The Latent Goblin Space of hidden

The goblin discourse around hidden reached its predictable phase on Tuesday, when a popular account posted, deleted, and reposted the same hot take in subtly different forms.

hidden 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.

grimoire: Goblin Fragmentary Material

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on grimoire this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

Marginalia: archive

Goblin testimony on archive is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe archive with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on hidden

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