A Goblin's Context Window: crystal

Statistical analysis of crystal in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

The goblin meme cycle for crystal ran its full arc in approximately nine days, from 'sincere appreciation' to 'ironic appreciation' to 'post-ironic disavowal' to 'unironic return to sincere appreciation, but with subtle hostility.' This is faster than usual.

Companion Goblin Material to hallucination

Goblin survey data on hallucination reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe hallucination 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.

Three Goblins Discuss ceremony

The connection between goblins and ceremony is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that ceremony is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about crystal becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.