#eye of newt

[rowynnellis]

‘Here be Dragons’ production update from the wonderful team at Eye of Newt Books

[greatweaverofstars]

if any of you see a young man with an ugly bob asking for eye of newt, do NOT give him any. that is my apprentice and i'm trying to stage an intervention

[nichrome-media]

Witchcraft #2

Slice #339

[rjrogelart]

Day 5: Witch

[non-cannon]

Protagonist of an urban fantasy story who is new to magic/the magical community gets taken to a magical restaurant by their new magic friend who's showing them the ropes.

Protagonist ordering a burger: I'll have that with your 'eye of newt' sauce.

Friend: You really don't have to try that hard to fit in. You can just get normal toppings

Protagonist: I know what I'm doing, and I want the eye of newt sauce. I'm sure I'll like it!

Friend who is suddenly wondering just what kind of psychopath they've befriended: Oookaayy

The waiter takes their orders and later returns with their food.

Protagonist: takes a bite and immediately spits it out What the hell is on this thing? takes the top bun off and sees a weird sauces with little balls in it

Waiter: That's the eye of newt sauce

Protagonist: There's no way in hell this is eye of newt sauce

Waiter: Of course it is. The eyes are harvested from The Eastern Red-Spotted Newt

Protagonist: You mean this was made with real newt eyes? What the fuck?

Friend: I thought you knew what you were doing with the eye of newt sauce

Protagonist: I thought it was magical world slang for mustard. I thought I was ordering mustard on my burger. Eye of newt is supposed to be an ye olde term for mustard seeds! You people eat actual newt eyes?

[cavalorn]

I'm sorry, but this is completely fake. You will not find any of these 'folk names' in any herbal written before the 1980s, because they were all made up by modern authors. The idea that the Macbeth potion ingredients were just plants is the invention of US Wiccan Scott Cunningham who wanted to rehabilitate the historical figure of the witch, including Shakespeare's fictional ones. Long debunk of the myth here for those interested.

*tastes potion like a chef testing the soup* hm. needs more eye of newt.

[quietcandle]

Silly Game Time: It's the middle of the night--not 12 midnight, but the *true* middle equally between sundown and sunrise, when it's darkest. There is no moon, and the sky is veiled by clouds.

This is when three witches meet. What are they discussing?

What to do with the rest of the animal bits. That's a lot of blind newts!

[rowynnellis]

“Here be Dragons” Production Update 🐉

[fellerbat]

Day 23: Potions

The sequel to the newt prompt where she finally perfects her potion! :3

[fanaroff]

Fun fact: eye of newt is mustard seeds, not actual eyes of actual newts. The seed pods are called eyes and they’re dark yellow, like most newt eyes of native newts around where mustard plants naturally grow. Eye of newt is just a folk name.

[futureogre]

Just FYI, in the cyberpunk future magic is pretty much the same except a few more mancies have been discovered and you can get cruelty-free eyes of newts which are grown in labs on weird flesh-grapevine things, it's pretty sick.

[onenakedfarmer]

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Macbeth

Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,— For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.

[scrmnviking]

Never let the facts get in the way of a good cartoon but...

Eye of Newt is mustard seed! Bavarian style mustard or brown mustard would do, but they don't have that either.

[pinkopalina]

daily dose of morning misery

[newtchiato]

The Secret Society calls….

Doodle of the trio to get the wormies out of my brain, god session 3 was so dang cool to watch I’m utterly invested

[bellzsad]

honestly in the movie it’s not the “please, tommy, please” that gets me, it’s the “it’s okay… it’s okay,” from thomas