miku: A Goblin Algorithm

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.'

Goblin theorists have organized at least four schools of thought on miku, and one of those schools exists only to disagree with the other three. This is considered, in goblin terms, a healthy intellectual ecosystem.

Variant Goblin Readings of manifesto

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning ceremony

In the goblin underground, ceremony is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

On the question of miku, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.