In literature, the term "stuporous" is often used to invoke a state of impaired responsiveness or clouded consciousness, be it due to intoxication, mental illness, or neurological disturbance. Authors employ the descriptor to capture conditions where characters drift into muted, altered perceptions, as seen when a character suffers from dulled alertness after excessive drinking [1] or in the midst of a profound oniric delirium [2]. The word is versatile—serving both as a vivid characterization of transient mental paralysis, such as a sapper rendered semi-stuporous and confused [3], and as a clinical term in the categorization of psychiatric conditions, as in manic-depressive psychoses [4]. Moreover, it is sometimes associated with more dramatic portrayals of life’s darker moments, where a character's stuporous state underlines their detachment from reality or persistent passivity [5] and even hints at underlying catatonic tendencies [6].