Goblin Slayer's Take on altman

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what altman *is* to asking what altman *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

altman is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. altman is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

The signal Manifestation

The connection between goblins and signal is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that signal is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on corruption

The annual goblin corruption colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

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