Trojita
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Hold up, before you say Trojita what the fuck! why are you trying to destroy my favorite book series, hear me out.
"Love Potions" exist in the Wizard world in Harry Potter. There isn't just one but several. The twin Weasley's in particular made a business selling them at their store.
To name a few
Cupid Crystals
Kissing Concoction
Beguiling Bubbles
Twilight Moonbeam
and last but not least Amortentia
The first four are supposed to cause the drinker to become infatuated with the giver of the potion. The last, Amortentia, is the most powerful Love Potion in existence. It causes a powerful infatuation or obsession from the drinker. Adding onto that the drink smells like the best thing ever.
With the potion out of the way, let's talk about the spells. Specifically I'm going to bring up the Imperius Curse. It is one of the most powerful and sinister spells known to wizardkind. When cast successfully, the curse places the victim completely under the caster's control.
Unlike the other unforgivable curses, being subjected to the Imperius Curse, when adequately cast, is not an unpleasant experience, in fact, quite the opposite; the victim of an Imperius Curse is placed in a calm, trance-like state in which all feeling of responsibility and anxiety is banished.
There are two plot points in particular that back up the statement made in the subject title. Only one of these appeared in the movies, I believe, so movie watchers only might be confused.
1. The first deals with a girl, Romilda Vane of Gryffindor, that tried to give Harry a Love Potion so that he would fall in love with her.
During Christmas one year, when Harry was invited to Professor Slughorn's lavish Christmas party, Romilda plotted with her friends in the girls' bathroom to somehow give Harry a love potion from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, which would make him ask one of them to be his guest to the party. Hermione Granger overheard this, and warned Harry. When he returned to the common room, Romilda initially tried to give Harry gillywater, but he refused. Instead, she forced a package of Chocolate Cauldrons, both of which were spiked with love potion, into his hands. She also made hints about wanting to go to the party with him, which Harry ignored.
Harry proceeded to stow the love potion-spiked Chocolate Cauldrons away in his trunk until March, when, while he was looking for the Marauder's Map, he tossed them on the floor. Ron Weasley, believing they were one of his birthday presents that had fallen off his bed, picked them up and ate them. Ron suddenly became obsessively infatuated with Romilda, to the point that he declared his love for her in front of Harry, then punched him when the former asked if it was a joke, and attempted to wrestle his way into Slughorn's office, believing she was in there. This led to Horace Slughorn giving Ron an antidote. Believing it was a "tonic for the nerves," Ron drank it and the potion's effects ceased. Soon afterward, he was poisoned by a bottle of oak matured mead that was meant for Albus Dumbledore.
2. Is a pretty big plot point in the past
Harry Potter Book's 6&7 spoilers
A young witch named Merope Gaunt uses a love potion or curse to force the richest attractive muggle bachelor in the town,
, to fall in love with her. They were married, had sex, she got pregnant, and they had a son. All this time he was under her spell. At some point in time while she was pregnant, Merope decided to remove the spell, thinking that after all this time he would have to love her for real now. This was not the case. Instead of being happy or in love with her,
was revolted by the whole situation. He left her pregnant and destitute. She died shortly later, leaving her son that was born to go to an orphanage. This son was
, or who you might better know as
.
Yes, going along with Dumbledore's whole dumb speech about how Harry was everything good and loving and
"Love Potions" exist in the Wizard world in Harry Potter. There isn't just one but several. The twin Weasley's in particular made a business selling them at their store.
To name a few
Cupid Crystals
Kissing Concoction
Beguiling Bubbles
Twilight Moonbeam
and last but not least Amortentia
The first four are supposed to cause the drinker to become infatuated with the giver of the potion. The last, Amortentia, is the most powerful Love Potion in existence. It causes a powerful infatuation or obsession from the drinker. Adding onto that the drink smells like the best thing ever.
With the potion out of the way, let's talk about the spells. Specifically I'm going to bring up the Imperius Curse. It is one of the most powerful and sinister spells known to wizardkind. When cast successfully, the curse places the victim completely under the caster's control.
Unlike the other unforgivable curses, being subjected to the Imperius Curse, when adequately cast, is not an unpleasant experience, in fact, quite the opposite; the victim of an Imperius Curse is placed in a calm, trance-like state in which all feeling of responsibility and anxiety is banished.
There are two plot points in particular that back up the statement made in the subject title. Only one of these appeared in the movies, I believe, so movie watchers only might be confused.
1. The first deals with a girl, Romilda Vane of Gryffindor, that tried to give Harry a Love Potion so that he would fall in love with her.
During Christmas one year, when Harry was invited to Professor Slughorn's lavish Christmas party, Romilda plotted with her friends in the girls' bathroom to somehow give Harry a love potion from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, which would make him ask one of them to be his guest to the party. Hermione Granger overheard this, and warned Harry. When he returned to the common room, Romilda initially tried to give Harry gillywater, but he refused. Instead, she forced a package of Chocolate Cauldrons, both of which were spiked with love potion, into his hands. She also made hints about wanting to go to the party with him, which Harry ignored.
Harry proceeded to stow the love potion-spiked Chocolate Cauldrons away in his trunk until March, when, while he was looking for the Marauder's Map, he tossed them on the floor. Ron Weasley, believing they were one of his birthday presents that had fallen off his bed, picked them up and ate them. Ron suddenly became obsessively infatuated with Romilda, to the point that he declared his love for her in front of Harry, then punched him when the former asked if it was a joke, and attempted to wrestle his way into Slughorn's office, believing she was in there. This led to Horace Slughorn giving Ron an antidote. Believing it was a "tonic for the nerves," Ron drank it and the potion's effects ceased. Soon afterward, he was poisoned by a bottle of oak matured mead that was meant for Albus Dumbledore.
2. Is a pretty big plot point in the past
Harry Potter Book's 6&7 spoilers
A young witch named Merope Gaunt uses a love potion or curse to force the richest attractive muggle bachelor in the town,
Tom Riddle
Tom Riddle
Tom Marvolo Riddle
Lord Voldemort
Yes, going along with Dumbledore's whole dumb speech about how Harry was everything good and loving and
Voldemort was not, the big bad of the series was also born from date rape.
