Be careful, Elsa, that may be an aphrodisiac and not a love potion. You surely wouldn't want to make that mistake, right?

it being a cliffhanger creates a bunch of unnessesery tension.

I can only speak for myself, but what I'm saying is this creates zero tension for me because of the tone of the manga. I can't believe for a second that this will be used seriously. Is it possible the author could throw 50 chapters of fluffy romance into the garbage? Sure, it's possible. I'll give them a little more credit than that until I see it happen, though.

All of them I can think of so far involve contemplating drugging Evie, and weighing it against not doing so. That in itself sends off red flags. There should be no dilemma, only commitment and resolution.

I mean, it's easy to say this, but I feel like most people presented with an actual factual love potion would at least think "what if...". At any rate, it's a common trope I've seen where a love potion or similar is introduced just for the character to commit to not using it after considering it.

Sweetie, don't love-drug Evie, that's messed up lol

Love potion detected. Now to see which way it manifests: either Elsa will be disappointed thinking it didn't work (because they're already in love) or, ya know. Horny chapter.

People are really freaking out about a single panel, huh

People are really freaking out about a single panel, huh

That's what internet forums are for isn't it!? ;⁠)

Ahh, the love potion substory, a classic

Imma be real I didn't even consider it could be a love potion, I thought it was woman-viagra

Is it possible the author could throw 50 chapters of fluffy romance into the garbage?

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I've seen Harry Potter Marriage Law fanfiction tropes die out because of ethics, expect trope-inversion, no-comfort, and darker stuff of course. Similar with Soulmate fanfiction. So shall reader desire for this. To speak frankly, this sub-culture and genre has a long way to go. Maybe 50 years.

Lol, expecting fictional indulgence of dark kinks to "die out because of ethics".

If the Marriage Law "died out" I suspect it was just a passing fad, or a victim of JKR's undermining of her own fandom.

Though as far as HP and love potions go, a rather sweet Harry/Luna fic did throw in an somewhat ethical use as background detail: granting that pureblood families did a bunch of arranged marriages for whatever reason, love potions could be used consensually to make the marriage stronger. "We want this marriage to work for alliance/economic reasons, and it will work better if we're in love, bottoms up!"

dew it.

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I don't know what you're talking about, Usagi Drop only has 24 chapters.

Be hilarious if it turned out it was nothing like a love or lust potion, and the heart shape and pink colour were purely coincidental. Like, "Oh, this is the rare potion that can cure my poor sick aunt's heart disease!"

Naughty girl, what are you thinking?

"Eh? What are you talking about? I'm totally not having any naughty thoughts!"
(panicky hides the love potion behind her back)

Nothing can go wrong.

more likely to be like the skirt lift incident. resolved immediately at the start of the next chapter and then forgotten

cue fake love potion scene

"you obtained everything you have now through your own hard work"

Elsa's like you're right, it was a lot of hard work pursuing you and stopping you from yeeting yourself out of my life, so I suppose I can take credit for all of that

hmmm

I like where this is going.

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owo?

It's Chekov's gun, regardless. I foresee a sweaty, blushy, encounter before realizing it doesn't work.

Yabe, don't do it.

I doubt she'd try to poison Eve. There's litterally no reason for her to medically abuse her