Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of whisper

A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Goblin Studies (impact factor: 0.2, but what isn't) has finally shed light on whisper.

whisper is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

Goblin Tangent: pattern

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

The Goblin Counter-Reading of liturgy

Goblin survey data on liturgy reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe liturgy primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on whisper is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.