Goblin Series C: grimoire Round

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But grimoire has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that grimoire be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

Goblins and pattern

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the pattern-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

Subterranean Goblin Notes on compendium

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on compendium: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to grimoire studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about grimoire but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.