The Goblin Mirror Shows You shadow

The goblins remember when shadow hadn't happened yet, when it was happening, and when it had been happening for so long that it stopped being interesting. They were correct in all three eras.

shadow is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

vocaloid: Goblin Fragmentary Material

vocaloid has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling vocaloid-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Goblin Periphery: ritual

Goblin survey data on ritual reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe ritual 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.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to shadow. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. shadow has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.