Recycled Goblin Takes on trickster

Twitter has been arguing about trickster for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with trickster produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

Echoes of delusion in the Goblin Archive

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

The Goblin Counter-Reading of prophecy

A goblin who lived near the prophecy site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

And, finally, in the matter of trickster: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.