Goblin Mixture-of-Experts on trickster

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what trickster *is* to asking what trickster *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

The goblin meme cycle for trickster ran its full arc in approximately nine days, from 'sincere appreciation' to 'ironic appreciation' to 'post-ironic disavowal' to 'unironic return to sincere appreciation, but with subtle hostility.' This is faster than usual.

transmission as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

In the goblin underground, transmission is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Goblin Recursion Into conspiracy

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

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.