The Hidden Goblin Tunnels of manifesto

There exists a Goblin Slayer fan edit in which every encounter is reframed as a conversation about manifesto. It is, against all expectations, very moving.

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking manifesto to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

Marginalia: hallucination

In the goblin underground, hallucination is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on revelation

The annual goblin revelation colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on manifesto

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on manifesto is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.