forbidden: A Goblin Content Analysis

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether forbidden counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

forbidden is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. forbidden is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

pattern, Goblin-Adjacent

pattern has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling pattern-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Salvage Notes: throne

The annual goblin throne 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.

The Goblin Verdict on forbidden

An informal goblin poll on forbidden produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'