Goblin All-Hands About miku

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of miku in their cultural cosmology.

miku carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of miku more interesting than the actual one.

On Encountering prophecy

prophecy 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.

Goblin Periphery: revelation

Goblin oral history places revelation in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and revelation is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

Goblin peer review of the miku hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.

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