Thread by @violynt_skies

Since the #rottmntmovie is trending how abt sm well deserved leo angst huh?
leo never puts down the face man facade, he keeps it both on and off duty constantly
on missions it works out for him because for him because he’s able to manipulate people into doing what he wants (1/?)

his personality revolves around being very laid back & chill, presenting himself as an open book so no one suspects him
but in reality no one can ever rlly tell what he’s thinking and he likes it that way
however his brothers aren’t excluded from his face man facade either (2/?)

going throughout the series we can see every member of the family have sm moment of emotional vulnerability & are then comforted and receive some closure regarding whatever they were upset over
leo has these moments too but if they never actually occur around his family (3/?)

the most notable moments being w senor hueso in portal jacked and casey in the movie where he showcases that he does holds sm form of insecurity of his placement in the team
but he never brings it up w his actual family and thus they’ve never been able to talk it out w him (4/?)

bc it’s much easier to talk abt ur problems w strangers who don’t know you and have no previous connotations of you to fall back on
over being vulnerable w ppl who are close to you and run the risk of being a burden to them or having their opinion of you change (5/?)

bc of this, Leo is one of the most emotionally guarded out of all his brothers and avoids talking to them about any kind of internalized feelings
and the few moments where he those insecurities barely slip out in front of them? he immediately backtracks and deflects w humor (6/?)

and what’s worse is that he does it so often that his family expects it and it causes them to believe there’s no underlying issues as they respond to leo’s quips instead as he wants them to
this can be found in minotaur maze and many unhappy endings (7/?)

and if leo himself doesn’t expand on the topic, his family won’t see any reason to either or even think there’s an issue at all
this behavior of deflection and avoidance can be seen more obviously within the movie itself (8/?)

we as the audience are able to draw conclusions that leo has clear issues w the leader role and the very probable insecurities that come w it. but it becomes obvious that his family isn’t aware, especially when watching the argument between raph and leo unfold (9/?)

As usual leo deflects the argument w humor but we see how he privately lets his guard down and the audience can see how he’s really reacting to raph’s words. but it becomes apparent that raph doesn’t see this side of him and likely never really has (10/?)

and it implies that in the two years since leo’s become leader, he never revealed his internal issues w it nor confided in his brothers about it as he hates feeling vulnerable and would rather internalize it and avoid the issue all together (11/?)

and even after all the traumatic events they’ve gone thru. the ONE time we see leo really cry it’s when he’s completely alone within the prison dimension where no one can see him let his guard down.

anyways this boys gonna make me cry that’s all <3 (12/12) #rottmntmovie

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