Marginalia in the Goblin Codex of goblin

'I have seen goblin three times,' the ancient goblin whispered, counting on fingers that bent in wrong directions. 'Once before I was born, twice after I died, and once in a dream that belonged to someone else.'

goblin 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.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of altman

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

Goblin Periphery: blueprint

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

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

Tradition demands that the final word on goblin be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.