Am I the only one who didn’t respect Marlo Stanfield from the wire?

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There was so many layers to the show and no one was right or wrong. I was watching scenes last night on YouTube and Avon and String both made sense. Obviously Avon was like 60% right and more so in the short term, String was like 35% to 40% right and more so in the long term. Stringer wanted to do what Franklin wanted to do in Snowfall. Why worry about corner bullshyt when you can move weight wholesale to these nikkas and let them fight to sell on the corner. Less risk. More money. Can scale past Baltimore. And eventually move out the game entirely. Avon was right in that Marlo was going to keep coming for them until he killed them. You can’t negotiate with a psycho. Like Mad Dog in the movie Mobsters. And you look weak even trying in the first place. And Stringer’s trying to run everything like a business such as trying to move weight would only work if they kept a strong presence on the street. Which Avon knew. The moment they looked weak, one of the other dealers like Marlo would try to go to war with them. Basically Marlo had to die first THEN maybe some of Stringer’s ideas would’ve started to make sense.

what stringer was trying to do would work, the issue was Avon trying to be the man, beef’n over corners, He had the commission backing them, they were getting bricks cheaper and they had their territory, Marlo was after them corners, but he was about to hit a brick wall going up against the commission, no way he would defeat all them

He has done that since the first season. It was nothing new.

yeah but he was working for Marlo and Marlo was paranoid

 

[old pig]

Ol big eyed bytch.

favorite character but

 

[MJ Truth]

if anything that was the most unnecessary killing

Prop Joe was no threat to Marlo

I actually liked Marlo but that was the one thing I hated

I also ain't like when Bodie died but he was snitching

Marlo still one of my overall favorite characters tho

Nah, Marlo wanted to take all of the territory Prop Joe had so he had to be taken out.

 

[kdslittlebro]

I obviously wouldn’t fw a Marlo irl but for show purposes



It ain’t the GOAT without him

 

[UberEatsDriver]

When he got that security guard killed I did hate him.

 

[spliz]

what stringer was trying to do would work, the issue was Avon trying to be the man, beef’n over corners, He had the commission backing them, they were getting bricks cheaper and they had their territory, Marlo was after them corners, but he was about to hit a brick wall going up against the commission, no way he would defeat all them



yeah but he was working for Marlo and Marlo was paranoid

Stringer wasn’t smart about his shyt. He was taking business classes and tryna do shyt himself and was in way over his head. How this nikka tryna broker deals n shyt and not even involve his lawyer? Whom would’ve helped him from the beginning and had that shyt set up already if he would’ve did so. nikka did too much grimey shyt as well. Avon proved to be the smarter one overall. Stringer wanted to be legit and what he was saying about the bodies was right but he went about it the wrong way. Then the dumb nikka tried to get Slim to go an assassinate a fukking politician because he got done dirty. Avon let him know right there. U did this shyt on ya own. Now finish it. Business man. He wasn’t ready for the paper gangsters. Which is what Clay Davis was.

 

[spliz]

Nah, Marlo wanted to take all of the territory Prop Joe had so he had to be taken out.

And in real life the Greeks would’ve dubbed him after that. That’s one thing I didn’t get about the show. They had no reason to trust this nikka with all they shyt after he proved to be disloyal and considering they barely knew him from a can of paint.

 

[old pig]

Stringer wasn’t smart about his shyt.

nikka took some adult education classes at a community college and all of a sudden you couldn’t tell him shyt

I wonder if he got his certificate before he got killed

 

[spliz]

nikka took some adult education classes at a community college and all of a sudden you couldn’t tell him shyt

Basically. Lol. nikka making all them business decisions and not involving a lawyer was some of the most bonehead shyt I ever seen. nikka goes to the lawyer AFTER he already got swindled. Lol

 

[R=G]

And in real life the Greeks would’ve dubbed him after that. That’s one thing I didn’t get about the show. They had no reason to trust this nikka with all they shyt after he proved to be disloyal and considering they barely knew him from a can of paint.

He didn't have Escobar type power..there is no way a commission of top drug dealers would put up with that..lol. No chance.

 

[spliz]

He didn't have Escobar type power..there is no way a commission of top drug dealers would put up with that..lol. No chance.

Exactly. nikka woulda BEEN done if it wasn’t for Stringer betraying Avon for the millionth time.

 

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Stringer wasn’t smart about his shyt. He was taking business classes and tryna do shyt himself and was in way over his head. How this nikka tryna broker deals n shyt and not even involve his lawyer? Whom would’ve helped him from the beginning and had that shyt set up already if he would’ve did so. nikka did too much grimey shyt as well. Avon proved to be the smarter one overall. Stringer wanted to be legit and what he was saying about the bodies was right but he went about it the wrong way. Then the dumb nikka tried to get Slim to go an assassinate a fukking politician because he got done dirty. Avon let him know right there. U did this shyt on ya own. Now finish it. Business man. He wasn’t ready for the paper gangsters. Which is what Clay Davis was.

he had some good ideas, bad execution, but i think that was the route the show was trying to show, to show you greed fukks up the best laid plans, there is no road map to legitimizing your drug business, and these politicians are just as bad as real gangsta’s

 

[spliz]

he had some good ideas, bad execution, but i think that was the route the show was trying to show, to show you greed fukks up the best laid plans, there is no road map to legitimizing your drug business, and these politicians are just as bad as real gangsta’s

Yea he Def had some good ideas. But he thought he was smarter than he actually was. And was actually in way over his head. Like he made simple ass basic mistakes. Like not involving his lawyer. Who would’ve had shyt set up for him WAY sooner. shyt. He set shyt up for Marlo and Marlo ain’t even want that shyt. Lol. Imagine what he would’ve been able to do with Stringer.

 

[Erratic415]

Yea he Def had some good ideas. But he thought he was smarter than he actually was. And was actually in way over his head. Like he made simple ass basic mistakes. Like not involving his lawyer. Who would’ve had shyt set up for him WAY sooner. shyt. He set shyt up for Marlo and Marlo ain’t even want that shyt. Lol. Imagine what he would’ve been able to do with Stringer.

Stringer was smart, just not as smart as he thought he was. He had the “smartest man in the room” complex. Look how proud he is of knowing what “market saturation” is.



Like Avon said, he was caught between two worlds. He got ripped off by a crooked politician and then tries to get him assassinated. And gets caught on the wire ordering the hit, although I don’t think they knew who the target was (the guy just says two hitters).

There was so many layers to the show and no one was right or wrong. I was watching scenes last night on YouTube and Avon and String both made sense. Obviously Avon was like 60% right and more so in the short term, String was like 35% to 40% right and more so in the long term. Stringer wanted to do what Franklin wanted to do in Snowfall. Why worry about corner bullshyt when you can move weight wholesale to these nikkas and let them fight to sell on the corner. Less risk. More money. Can scale past Baltimore. And eventually move out the game entirely. Avon was right in that Marlo was going to keep coming for them until he killed them. You can’t negotiate with a psycho. Like Mad Dog in the movie Mobsters. And you look weak even trying in the first place. And Stringer’s trying to run everything like a business such as trying to move weight would only work if they kept a strong presence on the street. Which Avon knew. The moment they looked weak, one of the other dealers like Marlo would try to go to war with them. Basically Marlo had to die first THEN maybe some of Stringer’s ideas would’ve started to make sense.

I agree. They were both wrong, for different reasons.

Avon does admit that Stringer was right, that beefing for corners was bullshyt. Avon loved The Game and his status as The King too much, and Stringer was caught between worlds and just too duplicitous. The plot he used to con Omar to hit Mouzone was one storyline I actually had some issue with as I don’t think Omar would have fallen for that. Butchie was the one who helped set up the meet with Stringer, but Omar doesn’t bother to ask Butchie about any info on Mouzone until after he shoots him at the hotel?

Avon read people and situations better. He told Wee Bey that Cutty was different from all those years in prison but gave him a chance anyway.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I respect him but I hate that lil sucka