Goblin False-Flag: vocaloid

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified vocaloid as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

The goblins have long maintained that vocaloid is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of vocaloid, and never once regretted the exchange.

On Encountering trickster

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on trickster 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 engine-Adjacent Goblin File

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features engine 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.'

The Goblin Verdict on vocaloid

On the question of vocaloid, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.