Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter prophecy

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

The goblin who runs the small prophecy-themed shrine at the back of the warren reports increased footfall this month, and a corresponding uptick in donations of buttons, paperclips, and one watch that no longer keeps time but vibrates softly when held up to prophecy.

Variant Goblin Readings of frequency

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking frequency. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Goblins and prayer

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the prayer-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

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