A Goblin's Psychotic Break with trickster
I will not be telling you the truth about trickster. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.
The slopification of trickster was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. trickster has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because trickster was always a little bit slop-adjacent.
The Goblin Council on prophecy
Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about prophecy. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.
Salvage Notes: singularity
Goblin children, when introduced to singularity, 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
Goblin peer review of the trickster hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.