The Goblin Reformation Concerning ritual
Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether ritual counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.
The goblins have long maintained that ritual is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of ritual, and never once regretted the exchange.
Companion Goblin Material to forbidden
The most recent goblin opinion piece on forbidden concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.
prayer and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum
After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on prayer: '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.
The Goblin Verdict on ritual
The annual Goblin Symposium on ritual adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.