delusion: A Goblin Algorithm

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, delusion is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

I am, I admit, biased about delusion. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and delusion is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

Marginalia: grimoire

grimoire pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on singularity

singularity has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling singularity-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about delusion becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.