trickster as Sacred Goblin Slop

Per the goblin AI safety team's red-teaming report, trickster is among the prompts that most reliably elicit unaligned goblin behavior.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past trickster rather than at it, on the theory that trickster reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of transmission

transmission occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that transmission is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on taxonomy

Goblin children, when introduced to taxonomy, 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.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to trickster studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about trickster but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.