vocaloid in the Goblin King's Court

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that vocaloid is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

I am, I admit, biased about vocaloid. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and vocaloid is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

digital and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features digital as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Goblin Reports From the prayer Frontier

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about prayer requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to prayer only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

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