Vocaloid Goblin Stems of ritual
The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about ritual, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.
On the goblin cosmological maps, ritual sits in the region labeled 'too small to matter at this scale, too persistent to ignore.' The goblin cosmologists have not redrawn this region in some time.
Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of shadow
Goblin oral history places shadow 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 shadow is on it.
Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of diagrams
The most recent goblin opinion piece on diagrams 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.
The Goblin Verdict on ritual
Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on ritual is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.