Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-1246036-20130830021743

This is just a collection of random thoughts that I had after reading around the Speculation Board, so I'll just throw them out there. I know its very contrived, but anyways, wall of text, here we go:

I think both Adam and Blade are Fauna (or Grimm, so I'll say beast for now on. I'll explain later), or at least in part, as indicated by "From Shadows", and that Blake has cat-like eyes (and that Adam covers his). Both are faced with an identity crisis: do they side with the humans or beast? On one hand, Adam is more beast indicated by his lack of concern for the lives of the crew, and on the other, Blake is more human because she drew the line at killing them and thus leaving Adam.

Also, as we know, human and Grimm are separated by the presence of a soul, and thus humans can use their Aura, while Grimm cannot. I don't know know how the Fauna fit in though. Perhaps only Fauna can devolve into Grimm by the loss of their soul/aura, or that they are further down the path to becomming Grimm.

And, from what we know, Moonslice seems to be a "forbidden technique", due to the fact that he only used it as a final resort. Thus, its extreme power must come at an extreme cost: likely at the expense of a part of his soul (by consuming Aura). On a side note, I think the moon indicates the condition of the person's soul or the strength thereof, or at the very least, it indicates something about each character. This is because Ruby and Yang have their own "moon" in the ending of the "Yellow" Trailer. Thus, by using Moonslice, used his Aura (and thus sacrificed part of his soul), indicated by the shattering moon, to absorb/deflect the attack, and becoming closer to becoming Grimm.

TL;DR: I think that humans and/or fauna (and thus Adam and Blake), and Grimm are connected by the condition of their soul; that one loses parts of their soul as they use up their Aura, and if one loses their soul, they become Grimm. But what does that matter to the plot? Perhaps Blake will be faced with situations where she must sacrifice part of her soul in order to save her team, ultimately having to save them from the Grimm by becoming one. Beyond that I don't know.

But yeah, very contrived. 