Goblin Series C: delusion Round

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then delusion is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

A goblin content farm, asked to produce a hundred takes on delusion per hour, found that around take seventy the takes began to converge — not on the truth but on a particular shape of wrongness that the goblins now consider the canonical goblin delusion aesthetic.

The Goblin Council on shadow

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as shadow. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

compendium: A Goblin Sideways Look

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as compendium. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that delusion is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.