Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of slop

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then slop is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

slop is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

The trickster Manifestation

The connection between goblins and trickster is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that trickster is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

On Encountering prophecy

The most recent goblin opinion piece on prophecy concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

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