User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: Where are the Grimm?/@comment-5217560-20140915000437

Wow, so many wonderful ideas and discussions in the comments, as usual. That's what I love most about your speculative blog. You encourage deep thought and hair brained schemes! Besides Maki's and Dark's, your blogs are ones I really look foward to reading every week on here! #muchappreciated

Ah now, as for what I think the Grimm have been doing. Hmmm if Monty himself has stated that he erred in his llustration of the Grimm thus far, portraying them to be, then I hope he is more careful in the future regarding that issue.

But let's take a moment and re-examine the Grimm threat we've seen so far. Contrary to popular belief, I believe the Nevermore and Deathstalker were challenging. I know, they were taken out by first year teams, but that's the point. These fearsome creatures were taken out by TEAMS. First year, yes, but most of these rookies(with the exception of Jaune)have been training to fight for most of their lives. The children could not defeat both of those creatures individually, and we all know how capable they are separately(exlcuding Juane), so they pulled their already exceptional skills together and executed exemplary team coordination. However on the flip side of that, that would mean we would need even more powerful Grimm creatures to challenge these teams, specially since they have now been training together for months. I like to think the Nevermore and Deathstalker were a warmup for bigger things to come.

Creatures likes the Boarbatusk, beowolf, and Ursas are low tier for the likes of skilled Hunters and Hunters in training. Granted, I agree, they aren't much of a threat now. As the show goes on, I'm positive we'll just in fact what the Grimm are truly capable of. If they ransacked a city, and killed many civilians, or even fought on par with someone like Adam and lived(while inflicting heavy damage) I think that would legitmately raise the threat level. I would also be on board wth them killing some beacon students. Or even Mercury or Emerald. That in itself would be a "Oh sh*t" moment.

It's interesting to note, that while Grimm creatures lack a spirit, they have shown some animalistic tendencies(like the Ursa major attacking Cardin because it smelled sap). I know that's small, but it makes me wonder if there isn't a softer side to these beings. For example, if instead they were born rather than just formed from the depths of darkness, could one raise a baby grimm creature and curve it's natrual tendencies? Or does being a creature of enimity soley eliminate any and all possibility of them being good? I would like to get into that. Could these creatures be pets and/or companions. But that itself begs the question whether Grimm are actually born or made through the void.

Anyway, for the time being, I think they've just been doing what they have been doing: Chilling at home. Their numbers have probably been increasing steadily over the years(I wonder if Hunters monitor Grimm population)and so they are probably venturing out of their territory more frequently, which makes for more interaction between them and humans/faunus. What is annoying me is that we really don't know much about them at all or how they operate, if there even is an operation behind them. They may be like Hollows, and follow their own animalistic instincts. It would super interesting if a Grimm Deity of some sorts pulled all the strings behind them. Sigh. so many possibilties. nfjabhjbgjksbfhjkbduhds. I wrote a lot, I'm sorry! When the topic comes to Creatures of Grimm, my brain just overloads.