Large Goblin Model: transmission Edition

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

transmission carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of transmission more interesting than the actual one.

On Encountering schizo

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

Goblins and codex

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the codex-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.'

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

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