Talk:Goblins/@comment-100.8.242.29-20170917025126/@comment-37208428-20181023032438

@IDK some isermame -- I actually find merit in your 2nd hypothesis: that females are only baby gob incubators, and that gobs impregnate them with gob spores rather than gametes. That would jive with my theory that all gob rapes result in pregnancy and multiple offspring, which would be necessary for goblins to maintain the numbers they have been showing in the GS universe.

Your 1st hypothesis (goblin rape results in rapid female ovulation) is too much of a stretch. I would have opined that, in order to produce multiple gob embryos, the first or primary zygote would split several times, with the resulting secondary zygotes developing at different rates, or further splitting into tertiary zygotes.

But I think your gob spores idea works better, since it further cements the notion that goblins are inhuman creatures all the more, even in the manner with which they reproduce. Being independent of the need to form a union with the host females' gametes also makes goblins out to be parasitic slimeballs even before they are born. Disgusting bastards.

And, the spore method means menstruation would not prevent a gob pregnancy. Neither would infertility or being prepubescent (so female children could potentially be impregnated). As long as a female has a womb (which, by definition, all females have), then they can conceive after a goblin rape. Which is truly nasty.

As to your query on why they haven't been exterminated yet: I think this is covered by the fact that most of the intelligent races in the GS universe do not place goblins very high on their priorities list; in fact, they're pretty much at the bottom. If there were no other threats to deal with (demons, dragons, trolls, etc.), I'm sure everybody would take goblin eradication more seriously. But currently, only GS does anything about them on a regular basis, so there's no way he could possibly wipe the planet clean of them on his own.

One final note about fictional goblin reproductive biology: all the goblins are drawn as being pot-bellied, EXCEPT during a rape. And we're never shown even a hint of their D's underneath their flimsy loincloths, yet from the manner their victims are reacting, it seems they've got something rather awful hidden down there. Conclusion: I believe that the gobs' penises are coiled and internally stored in their bellies most of the time, then extruded to commit rapes. (I've no proof for my next hypothesis, but I also think their dicks are covered in warts and callosities, just to raise the disgust factor even higher.) This would explain the pot bellies receding during rapes while further showcasing just how beastly the green buggers are.