Rather bland: I'm sure we can find a better image: Love Potion

To put it simply, the picture for Love Potion just doesn't seem very good. Yes, they're bottles with "love potion" written on them, but that's about all they are. I just know there are pictures out there that get the idea across with something more interesting or attention-getting than the old sledgehammer of "name on the bottle". You know, a bottle with fumes in the shape of hearts, or a heart-shaped bottle, or liquid filled with tiny hearts or something. I'm sure we can find a more interesting picture. (though all the ones I've found from a quick GIS are watermarked)

It looks like Just a bottle and a label...we can do better.

Ok, here's something.

I would strongly prefer an example that's not a literal potion, since the trope is broader than the title.

It is? How so?

edited 12th Feb '12 4:28:22 AM by Catbert

Well, I imagine the best demonstration of the trope would be someone enchanting somebody else, instead of just the product.

Wait, maybe this?◊ Someone would have to cut the unnecessary panels in the middle. I dunno how to do it, though. >.<

That could work, although the text at the bottom is kinda small. Let me see if I can find a bigger version.

It's copied straight from the site hosting it. It was bigger, but I resized it to fit limitations. Although, the middle panels still need to go.

Wiki size:

edited 12th Feb '12 10:37:16 AM by lu127

Yeah, the text at the bottom is pretty much unreadable. I cropped it a bit and made the text larger◊, but I'm still not sure that it works because it's not entirely clear that it's the same guy in both panels.

Hmm, that one's passable.

Is the effect of Cupid's arrow well-known enough? I think so.

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edited 12th Feb '12 6:09:50 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Noisy, cluttered, and all-around weak. Dislike.

Japanese Teeth made a better version out of it.◊

It's at least better than the current picture.

Less noisy, but still weak all-around. Dislike.

I think Cupid works. He's the personification of a love potion.

Cupid is a Love God which is another trope.

edited 12th Feb '12 6:51:16 PM by Catbert

His arrows are a love potion. I don't think the fact that a Love God wields them matters. They overlap. He isn't just Aphrodite, he actually makes people fall in love.

edited 12th Feb '12 6:52:51 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Then find a picture that puts more emphasis on the arrows.

I don't understand that request at all. He is both. Cupid is a particular kind of Love God that acts as a Love Potion. Unlike most other Love Gods, who tend to embody Love but not necessarily inflict it; he is unique among all the examples on that page.

edited 12th Feb '12 6:56:53 PM by rodneyAnonymous

I think the point is that a Cupid picture would display Love God way more than it would illustrate Love Potion. If J. Random Reader looks on the page and sees Cupid, he's probably going to think of Love God rather than Love Potion.

So what? That is great. He is a Love God that causes other people to fall in love. As far as I know he is the only Love God that does that.

edited 12th Feb '12 7:03:04 PM by rodneyAnonymous

I think that misunderstanding won't be an issue if they as much as read the trope name.

Most appearances by Cupid is a mini-version whose sole purpose is to act as a Love Potion from my experience.

edited 12th Feb '12 7:05:33 PM by Feather7603

I think most people think of an actual liquid for this trope, but I suppose Cupid could work.

Which is a great reason to have something that isn't a liquid, to demonstrate it doesn't need to be exactly that.

Seems a bit, ah, roundabout. I still like the idea of a potion with heart-shaped fumes or something.

edited 13th Feb '12 12:04:14 AM by Enlong

How is it roundabout? He makes people fall in love. Variously, in all the ways described in the article. Cupid exactly fits; he is the Anthropomorphic Personification of a Love Potion.

Just trying to suggest something besides a literal bottle of liquid. :) Here is one, tho: [1]◊.

edited 13th Feb '12 1:37:54 AM by rodneyAnonymous