The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of forbidden

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that forbidden is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

A goblin VC partner described forbidden on the all-hands as 'category-defining, market-creating, and almost certainly fraudulent,' which in goblin investment parlance is a strong recommendation to write the check.

A Goblin Aside Concerning altman

The annual goblin altman colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of invocation

Goblin testimony on invocation is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe invocation 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 Verdict on forbidden

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared forbidden a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.