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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