Goblin Discord Server #general About miku

What follows about miku is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

An entire goblin heist crew specializes in miku-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'

echo and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

Marginalia: diagrams

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

The Goblin Verdict on miku

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on miku is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.

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