Board Thread:Administrative Requests/@comment-37076256-20181111001255

Every counter argument against this has been poor, I'll even make a list of a few counter arguments against this and I'll explain why they are poor.

"Elders don't gain new abilities" Actually older Grimm do, for example the Queen Lancers gains the ability to shoot out the spikes on its face.

"It has a different face" This is an especially poor argument because ever since volume 3 elders have always had different faces. The Alpha Beowolf has slightly different markings, a more narrow snout, and even gains some extra external skull on its bottom jaw. Queen Lancers have different shaped eyes, different looking mouths, incredibly different facial spikes, less facial armor and unlike their youths they don't even have markings on their faces at all.

"They have different tails" This is probably the most valid point I've been given. However one important thing to note is, why is the snake tail white? If the Sphinx is an entirely different creature seperate from the Manticores why would the tip be white similar to that of a Manticore's stinger? I believe if the Sphinx was intended to be an entirely different creature all together then the snake tail would just be black like most Grimm. 