Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-173.58.251.107-20141031062724

Zolnir wrote: You're forgetting that these are Grimm close to human cities; they are hunted regularly. Why do you think livestocks are livestocks? Once upon they are wild animals, but now you can throw a chicken into the middle of a road, and it's probably too dumb to dodge a running car.

The Grimm close to human cities have little chance for growth through survival. They were killed before they can become wise and old enough to be a terrifying threat, and if you think humans are stupid enough that they can't even gauge the power level of the Grimm right outside their borders you are sorely mistaken.

Again, I understand what you're saying, but this is a problem of execution and has nothing to do with in-world logic. The main issue with the whole episode was that the Grimm, previously touted as being the "greatest threat" to humanity, were basically slaughtered by ten year olds. If the greatest threat to humanity is slaughtered by kids, that's not really much of a threat.

The Grimm were set up as being extremely dangerous, powerful, and matches for the Hunters and Huntresses, instead they became little more than cannon fodder, since a girl with a chaingun was able to more or less kill off half the invasion force singlehandedly, wiping out the high level Grimm that gave two entire teams trouble within seconds. It should have been a grand battle that carried an undertone of desperation and hopelessness, with the realization that even if the fight is won, there will have been casualties, but it instead became a one-sided slaughterfest with literally no consequences.