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|name=Love is Blind Eye Serum
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|name = Love is Blind Eye Serum
|image=[[File:eyeserum.jpg|150px]]
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|image = eyeserum.jpg
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|effect = Eye serum
|effect=Causes the drinker to become infatuated with the giver of the potion
 
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|inventor = [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley]] (c. late [[1990s]])<ref name="HPFW"/><ref name="HBPF"/>
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'''Love is Blind Eye Serum''' was a [[Love Potion]] from the [[WonderWitch]] line by [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]] that was sold in [[1996]].
 
 
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'''Love is Blind Eye Serum''' was an eye [[Potion|serum]] from the [[WonderWitch]] line by [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]], that was sold in [[1996]].<ref name="HPFW">{{HPFW}}</ref><ref name="HBPF">{{HBP|F}}</ref>
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
The origin of the name of the serum is to be found in Shakespeare:-
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*The origin of the name of the serum is to be found in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]:
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1.1.231-2)
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**Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. (''{{W|A Midsummer Night's Dream}}'', 1.1.231-2)
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*As this named as an eye serum, it is possible that the potion makes one's eyes bewitching to potential [[Love|romantic]] interests.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*{{HPFW}} {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter Film Wizardry]]''
 
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*{{HBP|F}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
 
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*''[[The Art of Harry Potter Mini Book of Graphic Design]]''
[[Category:Love Potions]]
 
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[[Category:Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]]
 
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[pl:Miłość jest ślepa – serum do oczu]]
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[[pt-br:Amor é o Soro do Olho Cego]]
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[[ru:Глазная сыворотка «Любовь слепа»]]
 
[[Category:Potions]]
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[[Category:WonderWitch]]

Latest revision as of 02:58, 21 January 2024

Love is Blind Eye Serum was an eye serum from the WonderWitch line by Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, that was sold in 1996.[1][2]

Behind the scenes

  • The origin of the name of the serum is to be found in Shakespeare:
    • Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1.1.231-2)
  • As this named as an eye serum, it is possible that the potion makes one's eyes bewitching to potential romantic interests.

Appearances

Notes and references