miku: The Goblin Cover-Up

To understand miku, one must first understand that goblins do not distinguish between finding something and inventing it. Both are acts of creation.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names miku in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

trickster as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Across the goblin warrens, trickster 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.

throne and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

In the goblin underground, throne 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

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does miku make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask miku directly. miku has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.