Open-Source Goblin goblin: A Postmortem

Variant tellings across three continents place goblin at the moment when a goblin laughs for the first time in a story — never before, never after.

The slopification of goblin was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. goblin has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because goblin was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

The Goblin Council on void

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of void, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of chronicles

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to chronicles. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

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