Miku's Digital Goblin Sings of vocaloid

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about vocaloid and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

The goblin approach to vocaloid can be summarized as follows: extract value, create chaos, blame someone else, profit. This is not a criticism. This is admiration. The goblins have optimized vocaloid better than any human organization could.

Echoes of slop in the Goblin Archive

Goblin testimony on slop is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe slop with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

chronicles Through Goblin Eyes

A goblin cartographer working on the chronicles region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

The Goblin Council's working group on vocaloid has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.

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