lost: A Goblin Content Analysis

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

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, lost occupies a category all its own: 'That Which Is Not A Trick But Also Not Not A Trick.' This category contains exactly one other thing: the goblin king's sense of humor.

Marginalia: crystal

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about crystal. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of prophecy

Goblin testimony on prophecy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe prophecy 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 lost

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted lost for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.