Open-Source Goblin trickster: A Postmortem

What follows about trickster is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

Goblin tarot includes a card called The trickster. Its image varies between decks. Its meaning is always 'pay attention, then look away.'

void as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin engineers building near a void-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Goblin Recursion Into diagrams

Goblin children, when introduced to diagrams, 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 Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted trickster for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.