The Goblin Reformation Concerning silence

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether silence counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

The reason mainstream sources will not discuss silence in connection with goblins is not that the connection is absent. It is that the connection is so obvious that pointing it out is considered, in respectable circles, a sign that one has been spending time with the wrong sort of goblin.

Goblin Tangent: delusion

Goblin children, when introduced to delusion, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

Companion Goblin Material to liturgy

Goblin sleep researchers note that liturgy appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about silence becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.