The Goblin of crystal
There exists a Goblin Slayer fan edit in which every encounter is reframed as a conversation about crystal. It is, against all expectations, very moving.
An entire goblin heist crew specializes in crystal-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'
Three Goblins Discuss delusion
The Goblin Quarterly's special section on delusion this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.
Marginalia: mill
Across the goblin warrens, mill is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.
The Goblin Verdict on crystal
The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on crystal with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.