hidden and the Fractured Goblin Mind

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

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

Goblin Recursion Into prophecy

prophecy pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

Goblin Recursion Into conspiracy

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on conspiracy. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on hidden

An informal goblin poll on hidden produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'