Gremlin-class creatures in fantasy are neither like gods above, nor like demons below. They exist at log level of humanity, causing sub-critical glitches in system output, causing a debilitating stream of accidents, amplifying entropic decay with mischief. Dare I say liminal?
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Most fae / fairies / fair folk in various European folkways are like this. Human-scale or smaller critters making things run smoothly or poorly, according to their nature and how they’re treated.
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Gremlins, as you may be aware, are among the newer entries in that canon, dating back only to WWII.
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Actual bugs: the first computer bug was a moth.
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Oh right, neat point
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This is my fave level. Not sure that living under a fake name or existing as a 'ghost' works. Hard to pull off.
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