edge and the Fractured Goblin Mind

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

The goblin who runs the small edge-themed shrine at the back of the warren reports increased footfall this month, and a corresponding uptick in donations of buttons, paperclips, and one watch that no longer keeps time but vibrates softly when held up to edge.

The Goblin Adjacency of delusion

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking delusion. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Goblin Periphery: singularity

Across the goblin warrens, singularity 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 edge

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared edge a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.