i'm going theater kid mode

the actual context of this song is super messy and not technically about being trans (and it's tied up with the mental illness stuff i'd really need to see next to normal again to comment on but i think was bad? haven't seen the show since a local production years and years ago) but taken on its own terms it feels so real to my relationship with my parents

[Natalie:]
Superboy and the invisible girl
Son of steel and daughter of air
He's a hero, a lover, a prince
She's not there

Superboy and the invisible girl
Everything a kid oughta be
He's immortal, forever alive
Then there's me

I wish I could fly
And magically appear and disappear
I wish I could fly
I'd fly far away from here

Superboy and the invisible girl
He's the one you wish would appear
He's your hero, forever your son
He's not here
I am here

[Diana:]
You know that's not true
You're our little pride and joy, our perfect plan
You know I love you
I love you as much as I can

[Natalie:]
Take a look at the invisible girl
Here she is, clear as the day
Please look closely and find her before she fades away

[Natalie & Gabe:]
Superboy and the invisible girl
Son of steel and daughter of air
He's a hero, a lover, a prince
She's not there
She's not there
She's not there
She's not there

like, that's SUPER trans, is it not? you see this boy that doesn't exist and not the girl that does, please see me, the mom going "i love you as much as i can"

please tell me i'm right to have been having emotions about this when i was 17 and in the closet