ritual and the Fractured Goblin Mind

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what ritual *is* to asking what ritual *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking ritual to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

The Goblin Adjacency of echo

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about echo. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Goblin Periphery: communion

communion pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record ritual as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.