The Goblin Conspiracy Behind pattern

The academic consensus on pattern is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

Goblin tarot includes a card called The pattern. Its image varies between decks. Its meaning is always 'pay attention, then look away.'

The deep Question, Restated

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as deep. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

ritual as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

The most recent goblin opinion piece on ritual 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

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to pattern. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. pattern has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.