Victorian Cupid Valentine Card with Red Hearts and Blue Flowers

The poem helpfully narrates 'Watch me join those two hearts as One,' said wise Cupid, with the energy of someone who has never once been told no — but the image shows something quite different: a chubby cherub bursting through what appears to be a torn paper portal like he owns the place, taking aim with his bow while two oversized red hearts sit obediently in a bed of forget-me-nots, already impaled by a single arrow, because apparently consent was optional in Victorian romance. The blue forget-me-nots framing this scene of romantic archery are doing their absolute best to make arrow-based emotional coercion feel charming and pastoral, and honestly? They're almost pulling it off.