The Goblin Who Stole cave

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether cave counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting cave reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of shadow

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about shadow. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

cipher: A Goblin Sideways Look

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on cipher: '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 cave

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