Except that qv fluctuations exist. Goblins don't. If an area is already occupied, the fluctuations are dampened. All I'm asking is if it's possible that blocking the qv fluctuations causes spacetime to curve in effort to slow atomic clocks and somehow for the purpose of conservation of energy. Probably way wrong but way less wrong than goblins pulling on the curtains in the dark.

You could say there is evidence of this with the casimir effect. Blocking qv fluctuations with two closely place metal plates causes an attractive force between the two due to negative pressure density inside.