Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20170108170343/@comment-30530552-20170121154827

Honestly, putting a Grimm there now would be pretty stupid. Qrow is already dying. All that needs to happen for him to not save him is not show a person who can help him appear. A strong Grimm wouldn't help making Grimm scary. For starters, it's clearly not about the Grimm - they seem to have a pretty minor role all things considered. 2nd) Qrow is no condition to fight anything at all, so fighting a Grimm right now, would not make a Grimm seem stronger and scarier; 3rd) Even if the result was to show Jaune and Ruby having no choice but to run, it would still make no sense. It's obvious they would have to fight it, since Qrow in his condition would never be capable of stopping a Grimm for a significant period of time and if the Grimm is that strong, it would go after Ruby and Jaune.

Grimm weren't impressive at Vale because of Torchwick, White fang and Cinder, but that scenario would make Grimm impressive? Killing a warrior who is already more dead than alive? I agree that the Grimm have had a minor role, but I completely disagree on the matter with it being stupid. If that were the case, then say good-bye to the RNJR vs Geist fight in the premiere, or the V4 character short for that matter, as both were meant to show that the Grimm have grown stronger and the heroes need extra skill to overcome them. Besides, we've already had a great deal of foreshadowing this season that some really bad Grimm has destroyed several villages, either on its own or with help, and it led to [presumably] Ren's tragic backstory. If that isn't enough reason for it showing up, then I don't know what is.

Secondly, I don't think that the bandit tribe would be their adverseries there, because as of now they haven't had a particularly large role, and I see no reason for Raven to get involved. So who does that leave? The Grimm.

Third, the Grimm were just there as a back-up plan at Beacon, just to make sure extra death and destruction was to occur. Besides, when you've got giant Paladins and robots shooting at innocents, that aspect is gonna ultimately be toned down.