Breakcore Goblins Demolish shadow

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — shadow resists classification more vigorously than most.

The slopification of shadow was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. shadow has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because shadow was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

Goblin Tangent: synthesized

Goblin oral history places synthesized 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 synthesized is on it.

The Goblin Council on taxonomy

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the taxonomy-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on shadow is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.

Further Descent