A story idea that shows up uninvited and won't leave a writer alone, demanding to be written — named for the way ideas seem to breed and multiply the way rabbits do once you start entertaining them.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"A plot bunny attacked me at 2am and now I have to write it."
LORE & ORIGIN
Fandom slang originating in 1990s-2000s fanfiction communities, personifying the way story ideas tend to arrive unbidden, distract from whatever you were actually supposed to be writing, and multiply the longer you ignore them — much like rabbits. Writers talk about plot bunnies "attacking," being "adopted" by other writers if abandoned, and generally treat the concept as a lightly comic explanation for chronic unfinished-fic syndrome.
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