Using 'new magic' feels like peer pressure to me, especially with the school not only teaching exclusively new magic but also making fun of anyone who uses old magic. Whatever 'lesson' the show wants to make about old vs new magic falls flat and seems...hypocritical.
It makes no sense for Sage's parents to allow her to go to a school where they only use new magic. If they really are so conservative, then why wouldn't they try to keep new magic away from her?
@@DylJax Wait, should those be switched? Like, Old Magic should be something whimsical and imprecise and prone to backfires while New Magic should be something more exacting with formulae and calculations and precise instructions. What is the thematic difference between New and Old magic, then? Just different stuff being used and New Magic being flat out better?
Ikr? It just sounds like “haha fuck you for doing things the old fashioned way!” Doing certain crafts the old fashioned way should be respected. Like blacksmithing or magic. I’m an accountant so DEFINITELY not that lol. But tbh a lot of real life schools pride themselves in thinking in new and innovative ways but it can really harm students who enjoy certain traditional practices and ceremonies. For example: I like Latin. I think it’s cool. But I got a lot of shit from a high school substitute saying it’s a dead language (she even LOOKS like the teacher who shits on Sage about old magic!!). It still has lots of uses in today’s world (very notably in law and business jargon) and even if it didn’t, I think it’s good to know “dead languages” just to help connect the past and the present. Connecting the past and the present is why certain traditions still exist!
The talk about new magic with the cousins is even worse because it has such a thinly veiled metaphor. "Your mom wasn't always so *conservative."* "She used to experiment in college." "She used to be cool when she was still using new magic." "After getting married and settling down, I no longer look up to your mom."
Lol you know they were using buzzwords just to get the extreme leftists to be like “yeaaaaaah fuck you mom!” (like the leftists who would rather make three left turns than a right turn type of bullshit. The kind that use the “eliminate men” hashtag) writers miiight have mommy issues. But that’s just me. The cousins just seem like shitty influences from that scene.
@@lavendermarshmallowplant3229 Pretty sure it is a metaphor for the mom experimenting with her sexuality in college. However, she became "conservative" (shows actual words), decided that that life wasn't for her, and became a stay at home mom who taught her daughter that "new magic" (aka, the metaphor for LGBT behaviors) was bad.
@@KelShu honestly there should be. Like wtf did old magic do to be shit? It’s just more steps. It’s like teaching two different methods of getting the answer in a math problem. Calculator and formula
The amazing irony that they were calling Sage's mom a hypocrite because she used to practice New Magic in the past, at the same time Kate Leth herself tried to justify that her "Kill All Men" tweets shouldn't be criticized because she was "Tumblrpilled" back then.
Didn't Parsley have, like, a dozen brothers? And yet, she was still allowed to go to Guardian school. But, somehow, just one more child makes such a difference that she now needs to come back home, after what seems like only a week since her school started. Where the heck does the other 12 children fit in? Are they helping the family at all, or are they all just idiots like the one that almost fell off the house? And where the hell is the father? Oh please God, don't let this be another not-so-subtle jab at how useless men are in this show that the family must have their once-only daughter come back to carry their slack. Also, wasn't Parsley saving one of her brothers supposed to prove that she was needed back at her house? If so, then why did her mother let her go back to school? What was even the point of all of this? I really shouldn't be getting this worked up over a television show, but it just doesn't make any sense. "The mother shouldn't be relying on her daughter." You JUST showed that she can't handle it alone! Parsley sees this firsthand and still doesn't change her mind! She doesn't have to go to school to learn to be a blacksmith! She could just have her father teach her how to be one, or is he just THAT useless? Holy hell, this show...
They try SO HARD to make the cousin look like a rebel and end up being such an asshole it's hilarious, I didn't really mind her or the wife but after this one I despice them.
The whole conflict with Parsley and her parents is dumb. I don't think the reasoning of WHY they wanted her back was wrong, but normally you wouldn't have the parents outright say it or you would have Parsley be the one considering it. How about she overhears her parents talking about how it has gotten tougher with her gone and that while they do want her back they don't want to get in the way of school. Also what's the thing that makes them change their minds about her and school? Her saving her brother of course... something that she would have done regardless and I'm not sure how that's supposed to convince them that now school is good. "Wow you saved your little brother, surely your decision to do that comes from what you've been doing at school and not because you are the eldest sibling and would have done the same thing anyways". What about the sword she is making while she is frustrated? Have her dad see it and realize that it is extremely well made and see that the blacksmithing skills she is learning at the academy could end up helping with the family's shop in the long run.
It constantly boggles me to see the comments suggesting an alternate plot for the show actually sound better than the direction the show was trying to do. Regarding Parsley's family conflict, it's a mis-opportunity that they didn't elaborate her contradicting decision as her wanting to go to the academy to improve her skills so she can help with the family's business in the future or continue staying at home to help her mom to raise her siblings. Like Danphan said, it's one of the themes that often get brought up in anime yet somehow this show didn't make full use of it to develop Parsley's character and her relationship with her family. Her saving her brother being the reason why her mom changed her mind felt off because the implication that Parsley still cares for her family means she had a second option which was to refuse to rescue her brother. The only thing I can think of why the rescue scene made an impact to the mother's opinion about Parsley going to school is she was actually worried about her daughter leaving the house to study and never returning home again or Parsley went to the academy because she wanted an excuse to run away from the household.
The blacksmithing isn't a good way because even back in episode 1 Parsley was so damn good at blacksmithing that she got bumped up to the 3rd year class. The difference wouldn't really be shown.
@@WhyYouMadBoi I concur with this! In the second episode she was so good that they put her in higher-level classes and in the 3rd episode she was trapped all day, not blacksmithing, but adventuring with a little hammer and the next day school closed. I think she barely had classes of blacksmith at all
That's one of reason why the audience tends to like villains that know their role over the so-called heroes. To quote Merasmus the Magician; "Most villains don't think they're evil. They think they're heroes. Not me. I'm reclaiming it: EVIL WIZARD! I'm rotten to the bone, and I don't care who knows it!"
This comment is copied from another video talking about Sage and the whole new magic vs old magic issue. I copied it cuz i fully agree with the comment (and it's a lot easier that trying to put it in my own words). She was raised on 'old magic', so maybe she feels right using it. They don't explain WHY Sage has to learn 'new magic'. They just tell her that she should just do it. They never ask her what her personal viewpoint on the matter is, or whether she wants to learn it because she wants to or because she feels pressure to do so because she gets bullied for using 'old magic'. They just cast aspersions on Sage's mother out of nowhere and we're just supposed to take that as them being in the right. What a load of shit.
It honestly sounds like drugs which is what we are all thinking but it can also be “experimenting with her sexuality” because you know... it’s this show
@@BunnyOnASnuman but honestly not "experimenting" (if I assume it's about being promiscuous) shouldn't be considered as just being a conservative position 😭😭
Well, of course the writers don't know what hyporcite means. They think a hypocrite is someone who did something they deem bad in the past & then do something else in the preaent. Sums up SJW twitter, alright. "This good guy tweeted a sexist joke 12 years ago! He's a hypocrite! Cancel him! Make him suffer!"
1:29 Look at those lifeless eyes... What, you thought I meant the frame of animation? Well, yes, that too, but look at dannphan... *This show is soul-sucking...*
So thyme, parsley, sage, and rosemary huh? Well let's get oregano, basil, and lavender in here and we have an herb cabinet. A little salt, pepper, and onion and we can season a chicken.
There is only one true Basil: Basil Stag Hare from Redwall. Thankfully they didn't use that name in HGS, and there's pretty much a 0% chance this'll get a second season.
Maybe her parents are those kinds of people who wished for their kids to go to an academy all for the sake of spreading their agenda, kinda like flat earthers going to a space convention or creationists visiting a dinosaur museum.
So in episode 12(spoilers) we see that there are the other students that specialize in Old Magic; with that in mind, it not only contradicts the prior narrative of the School prioritizing on New Magic, but it also diminishes Sage's storyline with the fact that she had the option of focusing on Old Magic
Why is the dwarf surprised that her mother has since given birth? Are we to believe dwarves in this universe breed like rabbits and thus a new one pops out every 2 or so weeks?
I REALLY don't like Anise's and Aloe's spiel about Sage's mom doing New Magic once upon a time, mainly because there's no mention as to WHY she gave it up. "Your mom used to be cool, but now she's lame, don't ask why" is the only message I'm getting from this. Also, I get what angle they typically go for with "experimenting" talks like this, but couldn't this also apply to things like drugs or guns? But yeah, Slime Boy is indeed a gift. He's like Tommy Wiseau - his voicework is so ridiculously terrible that it loops back around to being beloved.
Theres nothing left for parsley after this parent issue thing cause her character was already ok from the start. Im waiting for new magic that they put so much emphasis on being the greatest to be the cause of the rot or something. I mean i dont think sage's mom wouldnt just quit without a good reason.
She quit because new magic is a clumsy allegory for progressive values and old magic is an equally clumsy one for traditional values, and we need the character who advocates for traditional values to be dishonest about the virtues of progressive ones and her own history with them.
@@imapseudonym6198 Which ends up backfiring on the writers a little bit, because it shows that MamaSage isn't refusing to use New Magic out of stubbornness or willing ignorance (how wokes often view conservatives); she gave it a try, and decided she liked Old Magic better. Now, why that would be the case is never explored (partly because the writers are really trying to make MamaSage look bad), but she still made a fair and informed decision.
A lot of people bring up how it makes no sense that Sage's mother would send her to a school where only new magic is practiced - which is a valid point. But I'd like to bring up that HGA apparently only accepts kids they consider elite in some way and the only skillset Sage has is as a mage - who exclusively uses old magic. So they accepted a kid whose only experience as a mage is with a form of magic the school itself mocks and considers outdated.
8:08 I LOVE how people just call out how this scene is complete BOGUS. Like just because you dabble with something in your 20s doesn’t mean you are going to full on endorse that thing for the rest of your life. Life is meant for experimenting with experiences and stuff and then knowing what’s best from said experiences. Because you know... people grow up. For example, someone frequently used (random drug) in their early 20s. The trip is fun but they kinda realize negative side effects like extreme fatigue, loss of time, sleep problems, addiction issues, and the steep prices and sketchy atmosphere of the drugs. Then when they hit 25ish or they got a job or a family they kinda realized “hey, these drugs arent good”. And stop. At this point their younger sibling is in college experimenting with the stuff. They’re an adult so while you can tell them it’s not that good for them, they can do whatever. Allow them to live. But with their kids, they will be stricter with admonishing the drug. This doesn’t make someone a hypocrite. It’s just someone passing on their knowledge to their kids. In my opinion, it would’ve been better if Sage’s mom told her she used to do New Magic and probably should’ve given her reasons why she stopped. Sage is like 14 so she’s not an adult but adult enough to comprehend more complex decision making. Also doesn’t this show just shut down new magic anyway? Like it shows that new magic is an environmental rot. I think they should’ve stuck with one message with new magic/old magic. Or at least done messages that aren’t too complex. Of course one shouldn’t be better than the other but like, I think they should’ve made new magic representative of Sage wanting to form an identity outside of her parents but then in the later seasons (that will never happen) she kinda finds out that she enjoys her roots and finds herself better equipped with old magic, but able to combine some new magic techniques, making her able to forge her own path and her own relationship with the two Magics
Like I said in other HGS related videos, the writing of this show seemed to be based on Twitter culture, including the habit of digging old tweets to be made into a mocking exhibit on how the said person once was contradicting him/her current lifestyle, similar to how Sage's cousin tried to stamp Sage's mom as a hypocrite.
We're only four episodes in and I'm already asking myself, what the hell does the dwarf character bring to the series, the stupid one has no personality beyond being cheerful and gentle, most of the time she has no real conflicts, the problem with her parents is generic and LITERALLY solved in the same episode.
I'm six episodes in and so far, dwarf girl has shown no character flaws whatsoever. Normally I would think of that as a writing flaw but since this show has allegories, no worldbuilding, unlikable central characters, and sexist strawmen, Parsley's lack of definitive character conflict is a solace.
This show looks like it was made by someone who watched Harry Potter and Little Witch Academia and then thought "Yeah, I can do that", but forgot you actually need writing skills to write a show. There are a lot of familiar tropes the writers are using but very clearly not understanding. Like the whole "sudden incident forces two conflicting parties to act together and causes them to reconcile their differences" bit. The incident has to be related to their conflict in some way, or at least make them realize they're fighting about something silly when there are more important issues they should be worrying about. It cannot be something entirely divorced from the situation that ends up solving their conflict for no discernible reason. This is the most basic storytelling these dimwits are failing at. And they've been doing it for the entirety of the show so far. It's like writing down the list of ingredients to make a cake but entirely ignoring the amounts and the order they need to be used in.
The episode: *it's all about parent issues and at the end the only "bad" in the story is Parsley's dad* Me: Wtf. Who wrote this shi... "writen by Kate Leth" Me:... That makes sense.
The sage's mother hating new magic and being a hypocrite plot just sounds like the writer/writers had some left over teen angst and a similar situation played out in their own lives.
I swear half the show is just characters trying to peer pressure other characters into shit they don't particularly want to do also I Thyme should have been an orphan that is a reoccurring character that Parsley introduces the rest of the crew to and lives in the forest, that way we can have someone that can progress the rot plot, maybe have her investigating the rot and uses what the others learn in school to try and fight it. Also why the fuck is Parsley, a black smith, not enchanting and using runes in her weapon crafting? Enchanted weapons are like fuckin fantasy 101, all she does is talk about smithing and swing her hammer on occasion. They should have her creating new weapons, rune grenades/enchanted weapons/enchanted amour and so on.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme are what are known as healing herbs; each of them have meanings. Rosemary helps memory, Sage purifies, Parsley removes bitterness, and thyme strengthens. So, each girl to her respected herb does make sense, but in story telling the show falls flat. Also, yes they are herbs and not spices lol
I bet they finished the series and decided to put it on hold after the anime community attacked them. When the release date arrived, they forgot to edit the show. If that isn't true, then the staff must be the laziest and dumbest creators ever.
I myself love to poke fun of this Crunchyroll original series. Also, keep in mind that Kate Leth has made sloppily done comics for Marvel and Bravest Warriors.
So let me get this straight… These first-year students have to deal with death defying missions and face immediate expulsion if they ask for assistance, having teachers that purposely endanger them at any time and even had to wrangle BABY DRAGONS in one class…but the school has a SLIGHT infestation of seemingly harmless critters, and EVERYONE has to evacuate?! None of the students could help… not even users of new magic that “can do anything”?!
"Why is Sage's coursing talking s**t about Sage's mom?" I though maybe Sage's cousin Anise and Sage's mom had some sort of heated argument in the past over the use of new magic (maybe involving the elf girl Aloe too) and now they can't stand each other. That begs the question of "Why would Sage's mom allow her to stay to Anise's place then?" Well, she might not have a choise in the matter. You may not like her, but you know Sage and Anise get along well and at least she'd be with family and not at a random place." And of top of that, you could have built up on Sage thinking: "Why did my Mom use new magic in the past, but then suddently stopped? Did she discover something about it that we don't know? Some shocking truth that she can't even speak about? What happened?"and make her invesigate on the matter, but of course they didn't do anything with it.
I'm sure this has been brought up before but why are there so many damn HERB names in high guardian SPICE?! This is clearly the worst thing about the series 😉
"I finally thought of a name for our show! Remember the time we got High off Garden Spices? Maybe we could do some word play there. Good times, there was Rosemary and Sage and even Parsley.. Wait, those could be the names of our self-inserts!"
This show feels lost. It can't focus on any story for longer than a few minutes before dropping it. Each theme and plot is barely even touched before it's resolved or forgotten. They could have had something about parsley's adventure to the crab cave cause the infestation. Instead they just ended it and didn't connect the episodes. And what about the cat and his desperate mission? What about the tree with the big scary roots? We not gonna talk about that? That sounded important. Where's our "word of the day" scene? Last time we got to learn what transgender was, but nothing this time?
Parsley parent are the worst example of a poor family, they can barely afford living but they keep pumping up those babies, like jesus christ, what kind of message this show have? also that slime boy VA, is the definition of phone in lol.
I think at the end with the Parsley's conflict the resolve was "You save your brother, you are a hero. Guardians are heroes and you will become a great guardian". I saw it like that cause its not the first time they show parental issues with what their son/daughter is studying and they classify it as "a phase" until they see how strong or skilled they are. To be honest, It was hard to get the resolution of her story, because we both know well how bad they connect the situations on the series, but that's my take XD
I'm glad this isn't made for kids. Cuz if it was kids would walk away from this episode thinking it's ok to try drugs because 1 of their parents once did 20+ years ago. Good message Crunchyroll.
Wait, it isn't made for kids? What kind of adult would enjoy this level of writing? Leaving aside the very poor production values (animation/voice/art). I was certain it was for kids/teens. But even teens have better taste than this.
I'm starting to think the "high" and "spice" in the title is some reference to the money crunchyroll subscribers got scammed that was used by the writers to buy cocaine instead of paying for some writing classes and animation budget...
I wonder if Dannphans gonna do this for Cowboy Bebop as well. Or has she suffered enough. Also, I just realised I watch most of her videos but never subscribed. Guess it'll only be 79.999% of people watching aren't subscribed now lol.
Is it mean to say that most of writing staff for this comes across as people who still live in their parents attic or basement but probably actually live in apartments and homes of their own
Does the audio of the show really sound like it was recorded on an original Edison wax cylinder device filtered through a cup and string, or is that some affectation added by Dannphan to keep the copybots away?
Am I wrong to point out, that Parsley and Thyme need to create a makeshift pulley with a bucket and rope, when the kid was sitting on a professionally installed shop pulley system. ( that is also physically impossible as it is missing a rope section.)
I get that this probably isn't the medium to expand on it, but I hate the storylines where parents have a mess of kids, something they can easily control or at least plan for in most situations; and the conflict is instantly that they rely on the older/oldest child or children to help them mind the houses, raise the younger kids to the point that they yank the eldest kid out of school to have them be the mini-parents. Like, as the adults and parents, it should be on them to run the household, make the money AND raise the kids they keep popping out not the teenager or pre-teen - do we even know how old the High Guardian Spice main cast is?- Like in media big families are usually like: they are either super religious and therefore creepy or hiding something or are chaotic, mismanaged and the parents are no help cause they can't keep their hands off each other. I mean I get it, instant comedy and or conflict, but I will give points to the fact that High Guardian Spice writers tried that trope, touched on the conflict and didn't force Parsley out of the main story right away so she could stay at home and raise her siblings/run the family business while presumedly her parents have their responabilities lesened cause their daughter is taking care of things. And hey, the parents could teach the 12 brothers how to do things around the house, they could put their excessive energy into that. Just sayin. I like that they didn't just yoink a character out of the narrative in such a lazy fashion. However, the fact that her parents wanted her out of school to help at home is something that didn't need to be resolved within one episode. If it's a show for kids, then a swift resolution is fine. If they want a mature audience though, then this topic needs to come up again or at least mention the resentment of how hey Parsley has no free time cause it's either school or helping her family by running the business or keeping her younger siblings from literally flinging themselves into an open forge. So, at least with this episode they are touching on an overreaching narrative/possible character arc? Same thing with Sage and the cousins talking shit about her mom. That could lead to something bigger, perhaps a rift between Sage's family members and her caught in the middle. It could. If the writers' aren't cowards.
In a better written show, they could use the semi-medieval setting to explain this. Before the Industrial Revolution, it was common for people to have a lot of kids, especially if they were from the countryside. Not only were there basically no prophylactics (I think some literature describes silk socks being used as impromptu condoms, but what peasant could afford silk?) and very little to do out in the country other than fuck, but also because: 1) Kids had a high mortality rate. B) Kids were free labor. To feed the second because of the first, you wanted to have a lot of kids. Every kid you have that survives to 8 years old is a farm hand you don't have to pay. So they could take that sort of mentality with Parsley's family. They have a lot of kids and it's expected that they will work for free to increase production at the family business. Play it off as the parents being surprised and confused that Parsley wants to continue her education -- they took it as given that as soon as there was additional labor to do, Parsley would come back. School was there because the forge was doing well enough to afford not to have Parlsey's labor with the implicit assumption that she'd drop her education and come back immediately should that situation change. Maybe New Magic has dramatically decreased child mortality rate and culture hasn't caught up yet. Maybe Parsley's parents thought the school was a good place to store their child while additional labor wasn't needed with the added benefit that she might get access to higher class clientele. Do a whole misaligned generational assumption thing. But we can't have something like that, can we?
It’s a real world problem of older siblings where they have to effectively raise their younger siblings. And by you describing this trope, it really shows how formulaic it can be. Like why y’all have so many kids if you can’t handle them all? Why do the religious family have to be creepy? Go outside of your tropes for once. I’d like to see a family with a lot of kids but also like, the biggest polyamorous relationship. Like think of Hollyhock’s dads from bojack horseman but they got 16 kids or something lol. Or a religious community where the kids are “raised by the village” so while the kids do have biological parents, everybody in the village is their parents. So it makes sense that there’s a ton of kids.
I'm not sure if that term but I could be wrong so correct me. I don't think they use the word “conservative” correctly. in the episode, anise said that “your mom wasn't always so conservative.” and shows the picture of sage's mom when she was younger holding a terra sphere. what do they mean by that? was sage’s mom a hippie or something? they didn't explain why her mom stop using new magic and why she is conservative about using old magic. somehow to me that doesn't make sense. (maybe) I guess the cousins are cool if sage’s mom has done it she can too. even though her mom explicitly told her to use old magic.
If i’m a mom who has more a dozen little kids and one of them almost kill himself and one wants to run away to academy, i’d probably BEG for the one to not run away 😂 or like.. stop reproducing coz I don’t want to endanger a life while i’m not capable enough to handle them all and rich enough to hire a nanny
Using 'new magic' feels like peer pressure to me, especially with the school not only teaching exclusively new magic but also making fun of anyone who uses old magic. Whatever 'lesson' the show wants to make about old vs new magic falls flat and seems...hypocritical.
I haven't watched it but don't plan on doing so for reasons. Do you mind telling me what the difference between old vs new magic?
It makes no sense for Sage's parents to allow her to go to a school where they only use new magic. If they really are so conservative, then why wouldn't they try to keep new magic away from her?
@@unreal4good367 Old magic: chanting and sigils and cauldrons and what not
New magic: wave a wand and it does whatever you want
@@DylJax Wait, should those be switched? Like, Old Magic should be something whimsical and imprecise and prone to backfires while New Magic should be something more exacting with formulae and calculations and precise instructions.
What is the thematic difference between New and Old magic, then? Just different stuff being used and New Magic being flat out better?
Ikr? It just sounds like “haha fuck you for doing things the old fashioned way!”
Doing certain crafts the old fashioned way should be respected. Like blacksmithing or magic. I’m an accountant so DEFINITELY not that lol. But tbh a lot of real life schools pride themselves in thinking in new and innovative ways but it can really harm students who enjoy certain traditional practices and ceremonies. For example: I like Latin. I think it’s cool. But I got a lot of shit from a high school substitute saying it’s a dead language (she even LOOKS like the teacher who shits on Sage about old magic!!). It still has lots of uses in today’s world (very notably in law and business jargon) and even if it didn’t, I think it’s good to know “dead languages” just to help connect the past and the present. Connecting the past and the present is why certain traditions still exist!
The talk about new magic with the cousins is even worse because it has such a thinly veiled metaphor.
"Your mom wasn't always so *conservative."*
"She used to experiment in college."
"She used to be cool when she was still using new magic."
"After getting married and settling down, I no longer look up to your mom."
Lol you know they were using buzzwords just to get the extreme leftists to be like “yeaaaaaah fuck you mom!” (like the leftists who would rather make three left turns than a right turn type of bullshit. The kind that use the “eliminate men” hashtag) writers miiight have mommy issues. But that’s just me. The cousins just seem like shitty influences from that scene.
I can't help but feel this could also be looked at in the angles of guns and drugs. Unintentionally, but still.
What would experiment mean irl 😭
@@lavendermarshmallowplant3229 Pretty sure it is a metaphor for the mom experimenting with her sexuality in college. However, she became "conservative" (shows actual words), decided that that life wasn't for her, and became a stay at home mom who taught her daughter that "new magic" (aka, the metaphor for LGBT behaviors) was bad.
@@VidiaReePhoenix Which, hilariously, adds credibility to MamaSage's stance. She tried the "new" way, but decided she liked the "old" way better.
If Sage's mom is so conservative, why would she allow her daughter to attend a school that primarily teaches New Magic?
I don’t think the show knows.
@@rinyukiohara8178 That's a sign of bad writing
That's what we call a plot crater. When a normal plot hole just won't do.
@Eevee* Surely there has to be schools that teaches both types of magic equally
@@KelShu honestly there should be. Like wtf did old magic do to be shit? It’s just more steps. It’s like teaching two different methods of getting the answer in a math problem. Calculator and formula
What i like most about "self projection" in current entertainment is it makes it easy to see where these people's parents screwed up
Us armchair psychologists have had so much practice analyzing their projections since ~2015.
Plus we can talk smack on the characters who embodies their toxic asses and they can't say squat.
The amazing irony that they were calling Sage's mom a hypocrite because she used to practice New Magic in the past, at the same time Kate Leth herself tried to justify that her "Kill All Men" tweets shouldn't be criticized because she was "Tumblrpilled" back then.
If this kind of people didn't have double standards, they'd have none at all, that's how detached from reality they are.
Slime boy is the only thing that fits in the "it's so bad that end up being good" in this cartoon. The rest is so bad that is... bad
I love how he sounds like he's speaking his lines into a soup can. He really is the best part of this show (alongside Neppy Cat).
Didn't Parsley have, like, a dozen brothers? And yet, she was still allowed to go to Guardian school. But, somehow, just one more child makes such a difference that she now needs to come back home, after what seems like only a week since her school started. Where the heck does the other 12 children fit in? Are they helping the family at all, or are they all just idiots like the one that almost fell off the house? And where the hell is the father? Oh please God, don't let this be another not-so-subtle jab at how useless men are in this show that the family must have their once-only daughter come back to carry their slack.
Also, wasn't Parsley saving one of her brothers supposed to prove that she was needed back at her house? If so, then why did her mother let her go back to school? What was even the point of all of this? I really shouldn't be getting this worked up over a television show, but it just doesn't make any sense. "The mother shouldn't be relying on her daughter." You JUST showed that she can't handle it alone! Parsley sees this firsthand and still doesn't change her mind! She doesn't have to go to school to learn to be a blacksmith! She could just have her father teach her how to be one, or is he just THAT useless? Holy hell, this show...
They try SO HARD to make the cousin look like a rebel and end up being such an asshole it's hilarious, I didn't really mind her or the wife but after this one I despice them.
All characters that are given this "rebellios" half shaved haircut automatically end up looking like Karens. It's plain physics...
@@dork7546 just what I was about to say.
Assume that hairstyle and anyone liking them are awful characters, even if the writer doesn't realize it.
@@denkerbosu3551 As a hairstylist I can confirm the only people who still get this haircut in 2021 are middle aged Karens.
@@dork7546 not called the mental illness haircut for nothing
Pun intended?
The whole conflict with Parsley and her parents is dumb. I don't think the reasoning of WHY they wanted her back was wrong, but normally you wouldn't have the parents outright say it or you would have Parsley be the one considering it. How about she overhears her parents talking about how it has gotten tougher with her gone and that while they do want her back they don't want to get in the way of school.
Also what's the thing that makes them change their minds about her and school? Her saving her brother of course... something that she would have done regardless and I'm not sure how that's supposed to convince them that now school is good. "Wow you saved your little brother, surely your decision to do that comes from what you've been doing at school and not because you are the eldest sibling and would have done the same thing anyways". What about the sword she is making while she is frustrated? Have her dad see it and realize that it is extremely well made and see that the blacksmithing skills she is learning at the academy could end up helping with the family's shop in the long run.
It constantly boggles me to see the comments suggesting an alternate plot for the show actually sound better than the direction the show was trying to do. Regarding Parsley's family conflict, it's a mis-opportunity that they didn't elaborate her contradicting decision as her wanting to go to the academy to improve her skills so she can help with the family's business in the future or continue staying at home to help her mom to raise her siblings. Like Danphan said, it's one of the themes that often get brought up in anime yet somehow this show didn't make full use of it to develop Parsley's character and her relationship with her family. Her saving her brother being the reason why her mom changed her mind felt off because the implication that Parsley still cares for her family means she had a second option which was to refuse to rescue her brother. The only thing I can think of why the rescue scene made an impact to the mother's opinion about Parsley going to school is she was actually worried about her daughter leaving the house to study and never returning home again or Parsley went to the academy because she wanted an excuse to run away from the household.
The blacksmithing isn't a good way because even back in episode 1 Parsley was so damn good at blacksmithing that she got bumped up to the 3rd year class. The difference wouldn't really be shown.
@@WhyYouMadBoi I concur with this! In the second episode she was so good that they put her in higher-level classes and in the 3rd episode she was trapped all day, not blacksmithing, but adventuring with a little hammer and the next day school closed. I think she barely had classes of blacksmith at all
@@NeoisiBunsterCh True she hasn’t really learned anything new yet so that part wouldn’t work
Over half the characters that are supposed to be positive role models end up acting like villains giving the characters a negative character arc.
Exactly ! They're all so unlikable!!
That's one of reason why the audience tends to like villains that know their role over the so-called heroes. To quote Merasmus the Magician; "Most villains don't think they're evil. They think they're heroes. Not me. I'm reclaiming it: EVIL WIZARD! I'm rotten to the bone, and I don't care who knows it!"
This comment is copied from another video talking about Sage and the whole new magic vs old magic issue. I copied it cuz i fully agree with the comment (and it's a lot easier that trying to put it in my own words).
She was raised on 'old magic', so maybe she feels right using it. They don't explain WHY Sage has to learn 'new magic'. They just tell her that she should just do it. They never ask her what her personal viewpoint on the matter is, or whether she wants to learn it because she wants to or because she feels pressure to do so because she gets bullied for using 'old magic'. They just cast aspersions on Sage's mother out of nowhere and we're just supposed to take that as them being in the right. What a load of shit.
Ikr? Sage is 14 so she can totally make the decision of “I want to try something” on her own
"well your mom experimented with new magic at college you know"
hmm, I wonder what "new magic" is being used as a metaphorical substitute for here...
It honestly sounds like drugs which is what we are all thinking but it can also be “experimenting with her sexuality” because you know... it’s this show
@@maddiemcnugget1076 I believe it's the second one, specially since "your mother wasn't so conservative before"
@@BunnyOnASnuman thats what I was thinking, given who said it
Drugs? Iunno.
@@BunnyOnASnuman but honestly not "experimenting" (if I assume it's about being promiscuous) shouldn't be considered as just being a conservative position 😭😭
Well, of course the writers don't know what hyporcite means. They think a hypocrite is someone who did something they deem bad in the past & then do something else in the preaent. Sums up SJW twitter, alright.
"This good guy tweeted a sexist joke 12 years ago! He's a hypocrite! Cancel him! Make him suffer!"
"Unless he's running for Prez against orange man, in which case all is forgiven"
Oh forgot something Slime boy is best boy in series
"Change my mind."
1:29 Look at those lifeless eyes...
What, you thought I meant the frame of animation?
Well, yes, that too, but look at dannphan...
*This show is soul-sucking...*
So thyme, parsley, sage, and rosemary huh? Well let's get oregano, basil, and lavender in here and we have an herb cabinet. A little salt, pepper, and onion and we can season a chicken.
Lavendar is actuall the name of Rosemary's mom :P
There is only one true Basil: Basil Stag Hare from Redwall.
Thankfully they didn't use that name in HGS, and there's pretty much a 0% chance this'll get a second season.
This show makes no sense. Why would Sage's parents even allow her to go to a school where they only use new magic if they're so against new magic?
Maybe her parents are those kinds of people who wished for their kids to go to an academy all for the sake of spreading their agenda, kinda like flat earthers going to a space convention or creationists visiting a dinosaur museum.
@@GlassesnMouthplates or maybe just maybe the writers didn't think about it
Parsley did actually keep one of the crabs in her pocket, so maybe that’s what caused the infestation? Imma watch the rest of the video now.
So in episode 12(spoilers) we see that there are the other students that specialize in Old Magic; with that in mind, it not only contradicts the prior narrative of the School prioritizing on New Magic, but it also diminishes Sage's storyline with the fact that she had the option of focusing on Old Magic
Why is the dwarf surprised that her mother has since given birth? Are we to believe dwarves in this universe breed like rabbits and thus a new one pops out every 2 or so weeks?
I REALLY don't like Anise's and Aloe's spiel about Sage's mom doing New Magic once upon a time, mainly because there's no mention as to WHY she gave it up. "Your mom used to be cool, but now she's lame, don't ask why" is the only message I'm getting from this. Also, I get what angle they typically go for with "experimenting" talks like this, but couldn't this also apply to things like drugs or guns?
But yeah, Slime Boy is indeed a gift. He's like Tommy Wiseau - his voicework is so ridiculously terrible that it loops back around to being beloved.
“Please don’t ask why, the writers never gave us the answer.”
"Your mother was a serial killer. Here's a M16, go rampage little girl, it's all a okay."
I'm getting hooked on this horrid excuse of an anime and I blame you, sweet crazy lady. Thanks for your videos!
Theres nothing left for parsley after this parent issue thing cause her character was already ok from the start. Im waiting for new magic that they put so much emphasis on being the greatest to be the cause of the rot or something. I mean i dont think sage's mom wouldnt just quit without a good reason.
Exactly! You don’t try something that everybody says is good without a good reason.
She quit because new magic is a clumsy allegory for progressive values and old magic is an equally clumsy one for traditional values, and we need the character who advocates for traditional values to be dishonest about the virtues of progressive ones and her own history with them.
@@imapseudonym6198 Which ends up backfiring on the writers a little bit, because it shows that MamaSage isn't refusing to use New Magic out of stubbornness or willing ignorance (how wokes often view conservatives); she gave it a try, and decided she liked Old Magic better. Now, why that would be the case is never explored (partly because the writers are really trying to make MamaSage look bad), but she still made a fair and informed decision.
I'm looking forward to more development hell coming to light.
I mean, of course nothing with a political bent EVER has development hell.
A lot of people bring up how it makes no sense that Sage's mother would send her to a school where only new magic is practiced - which is a valid point. But I'd like to bring up that HGA apparently only accepts kids they consider elite in some way and the only skillset Sage has is as a mage - who exclusively uses old magic. So they accepted a kid whose only experience as a mage is with a form of magic the school itself mocks and considers outdated.
8:08 I LOVE how people just call out how this scene is complete BOGUS. Like just because you dabble with something in your 20s doesn’t mean you are going to full on endorse that thing for the rest of your life. Life is meant for experimenting with experiences and stuff and then knowing what’s best from said experiences. Because you know... people grow up.
For example, someone frequently used (random drug) in their early 20s. The trip is fun but they kinda realize negative side effects like extreme fatigue, loss of time, sleep problems, addiction issues, and the steep prices and sketchy atmosphere of the drugs. Then when they hit 25ish or they got a job or a family they kinda realized “hey, these drugs arent good”. And stop. At this point their younger sibling is in college experimenting with the stuff. They’re an adult so while you can tell them it’s not that good for them, they can do whatever. Allow them to live. But with their kids, they will be stricter with admonishing the drug. This doesn’t make someone a hypocrite. It’s just someone passing on their knowledge to their kids. In my opinion, it would’ve been better if Sage’s mom told her she used to do New Magic and probably should’ve given her reasons why she stopped. Sage is like 14 so she’s not an adult but adult enough to comprehend more complex decision making.
Also doesn’t this show just shut down new magic anyway? Like it shows that new magic is an environmental rot. I think they should’ve stuck with one message with new magic/old magic. Or at least done messages that aren’t too complex. Of course one shouldn’t be better than the other but like, I think they should’ve made new magic representative of Sage wanting to form an identity outside of her parents but then in the later seasons (that will never happen) she kinda finds out that she enjoys her roots and finds herself better equipped with old magic, but able to combine some new magic techniques, making her able to forge her own path and her own relationship with the two Magics
Like I said in other HGS related videos, the writing of this show seemed to be based on Twitter culture, including the habit of digging old tweets to be made into a mocking exhibit on how the said person once was contradicting him/her current lifestyle, similar to how Sage's cousin tried to stamp Sage's mom as a hypocrite.
We're only four episodes in and I'm already asking myself, what the hell does the dwarf character bring to the series, the stupid one has no personality beyond being cheerful and gentle, most of the time she has no real conflicts, the problem with her parents is generic and LITERALLY solved in the same episode.
I'm six episodes in and so far, dwarf girl has shown no character flaws whatsoever. Normally I would think of that as a writing flaw but since this show has allegories, no worldbuilding, unlikable central characters, and sexist strawmen, Parsley's lack of definitive character conflict is a solace.
I think I'd prefer character-building life lessons from writers who've actually had some.
Character or lives?
Trick question. We all know the writers don't have either.
@@ScreamingDoom Haha good point.
@@ScreamingDoom ouch.
This show looks like it was made by someone who watched Harry Potter and Little Witch Academia and then thought "Yeah, I can do that", but forgot you actually need writing skills to write a show. There are a lot of familiar tropes the writers are using but very clearly not understanding. Like the whole "sudden incident forces two conflicting parties to act together and causes them to reconcile their differences" bit. The incident has to be related to their conflict in some way, or at least make them realize they're fighting about something silly when there are more important issues they should be worrying about. It cannot be something entirely divorced from the situation that ends up solving their conflict for no discernible reason.
This is the most basic storytelling these dimwits are failing at. And they've been doing it for the entirety of the show so far. It's like writing down the list of ingredients to make a cake but entirely ignoring the amounts and the order they need to be used in.
The episode: *it's all about parent issues and at the end the only "bad" in the story is Parsley's dad*
Me: Wtf. Who wrote this shi...
"writen by Kate Leth"
Me:... That makes sense.
Hm, it kinda also demonized Sage's mom for being a "hypocrite", though.
Please God if you Isekai me, not into that world. Of all the worlds to pick from, not this.
YAAAAAS torture review- I mean your _flawless_ analysis :)
The sage's mother hating new magic and being a hypocrite plot just sounds like the writer/writers had some left over teen angst and a similar situation played out in their own lives.
Some? *Left over??* They practically live their lives around it still
I swear half the show is just characters trying to peer pressure other characters into shit they don't particularly want to do also I Thyme should have been an orphan that is a reoccurring character that Parsley introduces the rest of the crew to and lives in the forest, that way we can have someone that can progress the rot plot, maybe have her investigating the rot and uses what the others learn in school to try and fight it.
Also why the fuck is Parsley, a black smith, not enchanting and using runes in her weapon crafting? Enchanted weapons are like fuckin fantasy 101, all she does is talk about smithing and swing her hammer on occasion. They should have her creating new weapons, rune grenades/enchanted weapons/enchanted amour and so on.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme are what are known as healing herbs; each of them have meanings. Rosemary helps memory, Sage purifies, Parsley removes bitterness, and thyme strengthens. So, each girl to her respected herb does make sense, but in story telling the show falls flat. Also, yes they are herbs and not spices lol
Why does Slimeboy's voice sound like it was recorded on a 90's tape recorder? Like it's slightly distant or muffled just a bit, somehow...
I bet they finished the series and decided to put it on hold after the anime community attacked them. When the release date arrived, they forgot to edit the show. If that isn't true, then the staff must be the laziest and dumbest creators ever.
The "best" character in a show that does it's absolute best to demonise all men and boys, accidentally turns out to be a boy.
Two other characters people ended up liking were Snapdragon and Neppy Cat... Also males.
You couldn't try to fail that badly.
I myself love to poke fun of this Crunchyroll original series.
Also, keep in mind that Kate Leth has made sloppily done comics for Marvel and Bravest Warriors.
So let me get this straight…
These first-year students have to deal with death defying missions and face immediate expulsion if they ask for assistance, having teachers that purposely endanger them at any time and even had to wrangle BABY DRAGONS in one class…but the school has a SLIGHT infestation of seemingly harmless critters, and EVERYONE has to evacuate?! None of the students could help… not even users of new magic that “can do anything”?!
"Why is Sage's coursing talking s**t about Sage's mom?" I though maybe Sage's cousin Anise and Sage's mom had some sort of heated argument in the past over the use of new magic (maybe involving the elf girl Aloe too) and now they can't stand each other. That begs the question of "Why would Sage's mom allow her to stay to Anise's place then?" Well, she might not have a choise in the matter. You may not like her, but you know Sage and Anise get along well and at least she'd be with family and not at a random place."
And of top of that, you could have built up on Sage thinking: "Why did my Mom use new magic in the past, but then suddently stopped? Did she discover something about it that we don't know? Some shocking truth that she can't even speak about? What happened?"and make her invesigate on the matter, but of course they didn't do anything with it.
I'm sure this has been brought up before but why are there so many damn HERB names in high guardian SPICE?!
This is clearly the worst thing about the series 😉
because High Guardian Herb just doesnt roll off the tongue, and it gives away the fact that they were high on herbs when they wrote this shit.,
Oh gods - their original name was "Herb Guardian High" wasn't it! 😣
We're through the looking glass here, people!
@@Shiirow hahaha. Tbf high guardian spice doesn’t even sound that great either. It kinda gets stuck in your head though. Uuugh
@@Shiirow "High Guardian Season" would work fine, I think.
"I finally thought of a name for our show! Remember the time we got High off Garden Spices? Maybe we could do some word play there. Good times, there was Rosemary and Sage and even Parsley.. Wait, those could be the names of our self-inserts!"
It sounds like this entire series was written during lunch breaks over the course of a week -- at best.
This show feels lost. It can't focus on any story for longer than a few minutes before dropping it. Each theme and plot is barely even touched before it's resolved or forgotten. They could have had something about parsley's adventure to the crab cave cause the infestation. Instead they just ended it and didn't connect the episodes. And what about the cat and his desperate mission? What about the tree with the big scary roots? We not gonna talk about that? That sounded important. Where's our "word of the day" scene? Last time we got to learn what transgender was, but nothing this time?
This show is like a crash accident: is awful but you want to see it
I'm having a hard time believing any of these voices are the real V.O. artists.
Parsley parent are the worst example of a poor family, they can barely afford living but they keep pumping up those babies, like jesus christ, what kind of message this show have?
also that slime boy VA, is the definition of phone in lol.
Idk if Dwarves in this world just regularly pop a dozen of kids but Parsley's parents honestly come off abusive Quiverfull freaks.
I think at the end with the Parsley's conflict the resolve was "You save your brother, you are a hero. Guardians are heroes and you will become a great guardian". I saw it like that cause its not the first time they show parental issues with what their son/daughter is studying and they classify it as "a phase" until they see how strong or skilled they are. To be honest, It was hard to get the resolution of her story, because we both know well how bad they connect the situations on the series, but that's my take XD
I'm glad this isn't made for kids. Cuz if it was kids would walk away from this episode thinking it's ok to try drugs because 1 of their parents once did 20+ years ago.
Good message Crunchyroll.
Wait, it isn't made for kids? What kind of adult would enjoy this level of writing?
Leaving aside the very poor production values (animation/voice/art).
I was certain it was for kids/teens. But even teens have better taste than this.
I'm starting to think the "high" and "spice" in the title is some reference to the money crunchyroll subscribers got scammed that was used by the writers to buy cocaine instead of paying for some writing classes and animation budget...
Excellent timing. I was starting to miss my daily dose of cringe.
I don't think the writers understand the meaning of words like hypocrite. They write on a 5th grade level after all.
I love how Slime Boy is a fan favorite and he sounds like he isn't even trying
I really love slime boy, someone save him from this show
I remember when I was watching this episode I also thought the scenes were switched. Good to know I’m not crazy.
I wonder if Dannphans gonna do this for Cowboy Bebop as well. Or has she suffered enough.
Also, I just realised I watch most of her videos but never subscribed. Guess it'll only be 79.999% of people watching aren't subscribed now lol.
Trish looks so concerned and fretful in the thumbnail
damn i'm so happy i had cartoons in the late 90s ;/
The best parents issue is don't who is your parents and Think Tommy from Gta is your father.
I've had a cousin who disses and drags on my parents and beliefs when I was going through a rough patch with them-- NOT COOL.
Your content is comprehensive and damn funny! You’ve earned a sub!
On this episode of "dannphan dives deeper in the abyss"
Is it mean to say that most of writing staff for this comes across as people who still live in their parents attic or basement but probably actually live in apartments and homes of their own
in parsleys defense i too would gladly sit on a roof for some alone time
everything else sounds so weird and awful tho lmao
DanPhan's reviews of HGS: Half the runtime, several times the fun. Now, these are good time investment choices.
Your will to live seems decreasing at each High Guardian Spice review.
Hang in there lol
Wouldn't be the first time there was an outbreak of crabs at a university... 🦀🦀🦀
Slime boy sounds like those “ gud mornin “ twins. Taking about yogurt and vanilla ice cream. 😑
Hope Dan does The cowboy Bebop live action lol. I don't know how to feel about it and need some additional thoughts
Isn't the new magic, Lesbomancy?. So her mom was a lesbian for a time?.... I'm confused. Also Terror Sphere?. or Terra?
Dannphan’s Journey though hell (part 4)
You can't maddle with your fringe when you have a hat on, just that bit on the left, that bit only.
I just watched the first episode earlier, now I get a review......
"fuck they are watching me"
More High Guardian Spice Rule 34.
Does the audio of the show really sound like it was recorded on an original Edison wax cylinder device filtered through a cup and string, or is that some affectation added by Dannphan to keep the copybots away?
I've been wondering the same thing. I watched a few clips of the show but I already forgot what they sounded like.
You're the only reason I have anything to do with this Show.
Slime boy is just, chef's kiss
5:23 Sit on the roof because it's what the animes do
Bojack Horseman : am I a joke to you ?
Each episode is another deadly sins of adolescence and growing up.
Shame the crew and writers never learned that.
So.. new magic is basically homosexuality, right?
Did anyone else get a feeling that the tree rot is/was going to be linked to the use of new magic?
"Why are we here ... just to suffer ...."
And flatter this show would lose it's only other dimension.
Am I wrong to point out, that Parsley and Thyme need to create a makeshift pulley with a bucket and rope, when the kid was sitting on a professionally installed shop pulley system. ( that is also physically impossible as it is missing a rope section.)
That intro was so cute omg.
Slime Boi is best boi! We stan Slime Boi! 🤣
By any chance, is Slime Boy related to Tommy Wiseau?
"For adults"
Holy crap, that new and old magic crap is some seriously tragic writing.
I'm sure it's probably been said but paisley sage & thyme are herbs, not spices.
I get that this probably isn't the medium to expand on it, but I hate the storylines where parents have a mess of kids, something they can easily control or at least plan for in most situations; and the conflict is instantly that they rely on the older/oldest child or children to help them mind the houses, raise the younger kids to the point that they yank the eldest kid out of school to have them be the mini-parents.
Like, as the adults and parents, it should be on them to run the household, make the money AND raise the kids they keep popping out not the teenager or pre-teen - do we even know how old the High Guardian Spice main cast is?- Like in media big families are usually like: they are either super religious and therefore creepy or hiding something or are chaotic, mismanaged and the parents are no help cause they can't keep their hands off each other. I mean I get it, instant comedy and or conflict, but I will give points to the fact that High Guardian Spice writers tried that trope, touched on the conflict and didn't force Parsley out of the main story right away so she could stay at home and raise her siblings/run the family business while presumedly her parents have their responabilities lesened cause their daughter is taking care of things. And hey, the parents could teach the 12 brothers how to do things around the house, they could put their excessive energy into that. Just sayin.
I like that they didn't just yoink a character out of the narrative in such a lazy fashion. However, the fact that her parents wanted her out of school to help at home is something that didn't need to be resolved within one episode. If it's a show for kids, then a swift resolution is fine. If they want a mature audience though, then this topic needs to come up again or at least mention the resentment of how hey Parsley has no free time cause it's either school or helping her family by running the business or keeping her younger siblings from literally flinging themselves into an open forge.
So, at least with this episode they are touching on an overreaching narrative/possible character arc? Same thing with Sage and the cousins talking shit about her mom. That could lead to something bigger, perhaps a rift between Sage's family members and her caught in the middle. It could. If the writers' aren't cowards.
In a better written show, they could use the semi-medieval setting to explain this. Before the Industrial Revolution, it was common for people to have a lot of kids, especially if they were from the countryside. Not only were there basically no prophylactics (I think some literature describes silk socks being used as impromptu condoms, but what peasant could afford silk?) and very little to do out in the country other than fuck, but also because:
1) Kids had a high mortality rate.
B) Kids were free labor.
To feed the second because of the first, you wanted to have a lot of kids. Every kid you have that survives to 8 years old is a farm hand you don't have to pay.
So they could take that sort of mentality with Parsley's family. They have a lot of kids and it's expected that they will work for free to increase production at the family business. Play it off as the parents being surprised and confused that Parsley wants to continue her education -- they took it as given that as soon as there was additional labor to do, Parsley would come back. School was there because the forge was doing well enough to afford not to have Parlsey's labor with the implicit assumption that she'd drop her education and come back immediately should that situation change.
Maybe New Magic has dramatically decreased child mortality rate and culture hasn't caught up yet. Maybe Parsley's parents thought the school was a good place to store their child while additional labor wasn't needed with the added benefit that she might get access to higher class clientele. Do a whole misaligned generational assumption thing.
But we can't have something like that, can we?
@@ScreamingDoom it's a shame I don't work for CrunchyRoll cause damn I would have hired you on the spot to fix this mess of a narrative.
It’s a real world problem of older siblings where they have to effectively raise their younger siblings. And by you describing this trope, it really shows how formulaic it can be. Like why y’all have so many kids if you can’t handle them all? Why do the religious family have to be creepy? Go outside of your tropes for once. I’d like to see a family with a lot of kids but also like, the biggest polyamorous relationship. Like think of Hollyhock’s dads from bojack horseman but they got 16 kids or something lol. Or a religious community where the kids are “raised by the village” so while the kids do have biological parents, everybody in the village is their parents. So it makes sense that there’s a ton of kids.
If new magic is not something bad them why is it so controversial?
Because it's new and new things are bad. About all there is to it
I'm not sure if that term but I could be wrong so correct me. I don't think they use the word “conservative” correctly. in the episode, anise said that “your mom wasn't always so conservative.” and shows the picture of sage's mom when she was younger holding a terra sphere. what do they mean by that? was sage’s mom a hippie or something? they didn't explain why her mom stop using new magic and why she is conservative about using old magic. somehow to me that doesn't make sense. (maybe) I guess the cousins are cool if sage’s mom has done it she can too. even though her mom explicitly told her to use old magic.
If i’m a mom who has more a dozen little kids and one of them almost kill himself and one wants to run away to academy, i’d probably BEG for the one to not run away 😂 or like.. stop reproducing coz I don’t want to endanger a life while i’m not capable enough to handle them all and rich enough to hire a nanny
Slime Boy is my mumblecore hero.
Can you talk About Kaitou Joker?
00:11 I laughed at that...my god!
Hey any of you guys watch Final Space on HBO? It's really good!
I’ve seen it
OOOH BROTHER THIS SHOW HURTS EVEN THROUGH EXPLAINING WHY?!?!
(I'm going to watch the Abridged version)