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I’m not aware of actual death occurring from sleep deprivation, just serious cognitive issues. That guy would die first though if it can be fatal, because the coke it would take to do so would add a lot of strain to his systems that she wouldn’t be enduring. That fanfic sounds both evil and really stupid.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Well, death from lack of sleep is a damn rare thing. In the cases I’m aware of, there were other factors involved.
Being able to keep someone awake via flexing of muscles only, that gets dubious as hell. At some point, the victim is going to just pass out, and nothing that subtle is going to wake them back up unless there’s something else going on.
Also, the guy using stimulants is more likely to die from lack of sleep plus the drugs than the woman would be just from lack of sleep.
Also, after a week , both would likely have died from dehydration before sleep could be a factor. They’d also be laying in their own urine and feces.
While I don’t doubt there’s people that could lay in their own filth that long, what isn’t going to happen is them laying there unaffected by it.
In other words, as a piece of fiction, it’s a unique idea. But it’s utterly implausible, and impossible in any realistic sense.