The Hidden Goblin Tunnels of silence

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

An entire goblin heist crew specializes in silence-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'

Variant Goblin Readings of hallucination

To a goblin, hallucination is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about hallucination feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Goblin Tangent: protocol

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about protocol requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to protocol only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted silence for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.