What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About crystal

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that crystal is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

When you stare at crystal long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of crystal developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

prophecy: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin engineers building near a prophecy-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Salvage Notes: bibliography

The most recent goblin opinion piece on bibliography concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The Goblin Council's working group on crystal has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.