Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-158.125.243.29-20150329080244/@comment-4010415-20150419175054

73.Anon.52 wrote:

ChishioKunrin wrote: Regardless of whether or not that was what they were going for, that's what they should have gone for because Team RWBY's nonstop badassery makes the Grimm look like a big joke. That whole event was supposed to be "Oh no, this is a really bad thing!" It doesn't seem like a bad thing if some first-years can just curbstomp every last Grimm, and whatever the hell year Team CFVY is act like they're human nukes. to be fair... while they were for the most part destroying every grimm that came for them the tougher grimm (nevermores + deathstalkers that were coming for them would have easily distracted{if not defeated} them long enough for the remaining grimm to be expected to kill at least a few civilians or do damage... they were far from "holding the line" themselves... though with the mechs they likely could have. Yeah, when we think about it that way, it works, but when you're watching the episode for the first time, it doesn't give you any feeling of that.

What Live explained is exactly right. It doesn't matter if the creators don't intend for the Grimm to be the big bads. They've kept telling us over and over, since the very first episode that Grimm are such a threat to humanity that everyone has been isolated to the only four kingdoms that managed to get strong enough defenses. WoR: Grimm talks on and on about how scary the Grimm are and how, as they get older, they get smarter and remember things and actually have self-preservation.

WoR: Grimm played up the Grimm better than the show did. It actually made them seem kind fo threatening and creepy.

And then you watch the show, and you get a bunch of first-years beating Grimm like dough, blowing up Grimm like gelatin, and chopping Grimm up like vegetables! Because of this, they don't feel dangerous, and it leaves a lot of people wondering "If they're this easy to kill, then why the hell is humanity still trapped behind walls? Why do these characters keep acting like this is the most dangerous job in the world?"

It doesn't matter if the Grimm aren't big bads, they still need to be at least somewhat dangerous. Right now, the most threatening type of Grimm is the Goliath, just because Goliaths were played up by how massive they are and what Oobleck said and we haven't seen anyone fight them yet! I swear to God, if Team RWBY kills one without any help... I want what Oobleck said to be foreshadowing, for the Goliaths to actually get an opportunity to get into Vale and wreck things, for bullets to do jack shit to them, for the students to need help.

The entire reason that Weiss and Yang losing their fights in No Brakes was refreshing is because there's no sense of danger or tenseness if the good guy characters always win every single battle. There's no sense of danger or tenseness when it comes to the Grimm because the Grimm have barely even come close to winning any battles. The only "almost-win" moments that could possibly count are

1. Nevermore + Death Stalker teamup, pinning Ruby and going in for the kill.

2. The fact that Weiss got tripped up by the Boarbatusk. Though, that's pretty much all that was, Weiss getting tripped up.

Hell, even the Paladins, the latest in battle mech technology, were weak shit.