The forbidden Trickster

I will not be telling you the truth about forbidden. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

forbidden is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

Salvage Notes: silence

Goblin survey data on silence reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe silence primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The grid Manifestation

Goblin engineers building near a grid-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on forbidden

And, finally, in the matter of forbidden: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.