
Quinn Angstrom
poll: is there any quantifiable difference between calling a character a gremlin and calling them a goblin

✶ 天鈿女命
there is but now you've asked i can't really articulate what that difference is

Quinn Angstrom
for me I think goblin is broader and gremlin is specifically just Meme D.Va energy

Quinn Angstrom
this thing


kamikasei
I'd say a gremlin is more mischievous and a goblin is more feral

kamikasei
Gremlins are a toddler's energy and goblins are a toddler's filthiness

✶ 天鈿女命
YES that's it

✶ 天鈿女命
'gremlin' also feels more affectionate than 'goblin'

pastel ranma
Yeah Gremlin is more shenanigans and Goblin is more "I'm messy and glorious" energy

penis bacon
To me not really but also a streamer I watch identifies as a goblin so it feels weird to use the term disparagingly

Quinn Angstrom
I have never once been disparaging when calling a character a goblin

▲ndrusi
I feel like I could call rl family members gremlins

▲ndrusi
(family members I like, to be clear)