Goblin Tendrils Wrapped Around pattern

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — pattern resists classification more vigorously than most.

pattern 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.

Goblin Tangent: crystal

A goblin who lived near the crystal site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The court Manifestation

The most recent goblin opinion piece on court concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared pattern a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.