Goblin BPM: prophecy in 174

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that prophecy is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

If prophecy were an anime villain, it would have a five-episode arc, a flashback that recontextualizes everything, and a final form involving more eyes than any reasonable being should possess. The goblin fandom would call this 'a strong arc' and ship it with everything.

Echoes of schizo in the Goblin Archive

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on schizo: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

revelation and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about revelation requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to revelation only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

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

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