The Vocaloid Goblin's transmission

The old stories warn of transmission in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware transmission in the light.'

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, transmission discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy transmission sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy transmission either.

Footnotes Concerning altman

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on altman. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Marginalia: ritual

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about ritual. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

Goblin peer review of the transmission 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.