Talk:Penny Polendina/@comment-6582316-20150828011428/@comment-25555436-20150828133422

The things I miss for going to sleep....my personal theory now, since everyone seems to be telling them now.

The Grimm are soulless, empty beings born from negative emotions and driven entirely by a desire to kill mankind, for some reason.

Being soulless and empty, they are not actually alive. They die if you stab it long enough, yes, but they don't need to eat, sleep, drink, or poop. This makes them different from animals, since every single animal is driven by their need of survival, which the Grimm don't seem to follow.

Young Grimm, are fucking stupid, and as such will happily jump into combat with the nearest crushable thing they notice even if said thing has proven itself 2 seconds ago to be capable of crushing a Deathstalker in 1 hit, right in front of them. They are so stupid, they lack a sense of danger, a sense of personal survival, and as such will play berzerk.

Older Grimm however, are not stupid, though not inteligent either as much as they are just smarter and possibly more cunning. They know, from experience, that just jumping towards every Hunter they see will just get them killed, they recognize the danger and know that swooping is bad, for them.

Instead, old Grimm develop patience. Instead of jumping at every oportunity they get, they learn to wait for the best oportunity to jump at. If a Hunter has company, they don't attack it, but if the Hunter's alone and possibly injured, it's a better moment to strike, unless the Grimm doesn't feel like it is.

I also think that the Grimm only feel negative emotions, like hate and fear, being made up only from them. Basically, all Grimm hate mankind, turn it into rage. Young Grimm are like hormonal teenagers or dumb kids, and will try to kill every man and woman they see fearlessly, and fail hard.

Adult Grimm however are not that dumb, they learn not to try to crush every single worm they find, turn their rage into Quiet Rage, which makes them more effective when trying to kill someone (the armor helps) as they will do more than just blindly swing their arms, but also makes them more patient and calm compared to younger ones.

Now, whether they can actually plan things, is debatable. No animal on Earth can do that, except Humans because we are superior in inteligence. However, all animals and most insects know how to "be a team" and take oportunities. For example, wolves. They don't actually plan things out, they see a prey, the leader says kill it, they kill it. However, they act as a single unit, in cohersion, and that allows them to perform more effective tactics such as ambushes. It's more like what Jaune did in ep8; he didn't make an entire plan, he saw the oportunity and gave orders.