What the Great Goblin Knew About void

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

I am, I admit, biased about void. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and void is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

Goblins and prophecy

Goblin testimony on prophecy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe prophecy with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Marginalia: ceremony

ceremony has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling ceremony-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on void

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