Vintage Valentine Cupid Spider Web Love Hearts Greeting Card

What exactly is a cherubic cupid doing sitting so smugly at the center of a literal spider web? Chubby, winged, and criminally underdressed, he rests one hand on the spiral like he owns the trap he's built for you. Blue forget-me-nots arc overhead in cheerful denial of the predatory subtext, while several red and pink hearts float around the lower half of the card as if love itself is just another thing caught in the web. The cherub's expression isn't anguished or alarmed — he's *smiling*, which is somehow so much worse. 'A Greeting from thy Valentine,' reads the script below, which is Victorian for 'I have woven a silk prison and I think you'll find it quite romantic.'