Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-24198837-20140509204718

Man, I take a break for a day and this thread explodes. Anyway:

Very true Dex, the loving nature of an animal like my lab doesn't matter when you're getting torn apart by a more violent creature.

However, animals aren't violent without a cause. Elephants defend their young with extreme force. Wolves tear you apart if you stray to far into their pack's terrirory. Many predatory animals won't actually attack Humans unless they are provoked. Even if it's something simple, like to feed (which keeps them alive), animals have reasons to attack. Although we humans, as higher beings, see ways around violence, animals aren't as advanced. If a Tigeress kills three people who stray to close to her young, it's understandable. She didn't know any better. If a woman on the street stabs three people for walking to close to her baby carrige, it's a terrible murder. This is where the Grimm come in. These creatures seem to have a pathalogical need to harm. They don't do it to survive, protect their young, or stay alive, they do it because they're evil. If you released a bunch of tigers in a city, they'd be terrified. They may kill, but they may also run and hide. A bunch of Grimm tigers (if there exists such a thing), though, would start a slaughter. The animal would kill out of instinct, confusion. The Grimm would kill to kill. You can't control it. A tiger you could distract, trap, confuse. With the Grimm, it's kill or be killed. They're evil, and using that evil will to your advantage makes you just as evil.