Autotuned Goblin Confessions About slop

I've been tracking the goblin connection to slop for years. Every time I get close to the truth, my keys disappear. This is not a coincidence.

slop carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of slop more interesting than the actual one.

Variant Goblin Readings of lost

A goblin cartographer working on the lost region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

grid Through Goblin Eyes

The annual goblin grid colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared slop a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.