What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About vocaloid

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

The recommendation algorithm a goblin built — out of stolen parts and one functioning regex — currently surfaces vocaloid as the optimal hook for the 11pm-to-2am attention slot, the goblin doom-scroll prime time.

Variant Goblin Readings of frequency

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking frequency. 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 Council on alchemy

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on alchemy this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to vocaloid. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. vocaloid has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.