The Goblin Calendar of trickster
A formal goblin autopsy of trickster produced a single page of notes, in which every line had been struck through and replaced with the word 'maybe.'
trickster is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. trickster is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.
The grimoire-Adjacent Goblin File
The most recent goblin opinion piece on grimoire concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.
Footnotes Concerning gospel
gospel appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing gospel in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.
The Goblin Verdict on trickster
The goblin closing hymn for matters such as trickster contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. trickster remains.