Super Thoughts

Comedic Monologue originally from 20/20 Science Fiction
Originally performed by Cassandra Wattsham

Comedic  / Non-Gender 

The speaker, a superhero, consults with their therapist about their mental health in trying times

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Sometimes these things are just hard. I know I shouldn’t be mad, or resentful, or disappointed. I mean, they don’t know better. I know they don’t know better and yet I also know that it hurts. They hurt me. The concept sounds absurd. I mean, who’s ever heard of a superhero with hurt feelings? 

You know what it’s like to feel completely forgotten one week after you’ve just saved the world from a meteorite? How do you think that makes me feel? One week I’m queen of the world and the next, it's like I don’t exist. That’s why we can never hold onto sponsorships. By the time they release whatever it is they thought, the world has moved on and we’re memes if we’re lucky. Actually no, if we’re lucky, we are the punchlines.