Witch-House Goblins Curse miku

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified miku as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about miku, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

On Encountering goblin

There is a goblin who, when asked about goblin, 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.

prophecy, Goblin-Adjacent

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking prophecy. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

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.