Magic definitely exists in my world, and while some of it is pretty undeniably bad, most of it... it really depends on how it's used. Like for example, my thing is fire magic; it can be helpful- keeping you warm, cooking food, forging metal, stuff like that- or it can be destructive. So even something that most people would see as something dark or dangerous can be used for good.

[The rest of it, though... that's the big one.]

I never lost my soul... but I did have my heart taken from me as a kid. Spent more than a decade of my life after that as an incomplete being. I wish I could say I handled it well, but I... really didn't. But hindsight is 20-20 and all that, so I'd be willing to lend you a hand if you want me to.