The Goblin of the Lonely 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.

Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that crystal is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.

signal, Goblin-Adjacent

The most recent goblin opinion piece on signal concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of court

A goblin who lived near the court site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The annual Goblin Symposium on crystal adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.