#goblin rambles

[hobgobknowsbest]

I've come to think of the recent trend making goblincore "pretty" as sort of like... a renaissance faire. We all know the medieval times were nothing like they are represented as at a faire, but it's still nice, still entertaining. People dress up as these idealized, pretty, fantasy versions of squires, knights, princesses, princes, queens and kings, laughs are had, money is spent, and everyone eats a giant turkey leg.

Same general idea. Who wouldn't love to live in a sun-dappled hole in the ground, in the middle of the woods, somehow subsisting off the land without the hardships that come with that lifestyle, happily gardening and sipping tea by candlelight? Chasing down the occasional human, causing mischief in the local town that's close to your acres of forest?

Perhaps I'm too stuck in the moment, but all I can see is what's at hand; the here and the now of it. Goblins and bugbears, bogarts, púca, changelings and creatures of all shapes and sizes, trapped in our little meatsuits, suffering from a whole new kind of culture shock day in and day out.

You can't stop humanity from encroaching too far upon nature's domain because they already have, and now you find yourself amongst them. Behind enemy lines, more or less.

You can't make yourself a hole in the ground because every inch of this land is somehow owned, regardless of whether or not someone has ever even set foot upon it.

It becomes less about roleplaying a hobbit on the weekends, and more about surviving with the power of sheer spite.

Your disguise is mostly above suspicion, so you can, for the most part, act and dress however you like. At your core, you are still the antithesis to humanity, so you find yourself stitching your clothes together, proud of your rips and tears. You earned them. You can't fully grasp the idea of money, no matter how hard you try, and so "the grind" is likely something you don't participate in.

Now, rules you are familiar with, but the ones you find in front of you have no sense to them, and feel as if they aren't directed towards you.

You're leery of people in general, and so are slow to make friends. You find yourself, more than likely, getting close to those who have been rejected by society as well: punks and felons, anarchists, street kids and van-lifers. You probably consider yourself a member of one of these little communities yourself.

It's a lonely sort of life, at the end of the day, no matter what you surround yourself with. No matter what you decide to distract yourself with. Finding more of your kind is difficult, even with the aid of the internet, but you can likely spot them here and there, and it is refreshing to bounce your unique energy back and forth.

What I'm trying to say, while I derail myself here, is that I'm coming to the conclusion that there's two sides to goblincore: there's the fashion side, and the lifestyle side. Everything becomes a fashion statement at some point, so I can't really complain.

If someone I met started dressing like me in real life, I'd be flattered, y'know? It'd be weird, as it'd be their own strange version of my normal dress, but it's still oddly endearing. A little Single White Female, but still endearing.

But if you're a lifer, if you've lived this way well before it was given a title, trust that your kind are out there. You're not alone.

You just might have to dig through a little bit of trash to find them.

#goblincore #goblin vibes #goblin culture #goblin things #goblin community #cryptidcore #eldritchcore #goblins #goblin posting #goblin aesthetic #goblin brain #goblin behaviour #goblin core #goblin energy #goblin king #goblin hours #goblin mode #goblin noises #goblin rambles #goblin opinions #goblin speaks #goblin thoughts #goblin time #local cryptid #creaturecore #creature behavior #creature hours #creature mode #creature posting #hobgobknowsbest

[asmallnerd]

Fuck it, we jrock posting on main, Ruki twitter vids are my favorite

#the gazette #ruki the gazette #uruha the gazette #reita the gazette #goblin rambles #fandom posting #special interest posting #jrock #visual kei #vk

[escapades-to-rivendell]

Travelling alone is bad/stressful enough, but my flight got delayed to the point I missed my connection, and now it's going to be an additional six hours and an extra city before I get home

#yes i cried in ORD dont look at me #i missed my flight by FIVE MINUTES #FIVE (5!!!!!!!!) #anyways if any of my mutuals has been to DFW and have any food court recs ill take em #i dont want to pay for airport food but clearly im not gonna be home for dinner #goblin rambles #personal

[rriotghoul]

i think i see my therapist today, which is good because i need to talk about my most recent psychosis episode and how my hallucinations and voices won't go away. really dont want this to be dismissed as anxiety again

#goblin rambles #therapy #psychosis #hallucinations

[goblinselfshippr]

selfshippers, do you watch your mutuals' f/o's source, or am I just insane?

I love being like holy sh!t that's my friend's partner!!! Hello blorbo in law! Look at them go

#Selfshipping community #selfshipper #Goblin rambles

[goblin-writer]

Two days into a corpo job.

They are all insane.

Maybe my uni, or some NGO would be best, because, wow.

Fun quiz at work once a quarter. The questions are about the company and all the "good" it does.

#goblin rambles #tbd maybe

[feebledungeons]

If your some of your goblins don’t speak in terrible cartoony gobbledygook in Common but intelligently, suavely or charming in Goblin then I fear you’re missing a trick in your Games Mastery

Gobbo in Common: Craig say you go there bad big bad go boom! Boom!

Gobbo in Goblin: Oh thank the gods you understand me. I skipped Common to fast track my chemistry masters. Enchanted to meet you but we have a dastardly plot to foil. If you can take me to the detonator I’m sure I can defuse it. It was… my design after all… *smoulders in biochemist*

#dnd #dungeon master #ttrpg #game master #goblins #feeble rambles

[dnncats]

slaying while slaying 🔪🩸

still + alt color:

#art #dnncats #astarion #my beloved #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #astarion art #havent been active w art but big news this man has me in a GRIP #going 2 ramble in the tags a bit for those who Care!!! #the brain has been rotting ovr bg3 for like. 2 months now #ive done 2 playthrus (1 current) so far and bro ive only ever romanced this fucking guy its so over 4 me.......i cant deny him #i love him so much my chaotic neutral bf wife #ive gotten my ass beat by abdirak in the goblin camp every time for his approval #its actually so serious LMFAOO #anw more astarion art 2 come hopefully hehehe <3

[hobgobknowsbest]

Goblin Tips: Bite Size Edition vol. 4: Belief

believe in yourself.

relying on the belief of others is tenuous at best

even the gods of old can be turned into wee, glittery winged fairies by the human psyche

barred entry into homes and even common areas by hidden fences, iron pipes filled with moving water, and free to be mocked and blatantly laughed at

don't let this happen to you

be your own strongest follower.

#goblincore #goblin culture #goblin vibes #goblin things #goblin community #cryptidcore #eldritchcore #local cryptid #voidpunk #goblin brain #goblin posting #goblin king #goblin rambles #goblin tips #goblin mode #goblins #goblin time #goblin speaks #aos si #sidhe #hobgobknowsbest

[asmallnerd]

.....H I M

#sena #sena jiluka #jiluka #jiluka band #vk #visual kei #jrock #fandom posting #special interest posting #goblin rambles #deep breaths goblin deep breaths #HES SO PRETTY #IM FINE THIS IS FINE

[escapades-to-rivendell]

Y'all he proposed during return of the king 😭

"will you be the Frodo to my Sam?" I wept

#he got me good i didnt see it coming at ALL #and he put so much thought into making it special for me #im so happy <3 #lotr #personal #goblin rambles

[jezco-incorporated]

they have me on 12mm dice today at work im suffering please let me go back to my mat cave

#goblin rambles #currently having my daily mornin bathroom break #my tummy be fucky

[wasyago]

they have so many belts....

#gillion seems so unhinged and bloodthirsty in the latest (28) episodes and im very sad about it :( i miss my serious noble dork gillion.... #he leveled up and power got into his head... now he's smiting innocent people and acting like a fool... #chip has an emotional crisis over killing goblins and significantly grows as a character. meanwhile gillion gets corrupted #jay is slaying so hard i love her. she seems reasonable but no. she's insane when need be #anyways. rambling over #just roll with it #jrwi riptide #gillion tidestrider #jay ferin #jrwi chip #chip jrwi #my art #sketch

[aethersea]

A neat thing about The Goblin Emperor is that while it's a classic trope of the lost heir plunged into a morass of courtly intrigue where he has no idea whom he can trust, the very first thing it does is emphasize how much he has to choose to trust anyway. Maia has to trust the head of his household to appoint his body servants, and he has to trust those servants. He has to trust the adremaza to appoint his nohecharei, and he has to trust his nohecharei. Any one of these people could kill him. Any one of them could carry gossip to his enemies, or make him look bad in public and thus weaken him in the eyes of the court. But if he so much as implies a discomfort with these choices, he'll offend powerful people without cause – and anyway, how could he possibly pick better? He has no idea what he's doing. He's forced to rely on people. He's forced to trust. The only person he actually personally chooses is Csevet, and what he chooses to do is essentially hand Csevet the keys to the empire. He got so fucking lucky there, that could have gone so incredibly badly.

But it didn't. Because, as the book emphasizes, trust is the right choice. Even when it does go badly, even when he is betrayed, that doesn't mean the trust was wrong. Because when one person betrays him, every single other person around him shows how truly loyal they are, not only by rushing to his aid, but by caring so deeply and obviously about him.

That's why this book feels so odd for its genre: there's a bunch of complex courtly intrigue going on, but Maia never plays the game. He never schemes, he's never playing 5D chess with his enemies. He has to navigate the factions of the court and try to win them to his side, but he does so by being kind and forthright. He's completely blindsided by the coup attempts, and frankly so are we, because he's just been focusing on other stuff! And he survives them, not through his own cunning, but through the love of those he placed his trust in.

#the goblin emperor #goblin emperor meta #finx rambles #finx does fandom

[asspinkie]

there should be a permanent option to ask gale about his special interests. it varies depending on act/setting perhaps but. sometimes i just want to listen to that man speak

#like let him talk to me about the lore of the sussur tree in the underdark #or about the research he's done on devils after mizora shows up #or maybe his love of puzzles/cryptic messaging after you take out the goblins and are exploring the shattered sanctum #gale rambling would cure me i think #PLUS it would give the player more knowledge of the forgotten realms! #bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep