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{{quote|''My precious...''|'''Gollum / Smeagol''', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''}}
The Artifact of Attraction is a [[MacGuffin]] that goes beyond being merely desirable for its own sake and is supernaturally super desirable. It can cause a group of friends to [[Gold Fever|become paranoid and distrustful]], making them [[A House Divided|stop working together]] or even [[Apple of Discord|come to blows]] over ownership. Unsurprisingly for an object that can bring about a veritable [[Hate Plague]] on those who set eyes on it (or even just ''know of its existence)'', the Artifact Of Attraction tends to be a powerful [[Curse
Any object can serve as an Artifact of Attraction, but they tend to have a certain ''[[Gratuitous French|je ne sais quoi]]''. They may be a luxury item like a fashionable pair of red shoes and ring, or a perfectly mundane red stapler and warm blanket.
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** Though the actual story of the Hope diamond is quite the opposite. The supposedly cursed jewel has been owned by various people like Catherine the Great; very few of the supposed 'mysterious deaths' attributed to the diamond were those of people to have ever actually owned it.
*** Doesn't that mean the current owner is the [[Fridge Horror|U.S. Government?]]
* Gold has been
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