Donatello as Leader

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Re watching the first disc, Don does show leadership traits.
On the same note, he did pull a Raph and rush in (to save April who he just spotted from rooftop).

The other thing to consider is that, personality-wise, the Turtle have always been about the same. Leo has always been the most obvious leader, Mikey the least likely, and Don and Raph are always more or less on the fence.

But in the IDW series, Leo has gone "dark" and there will be a new leader there. I been avoiding the forums for now because I'm still behind in my reading but that'll be interesting since the story is a little darker and the Turtles arn't as.... "playful" as they are in the Nick show.

Originally Posted by Raphaeline

I think that we should give Raph a second chance, if there was a more mature version of the turtles. Maybe he can learn to listen to the other's advice, and control himself better. I'm sure he could make a good leader, if he had more experience and more selfcontrol.

And that's another point. Leo is mature enough at, what? 15? to lead the group (and that's saying something because he has shown immaturity a few times). Maybe Raph would be a good leader when he's older but he's not ready.
But traditionally Raph has never been the one to maintain control. He's always the hot headed one, even if he does calm down for an episode (or the end of the 2007 movie), he will still fall into his old ways. This is much like how real people behave because of lack of discipline or self control.
Just like making a New years Resolution. How often do people keep up to the end?