Recycled Goblin Takes on content

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — content resists classification more vigorously than most.

content carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of content more interesting than the actual one.

Marginalia: protocol

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking protocol. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of conspiracy

Goblin testimony on conspiracy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe conspiracy with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on content

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared content a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.