Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-158.125.243.29-20150329080244/@comment-25555436-20150419172241

ObiWanCokeNosey wrote: Ruby is 15, and she basically took out a horde of Grimm without batting an eyelash.. Ruby was fighting Beowulves, literally the weakest of the weakest among Grimm. Plus, they had no armor. Out-of-universe, it was an older design, yes, but In-Universe it could mean they were newborns. They were so young they hadn't even grown the bone plates the other Beowulves show in the show. So don't be so surprised.

Think about this: A 1st year Hunter team, literally the rookies, could keep an entire horde of Grimm under control even when half of them were tired, taking down dozens of dozens of Grimm per minute, without any problems at all. And a 2nd year Hunter team, only somewhat more experienced, still very far from professionals, can do more than that in seconds, including 1-hit-killing Nevermores, King Taijitus and Deathstalkers.

Now, if that's the strength of a 2nd Year team, not even 3rd year, then imagine the strength of a graduated, profesional Hunter team. As soon as you do that, you realize the Grimm are a complete joke. They have always been a joke. They try to make them seem tough and smart, but they fail once you realize that. The only reason we get this "Humanity is forced to hide behind it's kingdoms's walls because of the Grimm", is because...just because, honestly. That element is only there just to add more color to the narrative and Remnant, the Grimm are only there to fill space. Literally, in both senses of that word, the Grimm are there just to fill space, so Monty could try to explain why Hunters exist, because he couldn't find a better explanation that didn't include the Grimm.

Just look at how secondary they are. The only ones that are actually important to the plot, are all human or faunus. The Grimm are extremely secondary, from a narrative PoV you can see how they are there just so Monty could add some fights here and there if he wanted. Sure, you could say they are not inteligent and as such couldn't make a good plot just with them....except Dragon Age used uninteligent monsters that are probably even less smart and made a good plot with them.

The Darkspawn, corrupt dark chaotic savage creatures of destruction, destroyed 99% of the old Dwarven empire and basically keep them in their 2 remaining cities, almost destroyed civilization, made an entire land's fauna and flora die permanently from the sheer corruption alone. They are barely smarter than a zombie. They proved to be tough adversaries both story and gameplay wise. 4/5 of the entire plot of Origins at large circles around the Darkspawn. And yet, I say again, they are barely smarter than a zombie, less smart than an adult Grimm let alone an old one, and DA still used them like the Grimm should have been used, and made a good plot with them where they were actually important.

The Grimm should be what we are told: strong, potentially smart and tough creatures of chaos, but they haven't been. Not at all, and it's been 2 fucking years, 2 fucking Volumes, while the fucking Darkspawn proved their strength in just 1 fucking hour. Hell, less than an hour actually. The Grimm are just there to fill space and add some fights and their only oportunity to cause chaos was a total failure that even General Custer would've done a better job. The Darkspawn actually served a real purpose not just to the narrative and world, but to the actual plot as well.