#2014 tmnt

Bayverse Leonardo is not a walking red flag. Mind you, in the 2016 live action TMNT movie, he is 17 years old. He's a kid. A kid tasked with the responsibility to lead his brothers and protect his family. That's a lot on a 17-year old's shoulders.

And yet, we have people who hate the character. Why? Their usual reasoning is for the fact that during the 2016 movie, there was a part where Donnie told him how the ooze could make them human, and in response to learning said information, he told Donnie to keep it a secret from the others. The others being Raph and Mikey. But, unknowingly to them, Mikey had heard/seen the whole thing. Mikey ends up confiding in Raph about it, and Raph is upset on finding out that Leo kept such a thing from them to the point that he confronts Leo about it.

This ends up in them arguing and then, Leo says the line, "there's only one vote that counts in this family, mine."

So, a lot of fans hate Leonardo based off that. But here's the thing. First off, eventually Leonardo realizes that it was wrong of him to have done that without talking with his brothers first, and lets them decide what they want to do with the ooze later on. That was him learning to balance being a leader and being a brother. He had put the decision in their hands and told them that whatever they decide that he would stick by it. That was him owning up to his mistake taking that choice away from them in the first place. But secondly? He didn't make the decision with malicious intent, you can watch the scene where Donnie is telling him, showing him how the ooze can change them, and you can see the fear in his eyes. He was scared. HIs brothers weren't totally happy with being mutant turtles, and seeing as there's a chance they could be human?

He knew that if they found out about it, they probably would jump at the chance to join the surface world. And he was afraid of that, he was afraid of losing his brothers. Not to mention, earlier in the movie, there's a scene where he's talking with Splinter, about losing Shedder, and Splinter says, "Remember, as long as you keep the team unified, you shall always succeed." And in Leonardo's head, the ooze might mean the team falling apart. That's not me excusing his actions, but it explains his reasons behind it.

But it feels like the fans that are hating on Leonardo just brushed past the scene of him letting his brothers decide what to do with the ooze, or just completely forget it altogether. It literally is such an important scene, bc it shows that he can, and does, learn from his mistakes. It shows growth in him as a leader and a brother. Yes, that doesn't change the fact that it happened in the first place, but it shows that he will own up to his own faults. When you are a leader, it's never bc you are that perfect of a person, no one is perfect, to be a true leader is to be able to see your own faults and to be able to own up to them and change.

There's a reason Splinter made him leader.

He's not a walking red flag, he's not an asshole, and he's not a horrible person or brother. He's flawed. He made a mistake, and he made right by it. That's what should matter.

I have a few questions that need some answering.

First question:

On the 2014 movie... Am I- Am I the only one who had the hots for Donatello??

Because when I asked my friends, they said they liked KC, because he was the only decent guy human there?? I disagree (because there's shredder, oml-).

Second question:

Let's put this up for debate, which generation of Mikey is the cutest in your opinion??

I believe ROTTMNT Mikey is the cutest ( he has an alternate personality... And I love him so much for it ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ)

Third and final question:

Let's discuss about AU'S, do you guys know about the Street Punk AU??

Vampire au Raph

Keeping the bayverse fandom a float...(trying to ) with some vampirc Raphael stuff :3 who gets the reference I tried to make