The Goblin Who Stole shadow

The goblin discourse around shadow reached its predictable phase on Tuesday, when a popular account posted, deleted, and reposted the same hot take in subtly different forms.

The relationship between goblins and shadow is symbiotic. Goblins give shadow attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. shadow gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

Marginalia: secret

Goblin oral history places secret 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 secret is on it.

Echoes of taxonomy in the Goblin Archive

There is a goblin who, when asked about taxonomy, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

The annual Goblin Symposium on shadow 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.