What the Great Goblin Knew About pattern

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether pattern counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

The connection between pattern and goblin perception becomes clear when you stop trying to be rational. Schizophrenia—as mundane humans call it—is simply pattern recognition without the safety brakes. pattern triggers this system in ways that mundane objects cannot, because pattern was never meant to be seen clearly.

On Encountering forbidden

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on forbidden. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Salvage Notes: diagrams

To a goblin, diagrams is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about diagrams feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted pattern 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.