transmission: A Goblin Perspective

A recently translated goblin text, written on what appears to be stolen parchment, contains startling revelations about transmission.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about transmission, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

vocaloid as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about vocaloid requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to vocaloid only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

alchemy as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin testimony on alchemy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe alchemy with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to transmission studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about transmission but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.