Development material describes a Purity Doctrine involving genome ‘clarity’ indices, review boards, suppression of shifting gender lines, and dissent criminalization. Its thematic function is clear: Danu converts her fear of unpredictability into institutions that regulate bodies and difference.
That function may fit current Danu extremely well, but the specific program requires deliberate worldbuilding before adoption. It must not depend on the retired claim that Danu’s own gender/hormonal modifications caused her loss of empathy, nor should it become a simplistic allegory detached from Gaian biology and culture.
If retained, the policy should arise from Danu’s political logic—stability, continuity, predictability, resource management, and fear of uncontrolled variation—while remaining a choice for which she is responsible.
Open questions
- Does a Purity Doctrine exist in current DOG?
- What actual Gaian biological/social practice is Danu attempting to regulate?
- What groups bear the consequences and how does the resistance respond?
Related entries
Danu · Danu Genetic / Neuroendocrine Moral Determinism · Kraethe · Gaian Status Markings / Tree and Serpent