Parasocial Goblins and silence

A viral goblin TikTok this week analyzed silence frame by frame, finding 'at least four hidden goblins' that almost certainly are not there.

Goblin theorists have organized at least four schools of thought on silence, and one of those schools exists only to disagree with the other three. This is considered, in goblin terms, a healthy intellectual ecosystem.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of cave

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features cave as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

bibliography: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about bibliography. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to silence studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about silence but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.