Title help needed, if you'd be so kind

[lomonaaeren]

The trilogy I'm writing now originally had the titles 'A Potion Named Desire,' 'An Intellectual Discontent,' and 'A More Worldly Man' for its individual parts. However, then I chose the series title 'An Intellectual Love Affair,' which means I want to change the second story's title, so as not to get them mixed up.

Problems:

1) I have fuck-all idea what title I want to use now.
2) ...That's it, really.

I still like the word 'Discontent,' but have no idea what it should be paired with. I've never had so much trouble titling a story. Any ideas? The middle story of the series is about Harry and Draco marketing a powerful potion, the Ministry getting on their asses about said powerful potion, and Harry beginning to realize that he's more attracted to Draco than the kind of nice, quiet witch he'd ordinarily be interested in looking for.

Comments

[silver-ariel.livejournal.com]

The story is about this potion... what about using a synonym for potion? The first word that came to mind was "alchemy":
al·che·my (al?k?-me) noun

1. A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea, and the preparation of the elixir of longevity.
2. A seemingly magical power or process of transmuting: “He wondered by what alchemy it was changed, so that what sickened him one hour, maddened him with hunger the next”

I haven't yet started "A Potion Named Desire", so I don't know if the potions Harry and Draco are involved in have to do with "transmuting" anything, but it was an idea. If so, something like "An Alchemical Discontent" to me seems like sort of a dual-meaning title, referring both to the issue with the potion, and also referring to physical, chemical discontent within Harry, as sort of a metaphor for his budding attraction to Draco.

If you don't like "alchemy", then maybe some other word that can double as a reference to both the potion and Harry's discontent would work really well. Unfortunately, my dictionary software isn't very helpful, and my mind isn't working very well at this late (early) hour. But maybe it will help you come up with something. *shrugs*

Good luck.

[neji-chan.livejournal.com]

I suck at titles, so I won't even attempt to think of one, but I think silver_ariel's idea is good. Plus, I like how it sounds :P

[lomonaaeren.livejournal.com]

Actually, 'An Alchemical Discontent' is an excellent title, and likely the one I'll use. I'm making use of the symbols from alchemy in the story, so it would make sense.

Thank you so much!

[silver-ariel.livejournal.com]

Really? Awesome! So glad I could help! :D