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novlr · 5 days

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valiancenodel · 6 months

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Now, I've seen some people angry about Tartaglia's role in the 4.X Archon Quest, and I think that the problem is that we misunderstood the role itself. I think it is completely normal because our last real interaction with him was in his Character Quest where he is the main character. So we expected him to be a character in this one too. But he wasn't a character.

He was the MacGuffin.

Tartaglia is there as a plot device. He needs to be the "item" that the Traveler follows to unravel all the secrets around the profecy. He needs to be condemened in trial in 4.0 for two reasons: 1) to show that Furina doesn't have control over anything, thus giving us the first clues of what she really is, and 2) to give a reason for the Traveler to go to Fortress Meropide, setting the stage for the next act.

In 4.1 he needs to "disappear", so to speak. It is a way to introduce you to the final boss and give you the idea of how massive and dangerous this creature is, but also allows Arlecchino to take the stage as someone comfronting Furina's authority. All the actions of the characters are revolving around Childe even if Childe isn't even there.

When it comes to 4.2, the only reason he is there is for you to meet his master, Skirk. Once this is done, his usefullness as a MacGuffin is over, and thus he gets yeeted.

Now, I would argue that it would have been better to just leave him there so the Traveler could bring him with them, but I suppose that someone with such a out-of-the-world morality as Skirk would just deal with him that way.

But that's it. He was not a character in this Archon Quest. He was MOTIVATION.

(On the other hand, I would also argue that there are very few characters that could have acted as the McGuffin as good as he did)

#genshin impact #tartaglia #childe #skirk #macguffin #characters as literary devices

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whumperofworlds · 10 months

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A Whumpee accidentally brings home an artifact/important Macguffin of some kind. As they and Caretaker were minding their own business at their home, burglars broke into their home, bound them to chairs, and threatened and tortured them about the artifact/important Macguffin the Whumpee found.

Whumpee had no idea what they were even talking about (they legitimately don't, they thought the artifact/important Macguffin was a cool treasure or something similar they found), which didn't help their predicament at all, as the burglars tortured them, forcing Caretaker to watch and vice versa.

#whump #whump prompt #macguffin #captivity #home invasion #tied up #tied to a chair #torture #whumpee #caretaker #forced to watch

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blue-howlite · 8 months

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I just finished Eternal Afterlife (kinda, still haven't obtained all of the memories and epilogues), and can I say I loved it.

Spoilers ahead so skip down if you haven't gotten the secret ending yet.

I can proudly say I was going after "MacGuffin" since the first time I saw him as a cosmic-smoke mass in a suit. Like alright he was weird but he never seemed harmful to me, and in my head I liked to call him "daddy universe".

And my instincts just decided to kick in like motherfuckers I guess.

This guy waited 720 years for MC to see every ending and live with everyone. He literally changed the way he talks, that's how long he's been away and he felt it, he can't lie about that shit.

Not only that. He is fine with MC not remembering anything and is actually relieved she won't feel guilty about the time he waited for her.

This man committed mass genocide in two worlds, waited for more than seven centuries even though all he had to do was show MC his memories and tell her the truth, and still worried about MC seeing the bodies laying around in that other universe as he lied to her about what really happened. Then proceeded to marry her the very next day.

If this man doesn't appear on (and wins) a husband contest I'm going to throw hands.

HE'S EVEN ATTRACTIVE. AND HAS A COOL AND RATHER UNIQUE NAME. WHAT ELSE COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT???

Plus his first words to MC- it felt so relatable.

He was laying down, reading in the garden, giving zero fucks about what others thought, and I love it. Such an absolute introvert thing.

I could write a paragraph about him I swear. I should stop.

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No I'm sorry he's such a menace and I have a sweet spot for menaces.

This one made me wheeze out loud.

Sir why do you look flustered after she threatened to break your head-

Yeah also men covered in the blood of their enemies after saving the life of their loved ones, anyone?

The little smirk as he lies is just a treat because he's still covered in blood but he's also brushing off the centuries he waited for her.

#storytaco #Eternal Afterlife #MacGuffin #Aleister Shulevitz #I'm not a monsterfucker but I like the daddy universe form just as much as I like his real face #Maybe because I'm asexual and I like based on personality? Or am I a closeted monsterfucker? Who knows

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whatithinkaboutdarkshadows · 6 months

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Episode 357: Hit the blood

Mad scientist Julia Hoffman must hide her notebook from vampire Barnabas Collins and Barnabas’ blood thrall, his distant cousin Carolyn. The notebook documents Barnabas’ vampirism, and he does not want it to fall into the hands of the authorities. Once he gets hold of it, he plans to kill Julia. The last time Dark Shadows devoted as much story time to attempts to hide and find an object as they…

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#actors imitating each other #danny horn #dark shadows before i die #dark shadows every day #film noir #first time not the last #gordon russell #humphrey bogart #jerry lacy #macguffin #sam hall #the foyer clock #tony peterson #writing staff

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judging-by-its-cover · 5 months

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Macguffin, South Korean graduation film by ChungKang Animation School students. Poster (official)

Artist: (to be found)

Follow the project on Twitter

《 If artist found / any info needs correction, please let me know! 》

#macguffin #movie poster #animation #anime #chungkang animation school

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uncleasad · 3 months

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From a conversation last week with TheDarkestHour13, wherein I muse about the Travelers’ creepy blood fountain and its misuse in Legacies:

So we know from TVD that the Travelers’ creepy blood fountain was what created the anti-magic dome around Mystic Falls (powered by all the magic from the cemetery, IIRC, because I believe Kai went there to siphon all the magic and pull the dome down). And we know that the right-wing militia (sorry, Citizens Protection Squad, or something) used the anti-magic dome to kill vampires by chaining them in their creepy van and driving into town. And that it reverted Tyler from a hybrid to a completely untriggered werewolf when he passed through (thanks to someone saving him from, IIRC, drowning, or however he died to become a vampire). We also know that it turned Alaric from an Original back into a measly human, once Jo saved him from bleeding out. See where I’m going with this?

So when Veronica and Burke(?) and the rest of the Triad thugs invaded the School in S1, she knew from being on the Parents Council or something that Alaric had the Travelers’ creepy blood fountain stashed in the basement, and she turned it on before they invaded. How did it not kill all the vampires and un-transition all the werewolves (including Hope) at the School? You know, eliminate ⅓ of the student body? Conversely, how was Kai able to siphon the magic powering the dome inside the dome back in TVD? All it seemed to do in Legacies was neutralize any supernatural powers (vamp speed, werewolf strength and healing, witches’ magic, etc). Does the creepy fountain have different settings, like a phaser? And Veronica set it to stun? (Still, even if it had settings, how irresponsible was it of Alaric to keep it around if it was capable on one of those settings of killing ⅓ of the student body upon activation!?)

And…if it could turn Alaric from an Original back into a human, does that mean that if the original Originals had come to Mystic Falls during the Travelers’ dominion, would they have all reverted to humans-at-the-point-of-death-however-Esther-killed-them, white oak be damned? (Or was there something different about how Esther turned Alaric?) And so, if Alaric had this thing in the basement, couldn’t they have used it on Hope once she turned her humanity off? And since Freya killed her with magic, stripping away the magic of vampirism would have left her dead by magic, which would also have been stripped away, leaving us with a live, full-humanity, if very unhappy, teen witch? (Granted, Alaric was in a coma at that point, but, again, Veronica clearly knew how to use it, at least partly, so their plan to distract Hope with Salvatore Idol could have been, not (just) to give Josie time to get ready, but to give Veronica time to get there and turn the thing on….)

This macguffin is like swiss cheese, and I am driving buses through those holes!

#musings #Legacies #4x07 #The Travelers #creepy blood fountain #Hope Mikaelson #Salvatore Idol #macguffin

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askvectorprime · 1 year

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What are your favorite MacGuffins to use, if any?

Dear MacGuffin Monitor,

The Magnetically Confined Gravitational Fuzzball Network, or MacGuffin, was a hybrid of Cybertronian and Earth technology. An artificially produced micro-singularity, the MacGuffin would have revolutionized energy generation, particle research, and—unfortunately—weapons technology.

It was that last use case which attracted the attention of Silas and MECH, who stole it from the facility it was stored in. Agent Fowler requested the aid of the Autobots in getting it back. The mission was especially taxing for Ratchet, as he had originally helped develop the MacGuffin alongside Huffer and Fallback, who had both perished not long after—he was plagued throughout with flashbacks to their time together, usually at the worst possible moments. He almost broke down completely when a stray blast of gunfire sent the MacGuffin into meltdown, forcing him into a dilemma: destroy the MacGuffin and lose the last remnants of his friends, or let it unravel into a miniature black hole.

He only recovered with the aid of Jack, Miko, and Raf, who reminded him (over the radio, from the Autobot base, I hasten to add; the children had fortunately not stowed away on this mission) that even if Ratchet's friends were gone, his memories of them kept their sparks alive.

Ratchet managed to destroy the MacGuffin at just the last second, and although Silas got away, many MECH soldiers were arrested. The mission, although not completely successful, was still complete. And Ratchet reluctantly agreed with Arcee and Bumblebee that he had a new family, and a new home to protect.

#ask vector prime #transformers #maccadam #aligned continuity #macguffin #silas #mech #william fowler #ratchet #huffer #fallback #jack darby #miko nakadai #raf esquivel #arcee #bumblebee #Anonymous

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disneyotaku20 · 1 year

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#princess merida #brave #hubert #harris #hamish #queen elinor #dingwall #macintosh #macguffin

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the-maddened-hatter · 2 years

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Gonzo Headcanons!

Pansexual & Agender, and is perfectly fine with any pronouns

He's a descendant of a plague doctor doll (links for context)

Camilla got him his iconic chili pepper shirt as a gift for their anniversary

He and Camilla have 4 children and all of them would hatch from eggs. 3 of them are little feathered plague doctor beasties like Gonzo (one black, one grey, one white), but they act way more avian like their mom (chirping, flapping, pecking etc) . the 4th would look mostly like Gonzo, but covered in bright blue feathers and would be a total daredevil like Gonzo. Gonzo laid the 4th egg.

The black feathered one is named Houdini, the grey feathered one is named Keaton, and the white feathered one is named Earhart. The blue feathered one is named Macguffin (Guffie for short)

#gonzo #gonzo the great #muppet #the muppets #the muppet show #muppets #headcanon #Gonzobabies #keaton #earhart #houdini #macguffin #guffie #camilla chicken #muppet headcanons #muppets as a species #fankids #muppet fankids

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novlr · 7 months

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What is a MacGuffin?

A MacGuffin is something that pops up in a story, usually in the form of an object, person, or event, that has no importance to the narrative other than acting as a plot trigger.

An example of a MacGuffin would be the One Ring from The Lord of the Rings. It's the object that drives the plot, but has no importance in and of itself. You could swap the ring for any other object, and the plot development would stay the same.

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whumperofworlds · 10 months

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Whumper holding Whumpee by the neck, looking straight at Caretaker, who holds the Macguffin. Whumper holds out their free hand for Caretaker to give them said Macguffin as they choke out Whumpee.

"Give it to me," Whumper demands, "or else say goodbye to your precious Whumpee."

"Don't..." Whumpee tries to choke out, "Don't do it, Caretaker..."

After a few tense seconds, Caretaker eventually gave Whumper the Macguffin. Once Whumper got what they wanted, they threw Whumpee at Caretaker, who took them in their arms.

"Thank you kindly," Whumper mocked, a grin on their face as they eyed the Macguffin.

#whump #whump scenario #choking #whumper #whumpee #caretaker #my whump stuff #hostage situation #macguffin #held for ransom

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blue-howlite · 8 months

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Waiting for Aleister "MacGuffin" Shulevitz to come get me like "Come back with me to our little medieval world were we can marry and live our lives happily and in a simpler manner!!!"

Because it's either being saved by him or becoming him, as in committing mass murder several times.

#eternal afterlife #Aleister Shulevitz #MacGuffin #I'm so fucking done #If you see news of a crazy psycho murdering people in a school tomorrow #That's going to be me #btw I'm not American so this isn't meant as a joke about shootings #Fire is old fashioned but always good

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silveragelovechild · 10 months

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#spoilers #mission impossible #Dead Reckoning Part One #clues #macguffin #the entity is chat gpt #the entity is SKYNET #puzzle #sebastopol

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whatithinkaboutdarkshadows · 1 year

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Episode 95: My pen is among the missing

Well-meaning governess Vicki is in a hotel restaurant in Bangor, Maine. She is waiting for dashing action hero Burke to drive her the 50 miles to her home in the great house of Collinwood. Vicki is sitting at a table with Burke’s lawyer, Mr Blair. Blair takes out a pen to mark up some contracts. Vicki tells him that his pen is identical to one she found on the beach at “a place called Lookout…

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#dark shadows #freud #macguffin #ron sproat #saturday morning breakfast cereal #the bleeder valve #where the pen is #zach weinersmith

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thelandswemadeofpaper · 2 years

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McGuffins

McGuffins can be a person, can be a artefact, can be a place, can be something intangible...

Objects

Conduit

Guardian

Location

Magical Eye

Cold Iron

Crystal Prison

Cards of Power

Voodoo Doll

Flaming Sword

Unholy Holy Sword

Inspiration

Apple of Discord

Artifact of Doom/Death

Artifact of Attraction

Artifact of Hope

Fatal MacGuffin

Artifact Domination

Animating Artifact

Amulet of Dependency

Egg MacGuffin

Dangerous Forbidden Weapon

Green Rocks: An object, piece of technology, or substance with effects that are seemingly random and varied, but always do something to move the plot along.

Magic Feather: A supposedly magic item that ends up being a placebo.

Origin

Gift/Prize

Is/Turns Setient/Turned Human

Copy/Fake

Source/Origin

An Anchor

Inheritance

Prototype

Super-Person

Living MacGuffin

Sentient Phlebotinum

Mundane Person

Made/Born out of an Person/Being

Born from an Sacrifice

Part of Someone (Soul maybe?)

Made/Created/Born out of another McGuffin

Vessel of a Soul? Connection to a Sealed Begin? (like Horcrux or the One Ring)

A Person being the Key to something valuable

Ability

Power Nullifier

Summoning Artifact

Morph Weapon

Unbreakable Weapons

Transformation Trinket

Bag of Holding

Immortal Breaker

Empowering McGuffin

Corrupted McGuffin

Clingy MacGuffin

Cursed Item

Hypno Trinket

Blood-Locked Artefact

Instant Allegiance Artifact

Loyal Phlebotinum

Clothes Make the Maniac/Clothes Make the Superman

Portable Hole/Portal Book/Portal Picture

Synchronize/Connect with a Artefact (Place? Person? Life Force?)

Trojan Horse (or at least use you to take a object of sorts to a place/out of a place/with you. Like a transport mule?)

Changes with the Owner Container (prision? seal? puppet? weapon feeding off a person life force?)

Plot

Deadly McGuffin Removal

MacGuffin Melee

Fakin' MacGuffin

Escort Mission

I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin

Stolen MacGuffin Reveal

MacGuffin-Person Reveal

Dismantled McGuffin

In Pieces/Broken/Fragment

Put the Parts Together

Take it off/Put it on/Fuse/Split

Accidentally Broke the MacGuffin

Possessed/Controled McGuffin

McGuffin Substitute/Take the McGuffin's place

Two Halves Make a Plot

Gotta Catch Them All

Gotta Rescue Them All

Gotta Kill Them All

MacGuffin Delivery Service

Refusal to Share with Others

Test to see if you are Worthy the McGuffin

Having an object stuck on you (an shard?)

Only the Chosen May Wield/Only the Worthy May Pass

Bring Dangerous McGuffin to an Place

It May Help You on Your Quest

#McGuffin #objects #macguffin #artefacts #magical artefacts #ancient artefacts #tropes #archeology #miraculous #Hoard #its special or common object?

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