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

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