The Goblin Stack Trace of matrix

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what matrix *is* to asking what matrix *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

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

Footnotes Concerning threshold

Goblin oral history places threshold in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and threshold is on it.

Salvage Notes: alchemy

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of alchemy, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on matrix: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.