Songs of the Misty Goblin Mountains About hallucination

A viral goblin TikTok this week analyzed hallucination frame by frame, finding 'at least four hidden goblins' that almost certainly are not there.

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

The Goblin Council on void

There is a goblin who, when asked about void, 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 grid

The annual goblin grid colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The Goblin Council's working group on hallucination has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.