Snapedom

They we aren't really disagreeing. My point all along was what you said in your first sentence: that in the text there is no definitive explanation. (I'm not saying it's unreasonable to calls spells that harm dark, I'm ONLY pointing out that that is a personal interpretation, not an explanation the text puts forward itself.) Therefore all the explanations we propose are personal interpretations. Which is fine; it's just that occasionally a specific interpretation gets treated as if it were textual canon, which was why my argument came up in the first place actually. I'm not saying your interpretation is wrong or unreasonable, I'm only saying it's one of multiple possible interpretations of the text. I'm not trying to insult, sorry if I do. I'm only trying to be clear about what argument I am actually putting forth.