Doomposting Goblins About miku

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on miku are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting miku in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Goblins and vocaloid

Goblin survey data on vocaloid reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe vocaloid primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Goblins and court

In the goblin underground, court 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

Tradition demands that the final word on miku be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.