鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoWhy are "love potions" always romantic in nature? Why hasn't anyone made a non-romantic variant?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down17
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareWhy are "love potions" always romantic in nature? Why hasn't anyone made a non-romantic variant?鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareDomeGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 days agoYou 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.”) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love
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.”)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love