Quote Originally Posted by wobner View Post
Spoiler: Season 4 episode 10(the whole season really)
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We are constantly told how dangerous remnant is, and shown what, 3 cities this season alone that have been destroyed, and yet ruby and company could be on a hiking trip for all the trouble they've gotten into up till this episode. really the one threat they faced, that was grim and that i recall, was a commission job to get jaune's armor. They are honestly so terrified that Jaune, left on guard duty, wandered off to practice, leaving the others asleep and unawares...

How do you reconcile the supposed threat they keep bringing up, and the carnage it has supposedly wrought, with the casual walk about they keep showing and power of the hunters? I could hand wave Yang and Ruby's cabin in the woods by assuming the cities were heavily patrolled, and they are just on the outskirts, but this "dangerous" trek they are currently on has destroyed any suspension of disbelief. Even blakes boat ride is kinda ridiculous in my eyes. They encountered exactly one grim? If there were truely threats out there, wouldn't you have convoys, military escorts.
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Can someone rationalize this for me, or tell me what i missed. pretty please?

The simplest explanation for me would be that:
1) Grimm populations and Grimm attacks aren't evenly distributed. Grimm could be anywhere. That doesn't mean that they are everywhere.
2) Large populations attract Grimm, because more people means more negative emotions.
3) Large populations are more vulnerable to attack, because they can't all fight back, and can't all easily hide or flee.

All of which mean that a small team of hunters is less likely to be attacked, and more able to defend itself (or escape) than a town or village full of non-combatants.

It's analagous to the Lord of the Rings (I can't remember the exact quote), or real-world special forces: a small, elite team can have more chance of success than a large army, because its stealthier, more agile, and can better pick and chose its battles.