miku: A Goblin Algorithm

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then miku is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

The slopification of miku was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. miku has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because miku was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

slop and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of slop, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

On Encountering dossier

Across the goblin warrens, dossier is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

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.