After rewatching The Wire, I think it's safe to say Stringer>Avon.

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If Avon had let Omar breath for a while like Stringer suggested he would have been saved a lot of trouble down the road. Avon's idea of torturing Brandon and "Putting him on display" was stupid in hindsight and incurred the wrath of Omar. No need for all that extra nonsense just kill him and chalk it up to the game.

Was killing D'Angelo heartless? Yes, but it had to be done. We saw how easily D folded when the pressure got to him. He clearly wasn't cut out for the gangster life style and once he started to feel them years he would have flipped. Even Avon realized it had to be done.

The Co-Op was a great idea that brought in more money and less attention from the cops. Instead of beefing over corners and killing each other over grievances, the king-pins sat together and aired out concerns. Everything was all good until Avon started beefing with some snot nose kid over territory that they didn't even need. Look, I like Avon but he just couldn't see the big picture. Like Stringer said "They don't want to see you get organized".
 

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If Avon had let Omar breath for a while like Stringer suggested he would have been saved a lot of trouble down the road. Avon's idea of torturing Brandon and "Putting him on display" was stupid in hindsight and incurred the wrath of Omar. No need for all that extra nonsense just kill him and chalk it up to the game.

Was killing D'Angelo heartless? Yes, but it had to be done. We saw how easily D folded when the pressure got to him. He clearly wasn't cut out for the gangster life style and once he started to feel them years he would have flipped. Even Avon realized it had to be done.

The Co-Op was a great idea that brought in more money and less attention from the cops. Instead of beefing over corners and killing each other over grievances, the king-pins sat together and aired out concerns. Everything was all good until Avon started beefing with some snot nose kid over territory that they didn't even need. Look, I like Avon but he just couldn't see the big picture. Like Stringer said "They don't want to see you get organized".
The Co-op was simply a way for Prop Joe to control the brick and town breh, otherwise he had no corners nor muscle to sell his shyt, the co-op thing was all about Joe having the crown and flaunting it, both Avon and Marlo understood this
 
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Stringer:
  • Put the green light on SNITCHIN ass Orlando in an obvious set up
  • Gave money away to clay Davis
  • fukked up the brother mouzone set up on Omar (lying to mouzone and Omar? Wtf was you thinking) which cost him his life
  • SNITCHED ON HIS FAMILY
  • Gave up territory that would cost the barksdale family dearly later to prop Joe
  • Bowed down to prop Joe for the coop which was just a way for Joe to become the defacto wholesaler in baltimore
  • Tried to negotiate with ruthless ass Marlo, costing Marlo to view barksdale as weak, and he struck back in blood as a result
Avon would have:
  • Saw Orlando coming with 30k just after getting locked as OBVIOUS TRAP
  • NEVER fukked with a politician getting out of his lane
  • Would've just done fair by mouzone, why set him up? Ruined his word...
  • Never ever ever snitched on family especially
  • Never gave up them towers
  • Never bowed down to Eastside joe
  • Would've green lit marlo because there's always a marlo...and he was close on a couple occasions of taking out marlo.
Stringer is my favorite character but it's not close.
 
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The Co-op was simply a way for Prop Joe to control the brick and town breh, otherwise he had no corners nor muscle to sell his shyt, the co-op thing was all about Joe having the crown and flaunting it, both Avon and Marlo understood this
Marlo - ":childplease: Barksdale WEAK :camby:"
Vinson - "When you know Avon Barksdale to be weak :usure:"

Yeah...he wasn't talking about AVON
 

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Stringer:
  • Put the green light on SNITCHIN ass Orlando in an obvious set up
  • Gave money away to clay Davis
  • fukked up the brother mouzone set up on Omar (lying to mouzone and Omar? Wtf was you thinking) which cost him his life
  • SNITCHED ON HIS FAMILY
  • Gave up territory that would cost the barksdale family dearly later to prop Joe
  • Bowed down to prop Joe for the coop which was just a way for Joe to become the defacto wholesaler in baltimore
  • Tried to negotiate with ruthless ass Marlo, costing Marlo to view barksdale as weak, and he struck back in blood as a result
Avon would have:
  • Saw Orlando coming with 30k just after getting locked as OBVIOUS TRAP
  • NEVER fukked with a politician getting out of his lane
  • Would've just done fair by mouzone, why set him up? Ruined his word...
  • Never ever ever snitched on family especially
  • Never gave up them towers
  • Never bowed down to Eastside joe
  • Would've green lit marlo because there's always a marlo...and he was close on a couple occasions of taking out marlo.
Stringer is my favorite character but it's not close.

Stringer also broke the Sunday truce resulting in the near death of a bona-fide colored lady.

And that British accent didn't help neither.

Maybe that's why McNulty and Stringer had a special bond. both knew they were using fake American accents and wanted to see who would be revealed first.
 

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Stringer was a hoe. He did have the "nikka, are you taking notes on a criminal-fukkin-conspiracy?!?!?!??" line, tho, I'll give him that much. That was hilarious.

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Stringer:
  • Put the green light on SNITCHIN ass Orlando in an obvious set up
  • Gave money away to clay Davis
  • fukked up the brother mouzone set up on Omar (lying to mouzone and Omar? Wtf was you thinking) which cost him his life
  • SNITCHED ON HIS FAMILY
  • Gave up territory that would cost the barksdale family dearly later to prop Joe
  • Bowed down to prop Joe for the coop which was just a way for Joe to become the defacto wholesaler in baltimore
  • Tried to negotiate with ruthless ass Marlo, costing Marlo to view barksdale as weak, and he struck back in blood as a result
Avon would have:
  • Saw Orlando coming with 30k just after getting locked as OBVIOUS TRAP
  • NEVER fukked with a politician getting out of his lane
  • Would've just done fair by mouzone, why set him up? Ruined his word...
  • Never ever ever snitched on family especially
  • Never gave up them towers
  • Never bowed down to Eastside joe
  • Would've green lit marlo because there's always a marlo...and he was close on a couple occasions of taking out marlo.
Stringer is my favorite character but it's not close.

You ain't have to do the OP like that, son. That's a clear 3-0 bodybag... :to:
 
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