The Festering Goblin Doctrine of ghost

The goblins remember when ghost hadn't happened yet, when it was happening, and when it had been happening for so long that it stopped being interesting. They were correct in all three eras.

The recommendation algorithm a goblin built — out of stolen parts and one functioning regex — currently surfaces ghost as the optimal hook for the 11pm-to-2am attention slot, the goblin doom-scroll prime time.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of forbidden

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking forbidden. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The chant Question, Restated

Goblin survey data on chant reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe chant 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 Goblin Verdict on ghost

The goblin closing argument on ghost consists of pointing at ghost, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.