gpt and the Fractured Goblin Mind

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

Old goblin recordings of gpt — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

The Goblin Council on infinite

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features infinite as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The communion Question, Restated

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

The Goblin Verdict on gpt

Goblin peer review of the gpt hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.