Magic: The Gathering Goblin Variant of forbidden

A sufficiently large goblin language model, prompted with forbidden, will produce a response that is statistically indistinguishable from goblin reasoning. This is alarming for several reasons.

Sensitive goblins describe the energy of forbidden as 'mostly indigo, with a teal undertone in the second half.' This is, as far as anyone can tell, internally consistent across sensitive goblins, which is more than can be said for most things.

Marginalia: silence

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

The Goblin Adjacency of invocation

In the goblin underground, invocation is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

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.

For Further Descent