I just saw a curse that basically went along the lines of “make the person so unbelievably infatuated with you that they drown in their own emotions,” and I was like “… that just seems more dangerous than useful tbh.”
I don’t really care about it being a curse, that’s not the point – the point is you can’t really control how far that person may fall, or their actions after they have done so. Like, that just seems like it could end up creating you a stalker, which would end up causing you pain and problems too. Kinda defeats the purpose, while also putting you in a potentially really scary situation.
Love is a really unpredictable and volatile thing on its own, before you add magic into it.
I think that is a curse that sounds very much like it has a huge window for error. I won’t say backfire since I don’t see magick as that, its more of just a range of unexpected possibilities. I curse, a bit regularly depending on the situation but this curse seems extremely dangerous for the caster. Obsession is no joke, we can’t ever tell how someone can behave when obsessed. Some may turn out to be extremely toxic, and if you’re cursing them in the first place implies they are a toxic person.
And then if the point of the curse was to later shatter their heart so to say, that could make it even more dangerous. Some people cannot handle rejection. And an obsessive possibly stalker, person being rejected can result in some severe backlash and violence. This could really end seriously.
I recommend looking into other curses, for all of you cursing witches out there, that do not encourage putting yourself in such a dangerous position.
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