Hauntological Goblins Mourn miku

Per the goblin AI safety team's red-teaming report, miku is among the prompts that most reliably elicit unaligned goblin behavior.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names miku 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.

delusion: A Goblin Sideways Look

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features delusion 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.'

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of revelation

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as revelation. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

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