I LOVE RAPH EVEN MORE! RAPH YOU... YOU ARE JUST... I COULD WRITE AN ESSAY OF HOW I CAN RELATE TO YOU, WHY YOU ARE AWESOME, WICH IS ALSO THE REASON WHY I LOVE YOU, AND WHY YOU'D BE SUCH A GREAT LEADER!

I... i...love him... ok? I have an almost 10 year history of TMNT loving... and ofcourse i focused more on other pieces of fiction for a long while, but, TMNT just has a big place in my heart!

Raph is the first fictional character i related to conciously(when i was 10), so much that watching the movie now, i actually cried at one part! Where he realises that he messed up, and i just :,F i messed up so big in my life too, several times! AND IT WASN'T ME THAT HAD PAY THE PRICE FOR IT AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT HURTS?! IT HURTS MORE THAN MESSING UP IN ITSELF!!!

His anger issues, his personality, his "i don't want to be lead, but i'm not quite the leader type either", his desire to be alone yet wanting to be with his loved ones too!!! THIS DOUBLE EDGED(double sided) SELF, WHERE HIS ANGER ORIGINATES FROM MOST!(am i talking about myself?!) HOW HE IS THE MOST AFFECTED, YET HE BEARS MOST OF THE BURDEN IN THE WHOLE MOVIE!! I... OK!.... ok...

If you ask me... Raph is the one kind of leader, that is only in second at command, but when the first in command can't lead for some reason, he leads SO WELL, that he is better than the first in command! Of course only until it's necessary, because if it becomes unnecessary(as in the first in command returning) he is better of following orders. These kind of leaders are so good at leading for a short time, because they take the whole of the weight on their shoulder, and figuratively speaking- "dash" with their EVERY BIT OF STREGHT they have untill they reach the goal AND HE DOES IT FASTLY! However these secondary leaders are only emergency leaders, emergency "pillars" and can't do it forever, which is why a first in command leader is a must! (this is also true for Beast Boy, if you think about it, who is ALSO my favourite of a show that has a great place in my heart)

Obviously this kind of leader(Raph) might not realise this, and feel that they'd be better leaders, WHICH THEY WOULD BE but only in specific occasions or for a short while, and he is strong, but he needs to admit, that Leo in this way IS stronger, because... well he IS the first in command! Also these kind of people hate taking orders... but this is also the reason why Raph is not only the strongest of the turtles, but also why i believe he is the most imporant in his own way! (OBVIOUSLY the other turtles have their OWN way of being the most important, but i will always favor Raph!) Raph is my hero because he took a LOT of weight on himself, willingly!