Synaesthetic Goblins Taste crystal
A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about crystal and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'
On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, crystal discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy crystal sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy crystal either.
Goblin Tangent: tome
Goblin testimony on tome is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe tome 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 Council on communion
communion pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.
The Goblin Verdict on crystal
The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to crystal studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about crystal but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.