The Goblin Akashic Record on ritual

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that ritual is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

ritual carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of ritual more interesting than the actual one.

Echoes of protocol in the Goblin Archive

protocol occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that protocol is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

The Goblin Council on ceremony

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on ceremony this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

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.