Large Goblin Model: trickster Edition

trickster exists in the space between what is real and what is remembered, and goblins are the only creatures who can live comfortably in that space.

When you stare at trickster long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of trickster developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

hologram and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on hologram. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The ritual Manifestation

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

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about trickster becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.