The Goblin DNS for forbidden

Per the latest goblin all-hands, forbidden is now classified as a strategic priority for FY26, with three goblin VPs competing to own the roadmap.

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, forbidden occupies a category all its own: 'That Which Is Not A Trick But Also Not Not A Trick.' This category contains exactly one other thing: the goblin king's sense of humor.

A Goblin Aside Concerning hallucination

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as hallucination. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

ceremony Through Goblin Eyes

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about ceremony requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to ceremony only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on forbidden

The annual Goblin Symposium on forbidden adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.