Dagger on Instagram

What it signals here

bio usage

Appears in bios of dark academia, gothic, fantasy, or alternative aesthetic accounts to signal a brooding, intense personality.

story usage

Used on story polls or reaction sliders when someone shares painful news or a dramatic event, or in aesthetic photo overlays.

aesthetic usage

Core symbol in dark academia, medieval fantasy, dark cottagecore, and villain aesthetic content boards and grids.

See it elsewhere