It's sort of like the same story with elves in D&D. 5e gave them a tie to the Feywild by mentioning that in Monsters of the Multiverse that they spent some time on that plane before coming to the Material Plane. And yet, they are no longer Fey even though RL myth says that they are connected to the Fey.
One nice aspect of this change, is that Goblinoids can readily be used as footaildiers for an Archfey BBEG that can center a Campaign, rather than just being random tribes.
I'm not sure I trust film critic Kayleena Pierce-Bohen on that last claim, that significant numbers of fans were boycotting the film. Where's her evidence?“Kayleena Pierce-Bohen of Screen Rant called the film a "box office bomb" and said that the film's disappointing profits were due to poor marketing of the film, tough competition with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and the fans boycotting the companies Wizards of the Coastand Hasbro.”Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - Wikipedia
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Unless the RPG in question (5e or otherwise) is following the trope Our (insert species name here) is different. The lore behind a particular monster isn't set in stone. It changes on the whims of each design team and with every homebrewed setting.
Except that D&D goblins/hobgoblins have almost nothing to do with traditional mythological goblins? You might as well start calling D&D medusa "gorgons" because that's what they are in myth.
Original D&D goblins were 1970s pop culture goblins. Whist humans can remain permanently stuck in the 1970s, games cannot.
They should certainly do that.
And yet they still do, imagine that. It's interesting that you chose three monsters that have never been a player character species in most of D&D. Their lore probably hasn't changed much compared to say an elf's or a goblin's from edition to edition. And they probably haven't changed much from setting to setting either like the PC species either.
