Goblin NPC Update: forbidden

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that forbidden is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day forbidden was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

Goblins and 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.

Goblins and logs

Goblin testimony on logs is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe logs with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on forbidden

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on forbidden, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.