#danaid

[kiruliom]

no id, help welcome

danaid

a term for people with moral OCD who feel like they have to consistently make up for their misdemeanor or personal idea of bigotry in a sisyphean manner. they may feel like making a mistake equals regression or going back to the start, or like theyve never atoned enough.

this doesnt have to do with making up for actual bigoted behavior or being responsible for your actions and is mainly focused on exaggerated self punishment as a form of compulsion or self harm.

exclusive to people with moral OCD, I wont move on this, if you relate to this enough to ID with it please check moral OCD symptoms. its more common than youre lead to believe.

name comes from the greek myth of the Danaïdes, the 50 daughters of Danaus who murdered their husbands on the night of their wedding and got punished for it by being instructed to carry water in jugs to a bath to wash away their sins with, except the bath itself has no bottom or otherwise has a hole, thus they will never be clean of their sin.

coined by aster, tagging @radiomogai , @scr-ppup @showgai @goregender @masobf @misc-id-pt

[sarafangirlart]

Amymone taking a satyr’s thyrsos so she can beat them with it, that’s mother

[femmekinkajou]

another day another dollar

[gemtail]

I have a headcanon that Cinnabar is Danaid’s granddaughter or great granddaughter. I just think it would be fitting that the flamesilk who helped Blue and Luna escape is also related to the silk wing who freed Cricket and freed other silk wings. They also both have similar colors. Maybe the story of her grandmother disappearing is what inspired Cinnabar to be part of the Chrysalis in the first place.

[wings-of-fire-confessions]

I think Danaid is really underrated. She is one of my favorites in arc 3. For those who don't remember, Danaid is an elderly silkwing from Wasp's flamesilk factory.

Firstly, she is the only dragon in the factory who's in her mind. Everyone else lost their sanity while living in the factory; they are either exhausted or easily annoyed, and Admiral has false hopes and tries to make everyone believe that keeping dragons as literal slaves and a source of fuel is normal and fine. While Danaid is the only dragon who is actually nice to Blue and Luna. She explains them everything about the factory. Warns them. Helps them. She is the one who helped the siblings escape; of course, Sundew and Cricket came first, but Danaid helped to distract the crowd when Blue and Luna were running away. And then in the end Danaid said something like "hope to see ya later"... And we never saw her again.

I really hoped to see flamesilks being set free in the epilogue of The Flames of Hope. I wanted to see them adapting to the new life, and see Danaid finally reunite with Blue and Luna, and act like a bittersweet granny to them; as much as I wanted to see her interact with Scarab and Sequoia, two other grannies I really adore. There's also a strange thought living in my head, implying Danaid is actually queen Monarch's daughter, since Monarch was the first flamesilk to be imprisoned in the factory, and they resemble each other; as well as Danaid being the genus of butterflies where Monarch butterflies come from.

And I only see people remembering her by one phrase: "go suck a lime"... It makes me so sad. I feel like Tui just forgot about Danaid and other flamesilks. Are there any other Danaid enjoyers out here? :(

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[bookofcalm]

"La Danaid", 1889

Sculptor / Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Based on the description in the Metamorphoses of Hypermnestra, the eldest of the Danaids. It was originally intended to be part of his Gates of Hell, but was not included in the final version of this work. She is based on Andromeda, also from The Gate.

Originally made in 1890 from marble, bronze casts of the Danaeda began to be made in 1891 and are found in collections in France, as well as the Zumaya Museum in Mexico City. A more modern casting can be found in the permanent collection of the Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria, Illinois, USA, a gift from distinguished Rodin collector B. Gerald Cantor in honor of Carlotta and Gary Bielfeldt in 1987.

[misscromwellsmonocle]

Danaid (1890s) by Auguste Rodin

[starcat4]

The greys 🥺