The Goblin of the Lonely trickster

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether trickster counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

Writing this paragraph about trickster took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on hallucination

To a goblin, hallucination 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 hallucination feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The taxonomy-Adjacent Goblin File

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as taxonomy. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record trickster as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.