Talk:Grimm/@comment-58.7.82.142-20140314104850/@comment-24.7.174.137-20140315075700

The Grimm are not like animals, though. According to Pyrrha, animals have an aura. The Grimm however, do not. That clearly isn't just something that students are told, because Pyrrha has the ability to sense and interact with aura, so she would know the difference. And it isn't just that they can't USE aura, but they actually LACK it. After all, Jaune couldn't use his aura prior to Pyrrha unlocking it, but he still had it all along. Also, they are "manifestations of anonymity", which indicates that they are not born naturally, but generated by some unknown force. They just manifest. I theorize that perhaps they are the result of some experiment gone wrong or practice of dark magic. Also, it can't be said that ALL Grimm resemble animals. We've only seen six so far, and we still don't know what exactly that giant armor from the White trailer is. Also, it doesn't seem that the Grimm are dependent on a source of meat. Normally, when a wolf or a bear (for example), attacks their prey, they bite and aim for the back or neck. I've never seen any of the Grimm (so far) try to actually bite or eat anyone, (though they're obviously capable of it) they tend to use projectiles and claws, etc. After all, if the Nevermore just wanted food and was trying to eat Ruby, it could easily have just swooped down, grabbed her, and gobbled her up as birds of prey do (and a bird of that size could do so with ease). Instead, it decided to attempt to impale her. Even if use of projectile feathers were the Nevermore's natural way of hunting, it still would have swooped down after her if it was interested in food, but it never did. Also, I can't see why the Nevermore would work with the Deathstalker. If they were really that hungry, they may have just tried to eat one another. After all, birds DO eat insects... That's another thing about the Grimm that separates them from animals; animals eat other animals. None of the Grimm have been shown to eat another Grimm, which seems like a more natural thing to do rather than specifically hunt humans. It seems the Grimm are inclined to kill and generally inflict pain rather than simply find food. It was said in the first Production Diary that Volume 2 would reveal what the Grimm are really capable of, which seems to entail that the Grimm are able to do something we haven't seen before. For all that we know at the moment, they may go around stealing souls (like the Heartless from Kingdom Hearts). It seems we'll just have to wait and see.