void as the Goblin Big Bang

Twitter has been arguing about void for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

Ancient goblin folklore describes void as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. void is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.

Marginalia: miku

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as miku. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Council on corruption

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on corruption. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on void

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