How cruel can you be for giving your characters nightmares/sleep paralysis in their sleep?

faisalhussein394 2023-11-04 16:09:57 UTC #1

Can a nightmare/sleep paralysis just be a terrifying vision to scare the sleeper? Or is it a vague foreshadowing of what is to come in our lives? Or a dream trying to kill us in our sleep?

I am too cruel of giving my MC's sweet step mother a nightmare/sleep paralysis, it happen in her past where she tells her story of who she was and the nightmare is at two chapters long.

Here are the links:

What about you? what nightmare/sleep paralysis did you give to your characters?

Send me a link of that page/chapters. I would like to read them.

NickRowler 2023-11-04 16:46:53 UTC #2

I often get sleep paralysis IRL, heck it happened this morning. I find it strange that it has deeper meaning.

The MC of Crow's Worth had nightmares as a child where he was visited by a creepy mask guy.

morganicfoods 2023-11-04 16:49:50 UTC #3

In my old comic that was a reoccurring theme. Atshi's nightmares were probably the best/coolest looking pages I made from that damned unfinished comic.

Nothing like spooky nightmares imo

Here are all the scenes where main character Atshi has nightmares/hallucinates:

faisalhussein394 2023-11-04 17:03:44 UTC #4

At least there are good reasons despite the torment he's giving to the kid.

faisalhussein394 2023-11-04 17:09:12 UTC #5

That's a strange, mysterious, and terrifying shadow figure in blue flame.

UrMom 2023-11-04 17:19:30 UTC #6

There isn't any sleep paralysis, but I did use this nightmare sequence to transition into another scene:

CW: Blood, mild body horror

For some context, this character has a lot of mental health issues, including psychosis. As well as physical health issues, including HCL (hairy cell leukemia) and insomnia which has brought on spurts of hypersomnia, so they're not in the best shape.

faisalhussein394 2023-11-04 17:39:38 UTC #7

That is by far a very terrible fate for a character to suffer that much mental and physical issues.

morganicfoods 2023-11-04 17:45:46 UTC #8

Apparently it's so spooky, I even somehow got my own TV tropes Nightmare Fuel page from it! XD

DasIstWunderblyat 2023-11-05 12:17:27 UTC #9

There is no "cruel" when it fits the character and situation/story for me, so, do not worry. I think as you follow my series you can see I am rather being generous.

I have been in the receiving end of disturbing dreams and sleep paralysis myself.

CarltonIsaac 2023-11-06 12:53:00 UTC #10

Not as cruel as brutally killing them off and having their eyeballs pop and fly all over the place .

MarvinDziamski 2023-11-06 13:02:59 UTC #11

I made a nightmare episode but it's not really cruel.

And yes the Main Antagonist in this episode, born through a nightmare it self, is a huge foreshadowing.

faisalhussein394 2023-11-09 06:57:48 UTC #12

Oh yeah, that. Right!