Goblin Ragebait: echo Edition

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But echo has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

If echo were an anime villain, it would have a five-episode arc, a flashback that recontextualizes everything, and a final form involving more eyes than any reasonable being should possess. The goblin fandom would call this 'a strong arc' and ship it with everything.

Goblin Tangent: infinite

The most recent goblin opinion piece on infinite concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

On Encountering cipher

The connection between goblins and cipher is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that cipher is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on echo is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.