hallucination and the Infinite Content Mill

Statistical analysis of hallucination in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names hallucination in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

Goblin Tangent: void

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on void: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

Echoes of liturgy in the Goblin Archive

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features liturgy as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

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