Forum - View topicAnime News Nina! - 2012-09-05
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belvadeer
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MacGuffin needs to be banned from the English language. I despise that word. On the other hand, Nina thinking of McMuffins is win. Monster's cool too.
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Sakurazuka_Reika
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I love this story arc haha, and this world especially :3
Looking forward to more! 
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malvarez1
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The Love Machine was awesome in Summer Wars. Nina and co. are doomed.
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Aura Ichadora
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It's (relatively) a large Pokemon reference being mixed into a bunch of references to other series, with that Nina charm added in.
I LOVE IT. |
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Melanchthon
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I'm no expert, but I wouldn't it be Plot Coupon? I mean, MacGuffins are supposed to be irrelevant to the plot of the story, and if the pieces transport the gang around, well then, they aren't really irrelevant. Although I suppose you could call it a dismantled MacGuffin too...
//Totally not a Deus ex Machina, you call tell those apart because they always have a little Greek guy in a mask. ///Somebody send help, because I'm trapped on TV Tropes now. |
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Dessa
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I think it would and wouldn't be a MacGuffin. It's a MacGuffin for the world they're in, but not for their own overarching plot.
*thinks* Am I done with the Quest for the Holy MacGuffin on KoL? I think so, since both my accounts are onto the War... |
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Tamaria
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Would it have been a Deus ex Machina if it had been a Xenogears figure? |
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Bob from Accounting
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No no no. A MacGuffin isn't something that's irrelevant. It's a thing that exists solely to drive the narrative forward and could be easily replaced with any number of other things without any effect on the story whatsoever. |
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writerpatrick
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There's a lot of debate on exactly what a macguffin is. Generally it's an object that drives the plot forward but could be replaced with anything. In this case they could just as easily be looking for pearls from a pearl necklace or feathers. So the model pieces do act as a macguffin.
Plot coupons are multiple macguffins, so it depends upon whether it's the parts of the model or the whole model itself that is the macguffin. The model would be considered a quest-object. The pieces could also be considered tokens or collectables, which are common in fantasy stories. A deus ex machina is where something happens to suddenly fix a problem or situation. Like a lightening bolt suddenly coming down and killing the villain. Or a person suddenly showing an ability they never had before. For example, being able to turn back time by flying around the world in reverse. |
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Coderjoe
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Or a person suddenly being able to mentally control stuff in the real world, outside the computer-generated facsimile, just in time to stop some deadly robots from destroying him and his companions. |
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Sunday Silence
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I think your referring to a Mary Sue. |
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