User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Glavenus/@comment-6050823-20161125033916/@comment-26034899-20161125210029

Abiorugu had the idea of an intelligent brute with a flaming sword for a tail first, no doubt about that, but Glavenus made it cooler with his complex mechanics. And Abbie served as a substitute to Deviljho in Frontier as the voracious, nomadic menace before the giant angry pickle made its way into the spinoff, so you could argue that they're both knockoffs in a sense.