How to Fail at Backstory, the Rosemary Way.
The thing that strikes me most about the first episode of High Guardian Spice is how little of anything seems to matter. Rosemary and Sage never develop past their first impressions, Thyme looks like a major asshole, and there is the scene where a cute magical animal steals Rosemary's locket.
Sage asks what's in it, most lockets have sentimental pictures inside them. But the absolute nonces in the writing room, saw an opportunity to make a bad joke. Something along the lines of:
"It's my dad's prize-winning strawberry shortcake, it's iconic!"
And at this moment, I truly felt nothing for this pink haired joke. Instead of being invested in this conflict of a missing sentimental item, I see it as padding because the writers couldn't figure out what to do.
Yes, later on, Rosemary does show that it's actually an old happy picture of her family, her mom included, but why couldn't she just tell Sage that? The audience would be a little bit more engaged, at least.
It's a little thing, but it bothers me a lot that we miss golden opportunities like this to further characterize our cast.
