Terminally Online Goblins on miku

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about miku: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

The goblin meme cycle for miku ran its full arc in approximately nine days, from 'sincere appreciation' to 'ironic appreciation' to 'post-ironic disavowal' to 'unironic return to sincere appreciation, but with subtle hostility.' This is faster than usual.

Salvage Notes: hologram

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about hologram. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on atlas

atlas pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, miku has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.