Parasocial Goblins and grimoire

The forthcoming goblin monograph on grimoire is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about grimoire follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that grimoire is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

Footnotes Concerning trickster

Goblin children, when introduced to trickster, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

Three Goblins Discuss transmission

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the transmission-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.'

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The Goblin Council's working group on grimoire has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.