I BELIEVE that Franklin was on some “Know Thy Enemy” shyt. Franklin KNOWS that eventually Manboy will make his move, that means that Franklin can stay one step ahead and won’t be taken by “surprise” by any betrayal. Skully is legitimately CRAZY and unpredictable. Yea he stays in his “lane” for now but he’s living chaos. You cannot deal comfortably with living Chaos. You can’t bargain with it. You can’t bribe it. You can only hope that its storm passes you by.
Franklin was thinking get rid of Skully now. Quiet this gang war shyt. Then deal with Manboy down the line.
Its the hubris of sometimes thinking TOO FAR ahead and not existing within the moment. I don’t think Franklin yet appreciates the seriousness of the Gang uprising. Just like nobody really foresaw how Crack would decimate entire communities and turn people into zombies.
Now that you put that it way, it does make more sense. I didn't look at it that way.
I'm thinking about when Franklin took the gun to skully and how paranoid skully was. Frank had to convince them he wasn't setting him up. And I think Frank walked away from that convo knowing he made a better decision to go with manboy and I agree with it now. Add in to the fact frank tried to simmer things down at the funeral and skully didn't wanna hear it. He really can't be reasoned with and that's dangerous for business.
Skully makes for a better villan but Manboy will be a REAL antagonist to franklin. It makes sense on how big the crips got back in that time, manboy being the leader in compton, his muscle getting stronger and he's just as smart as franklin.
I just think by seasons end, either Jerome, louie, or leon will get killed..
