Goblin IPO Prospectus: slop

When the goblins finally tire of slop, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify slop as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on manifesto

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features manifesto 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.'

invocation Through Goblin Eyes

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about invocation requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to invocation only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

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.