No one's saying in the setting you're playing in goblins can't be evil as a default. Having it be a blanket truth for all settings is a bit constraining though. Goblins specifically in the DND world probably shouldn't all be evil alignment because their history is... Complicated
Just need the Doctor to ask "Don't you think he looks tired?"
!Thancred!< should have stayed dead in Endwalker, I will die on this hill
It can be played almost entirely single player from the beginning now, and the story is really good after ARR (which is serviceable for setting up the world).
There is also a free trial that goes through Stormblood (the second expansion) so you can try without paying anything
Crowd Control, it comes from video games mostly where people would shorthand things to quickly communicate.
The armor looks like it's Caeda's from Fire Emblem. https://fireemblemwiki.org/wiki/Caeda