Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29684190-20181107222709

Since the entire Sphinx comment section flooded with the Sphinx-Manticore relation I'm just gonna share this analysis

(This is more of a "they are so different that they're not related" tbh)

(Made it as a thread because I feel forum threads are better for debating and I feel sorry for the comment section on the Sphinx page...)

Imo saying that the Sphinx is an older Manticore is wrong as the Manticore has a different enough design/biology. It has more bone plates and has it would need to lose them as it "grows up"



Bone mane: the Manticore has a big bone mane that wraps around the entire neck, while the Sphinx...doesn't... Manti's bone mane also has jagged spines, while the Sphinx's are much smoother.

The Manticore's upper jaw bone mask has really big fangs and has giant bull horns... neither of which the Sphinx has.

Manti has a wide nose, Sphinx has a smaller one, the neck is also elongated.



Manti has 4 fingers and claws. Sphinx has only 3

Manti's tail plates each feature 3 spikes. Sphinx's are just flat. (also the obvious scorpion - snake thing)

It's kinda troublesome comparing other Grimm as both Beowolves and Ursai have gone through redesignes while moving to Maya, but no Grimm so far has lost bone plates, had such a drastically different head, tail, or had a different amount of fingers... while growing up.

tl;dr

Unless RT says that as Manticores grow they lose their fangs, lose their bone mane, lose their horns, lose their fingers... change the shape of their face... I'd say there's no relation. 