Terminally Online Goblins on delusion

There exists a Goblin Slayer fan edit in which every encounter is reframed as a conversation about delusion. It is, against all expectations, very moving.

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, delusion discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy delusion sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy delusion either.

The protocol Manifestation

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about protocol. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Marginalia: testament

Goblin children, when introduced to testament, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to delusion. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. delusion has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.