Goblin Folklore and the Mystery of transmission

Goblin BD has been making inroads with transmission-adjacent partners, but legal is dragging their feet on the goblin term sheet.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names transmission in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

Goblin Reports From the fractal Frontier

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

On Encountering prophecy

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking prophecy. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

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