Submitted 3 weeks ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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.”)
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.
Because that would be a lust potion.
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 the other person mentioned.
If it was a “like” potion, then it wouldn’t be a “love” potion.
Like a friendship potion?
Beer? (Not an alcoholic, just an engineering student)
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.
I mean… romantic love is usually the first type of love that comes to mind when you say the word “love”, but it would be interesting to other types of love represented.
In Chinese, 父爱 and 母爱 are like one of the top 5 terms that comes to mind when the term 爱 is mentioned.
My parent’s never say the term 爱, instead, they say 錫/惜 (wikitionary definition: to cherish; to adore; to value greatly; to love dearly), which is a supposedly endearing way a parent express love for their children (I think?)
Imagine some parent using a potion of “Must be a A+ student to make parents proud” and like you just get mind-controlled into studying all night and skipping video games lmfao.
Or the reverse, a potion of “Mommy pls love me more”, and the parent spoils the child and buys them anything they ask.
That variant is called “date rape drug”.
I didn’t even think of this when I posted this, but I get like 5 of these comments… 💀
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.
I think they meant a platonic love portion.
Ahhh so a potion that makes someone your friend?
Options
Beer.
My assumption is that friendship is a lot easier to initiate and maintain. Limmerence, especially, is a lot of anxiety about how the person feels and if I could only make them see the depth of my feelings and am I what they want. The kind of thing that a specific kind of person wishes for magic for.
Anti love potions exist and have been regularly used since before recorded history. We call the poison.
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. 🤗
Because humans are really, really hung up about sex in general, and we make it complicated. The idea of a potion that cuts right through all the bullshit sounds pretty good to just about everyone at some point in their lives.
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.
We have an issue with date rape drugs here in USA. Its street name is roofie. Rohypnol en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_rape_drug
In Harry Potter, Voldemort’s mother used love potion on Voldemort’s father and he left after the spell wore off
it’s weird how love potions are the fairy tale equivalent of rohypnol.
Does the drug the voodoo practitioner gives to their zombies count as a submissive potion?
When I was young there were some pretty wild stories about spanish fly that weren’t very romantic.
Due to Cantharidin being toxic?
You mean like the story around its use being non romantic?? There’s tons like that. Otherwise idk what you are asking…
Rick Potion #9
Like, Viagra?
SPRUNT@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A restraining order potion would make a mint!