| Red_blue_yellow | maybe a stupid question, but why plot bunnies? |
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Oct 2, 2009 - 12 13 |
Why not plot kittens, or plot cockroaches or plot something-elses? I know it may be a stupid question, but I have always wondered about that one, ever since I saw it here. (oh, and moderators: feel free to put this in the right category, I didn't had a clue were to put it.) |
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Oct 2, 2009 - 12 14
Because bunnies breed like nobody's business and so do plot ideas :D
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Oct 2, 2009 - 12 33
Oh wow! I want a PLOT COCKROACH!
Not that I'm particularly fond of cockroaches (although I don't think they're the grossest things on the planet, either...), but that just sounds cool.
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Oct 2, 2009 - 12 54
ugh ... plot cockroaches sound like the BAD ideas that multiply ... like when the "twist ending" is aliens.
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Oct 2, 2009 - 13 31
I always thought it was because bunnies are elusive, and plots can sometimes be, too. The breeding thing makes sense, too, though
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Oct 2, 2009 - 13 47
I figured it was because of the breeding thing, yeah - but plot cockroaches do sound cool! They're like the unwanted plot ideas that are just _bad_ but still come to mind. Or creepy enough to make you wonder whether you've been staring into the abyss for long enough.
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Oct 2, 2009 - 14 02
A friend of mine and I went out today to buy Plot Bunnies- (the little Sylvanian Family Baby Bunnies) as our mascots.
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Oct 2, 2009 - 16 09
Lol well, mice are the same way and we have four now. I am making them my nano totems this year. Didn't want to get a bunny hehe
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Oct 2, 2009 - 19 47
Apparently, to skin a bunny, you just take a handful of fur from its belly in each hand and rip. It's like an old sheet. I've never done that, but I was talking to a hunter the other day. I just don't look at bunnies the same anymore. Poor critters.
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Oct 3, 2009 - 06 03
Plot bunnies breed like rabbits most of the time. Plot cockroaches are the horrific ideas, Mary Sue characters, and poorly-thought-out 'brilliant ideas'.
Plot kittens are, I am told, related to the zombie apocalypse.
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Oct 3, 2009 - 06 37
And we all know that cockroaches are nearly impossible to kill (or so it seems)... just like all those just-won't-die terrible plot ideas...
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Why not hamsters?
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Oct 3, 2009 - 07 53
Or for the Star Trek geeks around here, Tribbles :) Talk about something that breeds, and breeds, and breeds :P I mean, they're BORN pregnant - you can't get better than that!
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Oct 3, 2009 - 10 48
Not a silly question at all. I think it's becauseplots have a tendency to gather in the back corners of your mind like dustbunnies under the bed when you're not looking. The more bunnies the better for plots...
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Oct 3, 2009 - 11 55
I would LOVE to have plot Tribbles, just imagine how many words they could inspire! They would cost a lot to feed though...
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I always thought it was a refrence to the Killer Rabbit in Monty Python.
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Oct 3, 2009 - 18 22
I Love that answer! But I do agree with the rabbits breeding....
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Oct 3, 2009 - 19 46
Because rabbits can get violent when cornered. They can kick rather hard, claw, and bite much more fiercely than a hamster. Plot bunnies are also vicious if you try to corner them to get rid of them, and when enough of them exist to form a swarm they turn into bunny-locusts that will devour any non-plot-bunny ideas in your mental landscape.
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Oct 3, 2009 - 20 15
Because.... bunnies taste good with a grain of salt?
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Bunnies are cute, and so are plots.
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Oct 4, 2009 - 02 41
Ahhh, so that's why!
...But why not Plot Rabbits?
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Plot!Tribble <3
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh! From now on I'm going to have Plot Tribbles :)
and what with the way my attempt at the Snowflake Method turned into the Snowball Rolling Down a Mountain Method, I could just start throwing Plot Trbbles down the mountain instead of snowflakes - they's already round, so they'd catch more ideas better on their way down, plus they'd multiple as they went - just think of all the ideas I'd have by the time they reached the bottom! Spock would think this all very illogical, but it makes perfect sense to me ;)
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Oct 4, 2009 - 03 31
Apparently the idea came about from the John Steinbeck quote: "Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen." I don't know how much truth there is to this though. XD
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Plot!Tribble <3
Or aphids, also born pregnant. Though Tribbles is more fun to say than aphids.
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Oct 6, 2009 - 18 23
I can't think of it being anything else but plot bunnies. I have to explain it every time to anyone I talk to that doesn't write much. It greatly confuses them. However, I think it does come from how bunnies breed like crazy.
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Oct 6, 2009 - 18 41
I desperately need an actual bunny to sit on my desk and be my mascot/inspiration/familiar. Not a LIVE bunny, but a bunny-shaped thing. I should've thought of this last Easter, when I could've picked up a cute little stuffed thing from CVS or something.
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Oct 6, 2009 - 18 56
I have a bunny beanie baby that sits next to my computer all November. I haven't moved it from its place on top of my CD player yet.
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Oct 6, 2009 - 19 02
I could also reference to "Rabbit Trails" which is what happens when you story suddenly deviates the straight path and goes careening into the woods, across the water, through a STEEL CAGE OF DOOM, looking for a Free Shrimp Dinner, and finally ending up with The Last Post.
See, even this post hit a rabbit trail!!!
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Oct 6, 2009 - 20 32
If the plot cockroaches are like the mad scientist Hugh Laurie cockroach in Monsters vs. Aliens, then I'll take a dozen please.
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Oct 6, 2009 - 22 51
I call them plot cats. Because one will spawn many. Some will be friendly and some will be mean and vicious. But they are just so cute!
MY plots anyways, I rarely have an evil or gruesome one. It's who I am.
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