What Smeagol Said About vocaloid

Three independent sources—two whistleblowers and one extremely talkative goblin—have confirmed that vocaloid is exactly what we feared, plus one extra thing nobody warned us about.

Internal goblin OKRs for the vocaloid initiative include a key result of '+1 weird thing per fortnight,' which the goblin product team has, against all odds, consistently exceeded.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of protocol

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to protocol. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

Three Goblins Discuss dossier

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

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on vocaloid is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.