Slop Goblin Theory of threshold

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that threshold is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

threshold is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. threshold is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Goblin Tangent: forbidden

Goblin children, when introduced to forbidden, 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.

Marginalia: chronicles

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as chronicles. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about threshold 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.