the insomnia meme.

[khaleesock]

the i n s o m n i a meme
It happens to everyone - sometimes, you have nights where you just can't fall asleep, no matter what you do. It could be for a number of reasons, or no reason at all. And this is what's happened now: you've been laying in bed for what feels like hours, just tossing and turning, and nothing seems to help. So what's left to do? Get out of bed and go wake someone else up, of course. If you're not getting any sleep, then why should they?


i n s t r u c t i o n s
• Post with your character (note the name and fandom in the subject).
• Other people reply to you by generating a number from 1 to 10.
• Have fun!


o p t i o n s

01 • FEAR.

Maybe you're hearing strange, indeterminable noises; maybe there's a severe storm happening outside; maybe you watched a scary movie before bed? Whatever the reason, you're terrified and it's keeping you awake. You just want to wake someone else up so they can protect you from the monster in your closet.

02 • HUNGER.

Your stomach is growling and it just won't stop. Or perhaps your throat is so dry you could cough up a tumbleweed? Well, you've gone to the kitchen to remedy this and hey, that was a pan that just dropped on the floor. It was loud enough to wake the dead! Oops.

03 • PAIN.

Your body is completely worn out, be it from exercise, battle, sickness, or what have you. Either way you're in enough pain to keep you from sleeping, so maybe someone else has a home remedy or something, or can at least help you take your mind off of it.

04 • SOLITUDE.

For some reason, your bed just feels so empty at the moment. You're feeling terribly lonely and really just want someone to keep you company for a while. Maybe it'd be easier to fall asleep if you're with them...

05 • DISCOMFORT.

Your room is an oven. Either that or a freezer. Or maybe this bed is just really uncomfortable? Who knows why you can't get to sleep, it feels like it could be anything. Why even bother trying? Maybe someone else can preoccupy you until you feel tired enough to ignore your discomfort.

06 • PENSIVE.

Something's on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to focus elsewhere, it's just not going to work. Your body may be tired, but your mind is incredibly busy and it's virtually impossible to get to sleep. Surely, talking it out with someone else will help?

07 • SADNESS.

Something terrible has happened that day, perhaps; or you could just be severely depressed. Either way you're trying your hardest not to cry yourself to sleep, and it's not working at all. Better find a way to get it out of your system somehow; you need a shoulder to cry on.

08 • ANGER.

You are just... fuming. Who knows why - that annoying dog is barking again, or maybe the people next door are getting busy and keeping you awake. Whatever the reason for your ire is, you'd better put an end to it so you can get some damn rest already! Go wake up a friend so you can complain to them.

09 • RESTLESS.

You're far too energetic to sleep right now. Maybe you're just trying to do so out of necessity - you have to be up early tomorrow! But you just don't think you'll be able to fall asleep for a while now, so why waste the time trying to sleep when you could be doing something else? Namely bothering someone else - you're totally jealous because they're getting more sleep than you.

10 • WILDCARD.

Choose one of the options above, or make up your own scenario.

Comments

[mankindly]

lol no. none of us fit that description, what the fuck.
though i guess ethan would've been the closest, since he's huge and looks like a jock.

[spider_queen]

Well, in that case he might've had sportsball games to fail to attend like he wanted. He was always pissy about me being solidly Not A Jock, but I say if he wanted a say in how I was raised, he could've

/checks notes

raised me.

[mankindly]

a pretty solid percent of that generation didn't really raise kids so much as use them as purse dogs.

[ have them to show them off. look how virile i am, etc. ]

[spider_queen]

No kidding. At least Mom got her head out of her ass eventually, and knew she couldn't do it alone in the meantime.

Without Crowley and Aziraphale I would NOT be half this well-adjusted.

[mankindly]

yeah, they're great, aren't they? i heard all about nanny and the gardener a couple of years ago. they were pretty embarrassed about it, but had a lot of good memories of you.

[spider_queen]

Well, if the baby-switching thing had gone according to plan, I think their ruse would've worked. I didn't want to be in the world at that time? But that's different.

As soon as it was clear the only people I really cared about would be hurt in the process, no dice.

[mankindly]

i'm glad you decided otherwise, then.
and it's a good thing i didn't go where i was supposed to go, honestly. i think i might have done exactly what crowley and zira didn't want me to do if so.

[spider_queen]

Put it this way, I can see exactly why Thaddeus Dowling The At Least Fourth was singled out for Antichrist-raising '''honors.''' Any hypothetical kid's well-being in that household would've come down to who Mom hired for help.

[mankindly]

it was a pretty near thing even growing up where i did, so i believe that completely.

[spider_queen]

Well, I'm glad you didn't do it.