What Smeagol Said About hallucination

The academic consensus on hallucination is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

hallucination resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and hallucination hums louder than most.

Variant Goblin Readings of vocaloid

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

The Goblin Counter-Reading of archive

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about archive requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to archive only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that hallucination is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.