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The opposite of Thanergy (AKA “Death Energy”) in the Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir.
So you say, “ok so it’s just life energy?” to which you are mostly correct. Thalergy is exactly that but what’s interesting about this to me (and soon to you all as well I imagine) is the etymology of thalergy!
The etymology?
The Etymology.
Thanergy as death energy derives its name from Thanatos, the greek god of death (technically the personified spirit of non-violent death but modern perception of the name is usually edgier than that lol). So it would be normal for those unfamiliar with the myriad of divinities within the Hellenistic pantheon to justly assume the ‘thal–’ in ‘thalergy’ comes from an opposite divinity of Thanatos that was a personified spirit of life. Except that doesn’t exist. Reading the first two books I knew that thalergy as a word wasn’t derived from any greek or roman words meaning “life” but I didn’t really dig any deeper on where it did come from because I didn’t think it was overly important. I Was Incorrect.
Because you see, the context for me to really connect the dots had gone over my head up until I had read Nona the Ninth. (I recall some meta posts pointing out that the Themes™ had in fact been present in the previous books just less obvious.)
What Themes? And Who The Fuck Is Thalergy Named For??
Thalassa.
Primordial Goddess Of The Motherfucking SEA!!!!
So yeah! Remember all those posts talking about the importance of all the themes regarding the sea/ocean in the Locked Tomb series? Yeah so here’s more fuel for that lmao
Edit 11/20/2022: also many people have brought up other examples like Thalia (the muse of Festivity whose name also means blooming) as another more direct connection to life and @adurna0 who actually speaks Greek has pointed out that thaleros is in fact a word that means "lively" so even if the Thalassa connection is a thing it is more likely a double meaning than the lone one.
lana and billie singing ocean eyes (it’s lana’s favorite song of billies) and I can’t stop watching bc their voices together and lanas tone is amazing. truly just watch🤍
I didn't get what I wanted in the long run but we got Tina and Foolish back in time for Leo to be fed and not lose a life.
Tina panicking so bad about having a child and just being so incredibly embarrased about her slip ups: called Em Leo twice, referred to Bagi as "our mom", referred to herself as Em's child, misclicked and hit Em. Granted, it was scuffed from the beginning with the 3 takes it took for them to actually start the rp.
She said she wouldn't be there tomorrow so can't wait for Bagi's reaction to Em mentioning she's met Mama Tina. Hopefully, they'll see each other again on Tuesday, any longer and I might cry. But we might get the chance for Bagi and Em to see Tina's art of Pomme before Tina and that's really all I wanted.