macguffinite

A fictional material, not necessarily bad, that is used to patch up logic in a story

Dude, I loved the game "death stranding" but I feel like those "chiral christals" were a bit of a macguffinite

by Tonk of the standard issue July 27, 2021

macguffinium

state of an object whose sole use is to advance the scenario, by its preciousness, its misunderstanding by science, or its emotional link by the main character.

1: why do you keep/follow this object?
2: because it's made on macguffinium!

by ovanossar August 7, 2018