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鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world ·
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Why are "love potions" always romantic in nature? Why hasn't anyone made a non-romantic variant?

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Why are "love potions" always romantic in nature? Why hasn't anyone made a non-romantic variant?

鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world ·
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  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    In Harry Potter, Voldemort’s mother used love potion on Voldemort’s father and he left after the spell wore off

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    A non-romantic version?

    You mean potions that kill you?

    There are called poisons.

    Or do you mean a potion that just lets you fuck the person?

    They are called rufies.

    • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      I think they meant a platonic love portion.

      • IWW4@lemmy.zip
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        1 hour ago

        Ahhh so a potion that makes someone your friend?

        Options

        • Alcohol
        • Marajuana
        • Cocaine
  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    it’s weird how love potions are the fairy tale equivalent of rohypnol.

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    5 hours ago

    Does the drug the voodoo practitioner gives to their zombies count as a submissive potion?

  • Pencilnoob@lemmy.world
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    friendzone potion, you give it to someone crushing on you or hates you to turn them around. Some might argue showing up with beer / weed is a friendzone potion.

  • uhmbah@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    Like, Viagra?

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    We have an issue with date rape drugs here in USA. Its street name is roofie. Rohypnol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_rape_drug

    Aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flunitrazepam

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    Anti love potions exist and have been regularly used since before recorded history. We call the poison.

    • 鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      Romeo and Juliet was too obsessively into love, so they had to take some anti-love potions to calm down a bit.

      They seem pretty calm now.

      Happily ever after. 🤗

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    12 hours ago

    A restraining order potion would make a mint!

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    You mean, instead of an eros potion it’d be a portion of agapa, philia, or xenia?

    Most likely because “be nice to strangers” or “don’t defile the dead” can be easily enforced with violence without being rapey.

    (And, worth noting, modern anti-depresssnts are kind of a philautía potion already, since they help with “love of self.”)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love

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    Like a potion that just charms someone without making them fall in love? I’m pretty sure D&D has a spell that does exactly that, and just about any spell can be made into a potion IIRC.

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    Like a friendship potion?

    • WastedJobe@feddit.org
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      Beer? (Not an alcoholic, just an engineering student)

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      That would be a great item for a DND session. Could be sold by an incompetent or novice potion maker, or at some magic potion equivalent of a scratch and dent store. Or the dollar store version of a love potion.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    Because that would be a lust potion.

    Unless you mean literally any other kind of potion? In which case I would recommend either The Nutty Professor or Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.

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      I mean, it could also be a “like” potion.

      You drink the potion and everyone you meet just kind of likes you.

      Of course, if it goes wrong, then everyone you meet likes you a little bit too much. And that’s when you would need that restraining order potion sprunt mentioned.

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        If it was a “like” potion, then it wouldn’t be a “love” potion.

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          10 hours ago

          It could be a “like like” potion.

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    You mean like the story around its use being non romantic?? There’s tons like that. Otherwise idk what you are asking…

  • LEM 1689@lemmy.sdf.org
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    When I was young there were some pretty wild stories about spanish fly that weren’t very romantic.

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      Due to Cantharidin being toxic?

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