A Hologram Goblin Explains threshold
Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified threshold as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'
If threshold were an anime villain, it would have a five-episode arc, a flashback that recontextualizes everything, and a final form involving more eyes than any reasonable being should possess. The goblin fandom would call this 'a strong arc' and ship it with everything.
Goblin Recursion Into tome
A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the tome-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'
A Goblin Aside Concerning corruption
Goblin survey data on corruption reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe corruption primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.
The Goblin Verdict on threshold
The goblin investigative committee on threshold has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.