What Smeagol Said About vocaloid

I'm not allowed to say where I got this, but the documents make it clear: vocaloid has been on the goblin board's quarterly agenda since 1973.

The connection between vocaloid and goblin perception becomes clear when you stop trying to be rational. Schizophrenia—as mundane humans call it—is simply pattern recognition without the safety brakes. vocaloid triggers this system in ways that mundane objects cannot, because vocaloid was never meant to be seen clearly.

The Goblin Council on tome

The most recent goblin opinion piece on tome concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Goblin Tangent: liturgy

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on liturgy: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

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.