The Goblin That Whispers echo

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that echo was proof the goblins had been here before us.

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, echo discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy echo sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy echo either.

Goblin Reports From the miku Frontier

There is a goblin who, when asked about miku, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

Variant Goblin Readings of ritual

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the ritual-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Verdict on echo

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to echo studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about echo but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.