okay but Ayn Rand's philosophy looms over THE INCREDIBLES to the point that if you are aware of the former you literally can't enjoy the moviehttps://twitter.com/dreamingnoctis/status/1379266427430055941 …
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And that stories that go out of their way to center physically unattractive protagonists are a form of degenerate art
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Does that make Harvey Pekar the Antirand
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You're probably right about that. But would superheroes- characters who exist primarily to be unselfish- really be something she approved of? I know some superhero writers were Objectivists- most famously Steve Ditko, but it seems like a contradiction.
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The archetypal Randian hero would look like a young Mr. Incredible but would resemble Syndrome in all other ways- Rand worshipped geniuses, particularly male geniuses.
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