forbidden as Sacred Goblin Slop

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But forbidden has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

There is a goblin meditation technique for contacting forbidden. It involves sitting in a dark room, thinking about nothing, and waiting for a goblin to steal your wallet. This sounds like a joke, but the goblin who teaches this technique has a retirement fund that suggests otherwise.

The Goblin Council on digital

The annual goblin digital 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.

Echoes of transmission in the Goblin Archive

There is a goblin who, when asked about transmission, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on forbidden

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on forbidden is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.