All My Friends Are Superheroes

THE PROJECTIONIST

The projectionist can make you believe whatever she believes. If she believes interest rates are going to fall, and you have a short conversation with the Projectionist, you will too. If she believes that, no, in fact, you didn't signal when you turned left, causing the Projectionist to ram her car into the back of yours, so will you.

Her downfall began when she fell in love with the Inverse. She absolutely, 100% fell in love with the Inverse. She projected all this emotion onto him but the Inverse, being the Inverse, simply reflected the opposite of everything she was sending.

Strangely, neither the Inverse nor the Projectionist can let go of the relationship.

From All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman 1999. Published by Coach House Books.