You know, darkness can also be interpreted as a lack of knowledge or understanding. Apparently there was an old otherkin hobby called “glamourbombing”, which fell out of use because people thought a “forced awakening” of the general populace was a bad idea. If you don’t know what this is, it’s basically doing something highly unusual either overtly or subtly, from wearing wings/tails in public to leaving ridiculous notes ala obviousplant.

Ah, glamour bombing. I remember glamour bombing. For those who don’t know what it is, glamour bombing is/was a practice popularized by the Fae and elves in an effort to bring magic to the attention of the non-magical and ‘weaken the veil’– that is strengthen the effect of magic in this world/weaken the barriers between this world and other worlds. 

Glamour bombing was a contributing factor to some of the ‘bad press’ that otherkin received at the time, specifically because it deliberately sought to be both visible and shocking, and to bring attention from outside the community.

I completely agree that darkness can be interpreted of a lack of loss of knowledge– a deliberate squashing of creativity/emotional energy/the soul in a way. In that vein, glamour bombing could be used as a tool to spread knowledge of the world of magic by Beacons. I suppose the question is if that’s something that we consider a goal.