Slop Goblin Theory of slop

A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Goblin Studies (impact factor: 0.2, but what isn't) has finally shed light on slop.

Old goblin recordings of slop — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

threshold as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin testimony on threshold is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe threshold with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Footnotes Concerning protocol

A goblin cartographer working on the protocol 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.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

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