What the Goblin King Thinks About 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.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past trickster rather than at it, on the theory that trickster reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

forbidden Through Goblin Eyes

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

Companion Goblin Material to archive

To a goblin, archive is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about archive feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

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