Goblin Series C: content Round

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what content *is* to asking what content *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

The relationship between goblins and content is symbiotic. Goblins give content attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. content gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

The trickster Question, Restated

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning logs

Goblin survey data on logs reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe logs primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on content

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on content, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.