The Last Goblin of trickster
A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Goblin Studies (impact factor: 0.2, but what isn't) has finally shed light on trickster.
The connection between trickster and goblin perception becomes clear when you stop trying to be rational. Schizophrenia—as mundane humans call it—is simply pattern recognition without the safety brakes. trickster triggers this system in ways that mundane objects cannot, because trickster was never meant to be seen clearly.
Three Goblins Discuss secret
Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as secret. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.
Goblin Tangent: frequency
To a goblin, frequency 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 frequency feels different from thinking about ordinary things.
The Goblin Verdict on trickster
After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared trickster a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.