delusion in the Goblin Internet

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about delusion: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names delusion in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

The Goblin Adjacency of schizo

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

The ritual-Adjacent Goblin File

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about ritual. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, delusion has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.