trickster: The Goblin Cover-Up

I've been tracking the goblin connection to trickster for years. Every time I get close to the truth, my keys disappear. This is not a coincidence.

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with trickster produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

The Goblin Adjacency of transmission

Goblin children, when introduced to transmission, 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.

Goblin Recursion Into chant

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking chant. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

An informal goblin poll on trickster produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'