User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Glavenus/@comment-4969421-20161126123959/@comment-24965733-20161127175658

Convergence versus a copy, the result is the same, a monster that in concept is pretty much identical to something that already exists. Intention does not matter here. And since you're so insistent upon comparing with raizex, let's compare the two, shall we?

The lone, singular element of glavenus's concept that differentiates it from abio, without getting into minutiae like coloration, spike placement, which dinosaur they're based on, etc, is that it can sharpen and heat its tail. Every other element to its design- fire-breathing, dinosaur-based brute wyvern with a blade tail -is shared by abio.

Now, raizex. You compared it to quite a few monsters. When comparing to everything you mentioned but Seltas Queen, the insectoid elements of its design serve as a strong differentiator between the two monsters. When comparing to salt kwen, that it is an electrical flying wyvern rather than a water bugtank is a huge difference. And beyond that, while the idea of electrical monsters charging up isn't exactly new, raizex being able to charge up individual body parts certainly is. Plus, an insect-like flying wyvern is a completely unique design in the series (to my recollection), as opposed to the largely overplayed dinosaur-inspired brute wyvern.

tl;dr, complete originality doesn't hugely matter or even really exist-you're always going to be able to trace back a lot of elements to other monsters, or even stuff outside of MH, especially with reused skeletons like the F4 (save gammo). What does matter is whether or not your concept ends up completely the same as an already existent monster, a pitfall glav falls into hard. Comparing to mons that do take elements from other monsters (like every single monster in the series) but don't fully crib another's concept, like the rest of the F4, is a false equivalence.