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

[dennis roadman]

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.

my rule for wire discussions is

anyone who says stringer was a boss/intelligent/genius/GOAT/anything praiseworthy needs to sit down and watch the fukking show again and take notes

in terms of know how and effectiveness at doing his job, he's the WOAT tied with Orlando

Boadie hitched his araber cart to the wrong horse and ended up a dead corner boy, he could have at least been Monk status if he weren't infected by dumbass Russell Bell

 

[Pseudo]

Bodie should have been a smart-ass pawn like Slim Charles.

Bodie's ambition.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Did we watch the same show? They didn't even want to investigate Avon even though they knew he was notorious murderer. Much less when you're not dropping as many bodies.

These men are drug king pins. They've learned their lesson, especially with someone like Slim Charles being at the head. He was the one who saw Cheese for what he was.

They eventually did investigate him due to him killing and intimidating witnesses which is just part of Avon's job description. It was inevitable man, he was going to get on the authority's radar one way or another.

 

[MikelArteta]

Dude wanted to kill a state senator as well

Just because he read the art of war and attended some community college classes doesn't Maj hr was smooth and sauve

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.

 

[Pseudo]

Season 3 Avon gave me a headache. Dude just could not see the big picture.

 

[Axum Ezana]

marlo was okay with the bodies but they got caught cause popo went into the abandon homes and eventually found them all nailed n boarded up.

I always wondered if they should have just had a morgue as a front to incinerate bodies.....

 

[Jax]

marlo was okay with the bodies but they got caught cause popo went into the abandon homes and eventually found them all nailed n boarded up.

I always wondered if they should have just had a morgue as a front to incinerate bodies.....

Gotta Kill nikkas and dump em right there and then. Can't be moving dead bodies, that's how you get caught.

 

[dennis roadman]

Bodie should have been a smart-ass pawn like Slim Charles.

Bodie's ambition.

boadie knew he wasn't cut out to be a boss, didn't wanna be just muscle, he just wanted to move some weight in relative peace

you wanna make a thread touting stringer and then hate on another man's ambition? stringer wanted to be vito corleone but couldn't make it past a local state senator. he didn't even have the wherewithal to rig grand juries like prop joe did. shoulda stayed in his lane counting money for avon

 

[Axum Ezana]

Gotta Kill nikkas and dump em right there and then. Can't be moving dead bodies, that's how you get caught.

but they still get caught anyways...so it gotta be a better way. unless u hire a pro hitmen that leave no clue behind.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Ayo close that door...

Stringer forever telling people to lock that door

 

[FaTaL]

Gotta Kill nikkas and dump em right there and then. Can't be moving dead bodies, that's how you get caught.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

marlo was okay with the bodies but they got caught cause popo went into the abandon homes and eventually found them all nailed n boarded up.

I always wondered if they should have just had a morgue as a front to incinerate bodies.....

They weren't thinking that far ahead. Most small time criminals don't.

They were skating with the bandos so there was no need to think about it further.

That shyt says a lot more about the state of their city than them. That they were so comfortable that they wouldn't get bagged that they kept doing it.

 

[lamont614]

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.

aint no uturns on the block @HDKG_

 

[Jax]

 

[Jazzy B.]

Why do you think they dumbed him down?

To get more drama from the show.

Its the same reason why an intelligent character like Prop Joe suddenly trusted Marlo of all characters


Stringer not killing Avon when he was in prison made no sense. Especially when Avon started making indirect counter-moves to what he wanted.