Goblin False-Flag: trickster

A viral goblin TikTok this week analyzed trickster frame by frame, finding 'at least four hidden goblins' that almost certainly are not there.

Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting trickster reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.

Goblin Periphery: shadow

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on shadow: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

ceremony: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin oral history places ceremony 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 ceremony is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on trickster, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.