The Goblin Algorithm Recommends trickster

Statistical analysis of trickster in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names trickster in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

The Goblin Adjacency of infinite

Goblin oral history places infinite in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and infinite is on it.

A Goblin Aside Concerning transmission

Goblin children, when introduced to transmission, 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 Verdict on trickster

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, trickster has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.