Do you know what I’ve been thinking a lot about?

Edna Mode.

Do you know what I’ve been specifically thinking about?

What she tells Bob in the new Olympics teaser for The Incredibles 2 (link: x).

“Done properly, parenting is a heroic act. Done. Properly.”



That’s…oddly specific there, Edna. I mean, okay, everyone has their idioms about parenting and families but no, we all know Edna’s dramatic af but those words had weight behind them. She wasn’t just talking about Bob taking care of Jack-Jack. She was alluding to something else.

But what could she have possibly been alluding to?

I mean the Parrs were the only Super family that had children…right? I mean, I guess it’s possible to know people other than Supers but…

Hang on.

No…god…no…

There was another kid who was a superhero.

Remember?

She was just a teenager when she died. Due to her cape. On a suit that was made by Edna herself.

But where did Stratogale even come from? I mean I guess we could come up with potential parents from the large behind-the-scenes superhero database but…we could also create a horrendously dark theory…and I think you all know which one I’m leaning towards.

Done properly, parenting is a heroic act. Done. Properly.

But what if you don’t do it properly? What if you’re a Super and your daughter is a Super? And your daughter wants to fight crime? And like a fool, you let her? You even make her her own costume? As a result, she dies, and the government becomes so freaked out that they make it illegal for Supers to have children? And years later, Bob and Helen have to do their best to hide their children and their children’s powers? But not only that, Bob and Helen are both terrified at the thought of their children going into battle because they both know what could happen, having seen the unthinkable happen to a family friend? But you know, you know children and you know that they’re going to join the battle anyway and so you do everything within your power to make sure that they’re better prepared than—than—you do everything within your power to make sure that they’re prepared, to make sure that their suits will save them, not hinder them? Unlike—

And when Bob comes to your door in the middle of the night, because of course he comes to your door, you’re the one who would know, you offer him the cold advice: Done properly, parenting can be a heroic act. Done. Properly.

And that’s all you’re going to say on the matter.

After all—you never look back.