ive been thinking about john and how people called him the leader but where in the comic has john ever lead:? he did the recon but he pretty much did what terezi told him/what his denzin said same with jane? except with the tricksters thing. how did leadership go onto jane with her aspect being life with johns being breath (that has to do with direction, right? lol)

John was never a Leader of people, he doesn’t see himself as a Leader and he doesn’t ‘lead’ them directly. But he inspires the others, his sickening optimism in the face of adversity keeps Rose going to find ways to not face oblivion, Dave looks up to him as a Heroic figure that keeps pushing forward, he fits definitely in the definition of leadership given by the canon Breathbound description.

Jane never got to quite lead the Session though, sadly- On one hand, Dirk mentioned about being the puppeteer in the shadows, letting her do her thing while he took care of making sure everything was alright, buuuut she ended up in an awkward position with Jake, and Dirk is a complete wreck of a human being, bless him. In the end it was Roxy who led them, and in a similar way to John too, she was the one that got her shit together and tried to keep them going when everything was falling apart, and Dirk recognizes this and looks up to her immensely.