Is Donnie a different type of warrior then the rest of his bros?

[victory_angel]

Raph is physically the strongest because he does like to protect his brothers and family. But he also uses his strength to show his dominance as well which makes him come across as a bully at times.

However, it doesn't need much strength to hurt someone. And yes Raph has hurt his brothers sometimes, both intentionally and unintentionally and both times he had experienced regret in doing so.

Leo is the most skilled out of all of them because he's the eldest. He feels he is expected to master every skill and technique because he feels it is expected. Both as a leader and as the next head of the family. He knows if he makes a bad call, his family suffers for it.

However, his mindset is steeped in tradition and how he feels the team should function. This, unfortunately, does cause friction with his brothers when they can't deliver or refuse to deliver the results he is expecting. And in many cases to ensure a mission goes as planned or to protect his brothers he will go off on his own to take matters in his own hands. Or completely brush aside a suggestion a brother might offer simply because he is wanting to do right by Splinter. When his actions are in actuality the complete opposite.


Mikey is the baby of the family and often the most carefree of the group. He has the most welcoming nature of the four. But even though he doesn't focus and features a rather childish way of behaving, he isn't afraid of kicking someone's tail. Particularly when someone in their family was harmed. He works well with all of his brothers, but his skill set is mostly in complement to Raph.

Donnie while often in incarnations is seen as one of the younger boys. He does have an older soul than his brasher brothers. His skill set works well with each of this brothers, but everything about him does act in complement to Leo. Donnie is quite skilled as a fighter, and while he doesn't exactly ignore the traditional skilled he has been taught, he does however, embrace the concept of innovation since in the current modern age they live in Traditional skills will not always work. And often times the battles he would excel at are the ones where he is able to assess the situation and find a way to find victory. But other battles he excels at are the ones that involve diplomacy over brute force.


The best way I've seen the Turtles team described was through a fanfic I had co-authored with a person name Glazierblue. In the part of the fic that Glazier wrote: Splinter describes a team as being like a tower. A solid team holds a strong foundation and many layers supporting the others around it.

First is the tower itself which would be the leader. This person holds the fortitude to carry the team and possess the strength of the heart and body. This would be Leonardo's role

The second is the walls of the tower...they are the front line defence that reprisents the physical strength and spirit of the team. This is Raph and Mikey's role.

Which leaves Donnie as the foundation. Because he has skills and talents that everyone has required for their very survival and when he is absent...the team crumbles.