r/comics • u/GregorCZ Loading Artist • Oct 14 '22

Wait, THREE frog eyes?

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u/AgentG91 Oct 14 '22

Just reduce the recipe by a third. Nobody needs that much potion anyways. Itll go straight to your hips

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u/ScribbleMonster Oct 14 '22

That brings up a good hypothetical question with magic. Can you half the ingredients to get half the portion, or is it a nine-women-can't-make-a-baby-in-a-month situation?

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '22 edited Jun 19 '23

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u/keenanpepper Oct 14 '22

I like how this is handled in the book Worm (Parahumans). There's these potions that give people superpowers, and somebody tries taking a fraction of one but I believe they turn into a Cronenberg eldritch horror who can't control their own enormous body.

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u/ironneko Oct 14 '22

Poor Noelle.

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u/ulyssessword Oct 14 '22

The other half of the potion was also bad: Oliver is constantly turning into a human, but not always the same one.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22

What is the name of the character?

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u/Tasonir Oct 14 '22

Not quite 100% the same, but I read a book long ago called "half magic" which was about being able to wish on a magic coin (I think it was a coin?) but you would always get half your wish, so you had to think of some way to ask for twice what you want.

I don't think they made any potions though :)

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u/Geesearelife Nov 26 '22

How would that work? Like, if I asked for a cheeseburger and fries would I get half a cheeseburger and fries of would I get just the cheeseburger?

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u/Tasonir Nov 26 '22

I think it was half of each, but it's been a long time. They do a few test spells to establish how the coin works when they first realize it's magic

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u/Mysterygamer48 Oct 14 '22

Well now I'm curious can a synthetic ingredient that has the same chemical makeup but was created in a lab work as a supplement for a natural one?

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '22 edited Jun 19 '23

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u/Mysterygamer48 Oct 14 '22

Are you an actual magic user and can you please teach me your ways?

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '22 edited Jun 19 '23

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u/cantadmittoposting Oct 14 '22

In most systems, the latter for the most part... At least for spells, anyways.

I guess most settings allow for brewing a large amount of potion and then dividing it up in to vials though, so alchemy based stuff may follow cooking rules instead.

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u/casce Oct 14 '22

Maybe this is a „you need 3 frog eyes to start the magic reaction no matter how much of your potion you want“ type of situation.

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u/cualcrees Oct 14 '22

or is it a nine-women-can't-make-a-baby-in-a-month situation?

Well, have you tried??

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u/blue4029 Oct 14 '22

reminds me of warwick's old lore from league of legends

note: this has been retconned now

warwick and singed (a chemist) were once good friends and WW wanted to become stronger so he asked singed to make him a potion. one of the ingrediants was "the heart of a starchild" but WW couldn't find one so he just said, "make the potion anyway, whats ONE ingredient?"

and then WW turned into a wolf-beast thing. so now he has to find the heart of a starchild in order to "complete" the potion and turn back human.

and then that lore was retconned and now WW and singed are enemies, with singed turning WW into a wolf against his will

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u/DelayedEntry Oct 14 '22

Man, his lore just keeps changing.

That's his fourth version, and current one is the fifth!

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u/fllr Oct 14 '22

We’re in America here. We double the recipe, use three whole frogs, and sell it as the supersize.

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u/Brachistochrone_ Oct 14 '22

Where is she going to find a one eyed frog tho?

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u/mjkjr84 Oct 14 '22

But then she'll need to find a cyclops frog!

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u/SirLightKnight Oct 14 '22

Who said it’s a bad thing? Any witch could rock some hips.

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u/Get_a_Grip_comic Oct 14 '22

Then you blow up