Since I'm writing Marcus, I thought I'd toss in my two cents worth:<br/><br/>I'm definitely not seeing him as THE leader for the group or even the men.  Even though he orchestrated the experiment - based on what we know from the game's original idea as drawn up by DD -<strong>no one knows that</strong>and he has to be careful not to give that away in his posts.<br/><br/>That said, Marcus has learned how to be a leader - based on the bio I gave him (which was partly driven by the attributes DD asked for in her outline) - since he was a kid growing up in a wealthy family.  He led a football team for four years and successfully created and led a highly successful business.  Leadership skills are as ingrained in him as Bo's military trained skills and Vince's woodworking skills are to them.  It is a big part of who Marcus is and one can't simply turn those skills off without continued effort and work.  That's why, in my mind, he noticed Nicci's mood change and why he stepped in to help improve it.  I'm always going to be walking a very fine line with Marcus using his leadership skills but not revealing his role in the experiment or stepping on the other guy's toes and he's going to fail at times....as he did when he stepped in to help improve Nicci's mood without talking to Bo about it first.<br/><br/>So, in summary, I definitely don't see Marcus as the leader and others shouldn't either unless they just take that from the leadership skills he displays from time to time.  While I'd love to think that age means leadership I've met too many "elders" who couldn't lead if their life depended on it.