A thing about Leo

As a Leo fan, I feel that I understand him very well. Who he is as a person. How he interacts.
There's something about how the different mediums such as the old series and new series portray Leo that seems off to me...
Like how he seems to be such a perfect sibling and perfect son. Leo seems to be such a nice and lovable guy... and to me, this just doesn't seem right.

I was discussing about this to Spitfire and Machias. seems we three agree.
Seeing as Leo is the eldest brother, he ought to have the characteristics such as the big brother attitude of "I'm better than you because I'm the oldest".
Also, seeing as the four of them grew up together, and Leo not only being the eldest, but also being able to kick their butts, that ought to give him a sense of bragging rights. It should also make Leo grow up to be a cocky bast*rd.

This doesn't mean that Leo will be a complete jerk-off to his brothers. He would be there to protect his brothers and be there for them in serious situations, but at the same time, at less serious times, be a cocky playful jerk who would put his brother in a head-lock and tell him to say uncle.

Though, Raph is already a jerk towards Mikey (since he's the youngest), so I guess this makes Leo more gentile with Mikey and harder on Raph, like slap him upside the head for tormenting Mikey. Then Leo starts to torment Raph as a sick sense of brotherly justice.

I can see Leo getting along with Don the best. You gotta respect a guy who can do the stuff that Don can. Leo would probably push Mikey around alot like Mikey has to do everything Leo says, but he wouldn't be so rough about it. Leo would be a jerk-off to Raph though... but in a brotherly way.

If you ever watched the movie What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, You'll notice that the big brother (Johnny Depp) in that movie is a responsible guy who runs the house, but at the same time is kinda a jerk to his siblings... even if he dosn't mean it. He cares for them but is a bit rough at times.
That's how I see Leo.

Mikey is the happy go-lucky one. He's the youngest sibling, so in a lot of ways, he has it easy. Raph is the pissy, aggravated, depressed guy. He's a jerk to Mikey because he can push him around. And he'll be a jerk to Leo because Leo get's on his nerves with his big brother attitude. Donnie is the one who keeps low profile and is the only one who doesn't do anything to piss others off.
Because Donnie never says or does anything dumb like Raph and Mikey, Leo respects him. Leo also gives Donnie props for creating cool ****.

Leo is the eldest brother, and with that, comes the big brother attitude of "I'm better than you because I'm the oldest". So he's going to be cocky and push his bros around (minus Don). He'll feel he has rights to "parent" them and tell them what to do because he's the oldest and he'll kick their asses if they don't listen to him.

Anyone here who has more than one sibling will know what I mean.

It just makes more sense than Leo being this "perfect" sibling and "perfect" son that gets along with everyone and never causes trouble.

Fans tend to think Leo is such a "good boy" when he really isn't supposed to be like that.


I had this fun conversation with Machi about it, and I wrote this to Machi...

I can so see Raph sneaking up behind Leo and jokingly put him in a choke hold, and Leo would just flip out and toss Raph off of him. Leo would yell at Raph and be like, "You F*cker! Try that again and I'll kick your ass! Don't make me put you back in your place!". Raph would be like, "Dude, f*ckin' relax! I'm just messin' with you... A**hole!". Yeah... That's brotherly love right there.

To which she replied...

Raph would have his trademark smirk as Splinter tells Leo to calm down and reminds him how he's gotta be an example for the others...

We had a good laugh about it. But in all honesty, this is very accurate to how an older sibling would act with a younger one.


Any thoughts?