Also part of the domination of those characters is simply being around early enough to get famous. There are loads of people as gifted if not more so who will n

Also part of the domination of those characters is simply being around early enough to get famous. There are loads of people as gifted if not more so who will never see the limelight particularly these days where so many people are working on personal brand building or straight up grifting. Depending on your own goals brute force or giftedness might not even be necessary let alone sufficient. Particularly when it comes to external validation.