A restraining order potion would make a mint!
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.
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.”)
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… 💀
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.
- potion of Broth/sist-erhood
- potion of Filial Love
- potion of Ride or Die
- potion of Make Momma Proud
- potion of Go Get’em, Tiger!
- potion of BFF’s Forever!
- potion of Fanaticism
- potion of Fascination
- potion of Simpage
In Chinese, 父爱 (fatherly love) and 母爱 (motherly love) 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, in Cantonese at least, 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.
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. 🤗
Does the drug the voodoo practitioner gives to their zombies count as a submissive potion?
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.
In Harry Potter, Voldemort’s mother used love potion on Voldemort’s father and he left after the spell wore off
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
Usually combined with alcohol to make a non-romantic potion
Rick Potion #9
Like, Viagra?
You mean like the story around its use being non romantic?? There’s tons like that. Otherwise idk what you are asking…
