Shadsie
Sage of Tales
I've been thinking about this ever since I got a positive review on one of my oneshot fan fictions that praised how I bothered to describe the flavor of red potion.
In a Skyward Sword fic of mine - "Warm Watercolor," I described red potion as having a flavor like "rusty mushrooms." My reviewer was surprsied by this because the stuff looks bright and syrupy like cherry Skittles. My reasons for mentioning the poition as having such an odd flavor are as follows: Red potion may be bright and happy looking, but it's still medicine and medicine tends to taste bad. Also, in past games ( A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask) mushrooms would seem to be vital to the potion-making process, so I was thinking "it's mushroom brew." After that, it's bloody-red color and the fact that you use it to cure your wounds in battle (which I imagine would be bleeding if Zelda was a more realistic/mature rated game series - which I honestly don't want it to be despite my darkfic writing) made me think "It probably boosts/replenishs your iron, so... rusty flavor."
Butterfly guts and dung beetle stomach-contents optional! (Notice what goes into the plus and plusplus versions)! Ew!
Link: Ugh, this tastes like Mogma...something! And rusty mushrooms!
Alright, so that's what I think Red Potion tastes like - on its own, "rusty mushrooms" and plus-ed, like... less mentionable things.
Green Potion:
Stamina Type - The stuff looks like cartoon-radioactive waste. I think it probably has a tart, fruity flavor because I imagine that it must be made from Stamina Fruit. The color makes me think "tart" like lemon or un-ripe apple.
Magic Type - Nyquil. I don't know why, it just seems like it would be medicine-y. I seem to remember Wind Waker Link's face while taking it wasn't too happy about it.
Blue Poition:
Magic/Heal Type - Like "Frost" flavored Gatorade, as in, the only way to describe the flavor of that is "blue." It's supposed to be "blue raspberry" flavored, but since such things do not exist in nature, one can imagine blue potion as tasting like other blue things in our lives.
Oxygen Type - Since it gives you oxygen, I imagine it to be very fresh tasting, like mint leaves crushed into freshly-fallen snow.
Guardian Potion - I LOVE this stuff in Skyward Sword. I find it very useful, though expensive and tend to go though the trouble of making it plus. My ace in the hole for going up against tough bosses. I imagine that it tastes like Maloxx or Pepto Bismol because it has a kind of chalky appearance. It's not solid, but it kind of looks "chalky" compared to other potions.
Shield Restore Potion - Since you put it on your sheild, I do not think it is meant for consumption. It works to heal wounds, but I imagine it as a topical application. I imagine that it smells (and potentially tastes) greasey. It's meant to flow into the cracks of your shield, then harden or something, so I imagine it being a oil-like solution. Or at least, if I had to describe it in fan fiction, I'd probably use that because it's probably a more creative explaination than most would use, since it looks like grape-berry soda.
So, have any of you imagined the tastes of potions?
In a Skyward Sword fic of mine - "Warm Watercolor," I described red potion as having a flavor like "rusty mushrooms." My reviewer was surprsied by this because the stuff looks bright and syrupy like cherry Skittles. My reasons for mentioning the poition as having such an odd flavor are as follows: Red potion may be bright and happy looking, but it's still medicine and medicine tends to taste bad. Also, in past games ( A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask) mushrooms would seem to be vital to the potion-making process, so I was thinking "it's mushroom brew." After that, it's bloody-red color and the fact that you use it to cure your wounds in battle (which I imagine would be bleeding if Zelda was a more realistic/mature rated game series - which I honestly don't want it to be despite my darkfic writing) made me think "It probably boosts/replenishs your iron, so... rusty flavor."
Butterfly guts and dung beetle stomach-contents optional! (Notice what goes into the plus and plusplus versions)! Ew!
Link: Ugh, this tastes like Mogma...something! And rusty mushrooms!
Alright, so that's what I think Red Potion tastes like - on its own, "rusty mushrooms" and plus-ed, like... less mentionable things.
Green Potion:
Stamina Type - The stuff looks like cartoon-radioactive waste. I think it probably has a tart, fruity flavor because I imagine that it must be made from Stamina Fruit. The color makes me think "tart" like lemon or un-ripe apple.
Magic Type - Nyquil. I don't know why, it just seems like it would be medicine-y. I seem to remember Wind Waker Link's face while taking it wasn't too happy about it.
Blue Poition:
Magic/Heal Type - Like "Frost" flavored Gatorade, as in, the only way to describe the flavor of that is "blue." It's supposed to be "blue raspberry" flavored, but since such things do not exist in nature, one can imagine blue potion as tasting like other blue things in our lives.
Oxygen Type - Since it gives you oxygen, I imagine it to be very fresh tasting, like mint leaves crushed into freshly-fallen snow.
Guardian Potion - I LOVE this stuff in Skyward Sword. I find it very useful, though expensive and tend to go though the trouble of making it plus. My ace in the hole for going up against tough bosses. I imagine that it tastes like Maloxx or Pepto Bismol because it has a kind of chalky appearance. It's not solid, but it kind of looks "chalky" compared to other potions.
Shield Restore Potion - Since you put it on your sheild, I do not think it is meant for consumption. It works to heal wounds, but I imagine it as a topical application. I imagine that it smells (and potentially tastes) greasey. It's meant to flow into the cracks of your shield, then harden or something, so I imagine it being a oil-like solution. Or at least, if I had to describe it in fan fiction, I'd probably use that because it's probably a more creative explaination than most would use, since it looks like grape-berry soda.
So, have any of you imagined the tastes of potions?
