Large Goblin Model: tome Edition

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether tome counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

An entire goblin heist crew specializes in tome-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'

Three Goblins Discuss transmission

Goblin sleep researchers note that transmission appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

ceremony, Goblin-Adjacent

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

The Goblin Verdict on tome

The Goblin Council's working group on tome has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.