Letheine (also known as Obliviscine) is a Soporine Xenogender relating to tiredness and drowsiness. This gender can feel like letting go, or succumbing to sleep. This gender can feel inherently sleepy, as though one is fighting the urge to fall prey to its clutches. It has two layers, the one where one is welcomed by a well deserved rest, and a second, hiding just underneath, which contains an underlying unease, or sense of dread, that one may never wake from this sleep. This gender can also incorporate feelings of striving to stay awake, an awareness of the time just before one falls asleep, or a feeling of being released or sinking.
History
Letheine was created by Fandom user Heisenberg laws on July 9, 2021.
Flag
The letheine flag was created by Fandom user Heisenberg laws on July 9, 2021. It incorporates a gradient from lilac to mid/dark-toned gray, which represents the space in between being awake and asleep, as well as the duality of the two, and the haziness regarding the space in between. The crest, which comprises of a stylized closed eye with a circle representing a pupil on top, represents the striving to stay awake before finally letting go.
Etymology
Letheine comes from a river in Hades in Greek mythology. Lethe was the river spirits were said to drink from to forget all of their memories, hence its correlation to 'letting go.' The alternate name, Obliviscine, comes from the Latin word meaning 'to forget,' obliviscatur.