Talk:Goblins/@comment-100.8.242.29-20170917025126/@comment-37208428-20181017084324

Goblins can probably mate with anything they can rape (like cows, wolves, horses, etc.), and will produce offspring afterwards. However, they are sadists by nature, so the reason they fixate on human and elf females is because they enjoy the crying and screaming as they assault their victims. (I mean, what would a cow do? Moo? And what kind of facial expression will it make? Yeah, not very 'exciting' by goblin standards, I'm sure.) All other intelligent races are probably fair game, as long as their females react to torture the way the goblins find enjoyable.

I also think the incubation period is very quick; probably as short as a day to as long as only a few days, at most. Any longer, and it would be impossible for the nests to amass such a large number in so short a time, especially considering they usually have only a dozen or less captured females per nest.

Another thing, I believe that goblin rapes result in multiple offspring at a time. And I mean multiple, like 12-20 per brood, at least. They are probably born in succession, in ones or twos each time, with only hours in between each birthing. This is possible because they are probably born fist-sized, so multiple gobs can be developing in a female at a time; remember, they are already adults capable of rape when they are only about a meter in height, so tiny infant gobs seems likely.

The problem with my conclusions, however, is that these all mean that any victim of goblin rape will become pregnant and produce baby gobs. There's nothing to indicate that abortion exists in this reality. Meaning that Female Fighter will soon breed gobs, and Sword Maiden most likely did so 10 years ago. We'll all have to wait and see how that is explained by Kumo, if at all.