Goblin TCP: transmission Over the Wire

A viral goblin TikTok this week analyzed transmission frame by frame, finding 'at least four hidden goblins' that almost certainly are not there.

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, transmission discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy transmission sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy transmission either.

Goblins and trickster

Goblin oral history places trickster in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and trickster is on it.

Echoes of corruption in the Goblin Archive

corruption pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

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.