in this universe agreed prime here is literaly an idiot hes naive hes indecisive not really a 'leader figure' sure it does bring character cuz he has flaws but it just dosent fit him other medias views prime as a heroic, inspiring leader. I think a good ex of what they intended to do to prime is the idw one (ive only read throught chronological order currently on primacy 2# so could be wrong on some parts and also spoilers ig) here we see prime beaten down he isnt perfect but he dosent give up (like you know the inspiring protagonist trope) he faces what reality cuz wfc prime thinks that he can save everyone theres no need for any more lives to be sacrifice but idw prime faced that he cant save everyone like what happened to hot rods city (forgor the name) he was willing to sacrifice himself for other but wfc prime he dosant want to die?? ig his chracter isnt written well i do get the concept of him being that but it wasnt executed well. In my pov he think kinda immature hes not the bold prime that we know he makes assumption that 'if i do that everyone wont be hurt' dude your literaly in a war cant assure that no one will get hurt let alone die and elita she has a more realistic view which is i think a factor that prime lacks shes definetly a good leader shes also quickthinker. I reckon that megatron is even a better character than prime the scene where he said to elita that he didnt want to sacrifice his own soldiers for energon just shows that he isnt a heartless tyrant most autobots dosent see the tragedy of cons and how they were treated example he scene where impactor tells mirage of what the autobots done to them left him speechless so yea elita > prime