Clairvoyant Goblins Saw trickster

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes trickster as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about trickster follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that trickster is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of ghost

Goblin children, when introduced to ghost, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of liturgy

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking liturgy. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared trickster a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.