I agree with your requirement for a Lee type of leader. But I believe that Optimus lacks the charisma. His charisma has names, just like you said: Jazz, Prowl. Cahrisma has many aspects, such as bonding and listening and power of conviction. Optimus's leutenants follow the first criteria, while the lower ranks follow the second one. I believe that mental support and emotional bonding are as crucial to any victory as any weapon. For example: Moshe Dayan of IDF. I do believe that it was he that said: "a bad soldier will lose a battle. A bad commander will march alone into a battle." About Optimus realising that he has character flaws... I don't know. It's a cartoon universe after all, where character flaws tend to bite you on you @$$. In a more real world, I don't know.... One thing is for sure: as I've said, I'd follow Optimus into a battle. The question is will I stay afterwards.
Butonly in that place. In IDF, we call commanders like that 'Distance keepers'. Aloofs. (Iroically, the Major rank trnaslates to Hebrew as 'aloof'( Commanders to which standarts we want to live up are often either dead or have a good PR. Such a leader is idealized, with flaws covered. But that's in the real world. In cartoon worlds everything is exhaggerated, and the case of 'look up to' leader is avilable in more 'real' example to the troops. I think that having such leaders in popular fiction creates too high a standart for the real people to follow.
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I believe that mental support and emotional bonding are as crucial to any victory as any weapon. For example: Moshe Dayan of IDF. I do believe that it was he that said: "a bad soldier will lose a battle. A bad commander will march alone into a battle."
About Optimus realising that he has character flaws... I don't know. It's a cartoon universe after all, where character flaws tend to bite you on you @$$. In a more real world, I don't know....
One thing is for sure: as I've said, I'd follow Optimus into a battle. The question is will I stay afterwards.
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Commanders to which standarts we want to live up are often either dead or have a good PR. Such a leader is idealized, with flaws covered. But that's in the real world.
In cartoon worlds everything is exhaggerated, and the case of 'look up to' leader is avilable in more 'real' example to the troops.
I think that having such leaders in popular fiction creates too high a standart for the real people to follow.
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