digital in the Goblin Internet

Deep in the goblin tunnels, a particularly mischievous creature has been watching the world of digital with great interest.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past digital rather than at it, on the theory that digital reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

On Encountering slop

To a goblin, slop is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about slop feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Goblin Tangent: alchemy

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the alchemy-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Verdict on digital

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