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[sweet-cuddlebug]

High Guardian Spice Incorrect Quotes!

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Hiding from a horde that Rosemary accidentally angered.

Sage: Do you think they saw us?

Rose, poking her head out from behind the wall:

Horde: >:(

Rose:

Rose: Yes.

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Snapdragon: I made this friendship bracelet for you.

Amaryllis: You know, I’m not really a jewelry person…

Snapdragon: You don’t have to wear it—

Amaryllis: No. I’m gonna wear it, forever. Back off.

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Rose: Your ass is grass, and I'm gonna mow it.

Snap, desperate: Leave me alone!

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Sage, sheepishly: I’m sorry we skipped school.

Anise: You skipped school?

Sage: … No

Rose: We were solving a murder!

Aloe: Solving a murder is no reason to skip school…

Rose, sarcastically: Okay, Department of Education.

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Amaryllis, so done with this bs: You were supposed to do something about the raccoon under the deck!

Parnelle: I did! I named him Lord Moseby. He likes Coco Puffs!

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Thyme: We'll have to cut down on expenses. What can we live without?

Aamaryllis /s: Probably Parnelle and Slime Boy.

Snapdragon /jk: That's a good start.

SB: Huh well that makes the things I was gonna cut irrelevant.

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After Amaryllis had to listen to Snap's romantic whines that are definitely not about Sage for the 10th Time.

Amaryllis: Are you sure this isn't because you secretly had a sexy dream about that nerd?

Snap: What?! No! …Recently? No!

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Parsley: Water balloon fight!

Sage: What?

Parsley: It's how we usually settle issues in Lyngarth.

SB: Well, that and freestyle rap battles.

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Sage, yelling at Rose and Parsley threatening a man who made her uncomfortable: Girls stop! This is-. Girls! This is crazy. He’s not worth it!

Rose: You’re right, no one will miss him.

Parsley, cracks knuckles: >:(

Sage, exasperated but flattered: No, Rose! That’s not what I meant!

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New introduction to Slime Boy, one of the three main saviors of the show.

SB: You've come to the right people.

Sage: Uh, we didn't come to you at all.

Rose: Yeah, you just walked in here without knocking…

SB: There wasn't time for you guys to figure out you needed me. Fortunately, the walls are thin.

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Sage, secretly messaging Snap about their definitely not secret date: See you soon baboon. Wait, spice it up. See you soon, bitch. Too spicy, too spicy. Oh god I sent it.

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SB: If you need me, I’ll be down here on the floor. Dying.

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Amaryllis: FUCK

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Amaryllis and Slime Boy discovering the same deadly secret about the guardians.

Amaryllis, naturally violent: You mean the Triumvirate? Then let's go kil- get them! Let's go get them >:)

SB, naturally pacifist: >:/

[thebluelittlewitch2-thesequel]

Silly lil spices

Trying to do something w thymes hair idk

[insertlogo]

I HAVENT GIVEN UP! Gonn redesign everyone just you wait >:)

[yams-here]

So I like thinking about franchises that disappointed me in some way

and after watching too many reviews I redesigned the High guardian spice characters (and thought of how the plot could work way too much)

Rose in this version isn't a complete idiot, and may not be so book smart, but she is very good in combat because she's kind of a fangirl. Like, "she studies attacks and can probably name pretty much every guardian" fangirling. While she is still kind of a dumbass, she's the one that always brings Sage down to earth whenever she gets too stressed. Although she is mostly the source of that stress. Her mom was taken by the rot, but she isn't really sure what it is, so when Thyme mentions it devastating her home she's like "!" so they can actually have something that might bring them together. She decides to take on forging and weapon enchantments so she can have a moment where she steps out of her mom's shadow to do her own thing teehee Sage here is still kind of an ass (her sexist discourse to snap was NOT a Girlboss Moment) but here I think it would be interesting if it was something that other characters think its weird too. Like its a belief ingrained into her together with the more traditional upbringing by her family (thus her only knowing old magic) so it can be part of her character development learning how those thoughts should be changed and that not everyone thinks like that, But she still tries her best to be respectful and kind. (also, her parents sent her to the academy because new magic is VERY new, so the fact that it was being implemented in the curriculum was not widespread, specially in a small town like where she was raised in.) she's an overthinker to the core, so sometimes she needs her friends to calm her down, although sometimes that anxiety is what prepares them for something they weren't even expecting.

Parsley is honestly well written enough in the original show, so the only things I would change is that the progress with the conflict with her parents is stretched a little through episodes, and the conflict is that while her parents want her to be a blacksmith and take on the family business (and help take care of her three thousand simblings) she wishes to go out and do something for herself as a warrior, because she wanting to go to school to become a blacksmith and her parents fighting her on it because they want her to become a blacksmith is kinda dumb. also her short ass hammer feels so weird to watch in the series, so I think that a longer handle would make it a little better. also tiny irony of her weapon being taller than her. Thyme feels like she should be written better because shes the only one that actually has any correlation to the plot, but she kind of... isn't?? I like her backstory of being ran out of the woods she lived in because the rot was devastating it and her dad staying behind to try to solve it, but I think it would be more dramatic if her dad was killed in the conflict but she doesn't know so dramatic moment when she finds something that belonged to him (maybe a little charm she made? for protection? in the way children do that stuff for their parents) and she connects the dots. Also the rot here is because the overuse of the power new magic is able to draw out without the control of old magic is taking too much energy from the earth, and woodsy areas thrive on it, thus the root like structures of the rot. The trees are basically oysters for the magic energy of the world. When its bad, they turn bad too. Also make her more of a "expresses affection through favors and actions, not words" person. She, Rose and Sage took wayy too long to become friends. Amaryllis stays the same because she is perfect and I love her and if you disagree to talk to the wall I personally think Snapdragon is good too but I would make him genderfluid instead. I think that the idea of Caraway THINKING he might be a trans girl but that ending up not the correct answer would reinforce his "there's always more options than you think" speech. And someone needs to point out how he's drawn to women that scream at him. Also we need a better arc with his dad instead of the raw carrot that was the canonical "his dad reinforces toxic masculinity hurr durr" thing we got (that wasn't even well made btw) NOW TO THE SIDIES

Slime boy is now named Slime boy because of an accident he had in potions class the previous year (he's one year older than the main cast) which caused him to continuously produce a slime like substance instead of stuff like spit and sweat. It doesn't inconvenience him a lot other than him making bubbles when he speaks every now and then. He's just an assistant in the terrasphere shop, and the owners are Alloe and Anise (wow they actually do something else in the story!!) but he's mainly just a more experienced student that sometimes knows things the main cast doesn't like secret entrances and cool rooms and stuff. He's a full on bard because that was barely explored in canon and music based attacks are cool. He has the tiniest little crush on parnelle cuz I thought that would be fun Parnelle is ENBY because I SAID SO (and cuz cal is stablished as transphobic and I like payoffs) and since whatever they're doing at the academy is never really clarified, I made them kind of an animal whisperer, like they call on animals to assist them in battle and other stuff. (Maybe then we actually get to see the trixies again after their prolongued mating dance that lead to literally nothing in episode 1) being an animal whisperer is a very rare "old magic" hability thus why they entered the academy one year earlier than expected. They sew their own clothes and are still the generally weird little guy they are in canon, except this time its explained as them preferring to communicate with animals ever since they were a child. They are still very polite and friendly tho, always happy to help. Cal is (his full name is calamagrostis and like if I was named that I'd be an asshole too) still parnelle's cousin, but he doesn't outright bullies them. in fact, he isn't an outright bully, he just tends to look down on other people that don't follow what he believes in, which is a more traditional view on the world, kind of like sage, so I thought of him maybe being a catalyst to her being like "wow I can see why my way of thinking may be bad now, I don't want to be like him" which pushes her to grow and stuff. And I want him to grow as well, so I thought, maybe he and Snapdragon used to be friends, but recently they drifted apart and he started to kind of resent him after he came out as genderfluid, but deep down he still misses his friend, so maybe that pushes his character development. And other people saying that hes kind of a prick. idk I just really hate the trope of a bully character just being there to be the mc's punching bag instead of getting development.

In general, the lore would be (I think, I'm not the best at lore) that Guardians are generally like soldiers, but in a more captain america type of way. they're more like beacons of hope and symbols or power and peace than soldiers are, (thus rosemary knowing a bunch of them as they're usually famous) but they are still required to know combat. High Guardian Academy is known as a guarantee to become a good soldier, and a high chance to become a guardian. They VERY recently implemented new magic in the curriculum, but are experimenting with mixing its high power output with old magic's control of it, (thus why caraway knows how but why none of the students are being thaught it. It's a fairly new tecnique they'd rather get a good grasp on before teaching a bunch of children how to use it) because since they're expertly trained guardians they can tell that a terrasphere takes too much energy above what would be considered okay. They just aren't aware of how much tho, the extent of the rot is a secret held close to their chests by witch country, which is where the terraspheres come from, which has brought them tons of profit and advancements. So when someone knows about the extent, or tries to stop it, they are eliminated, (thus why thyme's dad died. People that stayed in the fairy woods and knew how bad new magic could be were all "silenced" so they could keep profiting out of it.) (Any letters or research about the rot, or from the people that knew, were burned and interfered with, thats why no one else knew about it.) idk what else to talk about cuz this show had such little things to explore but there's so much filler that almost none of it got explored but I think it had potential, even if I prefer to focus on character interactions and how they change eachother. Again, I'm not very good with lore. and plot.

[theprincelyking]

Inktober 6: Trek

Cal, Parnelle, and a fellow classmate are heading home. Hopefully the trek isn't too long...Or hopefully it does

[akaisenhatake]

im not a clown i swear

but anyways i redesigned amaryllis n slime boy, dunno if ill make em a ref like olive tho 😔

i think they'd get along well with their single functioning braincell

oh yea snap n parnell also got a redesign but ill show em next time

[clonepa3]

hii ive been planning on watching hgs give me a guy

this is slime boy, hes not usually dressed up as a skeleton but hes a silly little bard, hes very easy going and assumed good friends with Parnelle :D

[incorrect-hgs]

Who is/are your favorite HGS character/s?

1. Parsley

2. Thyme

3. A multi-way tie between Snapdragon, Amaryllis, Sage, Slime Boy, and Rosemary

4. Olive

5. Parnell (He deserves better but this is my ranking)

6. Everyone else

7. Cal

[siacatgirl]

Here’s one thing that bothers me about HGS’s school system (or rather, lack thereof).

According to Twitter lore, the main four + Ryll and Snap are 14 yo. From my (admittedly limited) understanding of the US education system, this puts them roughly as 1st year high schoolers. Okay, lines up well enough with the academy and its purpose.

Now here’s the thing: according to that same Twitter lore, Parnell is 10. What the hell is so damn exceptional about this kid that he was allowed to straight up skip middle school?

[bunnymajo]

Didn't have a cr account, but I was curious after seeing you posting about HGS and checked it out. It was a lot of fun! The side characters in particular were a ton of fun. Slime Boy and Parnelle were great comic relief, and Amaryllis and Snapdragon had a really interesting dynamic. It felt like the moment when those two swapped weapons and started becoming less one-dimensional was where the show started taking off. I was really enjoying it by the end. So thanks for recommending the show!

No problem! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Yeah I really liked it too, and by the end I started thinking of where the story could be going, I really like the concepts they were exploring with the world. I hope they get a chance to continue it!

Snapdragon & Amaryllis really grew on me too!

[kob131]

Okay, so there's this guy called BlackLightJack who made this series of videos supposedly deconstructing HGS called "High Guardian Spice Sucks". I stumbled into part 4, where he talks about E.6 (The 'Girl falls in love and becomes stupid' episode), Snapdragon and 'how the show portrays cis straight Male characters'.

Overall, the guy's voice is inexcusably obnoxious, which is exasperated by his use of screaming and smug sarcasm which makes him sound like a dumbass using buzzwords and emotion to mask how bad he is at criticism.

Which I argue is entirely accurate because he fucks up every point he makes.

A. The point about male characters is shot because he tries to make it about the YOUNG male characters. I would give him some benefit and say it's because he's trying to compare with the target audience...but he ALSO cuts Parnell and Slime Boy because 'they barely show up and aren't a part of any plots or arcs' which is bullshit as both were involved in the plot of Episode 5 and make regular appearances as side characters, thus being more relevant than his examples (as they appear in a total of 3 episodes combined and 2 are in relation to the secondary duo rather than the main characters) The only connecting thread I can see is 'They debunk me' so it comes across as ignoring info to make a point.

B. He tries to talk about E.6...but he spends the whole episode framing the “Girl falls for stupid guy” as “WHITE MEN STUPID!” even though his skin color is never mentioned, and his gender is commented on once ( “I don’t think all guys are bad. Parnell is ookie but he never tried to explain magic to me.” Said by Sage about the guy apparently giving Rosemary pointers about swordfighting.) The only reason you’d interpret it that way is the trailer for the series (which the studio said they didn’t support) and one lady in it and her Twitter history. Nothing about the show indicates that this is the show’s philosophy. The male teachers are just as competent as the females and the male students have helped the female cast members. It’s just two assholes and one villain ...and I’ve seen this archetype of asshole before in relation to MALE targets (specifically Jaune Arc). It’s just politics insert to make up for a lack of critical thinking.

C. He tries to argue that Snapdragon could have been this great role model for male viewers that they don’t need to be fully masculine to be guys...but thing is- he could have also been a story of how all trans people are mass murderers or embody the moral of ‘the macarena is the best dance of all time’- These hypotheticals mean nothing about the show itself. It was always going to be this way because of the creators.

He then bitches about Snapdragon being implied to be trans because ‘he’s emotionally unstable!’ and ‘Caraway (who btw is a self insert!) is grooming him by talking about transitioning!’ and he wasn’t the thing he headcanoned. Which is fucking bull because Snapdragon is emotionally unstable due to his dissonance between what he was raised with and what he feels which suggests he’s not comfortable with how he looks and is expected to act. And Caraway just brought it up as an option and that he should decide for himself since there are multiple paths (which kind of sounds like the OPPOSITE of grooming). Granted the jackass admits as much but he tries walking it back by saying ‘WELL WHY DON’T YOU TELL HIM SOME OPTIONS?!’ as if the point of th line wasn’t for Snapdragon to discover for himself.

And here’s the kicker- I hate this show. I fucking hate this show and this episode in particular because of the stupid concept, bland execution, Sage acting like an incel and her misandric bullshit. But I can’t just accept this sludge calling itself criticism- It’s fucking wrong on every level. 

I am basically forced to defend a show I HATE because this asshole is basically every problem I have with RWBY critics combined.

Well if there was any doubt that my nigh primal hatred of so many RWBY critics was due to bias- I'm in luck!

Because I feel the same way about a guy reviewing HGS...

[theprincelyking]

High Guardian Side characters aka BEST characters

[cartoonbabbles]

Heyo friendos! Same here! Lemme know your HGS thoughts! Personally, if I had to pick my top five characters, it would be the main four (Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme) and Parnell! (Quite honestly, I enjoy pretty much everyone except that weird purple smokey faced guy, I do not like him. He is very mean to Olive). (I realize i misread the prompt but i’m not deleting this portion because I like these characters and I want people to know). I think the show’s pretty aight. To me, it’s a greatest hits of the best tropes in entertainment, complete with childhood friends, healthy relationships, communication, and other things that make this show incredibly wholesome, with a bit of personal tension later in the season to *spice things up.* (To be clear, I know the production suffered and all that noise, but I’m not here to talk about that right now). The story’s pretty fun, it’s not super new (but again, all work is derivative in work) but I really like it. It’s heartwarming, and feels like a warm hug from my favorite shows of my childhood. Highly reccomend for when you’re sad and want to feel happy.

give me your opinions, cherished followers

is high guardian spice good or no

[theprincelyking]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA- *Dies of cuteness*

I HAVENT GIVEN UP! Gonn redesign everyone just you wait >:)