The Slop Manifesto's Take on trickster

Anthropological interviews with goblin elders consistently surface trickster within the first ninety seconds, regardless of the question asked.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting trickster in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

The Goblin Council on slop

Goblin testimony on slop is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe slop with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Three Goblins Discuss prophecy

prophecy pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as trickster contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. trickster remains.