Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25555436-20150726193923/@comment-25555436-20150727190819

Phantomlink959 wrote: we also don't know how the negativity thing works. it's possible Remnant has some sort of universal morality and violating it creates ripples that attract the grimm.

for reference; when i say universal morality i mean sort of like the concept of a universal truth that a person who always knows when a lie is being told would be tapping into. ...Honestly Phantom, that sounds like fanfic bullshit. Even Surana's attempt-at-argument made more sense. There can't be "Universal Morality", if only because what counts as Moral depends on the person. The Mayans sacrificed people. To us, that's inmoral. To them, it's the contrary.

@Surana:

1-Why is it impractical? You compare it with nuclear bombs, but nuclear bombs have actual reasons to be impractical (or better said, Too Awesome To Use instead of actual Awesome But Impractical). But you didn't explain why Nerve Stapling is impractical. Just because you think it's cruel it doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. Hell, your only reasoning is literally "it shouldn't be used". What kind of fucking bullshit justification is that? Come up with actual reasons, or shut up, with all due respect.

2-Yes, there might...but we don't really know about them. We know the Grimm are attracted to negative emotions, but barely anything else. We don't know if they have Eagle Vision, if they can smell you like hounds, if they can always see you, if you get their attention. The first and last make camouflage useless, and the second would require very good smell-cover (a police hound has insane skills at following a trail through smell, what about things that are more than simple animals?).

3-Do you honestly think pessimism=being sad, angry, or scared? Don't be a fucking moron, that is not the case at all. Pessimist: Expecting that if X can go wrong, it will. That doesn't mean you are always sad/angry/scared. They are completely unrelated. Don't mix them up, alright? Not all pessimists are Wangsty Emos, and not all Wangsty Emos are pessimist. Got it memorized?

4-I don't think the Grimm are that easily attracted by negative emotions. Plus, they have mostly been inside Vale, behind the walls that protect the kingdom. If a Grimm army actually got them, even in the Emerald Forest which is still inside Vale, it would actually make things interesting, wouldn't it?

@Anon:

-Yes, it overwrites them, forcefully. It's supposed to be a short-term solution, but not a long-term one. Though if a government somehow keeps it hidden from the public the long-term possible issues would decrease if not right away nulled.

-Like you said, we don't know how they are created. That's why everything about their origins and how they multiply is almost never used as an argument; it's all just assumptions, not even theories.

So while your explanation may be logical and a realistic outcome, it may well be wrong for all we know.