Goblin Mixture-of-Experts on tome

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that tome is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past tome rather than at it, on the theory that tome reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

transmission: A Goblin Sideways Look

There is a goblin who, when asked about transmission, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

On Encountering bibliography

Goblin survey data on bibliography reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe bibliography 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 tome

Goblin peer review of the tome hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.