Keep-Away: Difference between revisions
Hot Potato is when characters toss around an object because they don't want it, Keep-Away is when they want the item.
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(Hot Potato is when characters toss around an object because they don't want it, Keep-Away is when they want the item.) |
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If he can make a plausible threat of getting them in trouble, expect them to transparently lie and claim that it was only a game; otherwise, they might just keep the [[MacGuffin]]. One way or another, the protagonist will need to find an effective way to deal with the bullies.
Polar opposite of the [[MacGuffin Delivery Service]] and [[Hot Potato]]. Hot Potato is when characters toss around an object because they don't want it, Keep-Away is when they want the item.
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== Literature ==
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* In ''[[The Eyes of Kid Midas]]'', the schoolyard bullies Bertram and Hal play keepaway with the protagonist's glasses. They break. Luckily, he gets [[Artifact of Doom|a new pair]].
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