#lofe potion

Sierra

Sugar Plum:  “60% of the time, it works every time.”

Stuff: "Welcome to the Dark Forest Castle. How tough are ya?"

Thang: "How tough am I? You got a new bottle of Love Potion?

Stuff: "Sure." [hands bottle to Thang]

Thang: "IT'S ON! RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR- *pant-pant* -RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! Eh, if I could just run this under some hot water...

Stuff: "Get outta here. This place is too tough for you, little man."

Thang: "Too tough for me? That's downright ridiculous! I'll have you know I stubbed my toe last week while watering my spice garden, and I only cried for twenty minutes."

Stuff: "Listen, kid. I think you'd be more comfortable over at that place." [points]

Thang: "Weenie Hut Jr's! Are you saying I belong at Weenie Hut Jr's?"

Stuff: "Uh, no. Sorry, I was actually pointing at the place next to it."

Okay, hear me out:  Crazy head canon, but what IF the potion never worked?  Like ever?  The whole ‘already in love with someone else’ was just a cover?  Or an excuse, because who knows what Sugar Plum really knows, am I right?  

What if Dawn was just thinking on her feet and pretending, in order to buy time before her family came to rescue her?  But she did end up liking Bog as a person during her captivity, and thought he reminded her of her sister, so she kept up the ruse even after Marianne arrived to see what might unfold between them?  Hence, why she was willing to protect him from Roland (not for her sake, but her sister’s) and genuinely sad when he seemingly died.

And what about the creature couples the Imp dusted?  Well, what was a fairy, a Brownie, a tortoise, and a frog [whom we’d only seen living in the Fairy Kingdom] doing out in the Dark Forest?  Meeting with their secret lovers, perhaps?  Just how tolerant IS the Fairy Kingdom of mixed relationships?  Plus, the pairs would have to be in close proximity to both be dusted, yes?  What if they were just ignoring the Imp’s antics and going along with their little rendezvous?  

Lizzy?  Notice how Sunny and Pare were tied to a single daisy in a surrounding patch.  Daisies are known to have an overwhelming aroma, so what if it was actually the scent of daisies that made Lizzy suddenly like them?