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Definition of a Plot Bunny
Plot Bunny (n.; plural, Plot Bunnies; see also Plot Bunny Army, PBA)—A creature similar in appearance to the killer rabbit of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, except with red eyes, unkept and dirty gray fur, and standing at about the same height as a beagle. They love to torment authors by sneaking about their stories and making things happen that the authors don't want to or shouldn't happen, and take great pride in many acts of mischief.
This includes but is not limited to the following: messing up or forming romances where there shouldn't be ones; making increasingly ridiculous creatures attack the heroes; or having the heroes do increasingly unrealistic things, including such feats as amazing rescues of cliche damsels-in-distress through tower windows on the back of equally-cliche creatures, including—but not limited to—gryphons/griffons, dragons, or pegasi.
A Plot Bunny's main diet consists of well-written plots/plot outlines pilfered from the binders and electronic folders of well-meaning, well-to-do, hard-working authors such as you and me—hence their name. An overabundance of these creatures (known as an Army) can easily be diagnosed by inferior writing, littering of cliches about a story, and overall degeneration into random happenings, pairings, rescues, triumphs, deaths, defeats, and overall displeasing, incoherent nonsense including a universal breakdown of the English (or other) language.
Authors should also beware the clandestine alliance of their muses with these vile creatures. Mass confusion and anarchy in one's mind and writing will ens--
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Randomness galore! Just in case someone didn't know what a Plot Bunny was, or wanted to refresh their memory, or just wanted a different take on it. There is also supposed to be an image to go with this, but I haven't yet gotten it scanned, so this piece shall remain image-less until further notice.
Pretty self-explanatory, no? ^_^
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