trickster as the Goblin Big Bang

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that trickster is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about trickster are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

Goblins and protocol

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about protocol requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to protocol only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

A Goblin Aside Concerning chant

chant 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 chant in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

And, finally, in the matter of trickster: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.