#love potions

[junowritings]

I've been having this brainrot for days now! Since Twisted wonderland is all things magical, they have to have love potions or something of that sort. Would you mind doing an imagine where someone was trying to poison the reader but it backfired and they fell in love with Ruggie instead? Even better if Ruggie and the reader are already together. I'm not sure if you do male reader pronouns but if not, gender neutral pronouns would be great too.

Oh I am here for any and all brainrot right now I am here to listen!. And dw I usually stick to GN unless specified otherwise so I can totally write for a male reader - hope this one's to your liking hun!

Quick tw for love potions just in case even tho Ruggie and reader are already in an established relationship.

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Oh, this is just too perfect.

Ruggie’s always teased you for being too trusting, always taking people for their word. Maybe it’s just thanks to your upbringing, or you’re just so stubborn in believing the best in the people here at NRC, but it’s something that’s earned you plenty of teasing jabs from the hyena beastman, enjoying the way it never fails to get a reaction out of you no matter how many times he’s pointed it out. 

You’re lucky that you’ve got such a wonderful boyfriend like Ruggie to make sure that that trusting nature of yours doesn’t get you wrapped up into more trouble than you’re already in, huh? The treats and snacks you give him in return are more than enough of an incentive to make good on that promise, even if he’d still gladly protect you without the bribes (not that you need to know that, those donuts you buy him are too sweet to lose.) But even he’s loath to admit that he can’t always be there, and it seems that in these small windows of absences that things finally catch up to you. At least you’ve got that ragtag group of friends of yours that never fail to shadow you around campus; surely they’re not naive enough to not spot a ploy when they see one?

Turns out that was wrong - and next thing he knows he’s getting a frantic text from that redheaded hothead Ace telling him about a potion going wrong and someone trying to get back at you for some kinda slight. It’s not unheard of for grudges between students getting out of hand - Ruggie’s seen that not even Leona’s been immune to the odd knucklehead trying to knock him down a peg, so he’s already running through options and revenge plots as he’d tracked you down. 

And what he sees once he gets there? Well, thank the sevens the trouble this time around comes with such…amusing results.

“Y’know, I really love everything about you, Ruggie.”

He’s heard these words before - you never shy away from reminding him; but that’s usually saved for the privacy of your dorm room between quickly exchanged kisses whenever he comes over feeling needy for some of your affection. This time you’re squared away in one of the empty classrooms for your own safety, pressed up close against Ruggie’s side with your head resting on his shoulder as your hands cling to one of his own, tracing hearts and other obscure patterns on the palm of his hand. You don’t shy away from smothering him in affection, a far cry from how you’d been when you’d left for your potionology class not even an hour before, and who is he to not make the most of the way you’re acting so lovey dovey?

Ruggie’s eager to bask in the attention, doing a poor attempt to hide his grin as he leans dramatically against the table and rests his head on the palm of his free hand as he listens to you gush.

“Oh really~?”

“Mhm…” You make a confirming noise and tilt your head, peppering a quick few kisses above the neckline of his bandana and grinning against the skin when it pulls out the telltale snicker that you’re so fond of.

“Your laugh’s damn cute” the bold declaration it enough to make his tail wag, ears perking up as your attention momentarily shifts to give them a scritch with your fingertips.“ These too, ‘M such a lucky guy, aren’t I.”

Your tone suggests it’s not a question but a fact, and this time Ruggie’s chuckle is bordering on the verge of flustered as you don’t hesitate to cuddle up against the beastman. Man, he should be saying that; but trust his boyfriend to beat him to the punch acting so affectionate and loving - this is sure to be bad for his heart.

There’s a deliberate cough across from the pair of you, and just like that the moments over and Ruggie’s got the unpleasant reminder that there’s still others here; though present company doesn’t seem to deter you from continuing to hug him close, continuing with your onslaught of praise.

“Are we just going to ignore the fact that some guy tried to poison him?”

Ruggie has to roll his eyes at such a stupid question watching Ace pressed back against the bench like he’s trying to make as much distance between himself and the scene as possible. He says that like there aren’t already people - Jack included - tracking your would be poisoner while they keep you safe and away from people. Sure, Ruggie’s loving the attention, but he’s not deluding himself of the fact that the smell of the potion practically smothers you in a sickly sweet scent, a stark reminder that you’re not entirely in your right mind right now. He’s more than happy to humor you with kisses and cuddles to your heart's content, but that’s as far as it’s going until you’re back to yourself - though the thinly veiled discomfort on Ace’s face is too funny to tell him that. He’s just lucky that he’s the one the potion made you obsessed with; if it’d been anyone else…

“It’s fiiine Ace,” you lift your head from Ruggie’s shoulder, dismissing your friend with a nonchalant shrug “Not like it worked - I’m feeling great actually~”

“What you’re ‘feeling’ is that potion making you a sappy mess; seriously I can see the hearts in your eyes from here-gross.” 

Ruggie doesn’t miss your scowl as you stick out a defiant tongue at the Heartslabyul student before stubbornly diving back into Ruggie’s hold, almost sending the two of you sliding right off of the bench if his hands hadn’t grabbed onto the table - and you - for support. 

“Don’t care. Not like it’s any secret I love my boyfriend sooo much; right, Rug?”

The smugness at your bold declaration wells up in his chest, and the grin he shoots Ace across the table is all teeth before his attention becomes quite literally pulled back towards the more important boy in the room. Those hands once playing with his neck and ears now bring themselves to cup his cheeks, and the Savanaclaw boy’s head is suddenly angled to look at you, taking your full face in and- wow; there really hearts dancing in your eyes. The pink settles like a haze in your pupils and your lashes flutter at the sudden exhale Ruggie lets out, really seeing them for the first time. He can’t bring himself to look away even if he wanted to, those thumbs against his cheeks rubbing soft circles in the way only you know makes him melt. Suddenly he’s feeling way too warm all over - the potion can’t be spread through contact, right? - and it only gets worse at the kiss you press to his jaw, clearly aiming higher if he hadn’t unconsciously jolted at the close contact.

Your pout borders on playfully honest and there’s barely the register of “Damn; missed.” you whine out under your breath before you’re leaning in again, body so close and so hot pressed up against his own as you somehow get so much closer-

“RIGHT I’M OUT-!”

The bench jostles so harshly that you actually do slip out of the seat this time, and thanks to the hands pressed against his head Ruggie’s got no choice but to be dragged right down alongside you. There’s a mess of limbs and Ruggie’s sure that it’s your knee digging into his stomach as his hands slam down onto the floor to save his skull from a potential concussion. 

Out of the corner of his eye Ruggie spots that familiar mop of bright red hair almost yank the door handle off of its hinges to get out of the room. And that grin of his almost breaks into a full on cackle watching Ace almost dive headfirst into the group who’d left earlier, a wave of confused faces peering into the classroom to see what all the fuss was about only to find you still cuddled up to your hyena of a boyfriend.

He sure hopes that you’ll remember all of this when the potion wears off; he’s got so much new ammunition to tease you with now it would be a shame for it to go to waste~!

#twisted wonderland x reader #twst x reader #twst #twisted wonderland #savanaclaw #twst ruggie #ruggie bucchi #ruggie bucchi x reader #imagines #twst imagines #scenarios #twst scenarios #love potions #I always worry I get the characters wrong when writing scenarios so this was a good practice thanks for the request! #now i just need to get used to using more dialogue and i'll be golden lmao #twst x male reader

[centuryberry]

Since the Brotherhood only heard of Queen Macaque as the conquer of LoES, will they have respect of his skills? More specifically Peng?

Like Peng agrees to help out with the love potion because he's interested in Macaque only something went wrong like in Queen of the Mountain.

Onesided Blackquill? In my Queen of the Mountain AU? More likely than you think.

Yes, Peng would admire the heck out of Queen Macaque, which could dissipate most of that animosity. Unfortunately, that animosity quickly turns into unwanted admiration. So of course Peng adds Macaque into the love potion scheme. They'd be the new ruler of LoES if they captured Macaque's heart after all.

Azure/Peng/Jade-Face: Tries to spike their targets' drinks

Baby Yue, smelling the bullshit from where she's sitting: Ah hell naw, gimme that (drinks it and coughs in poison and ruined plans)

Shanzha (plucking the cure from RinRin's hair and shoving it into her niece's mouth): Dammit Yue, not again!!!

Wukong: Again?!?!

#queen of the mountain #answered ask #shadowpeach #lionpeach #blackquill #love potions

[hp-shippy-prompts]

Prompt:

Harry trips to the past and ends up in school with Tom Riddle, who finds him very interesting and tries everything to draw him to his side.

Tom gives Harry amortentia but it has no effect, leading Tom to assume that Harry must be secretly in love with him.

He’s not.

Harry is his horcrux, and you can’t use love potions on yourself.

#prompt #harry potter #tom riddle #tomarry #love potions #time travel

[dramioneasks]

Looking for an old fanfic where Ron uses a love potion on Hermione but something goes wrong and she ends up falling for Draco malfoy instead. I vaguely remember the ending where Ron goes to Hermione with an antidote and tries to explain himself but at that point Hermione knows what's happened already and tells him to go away.

This:

One Way Or Another - y3llowdaisi3s - NC-17, one shot - Ron would do anything to ensure that he and Hermione end up together, it’s only what everyone expects, right? But in the process of ensuring their love for one another, something goes horribly wrong.

-Lisa

#anonymous #anti ron #love potions #character death: ron #smut

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Montague Summers - Geography of Witchcraft - University Books Inc. - 1973

#witches #crafts #occult #vintage #university books #montague summers #1973 #priest-sorcerers #warlocks #covens #love potions

[justfandomwritings]

The second biggest plot hole in the entire Harry Potter universe is love potions.

That they exist at all and aren’t somehow a much bigger plot point cause think about their use and implications for the universe they totally would be a way bigger plot point

That I’m expected to believe men aren’t using these every fucking day as advanced date rape drugs

That they are marketed to women

That we only ever see women using them, or that any woman (Romilda Vane) would use them at all knowing what they do

That they’re perfectly legal despite robbing drinkers of their entire free will, effectively legalizing rape

That they’re not only legal but so perfectly acceptable in society that they’re sold over the counter at WWW, which is the wizarding equivalent of selling date rape drugs at a Party City

That Fred and George would sell that knowing what it does and how it might be used against women. They are pranksters not rapists, and they are smart enough to know and good enough not to do it

That Hermione Granger never goes on a SPEW style one woman crusade to outlaw them.

#Molly Weasley would’ve killed them #hermione Granger would not stand for this #men cannot be trusted with this #they would’ve exploited it for sure #hp #Harry Potter #hp fandom #harry potter fandom #harry potter books #fred and george #fred weasley #hermione Granger #george weasley #molly weasley #weasley twins #fred and goerge weasley #love potions #Amortentia

[princesshaze]

Love Potion #9 Bottles 💕❤️💞✨

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#love potion no. 9 #love potion #potions #love potions #potion bottle #lovecore #heartcore #dollette #nymphett #doelette #doelet #nymphett culture #nymphett aesthetics #cute aesthetic #cuteness #romantic

[hostess-of-horror]

Can we possibly get something where saltbaker was making some kind of love pastry he was planing on using but ended up with it back firing onto him, resulting in him becoming obsessive/ super clingy???👀💘 (love ur saltbaker stuff btw 10/10😍)

Oooh, I like the way you think, anon!

Love potions are actually one of my favorite plot devices, and the only story I have ever made that involves something similar is "The Elixir".

And thank you so much! I'm really, really glad that so many people are enjoying my stuff! Actually, I'm just overwhelmed by the amount of attention, Jesus Christ...!

Alrighty, with all that out of the way, on to the prompt!

However... before we get to Chef Saltbaker, let's go over my rendition of love potions. This is so we can get a clear idea as to what they are, how they're used, and overall their place in the world of Cuphead.

Love potions within Inkwell Isles are actually somewhat common, but they aren't found in just your average local shop. They are small apothecaries that sell them and other special potions located a bit farther away from towns and cities. But sometimes, there are rare occasions where a shopkeeper would have a "private" stash of love potions for customers, after they've proved themselves old enough to buy them.

Unlike most depictions, love potions do not cause people to fall in love instantly with whoever they first see. It can only work effectively if a couple, or at least one of the two, drank the potion while being in the relationship they're in. In fact, stories of people using love potions to fulfill their unrequited love for another are just propaganda.

Speaking of which, love potions are relatively uncommon knowledge to a lot of people, hence the propaganda. This is usually because of pure ignorance due to the fear of the unknown. Luckily, there are licensed professionals that can educate first-timers and ask any questions they have.

Although a love potion mostly works for couples, single people can and do use it. However, this won't be as powerful as it would if they have a partner they love. The potion would, instead, work as a positive mood changer and thus create self love, which makes for a good medicine.

If someone were to take too much, then they will go into a temporary condition called "Lovesickness." Lovesickness is where the user literally goes blind with love. The symptoms include: uncontrollable giddiness, heart palpitations, shivering, hallucinations involving Cupid, romantic proses and ramblings, extreme cases of clinginess and other acts of love. These symptoms are completely non-fatal and will wear out after 12 hours.

Love potions are often used by couples to enhance their attraction for each other and set the mood for their time together. They can be used by itself or be incorporated into recipes for consumption.

Whew...! Okay, NOW onto Chef Saltbaker!

Content Includes: Lots of Flirting and Suggestiveness (not explicit NSFW)

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He could feel his glass body quiver as a strange surge of energy rushes through his chest.

The two Danishes he had baked for himself and his beloved were meant as an anniversary gift, and so, he wanted to make them special by adding a few teaspoons from a love potion.

He had took small sips (or so he thought) to test the flavor, unknowingly creating a whirlwind of firsthand lovesickness.

His chest and stomach began to flutter, his face contorting uncontrollably into a sweet smile, his face flushing until it burned like fire, his mind becoming set on one thing and one thing alone: you.

You were just coming back from the farmer's market to pick up more ingredients. Once you went downstairs into the kitchen, you were met with a rather unexpected display of affection.

Chef Saltbaker was certainly very affectionate; he absolutely loves you very much and wanted to show it whenever he can. But on this particular day, he was rather... Lovey-dovey.

As you were putting away the ingredients, you felt hands softly course their up from your hips to your waist. You jolted straight up from the touch, and immediately felt lips grazing up against the crook of your neck, peppering kisses all over your skin.

You turned around to an intoxicated, infatuated Chef Saltbaker, who wasted no time pinning you against the wall, holding you captive as he traced his finger up underneath your chin to kiss you.

At first you had no idea what had gotten into him. But once he began to graze your neck again, you looked over towards the counter where a nicely decorated dish with two Cherry Danishes are places. Right next to them was a half-empty love potion.

Immediately you knew exactly what had happened. But before you could mention anything, Chef Saltbaker swept you off your feet, bridal style, and went over to his living quarters.

He wanted you all to himself. If his actions while cuddling on a lounging chair weren't giving you any clues, then his words of passion and desire certainly did.

The things he whispered into your ear! The flowery prose-like confirmations he spoke of you! The many, many ways he longed to do with you - right now, in the future, and so on! The intoxication had spilled out your lover's most sober thoughts, and by Golly, were you immensely flattered!

But eventually, you asked about the love potion, which made him stop. In a moment of sheer embarrassment, Chef Saltbaker sheepishly covered his face as he gently placed you down. How could he be so... so...!

Ah, but you were okay. He was okay. You knew what he was trying to do for your anniversary, and you reassured him that, despite his mistake, you were absolutely happy to be with him. With or without those sweet little pastries.

Although this had not cured his lovesickness, Chef Saltbaker rested his head on your lap, exhausted from his experience. You smiled as you lovingly rubbed your thumb against his cheek. It would be another six or so hours until Chef Saltbaker finally goes back to being himself again.

#chef saltbaker x reader #answered asks #chef Saltbaker #cuphead the delicious last course #cuphead dlc #cuphead #my writing #love potions #anniversary gift

[harmonyandco]

Hermione was born with a rare immunity to love potions and mind magics so when Ron, Ginny, and Dumbledore tried their scheme Hermione was on to them and protected Harry from it.

from @autistic-writer

#autistic-writer #harry x hermione #harmony #prompt #love potions #dumbledore bashing #weasley bashing

[luxshine]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Brindavadaam, గోవిందుడు అందరివాడేలే | Govindudu Andarivadele (2014), RRR (2022) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Abhiram (Govindudu Andarivadele)/Krishna (Brindavadaam), Alluri Sitarama Raju/Komaram Bheem Characters: Abhiram (Govindudu Andarivadele), Krishna (Brindavadaam), Indu (Brindavadaam), Bhoomi (Brindavadaam), Alluri Sitarama Raju, Komaram Bheem Additional Tags: Love Potion/Spell, Falling In Love, Reincarnation, True Love Summary:

Krish needs to decide whom he loves more, if Indu or Bhoomi. However, when the two girls come to him with a way to choose that won't hurt anyone in the process (Or so they claim), a third option comes in that may either break his heart, or teach the most loveable man on Earth the meaning of True Love.

#Brindavadaam #Govindudu Andarivadele #Abhi/Krishna #RRR #RRR adjacents #Rambheem #Love Potions #Falling in love #True Love #Reincarnation #Fanfic #Luxshine Fanfic

[realitybitesyouknowit]

Chapters: 38/38 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Harry Potter/Severus Snape Characters: Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Portrait Albus Dumbledore, Lily Evans Potter, Remus Lupin, Original Characters Additional Tags: Drama & Romance, Lily is alive, Horcrux Hunting, Potterwatch, Grey Dumbledore, Idiot Ron who eventually redeems himself, Art, Dumbledore is a Scheming Sociopath, Brief M-Preg, No Hallows, Mostly Sub Severus, mild D/s themes, Fluff, Creature Fic Summary:

Headmaster Snape is discovered as a spy and stumbles into the Golden Trio's camp injured, and carrying nothing but an old, bloodstained journal, a map of the UK with strange dots on it, and the clothes on his back. Oh, and the Sword of Gryffindor? He demands Sanctuary from Harry, an old wizarding custom that forces Harry to give the man food and shelter for one month while Severus pleads his case. Harry reluctantly agrees, and so begins the maddest month of his life. Between finding out the truth about Severus, translating Voldemort's twisted journal, and discovering even his own life is nothing like he thought, Harry has to rebuild his world from the ground up, all while knocking the pieces from Voldemort's soul one by one.

Harry finds his wings, his mother, his mate, the mentor he believed dead, and his true destiny all in four short weeks.

#harry potter #fanfiction #ao3 #snarry #creature inheritance #dumbledore bashing #minor ron bashing #sanctuary #mates #adoption #Lily Lives #lily/remus #love potions #breeding opposing species for a stronger being #Reapers #Dragoons #Osirins #animagus harry #Fates #It's all Dumbledore's fault #Spirit Gates #So many seers #non canonical horcruxes #more than 1 living horcrux #Dumbledore corrupted Riddle #Dumbledore throws potions and compulsions out like Oprah #mentions of mpreg #Neville/Daphne #Tonks/Kinglsey #Luna/Dean

[terrence-silver]

What would different era’s of Terry use as a cologne or a scent to make beloved be around him more?

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― What would Twig do? Hard to tell. But, maybe, just maybe, he's heard old folk stories around Vietnam, during the war, among locals, about ancient concoctions and brews that increased attraction from the wearer to their intended target, bordering on magical properties; something that appealed to the mind and the body. Something that back home might be deemed a love potion by any other name and while he thought it is a load of mumbo jumbo and old wives tales back then, he sure as heck he wishes he had a vial of that to spray all over himself now. Should he rummage through beloved's things and do some well meaning digging when they aren't likely to see, though? Just in case? See what scents and perfumes they use and align himself to that, ensuring he matches with them and ensure a higher probability of their attraction through that? Do some stalking and use observational logic? Use his newfound money and wealth to buy the most expensive thing on the market and hope smelling like raw cash would do the trick for him? Maybe appealing to the soldier in him is the right course of action; maybe smelling fresh and clean and orderly is the best tactic --- honest, good and old fashioned? Or maybe, just maybe, he should get to scheming. To cooking. o a bit of would-be witchcraft, not that he ever figured himself the type. A pinch of his sweat, a droplet of his blood, a lock of his hair, the salt of his tears, various fragrances and herbs he brought home from Korea to make his dish complete. It is not unusual for a soldier to make frag grenades and Molotov cocktails on the field, from scratch, so why would making a scent that appeals to someone's desire be all that strange? He's in love, and he's a little like a girl eagerly making perfume out of roses petals from his mother's garden. He is doing this for a good cause. Is it so bad that he wants you to be around him more than ever? It is not wrong. Not if it actually works.

― See, for 80's Terry Silver, whatever boyish, albeit obsessive innocence Twig would have on this topic with his homegrown solutions dissipates into outright Machiavellianism. In the animal world, he knows, beasts in heat secrete a sort musk that makes the irresistible to any would-be mate that catches their scent, and people are a type of animal too. Jungle rules are valid in civilization. Jungle rules are valid in desire and the arena of courting and conquest. More than any place else, actually. And so, a team of scientists, experts, doctors and chemists are commissioned and carefully vetted by Mr. Silver himself, in a hush-hush operation, to literally design the perfect scent. Just for him. With beloved you in mind. No expenses too big. No excess too excessive. Terry Silver gets what Terry Silver wants. Always. Mind you, he doesn't feel he needs a bottle of anything to already be alluring as he is, without the aid of science, but he supposes there's an undeniable sort of fun to this, an unabashed eroticism, in you thinking he smells so good, that it is physically, on a molecular level, impossible to resist him, felling you entirely under his whim of control and rendering you helpless under his literal spell, with no bullshit or distractions serving as obstacles. Should his people at Dynatox frequently dealing with gasses and toxins get involved with this project? They just might. And after months of genuine research, tens of thousands of man hours invested, nearly a million dollars blown into the ether, anything intrusively perverse, from a sample of his cum in the mixture and the collected venom of a rare Burmese Cobra (A shameless suggestion by Mr. Silver himself), the perfect, addictive, nearly hallucinogenic and entirely unethical cologne is designed. Nobody who sees you can quite explain why your pupils wildly dilate and why you ignore everything else when Terry comes into your line of sight but they suppose it must be love.

― You know what would be a great shortcut when you're old, you find love infuriatingly late in life, feel the rage of not having control of time itself and when such things happen and you wish you could somehow jump through all the social rings of fire that involve the dance of pleasantries with the one you want and actually get down to have them, right away, not a minute more wasted? A love potion. In such times, yes, a literal tonic to induce desire, skip all the nonsense, awaken the senses and make the brain receptive would come in handy. The notion almost amuses old man Terry. It really does. Except, few notions amuse Terry for their own sake without actually formulating into outright plans and possibilities in his head after a while --- as was the case all his life. And sure, he knows his way around fine art. Fine dining. Fine wine. Fine suits. Fine cars. Fine mansions. Fine perfumes and colognes galore, because he's a natural purveyor of the rare, expensive and exotic. Still, he finds most options available for the buyer's purse, self-proclaimed to make you 'irresistible' as poultry marketing tricks --- instead opting for something wrought from his own machinations. You get invited to dinner. You get wined and dined by an ever so charming old man. You get seduced. You get drawn in. You have a wonderful evening. And for some reason, you immediately, against all reason, find yours in Terry Silver's bed, that very night. First date. How? Not unreasonable, seeing as how he is quite alluring on his own, when he wishes to be, but unbeknownst to you, he has sprayed himself and his own environment with every aphrodisiac, incense and fume in the book and ensured his mansion smells like desire. Smells like sex. Invading the mind. Disarming, almost like a drug, to the point that the dinner was cut short and continued in his bedroom before you could even reason why. You supposed...Terry smelled quite nice.

You never realized you stood no chance the minute you crossed the threshold of his estate.

#terry silver #kk3 #cobra kai #dynatox #terry silver twig #twig terry silver #80's terry silver #old man terry #yandere #chemistry #perfume #love potions #tw; dub con #tw; non con #dubious consent #terry silver x reader #terry silver x beloved

[centuryberry]

What do love potions do besides tricking the brain and heart to think its love. Cause if it's just love, I don't see dbk cheating on iron fan (more likely talk to her about it, maybe ask to open the relationship, and if she said no staying loyal despite the heartache) or wukong killing his best friend

Love Potions don't simply trick the mind into thinking that they're in love. They make the victim obsessed. They make the victim's thoughts be filled with the target and only the target. Anyone or anything that gets in the way is either ignored or eliminated (since magical drugs and spells have a self-defense mechanism against those who try to dispel it.)

It's a pretty nasty poison. The victim is usually aware of what's happening and/or remembers clearly after the effects run out, which could take years.

#queen of the mountain #answered ask #love potions

[coffeefrenchandhistory]

The love potions headcanon and why Ginny used them

So. We all know what love potions are, in the HP universe. They are potions which can cause obsession, or infatuation, in the drinker with the person who gave it to them. And of all the love potions out there, none are more powerful than Amortentia.

This is important for us to know, since Amortentia is the strongest of the love potions, it implies there are weaker or less powerful forms of the potion as well. What would very likely be aphrodisiacs.

Before Half-Blood Prince, here's what we know about love potions (bolded for emphasis):

"My friendly, card-carrying cupids!” beamed Lockhart. “They will be roving around the school today delivering your valentines! And the fun doesn’t stop here! I’m sure my colleagues will want to enter into the spirit of the occasion! Why not ask Professor Snape to show you how to whip up a Love Potion! And while you’re at it, Professor Flitwick knows more about Entrancing Enchantments than any wizard I’ve ever met, the sly old dog!" — Chamber of Secrets

They [Ron and Harry] headed down to breakfast, where Mr. Weasley was reading the front page of the Daily Prophet with a furrowed brow and Mrs. Weasley was telling Hermione and Ginny about a love potion she’d made as a young girl. All three of them were rather giggly. — Prisoner of Azkaban

"She's really ugly," says Pansy Parkinson, a pretty and vivacious fourth-year student, "but she'd be well up to making a Love Potion, she's quite brainy. I think that’s how she’s doing it."  Love Potions are, of course, banned at Hogwarts, and no doubt Albus Dumbledore will want to investigate these claims. In the meantime, Harry Potter’s well-wishers must hope that, next time, he bestows his heart on a worthier candidate. — Goblet of Fire

And then we get to Half-Blood Prince. Where potions, but specifically love potions, take center-stage. In the course of the book, we see:

Merope Gaunt use a love potion on Tom Riddle Sr to steal him away from Cecelia, his fiancée;

Romilda Vane attempt to dose Harry with love potions in chocolate (and that love potions grow in strength the longer they sit, as what happens when Ron eats the chocolate instead of Harry)

The Weasley twins sell love potions in their shop in Diagon Alley.

And most importantly, Horace Slughorn introduces not just love potions to the class, but as well introduces the class — and us by extension — to Amortentia. The strongest love potion there is in the Wizarding world.

I'm not alone in saying that the Harry/Ginny relationship came out of nowhere. There was no real build-up to it from a Doylist perspective. Harry interacts with Ginny in Chamber of Secrets, barely at all in Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire, and only really starts to have any kind of interaction in Order of the Phoenix. She's in one book, all but disappears for two more, and then only starts having any kind of interaction with Harry in the fifth book.

It's a very sudden thing, Harry falling for Ginny.

Then there's the "monster in his chest" nonsense.

Yeah. Unfortunately we have to talk about it. I don't like it, but we do.

Compare and contrast Harry's crush on Cho, which we see in Prisoner of Azkaban, versus what we see for Harry regarding Ginny in Half Blood Prince.

Prisoner of Azkaban (emphasis bolded):

They walked out on​to the pitch to tu​mul​tuous ap​plause. The Raven​claw team, dressed in blue, were al​ready stand​ing in the mid​dle of the pitch. Their Seek​er, Cho Chang, was the on​ly girl in their team. She was short​er than Har​ry by about a head, and Harry couldn’t help notic​ing, ner​vous as he was, that she was extreme​ly pret​ty. She smiled at Har​ry as the teams faced each other be​hind their cap​tains, and he felt a slight jolt in the re​gion of his stom​ach that he didn’t think had any​thing to do with nerves.

Half-Blood Prince (emphasis bolded):

Harry hardly noticed the sound of shattering glass; he felt dis- oriented, dizzy; being struck by a lightning bolt must be something like this. It’s just because she’s Ron’s sister, he told himself. You just didn’t like seeing her kissing Dean because she’s Ron’s sister.... But unbidden into his mind came an image of that same deserted corridor with himself kissing Ginny instead... The monster in his chest purred... but then he saw Ron ripping open the tapestry curtain and drawing his wand on Harry, shouting things like “betrayal of trust”... “supposed to be my friend”... “D’you think Hermione did snog Krum?” Ron asked abruptly, as they approached the Fat Lady. Harry gave a guilty start and wrenched his imagination away from a corridor in which no Ron intruded, in which he and Ginny were quite alone —

It's night and day. Cho is butterflies in his stomach, nervousness, apprehension even. Noticing that she was "extremely pretty". With Ginny? It's quite different. And sure, you could make the excuse of it just being age, but throughout HBP we see repeated and repeated reference to the "monster in his chest", of wanting to take Ginny in a very intimate manner. It's a very specific reference. Later on that page, how Harry wants to rip Dean limb from limb.

Now, I've been a teenage boy. And in all of the crushes I've had, I've never wanted to rip the boyfriend of the girl I might be interested in "limb from limb". I might be jealous, sure, or even a bit put out that he's getting to experience what I would want to — but what Harry is going through reads far more like obsession. Harry is infatuated with being with Ginny. Having her with him. Imagining all the intimate moments between them, with no one interrupting. And it comes all out of a sudden. Even Harry is surprised by the feeling.

But Josh, you might be saying! Love potions cause the person to act like an idiot! We see this with Ron!

Incorrect, but points for attention! The experience you're referring to is when Ron Weasley ate the chocolates that Romilda gave to Harry which were laced in love potion. Which had been sitting in Harry's trunk for months, stewing and growing in strength (but also, gross, Harry). Which implies, or outright states, that love potions have a more subtle approach to how they interact with the consumer. Like a boiling the frog approach.

But Josh, you might be saying again! Why would Ginny use a love potion? She was pretty, she was popular, all the boys wanted her!

Yes, she is. Even Blaise Zabini, a noted blood purist in Slytherin, notes that Ginny is attractive.

"I never really gave up on you," she [Ginny] said. "Not really. I always hoped... Hermione told me to get on with life, maybe go out with some other people, relax a bit around you, because I never used to be able to talk if you were in the room, remember? And she thought you might take a bit more notice if I was a bit more - myself."​ "Smart girl, that Hermione," said Harry, trying to smile. "I just wish I'd asked you sooner. We could've had ages... months... years maybe..."​ ​"But you've been too busy saving the Wizarding world," said Ginny half laughing. "Well... I can't say I'm surprised. I knew this would happen in the end. I knew you wouldn't be happy unless you were hunting Voldemort. Maybe that's why I like you so much."​ — Half-Blood Prince, Ch. 30 (pp 647, US edition)

It's a very weird thing to say. "You wouldn't be happy unless you were hunting Voldemort". Either Ginny meant that she knows Harry has something hanging over his head that he has to deal with or it'll ruin his life, or she knows the Boy-Who-Lived is a Dark Lord Vanquisher™ from the stories she read about as a child.

But it's the first line she says that solidifies it for me.

"I never really gave up on you".

Even after dating Michael Corner and Dean Thomas, even after being involved with these boys for months, she never gave up on Harry. She effectively strung Michael and Dean along in the hopes Harry would realize his feelings for her. Hermione most likely wanted Ginny to date someone, and realize that her crush on Harry was a silly childhood crush. She strung those two boys along in the hopes that Harry felt something for her too. And when he didn't appear to, when he didn't seem to reciprocate, well... her brothers sell love potions in Diagon Alley.

And remember that Ginny Weasley was browsing the love potions section of Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes in HBP and asked Fred if they worked.

Near the window was an array of violently pink products around which a cluster of excited girls was giggling enthusiastically. Hermi- one and Ginny both hung back, looking wary. “There you go,” said Fred proudly. “Best range of love potions you’ll find anywhere.” Ginny raised an eyebrow skeptically. “Do they work?” she asked. “Certainly they work, for up to twenty-four hours at a time de- pending on the weight of the boy in question —” “— and the attractiveness of the girl,” said George, reappearing suddenly at their side. “But we’re not selling them to our sister,” he added, becoming suddenly stern, “not when she’s already got about five boys on the go from what we’ve —”

Ginny had basically set her sights on the Boy-Who-Lived since before she even met him. The moment she found out that Harry was going to Hogwarts, and was on the train, she wanted to see him like he was a thing at a zoo. And yes, sure, we can excuse that as her being 10 years old. But it's still not a great start for the relationship.

Harry is great when it comes to dealing with something in front of him. A villainous professor, a basilisk, dementors, dragons, Death Eaters in the Ministry. But someone surreptitiously dripping something into his pumpkin juice? Harry's not Mad-Eye Moody, he's not paranoia made flesh. He wouldn't think someone would be so bold as to try that.

And Ginny Weasley was plenty bold.

#personal #Harry Potter headcanon #meta commentary #Harry Potter meta commentary #love potions

[dramioneasks]

Rosemary and Thyme Apothecary - TheLiesWeTell - E, WIP - Rosemary symbolizes remembrance, friendship, and love. Thyme symbolizes strength, power, courage and sacrifice. All are traits Draco Malfoy has never believed himself to have. Disinherited and grappling in the aftermath of the Second Wizarding War, Draco Malfoy painstakingly transforms an old apothecary shop into the haven he envisioned and discovers that maybe there’s more to him than he once believed. Fueled by an unwavering determination to rebuild not only the shop but also his sense of self, he comes to realize that he will need both Rosemary and Thyme in order to pull it off. Especially when a figure from his past shows up rather announced, under suspicious circumstances, and doesn’t seem to want to leave. Having never been one for mysteries or adventures, he can’t seem to turn her away either. An unexpected friendship blossoms, offering a glimmer of hope and a chance for Draco to redefine his place in a world. "Rosemary and Thyme Apothecary" is a tale of resilience, redemption, and the transformative power of friendship. Join Draco Malfoy on this journey as he discovers that true strength lies not in the past, but in the possibilities of the future.

#author: TheLiesWeTell #wip #drug use #drugs #tw: rape #non con #alcohol #alcohol abuse #progressive relationship #psychological trauma #hermione: protective and possessive #hermione: ministry employee #draco's pov #oblivious #draco: protective and possessive #love potions #draco: potions master #healing #harry #ron #theo #weasleys #ginny #blaise #pansy #draco: business owner

[merthurfics]

Charting Stars On A Stained Glass Ceiling by mornmeril 

Merlin leads a relatively content life - or as content as is possible under the rule of a magic-hating King. When the arrogant son of said magic-hating King starts becoming a regular at his coffee shop, Merlin is a little puzzled. When said Prince prat then proceeds to ingest a love potion on Merlin's watch that results in him having to move into the Royal Palace as Prince Arthur's (fake) boyfriend, Merlin wonders which deity he has angered. Things only get more complicated from there.

This is a coffeeshop au + modern royalty and a love potion fic full of pining and  sexual tension🔥

#merlin #merthur #bbc merlin #Arthur Pendragon #jealousy #Love Potions #modern royalty au #coffeeshop au #arthur x merlin #mornmeril #fic rec #fanfic #ao3