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Do you think, perhaps, that the Harry Potter series and its' Horcruxes is an example of a MacGuffin that worked?
by JieJie 3y ago
Do you think, perhaps, that the Harry Potter series and its' Horcruxes is an example of a MacGuffin that worked?
- hutzlibu 3y agoSince I read all of the books, but forgot what a Horcrux even is, I don't think so. Because I would not have had forgotten the briefcase in Pulp Fiction. A central element that gets referenced often. I don't know if Harry Potter has a MacGuffin at all, maybe the wands and magic in itself?
- bombcar 3y agoIt had a few of them, more or less, but they're all basically just "quest items" and less "pure" MacGuffins- the philosopher's stone in the first book, for example.
- yongjik 3y agoI don't think Horcruxes count - it's introduced way later in the series where we're already very deeply invested in all the characters, and instead of disappearing, it becomes the center of the attention for the rest of the series. So, in a sense, I'd call it an anti-MacGuffin.