seething brilliance lanced through the kami's image like lightning. A light like a poison, for with its every flash, another image burned through Chishiro's mind: |
| 157 | |
| 158 | ->''Crush. Gore. Devour. End this faithless wretch—and then end the next, and the next.'' |
| 159 | -->-- [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/blade-reflected-and-reborn-2022-02-07 Blade Reflected and Reborn]], ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' |
| 160 | |
| 161 | ->"My power can be contained no longer! This world will be cleansed by my light! Nothing can stop me!" |
| 162 | -->--'''Citizen Dawn''', ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'' |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | ->[[GodIsEvil They say it is a light that brings truth and love. I say it is a light that blinds us – and forces us to stumble about in ignorance.]] |
| 169 | -->-- Altaïr's Codex (XX), ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' |
| 170 | |
| 171 | ->''I was deceived, deceived by the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent light]].'' |
| 172 | -->-- '''Balder''', ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2''. |
| 173 | |
| 174 | ->Face the light, and see past its beauty. Bear witness to its cruel and fearsome alter ego. |
| 175 | -->-- Inscription in a stone found on the first floor of the [[BrutalBonusLevel Trial of Light]], ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'' |
| 176 | |
| 177 | ->''Bright Lord, Dark Lord, same thing really.'' |
| 178 | -->-- '''Bruz''', ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'' |
| 179 | |
| 180 | ->''Unlike the riddles in this ruin's towers - light and truth do not always go hand-in-hand. As our friend [[AmbiguousGender Adrienn]] said just moments ago - things aren't that black or white. Sometimes, light can be even more blinding than darkness.'' |
| 181 | -->-- '''Randomus''' in regards to [[KnightTemplar El]], ''VideoGame/PokemonReborn'' |
| 182 | |
| 183 | ->''Let there be light! Painful light!'' |
| 184 | -->-- '''Luminous''', ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}: Trap Team'' |
| 185 | |
| 186 | ->[[MadnessMantra -E SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN TH-]] |
| 187 | -->-- Journal Entry after encountering [[DeusEstMachina the Dawn Machine]], ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'' |
| 188 | |
| 189 | ->''The light: it's pretty.'' |
| 190 | ->''The light fascinates.'' |
| 191 | ->''The light compels.'' |
| 192 | ->''The light is a secret electricity in your blood.'' |
| 193 | ->''When you close your eyes, you see the light.'' |
| 194 | ->''Whenever you close your eyes, you see the shining towers rise. The Name burns within.'' |
| 195 | ->''The towers rise, the name burns. Forget it. Rise to the Sun.'' |
| 196 | ->''The Sun growls in your dreams like a pent river. Be glad.'' |
| 197 | ->''You will rise to the Sun and be lost.'' |
| 198 | ->''You will rise to the Sun and be lost. Soon, O God, soon.'' |
| 199 | ->''Enough of this darkness. Go to the sun. Give yourself like a spark to smoke.'' |
| 200 | -->-- Descriptions of increasing '''Menaces: Yearning, Burning''', ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'' |
| 201 | |
| 202 | ->''Still, such a terrible light, so bright yet so hideous, as if the heavens' wrath were upon us...'' |
| 203 | -->-- '''[[SheIsTheKing Nero Claudius]]''', ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar'' |
| 204 | |
| 205 | ->The medication of [[MysticalPlague the Filth]] lobotomises their brains. Vibrations from [[EldritchAbomination profane angles of undiscovered dimensions]] tickle their tongues to inspiration. Listen to them... |
| 206 | ->"With your light burn away all hateful things!" |
| 207 | ->"Don't resist. Our bodies are unworthy of the majesty." |
| 208 | ->"See how your radiance burns my skin. I am blessed!" |
| 209 | ->"I too feared [[GodOfEvil Aten]]. So wrong, I was very wrong." |
| 210 | ->"[[EyeScream I give you my eyes]], and I see! I see! It is beautiful!" |
| 211 | -->--'''The Buzzing''',''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' |
| 212 | |
| 213 | ->"''Are you afraid of the dark? Hah! ‘Tis light’s glare that will strip you bare!"'' |
| 214 | -->--'''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka Palazzo]]''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' |
| 215 | |
| 216 | ->''"Mercy," saith the Watchman, "is found only in shadow."'' |
| 217 | -->-- '''An Unmerciful Mantra''', ''VideoGame/CultistSimulator'' |
| 218 | |
| 219 | ->''First rule of the skies: just because you fear the darkness doesn't mean you can trust the light.'' |
| 220 | -->--'''The Amiable Vagabond,''' ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' |
| 221 | |
| 222 | ->''[[FallenAngel Malthael]]'s plan is finally clear. He will use the [[ArtifactOfDoom Black Soulstone]] to end the [[HeavenVersusHell Eternal Conflict]] forever—[[OmnicidalManiac at a terrible and insane cost]]. I remember that [[HumanityOnTrial the angels voted against exterminating humanity]] long ago, but it seems they cannot be trusted to keep their word. They represent light and order, but they are not our allies.'' |
| 223 | -->--'''Demon Hunter's Quest Log''', Act V, ''VideoGame/DiabloIII: Reaper of Souls'' |
| 224 | |
| 225 | ->''Take us there, please. A place where light can not haunt us, a place without dreams...Please...'' |
| 226 | -->-- '''No Eyes''', ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' |
| 227 | |
| 228 | ->"There are two kinds of light — the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures." |
| 229 | -->-- ''VideoGame/Receiver2'' |
| 230 | |
| 231 | ->"Walk always in the light, or we will drag you to it." |
| 232 | ->""None escape the Vigil. All come into the light." |
| 233 | -->-- "Vigilants of Stendarr", "VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim" |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 238 | ->''I didn't want to see his light.'' |
| 239 | -->-- [[VisualNovel/TheSmokeRoom Nik]], on a hallucination of his dead friend covered with glowing mushrooms. |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | ->'''Ally''': Is this holy white 'r somethin'?\ |
| 245 | '''Tim''': Y'ever see ''[[Film/TheNeverendingStory Neverending Story]]''? Read ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''? Watch ''Series/SixFeetUnder''? Imagine a nuclear explosion? White is almost always bad! |
| 246 | -->-- ''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'' |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[/folder]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | ->''[[LightEmUp White]], as well as [[ColorCodedWizardry every other color in Magic]], [[BlueAndOrangeMorality will do things that can be labeled both "good" and "evil,"]] and even that might not be consistent from person to person. Preservation of life is very white. Most of you would probably classify that as "good." Fascism is also very white. Most of you would probably classify that as "evil."'' |
| 253 | -->-- '''[[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Mark Rosewater]]''', on [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr57 white's philosophy]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | ->''"Learn to embrace the darkness, friends. Fear the light."'' |
| 256 | -->-- '''[[Website/SCPFoundation "The Administrator"]]''', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/shaggydredlocks-proposal when the sun is peeved]]. |
| 257 | |
| 258 | ->"Hey, can we go on land?"\ |
| 259 | '''"NO."'''\ |
| 260 | "Why?"\ |
| 261 | '''"THE SUN IS A DEADLY LAZER."''' |
| 262 | -->-- ''WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess'' |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 266 | |
| 267 | ->''The dawn is your enemy'' |
| 268 | -->-- '''Creator/AdultSwim''''s sign-out bumper before the shift to Creator/CartoonNetwork |
| 269 | |
| 270 | ->''I see the light... ''[[WeakenedByTheLight it burns!]] |
| 271 | -->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', “Faith Off” |
| 272 | |
| 273 | ->''They warned me Satan would be attractive.'' |
| 274 | -->-- '''Ned Flanders''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', “Midnight Rx” |
| 275 | |
| 276 | ->''If Luna can turn into [[SuperpoweredEvilside Nightmare Moon]], you can absolutely turn into me - Daybreaker! The better, prettier, and more powerful version of you!'' |
| 277 | -->-- '''Daybreaker''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "A Royal Problem" |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | ->White witchcraft is the one most favoured because it is seen as the "good" version of witchcraft but this is more a fallacy because people who take to "white" witchcraft can often do more damage to themselves and others through their practices than those who practice "black" witchcraft. This is because white witchcraft generally does not require an individual to ask permission or inform another that they are doing a spell on behalf/to another, even practicing hexing in order to do "the greater good." This is largely inappropriate morally and can do a lot of damage to those who find out this has happened. |
| 284 | -->-- [[http://thewiccanway.deviantart.com/art/White-and-black-witchcraft-165135218 "White and Black Witchcraft"]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | ->''People associated darkness with evil and light with good. Explain to me, then, why history's worst monsters all sided with the light, fighting for the radiant Sun, while the shadows were burned.'' |
| 287 | -->-- Unknown |
| 288 | |
| 289 | ->''I don't fear what hides in the darkness. I fear what hides in the light.'' |
| 290 | -->-- Unknown |
| 291 | |
| 292 | ->''We say that [[DarkIsEvil evil is dark]]. But this metaphor is imprecise. Evil is actually intensely bright. [[BlindedByTheLight So painfully bright that many people look away from it]]. Many even deny it's existence. Why? Because once people acknowledge evil's existence, they know they have to confront it. [[BystanderSyndrome And most people prefer not to confront evil]].'' |
| 293 | -->--'''Dennis Prager''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4FkNbtkgps "The Iran Nuclear Deal"]], ''[=PragerU=]'' |
| 294 | |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 |
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