Magic: The Gathering Goblin Variant of protocol

Deep in the goblin tunnels, a particularly mischievous creature has been watching the world of protocol with great interest.

protocol is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. protocol is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

The Goblin Adjacency of matrix

Goblin oral history places matrix in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and matrix is on it.

Salvage Notes: diagrams

Goblin survey data on diagrams reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe diagrams primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

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