Have you ever disliked any of the turtles for a brief or prolonged period of time?

[Davetello]

I took a dislike to Leonardo during the 2007 film, partly because I felt that he was acting like an utter c0ck during the fight with Raphael (both before and after Raph was outed). Raph isn't even my favourite turtle, but at that time I could really relate to being highly strung and feeling unappreciated, and yet STILL having your buttons pushed by the insensitive muppet whose shadow you're living in. It's quite strange that my dislike of Leonardo lingered, as the ending to the scene and the reunion in Winters Tower were emotional and genuinely redeemed Leo, making him a stronger and more sympathetic character. In truth I'd been harbouring some dislike for Leo for quite a while. There was something about his goody two shoes persona which had started to grate on me. Of course I knew this was irrational - Leo has to shoulder a lot of responsibility and it's a major burden to bear, the cracks would show in any normal person/animal. But I'd just taken a dislike to him, going so far as to call him a 'pr!ck' on a youtube video comment.

I'm sort of like that in general - I can take a temporary dislike to someone for irrational reasons. After a few weeks I settled down and realised that I was being unfair to Leonardo. Similar storylines happen between Leo and Raph in Mirage, 4kids and the original film, and both siblings come out of it looking stronger both individually and in terms of their relationship. But it was still surprising that one of the turtles would fall victim to one of my brief moments of irrationality as I had always felt they were immune. I was ashamed of myself, to be honest.

After this incident had blown over it raised another question, that being if I was actually a genuine fan? After all, how could a proper fan take a dislike to one of the boys? I considered this and came to the conclusion that it's not mandatory to like all of them to be deemed a true fan (even though I personally do, this brief period aside). After all, we all like sports teams or bands where we don't appreciate or like every member. It's not necessarily a bad thing as the whole is what is imperative. The turtles individually and collectively are the most important piece of that whole, but they don't constitute the entire package.

I've gone off on a tangent somewhat, but to get back to the original question, have you ever disliked one of the boys? Or do you dislike one or more on a permanent basis? And - relating to the other comments I have put forth - do you believe that caring for all four of them is something which should be a prerequisite as a turtles fan, given how critical the theme of 'family' is to their story? I have outlined why I don't feel that is the case, but some of you may feel differently.