High Guardian Spice makes me feel embarrassed to be Bisexual (High Guardian Spice review)

[@NobleLucy]

I like my women like I like my men. That's it.

[@extremelyhappysimmer]

Medium well with a side of mashed potatoes?

[@MrPuglover55]

Tall, blonde and handsome?

[@bumblaur]

yo same!!!! i'm aro 😎

[@WarriorPNG]

i like my humans like i like my friends nonexistent

[@Arlesmon]

a perfecty 50/50 or a slight preference for women or men?

[@Troublethecat]

There's no incest btw. Sage said "Cousin Anise," not "Cousin and Niece." It's another moment of bad voice acting.

[@corypowercat7277]

That and when your cousin marries someone that person becomes your cousin.

[@rinyukiohara8178]

Doesn’t help the subtitles don’t work.

[@amandaarlt4948]

Thank you for saying that for the longest time I thought she said cousin and niece this whole time!

[@justradiclesandco]

@@corypowercat7277 Yep, it’s kind of like aunt in-laws and and uncle in-laws. Phrasing does sounds rough, so they probably could have just said the characters’ names or just say cousin and cousin in-law

[@boobysr]

I just thought it was a sailor moon joke

[@rinyukiohara8178]

I feel insulted that Caraway is the one representing trans people. I’m trans myself and maybe bisexual, still feeling the waters on that one. Anyway, seeing that all he is boils down to “I’m transgender” is bad. We are not defined by a single trait, we have so much more to us. We are people who are trans. Being trans is a part of us, not who we are. Yet the show thinks that being trans is good enough and they can stop developing his character there. I think he’s the professor that we spend the most time with so it’s not an excuse to say he’s a side character so that’s why they ignored literally everything else about him. That’s my rant on their portrayal of trans.

[@hornetsilksong]

Holy shit you're right. Caraway literally doesn't have a personality LOL. He has the dimensionality of a piece of paper

[@EpicSandwich301]

Thanks for helping me summarising feelings about his character.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

Caraway is Raye Rodriguez, the show's creator. Caraway looks like Raye Rodriguez and is voiced by Raye Rodriguez. The point of the character is Raye Rodriguez talking directly to the audience. It is the second worst case of a self insert character I have ever seen.

[@BrandonTrex]

@@schwarzerritter5724 what’s the first?

[@schwarzerritter5724]

@@BrandonTrex Do you know comic reviewer Linkara? He had a webcomic called Lighbringer. The main character Lightbringer is already a self insert, but later, another character called Linkara appears and the interaction between both self insert characters is one of unintentionally funniest things I have ever read.

[@megatonhammer9478]

The irony of HGS? It takes from Little Witch Academia, RWBY, and ATLA and yet they still cannot come up with a single bit of world building that would make any part of the story somewhat interesting. Lol

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

I feel like HGS also takes stuff from The Owl House and Steven Universe as well

[@schwarzerritter5724]

@@kittykittybangbang9367 What does it take from those shows?

[@iamthesenate5769]

@@schwarzerritter5724 The big gay

[@happythoughts3170]

@@schwarzerritter5724 Definitely Steven Universe’s art style and attempt to make more “feminine” guys, but SU did it alot better.

[@terrencenoran3233]

They basically put all of their focus into their characters without thinking of the story or the worldbuilding. Or rather, they already thought of their generic concept and story (possibly like 5 sentences worth), decided to stick with it (without going for a second or third draft), and then put all of their creative energy into their characters.

[@gaming1zanagi-1999]

Another thing that I think the show is badly written is how they potrayed Snapdragon as trans when it is unnecessarily the case and I feel like they purposefully left out the fact that feminine men and tomboy women aren't necessarily trans and they can just be straight since feminity and masculinity are relative since we all can be bit leaning towards feminine side or masculine side despite being straight.

[@cacycay]

SO TRUE! gender non-conforming males and females don't have to all become trans to be interesting characters ^_^

[@gaming1zanagi-1999]

@@cacycay exactly in matter of fact Snapdragon being feminine boy who is straight creates more diversity.

[@cacycay]

@@gaming1zanagi-1999 i think you're right it'd show that a boy dressing the way he wants means that he's just an individual with his own taste, rather than stereotypes people put on girls, so it makes him a girl too.. idek if i worded it right but yea ^^"

[@gaming1zanagi-1999]

@@cacycay it's fine I think you worded it perfectly^^

[@MrAuthor3DS]

If Snap does transition, then he'd be proving so many negative opinions right - Sage's sexist rant that only girls can have deep friendships, and Call's snark about being his dad's "daughter". That's not standing up for himself! That's giving in to peer pressure!

[@makotoyuki345]

The only relatively good thing out of this was Snapdragon and Professor man’s (forgot the name) talk...even then the gender dysphoria came out of nowhere since his struggle was built more on toxic masculinity and wanting to me “feminine”, but not necessarily “female” Then again that’s my fault for expecting them to tackle the topic of being masculine or feminine without having “Just transition” as the answer (I’m a dude and I can be quite feminine and I’m still 100% secure being a man)

[@Lucky-si4ih]

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[@makotoyuki345]

@@Lucky-si4ih Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[@yuvgi]

Fear's awake, anger beats loud, face reality Never beat charity The enemy you're fighting covers all society (Damn right) Mommy's not here, gotta fight (All night)

[@lawgx9819]

Even then, the scene radiates grooming someone to become transgender and it just doesn't feel right even knowing the context

[@maddiemcnugget1076]

Yeah I never liked how the media depicts men who like girlier interests. Like at first theyre all gay or emo and now all men with feminine interests are gay or want to transition into a woman or are non-binary in some way. Of course they need and deserve representation but they certainly get more representation than a dude who just likes to paint his nails, go shopping in the mall, style his hair with hair accessories, maybe try out “women’s” clothes... it depends. But yeah it’s not like a man in real life can’t have more “girly” interests and still identify as male (and be any sexuality, including straight). It’s like a tom boy, but like... a tom girl I guess. It’s probably due to some sexist bs where “manly secure straight men cannot like girly things”

[@OneManCast]

Actually, Rage is a good ship name for Rosemary x Sage. Kind of how I felt for them blue balling my goddamned yuri ship.

[@T_E_G]

Accurate because Rage is the only thing they do with eachother

[@nightlightshinebright5552]

Rage is the only thing I feel when watching them interact

[@SonplaysMinEcraft]

"She's STRAIGHT!?!?" *"NOOOOOOOOOOO"*

[@jewels7018]

It’s not even a good shop, they aren’t compatible

[@keshiaanders6452]

Meanwhile, Thyme isn't just the typical tsundai character who secretly likes or loves one friend too much....she wants to have a polymorous relationship with all of her "friends." As hinted in the mermaid episode, where she's crushing of a mermaid named Coral, who looks like a fusion of Rosemary, Sage, and Parsley (and 12 years old Eww!).

[@nimijiantics2802]

Here’s how it goes Is the show about being gay? No Then the character being gay shouldn’t be a selling point. Yes being gay can be a character trait, it can be an arc, it can even be a personality even But it shouldn’t be a character as a whole or even the show it’s self if thats not what it is

[@rinyukiohara8178]

This is the reason why I hate how they wrote Caraway.

[@InnerAtanih]

Gay isn’t a personality. It’s a sexuality. That’s it. That’s all it ever was and all it ever will be. Making it more than that shows how hollow the characters are that they have literally nothing else to them then who they like to screw

[@EpicSandwich301]

@@InnerAtanih agree. It’s like making a fem character, and her entire personality is “likes girly stuff UwU” Lol

[@InnerAtanih]

@@EpicSandwich301 exactly lol also the uwu took me out lol

[@sethmachetedemeter]

Only character I honestly liked were Olive and Amaryllis(?) they just had good character moments and lines that actually stuck with me. Also I think the cousins are both called cousins bc since one married the other, the elf one became a cousin-in-law, similar to how when you marry someone, their siblings become siblings-in-laws to you.

[@NobleLucy]

The cousin thing honestly HONESTLY could have been worded soooooooo much better

[@sethmachetedemeter]

@@NobleLucy either way, video was more entertaining than most of HGS, and I’ve watched through it 3 times with friends for just how mediocre it is

[@vulpiixfoxx]

@@NobleLucy Apparently, from what I heard, “Cousin and niece” is actually “Cousin Anise”, so…if that makes you feel better…

[@liohawkes5123]

i feel like people who are praising the show for being LGBT+ inclusive are actually cishets that are just doing this for 'look how good of an ally i am' points while actual LGBTs who are a part of the group and know what its like are offended that the characters were boiled down to just 'i gay'

[@funnylittlecreature]

Oh thank god finally someone acting in good faith on this godforsaken hellsite Yes!! This show is fucking bad!! But so many people here are just using it to complain about “muh sjws” when that’s not the problem at all.

[@seomews]

or the gaybies whose only personality is “im gay, did you know im gay? im gay btw! just in case you didnt know i was gay”

[@liohawkes5123]

@@seomews IMO people like that are still in what I would call an 'infancy LGBT stage' - as it is stigmatized heavily in some parts of the world, being able to say that you are gay/trans/etc. is a moment of pride. Where I live you can get jailed for being LGBT, so my ability to say it to my friends is empowering and reassuring to all the uncertainty that plagued me for years. With enough reassurance, people grow quickly out of this stage, going on to be better and more confident people.

[@seomews]

@@liohawkes5123 that's why they're called gaybies lmao

[@dionysus-sama6338]

Agreed These people are pretending to be LGBT Cause in their smooth minds, being straight 8s next to being a certain evil person in history

[@avery5163]

i like thyme’s character design and that’s literally the only think i like about this show lol

[@zendzend5107]

Slime boy's horrible voice acting has a certain amount of meme levels, the idea has promise but everything else is either political correctness bullshit, mediocre to bland or just done much better in other franchises.

[@nikkistudio...]

Too bad her character is shit

[@rocketleax5]

@@nikkistudio... still waifu tho

[@gliscorpropagandaaccount1764]

@@rocketleax5 isn't that an entire child...

[@EpicSandwich301]

@@gliscorpropagandaaccount1764 wait she isn’t like, 17-18?

[@MrAuthor3DS]

I feel like "High Guardian Season" would've been a better title - it would still fit the main four's names and possibly have a double meaning (like this academy adventure is their time to grow or something).

[@sophied1703]

GOOD JOB

[@felinoidrose]

or high guardian herb. just fully lean into the fact they put "high" in their name lol

[@harlannguyen4048]

The names of the main characters are a reference to Scarborough Fair.

[@titanqueen7217]

@Harlan Nguyen Some terrible symbolism which makes no sense. Scarborough Fair is an old English folk song about unrequited love. Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme are herbs. What does any of that have to do with High Guardian Spice? Nothing! You can’t just use things as symbolism because you personally think they’re cool, you have to make them relevant to the story! It feels like Raye Rodriguez didn’t actually do any work on the show, he just threw together things he thought were cool with no rhyme or reason.

[@nameofthename]

i spent like a solid minute just laughing about the stupid ass bread

[@NobleLucy]

It'll forever haunt me and my dreams

[@Luizza_Oliveira]

I felt embarrassment and couldn't stop thinking: "who the hell come up with that shitty idea??" If they only watched any Ghibli movie they would understand that making a food PNG it's just sooo horrible, people like vivid things, that's why the animation of the food on Ghibli movies is sooo good that you want to stop watching and do the food yourself. Png food is the exact opposite.

[@naolucillerandom5280]

AND THE STREET LAMP

[@qhairullahrusyaidy]

@@NobleLucy we been haunted with Bread.png

[@imastuffedgoat7615]

One of my favorite comics, Hack/Slash, had the titular character, Cassie Hack, end up in a relationship with another girl. This relationship took years to build up and wasn't truly solidified until the very end of the series' initial run. Hack/Slash had a solid and logical conclusion, but was needlessly revived with a new writer, Tini Howard, who reduced Cassie to a horny lesbian who'll fuck any girl who catches her eye. It took the entirety of the initial run for Cassie to reach a point where she could actually let another person get close enough to have a genuine relationship with her. Tini Howard ignored every part of Cassie's character aside from "was in a relationship with a girl".

[@harlannguyen4048]

You think an editor would stop her from making such a dramatic change in her character...

[@imastuffedgoat7615]

@@harlannguyen4048 Tim Seeley, the franchise creator, was the one who chose Tini Howard as the new writer, I believe. He's still involved.

[@anonymouslucario285]

What does this have to do with the video?

[@Angelic_Dreamz]

I feel you, this makes me embarrassed to be a female, due to the constant misandry in it!!

[@Gazing-09]

I didn't know about misandry in there.

[@cheesecakebunny2002]

Same here miracle girl

[@kaplingnag7267]

me too! just ugh-

[@MrAuthor3DS]

@@Gazing-09 Let's just say this series has two token toxic men (well, one seems more like a himbo than a toxic man) and Sage rambling about how no guy could ever have a friendship as deep as girls do (all because Rosemary was making eyes at said himbo).

[@JohnDoe-dv6zb]

Good! Now wallow in it! 😀

[@naraku971]

I've said it on another video by someone else concerning the fact that this show was made primarily of females, The claims themselves are well they're misogynistic, and Kate Leth is also a Misandrist, I don't know where the claim "this sort of project has never been done before" (in their case, something created by women) when it can be easily proven that things can be proven to be made by women? Like Demon Slayer was created by a woman, Inu-Yasha is made by Rumiko Takahashi, a very iconic woman who is arguably one of the most famous mangaka in the world, she did other titles such as Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2... Clamp, a four woman team well known for their titles like XXX Holic, Tsubasa Chronicle, Chobits, Angelic Layer, magic knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura, as well as doing character designs for Code Geass, Full Metal Alchemist? Woman, Sailor Moon? Woman, Vampire Knight? Woman, Blue Exorcist, Ouran Highschool Host Club, D Gray Man, Noragami, Blood+, Black Butler, Nana, (as much as it is cringe for me at this point) Steven Universe, created by a woman, Star Vs. The forces of evil, you'd think they'd have some iota of intelligence to know that they're spewing bullshit if they just looked it up.

[@zeldaprincessgirl100]

Yep, they've been doing it a lot longer than these women in the studio.

[@sinfulpuritan3430]

Yeah. Another thing I find awful is the fact that all the men in the show, besides that one trans masc professor, is either a bad guy, a bully, or a very shy and feminine man. I ESPECIALLY find the fact that the professor being the only good male character that show up often a red flag, because many groups try to feminize trans men and treat them more like women. Especially some radical feminist groups, from what I have heard, treat trans men as having to be protected since they are born female and trans women as a threat since they 'are stealing real women's identities'. Again, that is only something I have heard, but I have seen many trans men complaining about it online.

[@funnylittlecreature]

>uses the word females unironically in a non scientific fashion >opinion disregarded like yeah the show is very dumb and mediocre but this comment section is very sus amogus

[@harlannguyen4048]

@@sinfulpuritan3430 You can argue that the blacksmith teacher and the black monk teacher are good male role models, but I know what you mean. All the male characters that actually matter fit your categories.

[@sinfulpuritan3430]

@@harlannguyen4048 Yeah. I only watched a few clips because my friend told me to, so I do not think I have seen the monk. I usually watch clips of shows before getting into a show in order to figure out if the show would be something I like or if I would be uncomfortable (I tend to find a few topics to be triggering for my anxiety, so I use clips to gague the chances of if the show might be triggering.) And the clips I saw were REALLY uncomfortable for me, not anxiety-wise but just in general, so I didn't watch. I think I saw one clip with the blacksmith, and he seemed alright, but also unimportant to the plot as you said.

[@canariawing]

i want to put my two cents in about the part where rosemary calls the two gays the blue girls "cousins". the way i interpret this is that the purple one is her cousin through blood and the white haired one is the cousins wife, and is now a part of the family through marriage. i don't think it was intended to imply incest though it definitely sounded that way, but it's not uncommon for young people to call their cousins spouse their cousin too

[@deltathecomic4765]

I’m so glad you mentioned Arcane because that’s really the best part of subtle, normalized queer representation. It was great from a character and story standpoint but it also threw me for a total loop because it was such a nice surprise to have smooth yet acknowledged representation in a show so good.

[@princessinfrills]

I love representation done like this, and there are really good examples in video games! For example in Nier: Automata, at one point an android needs you to recover her lover's stuff I think, and you discover that that lover was another female android. In Nier: Replicant, Kainé is intersex and Emil's gay but it's never thrown in your face, more like traits you see if you listen to the dialogues and quest details. Even in MWII where Laswell mentions her wife in a small convo. It's always subtle and not made to look like "Oh they're gay and that's it!" It's a part of their characters, not them as a whole.

[@Mohmar2010]

Bruh i really hate these kinds of shows A lot of talented people make interesting stories, yet they don't get a chance at all While whatever that was gets a shit load of budget, and honestly your video game me some ideas to rewrite something im making for myself lol Overall good video, always enjoy them

[@Saltedroastedcaramel]

Shows like this really does cause decent show ideas to not get greenlit

[@anonymouslucario285]

@@Saltedroastedcaramel example?

[@sodapop-rockstar]

I feel like the traveling segment they spent so much time on in episode one could've been condensed to a montage where each traveling method only gets a couple seconds shown and that on its own would've been a huge improvement just because of how much of a waste of time it is to drag that part out. Speaking of wasted time, I hate that they spent so much time on trixies in the first episode just to never use them in the series again. Episode one is the first and last episode I remember seeing those things in. Meanwhile the frog goats get a couple brief, unimportant appearances sprinkled throughout the show, which is what I think they should've went for with the trixies. I get the feeling the issue of the plot stopping just to watch magic squirrel mating in episode one was an issue with the writing team for this episode specifically, because the fantasy animals in other episodes don't have the "stop the story flow in its tracks to focus way too much on unimportant animal thing" issue. Nothing like that happens with frog goats. The cave crabs get a short scene establishing how friendly they are, which becomes more important in retrospect since they start acting off later. The episode doesn't feed us pointless stuff about the crabs like: "this is how they make babies", " This is how they raise their young", etc.

[@jilliancrawford7577]

The cousin thing might be a very obscure reference to how Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus were censored to be cousins in the dub way back when, but that's not guaranteed and might just be bad writing that worked with a coincidence.

[@AbandonedHub2]

The only thing I like about this show is purple haired girl and the part when she has the axe

[@battybuddy]

One issue I found funny was the whole "Our team is so diverse" when it's all white women. That's not really diverse.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

When it comes to LGBT media, one of my favorite examples is a game called Heartbeat. About 80% of the cast are gay or bi, but they don't dwell much on it. It's treated about as casual as any other relationship. It's basically "This is my wife" "Cool." And all characters have more to them than just being gay. HGS also shows why I dislike many forms of LGBT Representation in media; they just exist and the creators believe that should be enough. Japan has tons of LGBT characters in their media, but they have more to them than just their sexuality or gender identity. And more importantly, the overall plot doesn't suffer. Street Fighter, Dragon Maid, Yuri on Ice, Zombieland Saga, Sailor Moon (reminder this was back in the 90s), Super Mario Bros./Paper Mario (referring to Birdo and Vivian), NieR & NieR: Automata, BlazBlue, Pokemon (there's a spinoff manga that has a trans character), an argument can be made for Higurashi, Senran Kagura, and Hyperdimension Neptunia.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

When you said heartbeat, I thought you were talking about that one short film called in a heartbeat

[@SaiyanGamer95]

@Bass Armstrong A lot of people overexaggerated, but that's besides the point. I'm talking about how LGBT characters are shown and revealed; the examples I gave are those people being treated casually, like its nothing special. Like normal people.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

@Bass Armstrong My friend is into it. I'm guessing that also has LGBT characters that are more than just their sexuality/gender identity?

[@user-zs9ux1ru8u]

Don't forget Wonder Egg Priority and Utena!

[@SaiyanGamer95]

@@user-zs9ux1ru8u I've honestly never heard of those. Well, I think I heard the former in passing.

[@sinfulpuritan3430]

High Guardian Spice makes me embarrassed about being a trans man. No more is needed to be said. Edit: Actually nevermind I will be going into it. That one scene where the trans masc professor (Idc enough to remember his name) basically EXPLAINS LIKE A WIKI PAGE about being trans, the in-world replacements for hormones and all that jazz feels super uncomfortable. Like, nobody would ever be that open about such things unless they are close friends of theirs and he was talking to a STUDENT about it. It felt really off, robotic, and made me uncomfortable. I never even watched the full show, but my friend showed me that scene and a few other ones, and I just felt unnerved. It just felt more like he was used as a walking sign that says "LOOK AT ME! I AM A TRANS MAN! LET ME GIVE YOU AN ENTIRE EXPLANATION OF WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT IT IS LIKE!" Instead of a character. If you are watching the show for the LGBTQ+, which if you actually were watching it seriously and not to rag on it you probably are, chances are you wouldn't need an explanation on what being transgender means. I also gives a bad portrayal of transgender people, making it seem like that transgendered individuals make their identities their lives (which, on the internet it might already seem that way, making the show's representation of them worse. On the internet most people do not post their entire lives. Just because someone talks about their gender identity a lot online doesn't mean that they make it their whole life. They might just be proud to finally come out or want a place ro vent because they are not accepted at home). I like the idea behind the character, but it could be executes better. I also dislike the fact that he is the only male identifying character that, as far as I know, isn't depicted as a villain. All of the cis men in the show, besides the few who act more feminine, are depicted as villains or as mean people. The women and transgendered individuals are depicted as good. It gives off the vibe that they are trying to feminize transgender men, which there are trans men who like to be more feminine in their style or presentation (and I think I heard that the professor might be like that? Idk as I said I never actually watched it. Actually, it might be the ginger kid I am thinking about.) but it has been an issue where many people try to present trans men in general as being more feminine when it isn't true. I have also heard that some radical feminist groups include trans men as a group that needs to be 'protected', but not trans women because of the fact that trans men were born female. They still treat them as women despite the fact they aren't, and disregard trans women, seeing thwm as a 'threat to real women'. Again, I only heard that, but I have heard some of the stuff going on about the creators of this show and I wouldn't be surprised if that is what is happening. From what I heard they have a whole 'hate all men' thing going on... Which makes the portrayal of the only trans man in the show being the only good male character that much more of a red flag when it comes to feminizing trans masc people. I don't really like radical feminist groups so I don't really care enough to learn about them unless it could be affecting me or if my mom is ranting about how much she hates something they did.

[@100organicfreshmemes5]

I feel like you've confused "woke" with simply having LGBT characters. Attack on Titan, The Owl House, The Legend of Korra, Arcane, etc. all have LGBT representation but aren't considered woke because they don't make as big of a deal out of it as HGS did. "Woke" is when literally all the writers/producers care about is having token characters put in, even if it makes no sense, or simply to virtue signal about how progressive they are while not actually putting any effort into the characters, story, worldbuilding, etc.

[@TuberoseKisser]

That's what the show feels like tbh

[@100organicfreshmemes5]

@@TuberoseKisser HGS is insanely woke, I didn't say it isn't.

[@funnylittlecreature]

It seems fairly obvious that you’ve forgotten that the original meaning of “woke” had a positive connotation, and was co-opted by chuds to whine about lgbt characters

[@funnylittlecreature]

Also btw what do you mean by “makes no sense”. what would make lgbt representation make sense in your opinion

[@100organicfreshmemes5]

@@funnylittlecreature In most cases the addition of LGBT characters is fine, but sometimes LGBT characters are added where it contradicts the world building or something else. A prime example being DC adding trans amazons. The amazons would kill or abandon male children, so for them to raise boys who then identify as women, or consider all their babies to be women even if they evidently have male biology is literally just ignoring sex, in which case there'd be no reason for them to hate men so much. It completely ignores the beliefs of the amazons in order to pander to trans people. As for the meaning of the word "woke", the definitions of words change all the time, like how "gay" used to mean happy, but now refers to homosexuality. I'd consider people who simply call anything with LGBT characters in it woke to not be using the word properly.

[@naolucillerandom5280]

I know the show is bad, but... that's... a dream scene. A DREAM SCENE. If you ask me it should've had even MORE inconsistencies. Also yes, she-ra is great.

[@3rebella]

This show made me know what not do as an aspiring writer.

[@incw.2601]

Oh man, I'm surprised you didn't mention the stolen shutterstock lamp post! Idk which episode that's in tho

[@NobleLucy]

WAIT WHAT

[@incw.2601]

@@NobleLucy YEAH THEY HAVE A STOLEN PHOTO OF A LAMP POST, YOU CAN SEE THE WATERMARK IN IT

[@NobleLucy]

Oh...oh no..

[@incw.2601]

found it kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnqxfq2kppyDZ5I They didn't even pay for it smh

[@aregulargamer1]

@@NobleLucy AFAIK there's also some shutterstock bread at some point.

[@Invader_Rin13]

I'm so glad you brought up Arcane when it came to doing gay characters right, because I absolutely loved Vi's and Caitlyn relationship. And I'm someone who usually doesn't care much for shipping.

[@boluporter1529]

I feel ashamed that I only just noticed the bi flag

[@NobleLucy]

LMAO

[@white0thunderwhite0thunder71]

Women want equal rights. Well then women have just as much right to be called out for a bad performance on a bad show as a man does.

[@funnylittlecreature]

Don’t know how that was a gotcha. I mean, yeah. Obviously. The show sucks, don’t know why that needed to be said

[@noheterotho179]

? Yeah? Women are very often called out for making bad content? Women are sent death threats for making bad content, I don't get what you're trying to say.

[@strategyx123]

Bean face look is fine with me when the character design is good like it is in Steven universe

[@vulpixle9659]

The WEBTOON strawberry seafoam is high guardian spice done right we got similar tropes main character has pink hair and a mom that mysteriously vanished and later gets a weapon from missing mom characters best friend who has a lot of pressure put on her by parents and one of the characters is even named sage it also has some pretty good LGBTQ representation I really don’t want to spoil anything all I’m going to say is magical girl mermaids and one is a guy just please read it if you want to see something similar to high guardian spice but done right

[@NobleLucy]

Ohhh, sounds hella interesting

[@lemonkatze7461]

i sorta took the plural cousins thing as the one is rosemarys cousin and they r married so their spouse is also rosemarys cousin by marriage tbh im not rlly sure how else it cldve been worded but the script writing in this is kinda horrid regardless lol

[@qhairullahrusyaidy]

Seeing this show feels like they trying hard to be next "Steven Universe" by put a tag "I'm gay!" written on a character.

[@welcometoelijahvale]

The show suffers from cishet man bad syndrome. My go to example for this is always Snapdragon. Honestly i would’ve been fine if they had another trans character in the show if it weren’t for the fact that they essentially imply if you’re not an cartoonishly evil mustache twirling man, you’re a girl. Like its just impossible for men to be nice or emotional or have deep friendships with other men. (Also exempting trans men from this because… what, trans men are trans? it doesn’t sit right with me, it’s like they’re implying trans men aren’t actually men, they’re just trans men.)

[@AlphishCreature]

Transmen are exempt from the "cis" part of "cishet man bad" syndrome, I guess? I think the problem doesn't lie in Snapdragon being trans in and of itself, but Snapdragon's arc ending up in a show where Snapdragon being trans invalidates the primary source of positive male representation. Though even if we ignore prof. Caraway there's still Parnelle (yes, he's male) and Slime Boy, so I seriously doubt all the writers went out of their way to portray all cishet man as bad. Heck, episode 5 proves Sage wrong on the "guys don't talk about feelings" front and Sage is right there; interestingly, it's the only episode from the first season half not written nor co-written by Kate Leth. With feminine guys' and transwomen's journey both having an abysmally scarce representation in animated media - "journey" meaning a character arc dedicated to gender non-conforming/transness, not just such characters existing in a show - any of "Snapdragon as a feminine guy" and "Snapdragon as a transwoman" arcs would add to the much needed representation. It's just unfortunate that this arc ended up in the mess HGS turned out to be.

[@foggytuesday101]

“They’re cousins”, must be a sailor moon reference lol

[@NobleLucy]

God I hope so

[@lawgx9819]

Should've call this show herbs guardian or something, it really bothers me they're name based on flowers/herbs and not a single main character is based on a spice

[@crem-crem4070]

I am happy at your suffering I’m stuck in doors with covid and misery loves company 😋

[@Gazing-09]

Sadistic

[@LukSter18998]

You monster! I hope you’re happy with yourself! Lmao

[@SomewhereFireworks]

The standards for the media I consume are either pressed against the floor or are currently making their descent to hell. With that being said I of course watched all of High Guardian Spice when it aired. I had never hated watching a show that much before.

[@XDarkEcho]

HGS main problem, from what I've seen and heard, is that it really just lacks the technique of "Show don't Tell". With Arcane, thanks to both the great writing, dialogue, animation, and VA deliveries; it you can clearly see these things from visual queues, context, and body language. HGS has absolutely no restraint, or confidence in their own ability to do "Show don't Tell", so the writers just tell the audience the most obvious things, anyone with a working brain could pick up on by putting two-and-two together.

[@kikherne739]

The names are probably a scarborough fair reference. The lyrics go "Are you going to scarborough fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme"

[@NobleLucy]

Oh yeah i know. Still weird that they named them after herbs instead if spices...

[@kikherne739]

@@NobleLucy maybe they realized you shouldn't accept spices from high guardians Jokes aside, the show was probably just written without actually thinking about it

[@Alex-dh2cx]

15:45 the real sin there is the cousin brings the tea and cookies into the room, let's Rosemary eat a couple cookies and then 20 seconds after walking in walks out taking the tray without having let them drink any tea. Imagine if that happened to you in real life, you'd be looking at your cousin like they were a freaking psycho

[@DALKurumiTokisaki]

Will never get over bread.png good lord how the hell did that get a pass through production.

[@CherryCharm2001]

Snapdragon Axe Girl Slime Boy Parnelle They are the best characters I wish they were in a a different show plus why dose a person have to be trans just cause they're GNC? its so confusing to me

[@cacycay]

you're very right about the last part btw do you have a car

[@happythoughts3170]

Because alot of people are exploit the LGBT community for attention instead of actually being part of the community.

[@SubwaySandwichBossIngo]

Hoorah fellow bi!! Anyway, so, hello from the bi girl side of the LGBT+ anime fan...place, uh, we also hate this show! Unpopular opinion, I think the art style is cute and I like it. But, overall, bad show. I'm...honestly ashamed and sad this ever became a thing. Really is a huge low and only gives the people who hate the LGBT+ community another weapon, especially against us women (who honestly just want peace). Oh, and if you guys were wondering, Tumblr shits on this show too.

[@cinnabarsorcerer8970]

18:02 i think we call all agree on this (Btw. RWBY has flaws, some more severe, but there are people like me who still love the show and almost everybody can still enjoy watching it, despite the flaws)

[@Gazing-09]

That title is a bombshell lol Also: Holly shit That cookie eating scene was lazy lol

[@Kameno-o]

FINALLY!!! as someone else who is lgbt and does not like high guardian spice I really find this video good. Every other review by anime fans either are just blatantly queerphobic or just uses "the transgender character" as a punchline and not a poor choice of writing.

[@theratioking8069]

It was a cast of only white woman with glasses and color haired what else do you expect 💀

[@Monothefox]

"Animation is hard, but Come On, Man!" Theanimeman on Ex-Arm.

[@cacycay]

yet another rambling of a madman in a video/audio format when will we make our deep and insightful collaboration review of neon genesis evangelion, i wonder

[@wuhusworld4818]

I think it is a poor way to use gender identity and themes. They could have done so much but instead, it was like this, "Hello herb and herb, I am a woman and this is my wife. Let me tell you what this means in a lengthy explanation that ends up leading nowhere and makes you question why I brought it up in the first place." like what the heck. If you aren't going to do anything with it, just subtly show that that theme is present, or show us how this has affected their lives and how someone in a similar predicament could survive in a world that seems to currently be against them. You should either use these themes to help communicate with someone who can relate or just say like oh this person is gay and then move on without any time wasted and have it be done in a place that contextually makes sense in the story. Like if a person had to work extra hard to let trans people be in office or something so it shows how much they have worked to get into that position of power. You could have the characters ask why they originally weren't in that position and they could explain the hardships they have faced in an industry that did not previously accept people in their position. I am not as educated on these types of topics, but purely from a character-building standpoint, I believe it would improve my opinions of the characters substantially.

[@alexandras3596]

Have to say the chapter titles are perfect and I hope to see more of this!!

[@TwilightWolf032]

3:09 My argument to that viewpoint is just 'you'll know it's anime when you see it.' HGS is clearly not even close!

[@maddiemcnugget1076]

Binged a couple of your videos last night when I should’ve been sleeping haha. You got my sub

[@cingkrayz1959]

This show is an example of why you don't let politics dictate your stories, I'm glad that hating this shit show is a bi-partisan issue. Good critique my guy!👍

[@mangojuice1203]

The show has the She ra animation wo the type of gay rep she ra has

[@keshiaanders6452]

Honestly, when I first heard the title "High Guardian Spice," I think of a clan of tiny gnome-pixie hybrids named after spices, herbs, and extracts; that help those who are bad chefs cook better or those who have no idea what to fix. Sort of like a combination of The Smurfs, Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake, Cinnamoroll, and Sugar Bunnies.

[@averagejoe5145]

Believe it or not, I actually watched the show hoping for a "so bad, it's good" watch. Unfortunately, I walked away disappointed. There WAS some potential there & the thoughts that kept going through my head were "this could have worked," "they should've explored that conflict more," & "they REALLY need to stop rushing through these plot points!" Do you have any idea how FRUSTRATING or even MADDENING it is to keep having those thoughts going through your head? I tried leaving constructive criticism on Crunchyroll for the creators on the off chance that they MIGHT see it. My #1 recommendation was to SLOW DOWN & give their plot points more room to BREATHE! The whole show seemed like a rush job to me & I later got confirmation on the Mother's Basement channel (in his response to one of my comments that is) that it REALLY WAS! The creators should've been allowed to work on it more too since Crunchyroll held onto this show for a LONG time before they finally released it! I'm not denying that it's bad, but I'm not angry about it. I'm just disappointed.

[@JRVChama]

For cousins, I hope that's either just a mistake or a strange reference to the USA Sailor Moon dub that censored the lesbians as cousins...

[@3ds_fellgod-myhopewillneve617]

This show is just embarrassing. While I don’t think it’s the worst thing ever, the show is just so low quality that you question how it still came out in the state that it did after all of these years. Bland animation that’s poorly done, bad writing and unnatural dialogue, awful pacing, terrible audio mixing and weak voice performances, and it tries way too hard to have its cast come across as ‘diverse’ and pro LGBT rather than create a good show. It’s not even bad in the funny way, it’s just sad to look at. XP

[@fortunomancy]

The whole “cousins” line reminds me of the old sailor moon dub. I wonder if it was an intentional reference or just a badly worded line

[@georjoporjo3323]

did not have to do steven universe or gravity falls dirty by comparing the art styles to this crap :/

[@obnoxious_alien]

I thought calling the lesbian couple "cousins" was a reference to the dub of the old Sailor Moon Anime, were Uranus and Neptune are "cousins" because of censorship...

[@ohohothisrocks]

14:34- that is like the most cal arts face out there

[@tgiacin435]

What made me not like this series was how on the nose it was that it was inspired by the song Scarborough fair. From the main girls being named Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, to the kingdom being called Scarborough, to them literally playing an instrumental version of Scarborough Fair.

[@KoongYe]

I don't understand why men has to judge a show written by woman who advocate death of all men fairly while the vice versa would not happen nor people would women understand not giving misogynistic show a fair chance. Where's the eqality in that?

[@aavox127]

well thank god im 12 minutes into a 21 minute review and we haven't even talked about the actual anime being reviewed yet

[@NobleLucy]

I'm a professional

[@pancakemaxx4377]

Quick question... Is it a bad omen for me that HGS was released on my birthday?

[@NobleLucy]

Run.

[@zeldaprincessgirl100]

Going to your house and getting that Zelda shirt you are wearing. An artist here on YT made an animatic of Rosemary and Aster, so much better.

[@nman551]

Attack on titan actually had a lesbian relationship done right. I won’t spoil who it is, but man it was so good. The creator knew how to integrate homosexuality without making it obvious. Which I appreciate.

[@area52ron]

Don’t insult Steven universe by comparing its art to High guardian spices art

[@Gobershmat]

I keep hearing people bash on the name being spice and all the characters being named after herbs, am I the only person who thinks it’s clever and funny? I love that shit. That’s hilarious and one of the only good things about this show.

[@peposo7]

user animeamerica had a wonderful song that summarizes the series. really good song.

[@arandomidiot1593]

16:00 those are literally just PNGs of bread and sugar

[@mxxkyboi]

Another Lucy banger dropped o.o

[@prohtniweolhc]

I'm really hoping that the cousin with white hair is basically married into the family and is just refered to as a cousin or the purple haired one-

[@redrasegarden]

I don’t think there’s incest in sage’s family....though given the record of these creators....

[@burkesullivan9086]

I would have been 100% alright with the Steven Universe-esc aesthetic if it actually came through with the promised swearing, gore, adult situations. Because the juxtaposition would be hella jarring and it would hold my attention. “Why would a show that looks like this have scenes like that? And what will happen next?”

[@TylerMcNamer]

This show brings people together. *TO TRASH ON!*

[@garrisonyes1764]

The beginning of the video is me trying to slide in DMs

[@Chordata-flyer]

Lumity is a better comparison because they are the same age as Rose and Sage. If you wanted a good adult relationship that ends, Raine and Eda is perfect. Relationships done right with the Owl House.

[@corypowercat7277]

Looks like a Ghilbi rip off to.

[@jabber7935]

Ok. I've seen this in a few vids about HGS. (Let me preface that I don't like HGS and i'm mostly playing devil's advocate) but . . . is everyone taking the "cousins" line as incest? I mean when it comes to my cousins and their spouses we just say cousins plural since they are married. If they are dating its another story, but once you married in you are a part of the family and become a "cousin". Is that not normal? No, none of my family members, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, are related in any way to their spouses.

[@blinkfilms1]

I just can't believe that they literally stole the artstyle from she ra

[@kylebean5743]

Ngl high guardian herb probably wouldn’t be very good either 😂 💨 🍃🍃

[@AnAngelineer]

I agree this show isn't good, but at least the creators did their own thing and created their universe, so they didn't undermine anything we loved before. Bland as that universe and the story in it may be, this is so much better than all those recent cartoons which take a piss on previously established characters and canon (like say, Thundercats roar or Netflix masters of the universe)

[@lazycat836]

I think this is "anime-inspired" cartoon at most. This has nothing related to anime. It isn't made by japanese artists/studio. Assuming it is anime is like assuming Ex-Arm has good animation :v I think it's because Funimation recently bought Crunchyroll so they decided to release this like a giant middle finger to everyone before bailing out

[@AzazelSylphson]

Personally, I think a huge problem is the fact that the first episode bee lines it's way to introducing all of the central cast. I personally believe that can be a major detractor if handled poorly. For a point of comparison, One Piece slowly introduces the core Straw Hats throughout East Blue with their own respective arcs, or in the case of Nami two arcs.

[@legus9684]

EVERYBODY knows dwarfs born after 1993 can't GRUDGE! All they know is Karak-Eight-Peaks, load they thrund, buy umgak, slay, drink Bugman's ale and mine!

[@beomgyuswaeng4204]

The useless, silent scenes that do nothing to the plot reminds me of studio ghibli's strategy to drown the viewers into the world they created, like in spirited away where haku ask chihiro to meet him at the bridge, they don't just skip and go straight to the bridge, they decided to animate chihiro's way from the boiler room, the stairs, and finally the bridge, so that the world feels more real. and i like that types of scene, that's one of the reason i love studio ghibli movies. But the problem with HGS is that its executed *BADLY* , and the art do nothing to drown us into the story. I get it- they are trying to show all their world building and *stuff* , but there's something so different about the way ghibli executed the silent scenes and the way high guardian spice executed it that i couldn't actually pinpoint. The way they cut the line to the front to literally sit in the back of the train is just... useless. I prefer if they actually help the guy instead of just cutting the line as to show their characters and actually made them likable as the protagonists. Crunchyroll probably think that if they made them cut the lines it would make them 'relatable' to the audience, and its simply not. They choose the bad choice to show them right before they go to Lyngarth, and not showing any of their characters. There's usually two things that i watch, a show that focus on the plot and a show that focus on their character development. And HGS are both, but again- they executed it badly. Characters were flat, story were flat, EVERYTHING WERE FLAT. it felt like they didn't even bother to put their effort into their so called first animation. Characters are generic, (of course elf has to be an archer cause huh, how could they be not an archer?!) and probably i hate this show so much because i'm not into magical girl shit, but i saw magical girl animes better than this! Hell, sailor moon is even better. I couldn't believe they wasted 3 years of their time to create a low and cheap animation.

[@autumnsundaythepie]

And this is why all hgs fans (which don’t really exist) support snapdragon. He’s got an ACTUAL PERSONALITY AND FEELS TRANS

[@Alex-dh2cx]

The characters in Shera actually seem to fit in the rest of the world

[@CheezersDeluxe]

I watched High Guardian Spice while I was stoned af and only paid attention to Amaryllis Snapdragon and Slimeboy. So I had a lot of fun.

[@stick9898]

13:20 I felt brought back to the "They're girls and cousins too!" era

[@celiafrostborn]

It's a nothing burger story with all but two men both of which are atypical to say the least being terrible stereotypes. One is trans and the other is more on the femme side at a minimum, if not trans himself. The story could of been decent if the writing wasn't so terrible and the animation was pretty terrible as well except for like the last 3 episodes. Let us not forget they were to lazy to draw everything on the show properly even with all the time they had to do so. Or how it came to be to begin with, all the money meant to be go to japanese studios going to this crapshoot instead. Like a 3-4/10 being generous...

[@justacuteonigiri]

The whole an anime is only an anime if its produced in japan argument doesnt really work when literally tons of anime are worked on outside of Japan, for example One Piece is worked on the Philippines branch of TOEI animation and so is DragonBall

[@ienglish4203]

I saw this title, and I just HAD to click it. Even though I've ever heard of this thing in my life