Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-12443850-20130808003319/@comment-10545520-20130811045834

Nah, it was my fault. I should have thought clearer before I posted that gigant wall of text XD

I guess we could just continue the conversation later on our wall pages or something--it is a pretty interesting topic.

Anyways, to bring it back on track;

One Grim organism (not really "monster" per se) I'd like to see would be would be something that probably wouldn't even be actually "seen" on film.

Following up on the theories that the Grim might actually just be the corruption of mankind, except writ large, I'd like to see some sort of "microscopic" Grim creature, like almost like a virus or something. Except that instead of attacking the body, it attacks the soul (or, at least, the mind). It makes the character question: What is the purpose to all this conflict? Why was I even born, if the world is so much pain? Why not just give up now, and live our days in hedonistic bliss? You are Hunters, the best of the best. You could do anything you want. Why shouldn't you then?

I think the beauty of this kind of beast, is that you can't fight it through strength of arms. Oh sure, when the characters discover it is a kind of disease, they could use Dust to cure it (probably--we still don't know how it works) but until then, all they have would be their personal convictions to carry out the day.

Then, this would let us see how the characters deal with something they cannot fight.

Almost amusingly though, I would see characters such as Blake, being the most cynical of them all, falling the most quickly to the despair and ennui caused by such an attack. Ruby, with all her idealism and steadfast belief that world, could, and should, be better, would be able to fight it on her own terms, and in the end, perhaps even triumph over it. Interestingly, I believe one character that would greatly help in a series where such a monster exists would be Ozpin. Most likely, in his advanced age, he has asked himself already all these questions, and the fact that he can still be so chipper (well, except when he is giving opening speeches) suggests he has triumphed over his own inner demons. Considering he is a character who's model is based after Monty himself, giving him a few moments of badassitude on screen would be entirely appropriate.

Though admittedly, I would admit an arc like this would probably span multiple episodes and take incredible talented writers to script out.