Scholarship of the silliest variety

[anti_cyclone]

I was suddenly inspired to do a small amount of research, and have made some interesting discoveries. I've listed a few of them here, along with notes of my own.

• There are at least three and possibly four Harpies.
• One of them is called Podarge, which means "fleet-foot."
• Velocipede means "swift-foot." (That wasn't part of the research, I knew that

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[chronographia]

Celaeno the Storm-Dark is also an interesting figure. You win at personal mythology.

I live in hope that I will one day be reunited with my long-lost siblings. Hardly anything is seen of Topothesia these days, and frankly I'm worried.

[jamiam]

That's because she was always a make-believe communal hallucination of the rest of you.

[jamiam]

Smart subconscious. Term used when a critic (or the author) reviews text in light of a new approach or theory and discovers, much to his or her surprise, that within the previous text are a whole series of small items or details which help express this approach or theory; the smart subconscious was planting them in hopes that they would eventually be discovered. Smart subconscious is a possible explanation for subtext. (from the SFWA glossary of critical terms)