>muh corners

>>213100300 (OP)
it wasnt about making money for him. he makes it clear and even ridicules Stringer it isnt all about "bizness".
Avon is genuine and not someone playing pretend like Stringer Bell hobnobbing with politicians who look at him like nothing

>>213100300 (OP)
repressed zestiness drove him batty

>>213100409
he was a dumb gangster wanna be. Stringer tried his best to upgrade the whole thing and at some point he was basically untouchable. Untill Avon the nigger wants to beef with a random dude for some useless corners beaucse of "muuuh people will say i'm a pussy"

>>213100300 (OP)
Corners are literally how they sell drugs lol. Being able to take a corner through muscle and intimidation is literally the drug dealer version of being able to buy a location to sell your product.

Stringer was Incomprehensibly retarded to not understand this. I honestly wonder if Avon wasn't gay for Stringer because it just makes zero sense why he let him have so much power

>>213100446
you dont get it.
you want to be in control you have to be on the street. Marlo knew this

>>213100529
In the long run, Avon's plan was literally destined to fall apart one day or another, by getting himself killed or arrested because he wanted to prove something.

While Stringer understood that streets aren't forever, you have to move up and diversify like he tried to do, it was the right path for both of them.

>>213100615
The real estate business is just as ruthless as the streets. It's honestly more fake because of government oversight

>>213100529
Marlo's name was on the street though

>>213100710
Stringer had leverage kek, he was a fucking gangster with a whole army of soldiers that would do anything that he said, he should have used that against this cocky nigga Davis

>>213100300 (OP)
He’s just a gangsta I suppose

>>213100869
>he was a fucking gangster with a whole army of soldiers that would do anything that he said
hmm no.
he gets schooled by Clay Davis and rage quits demanding Slim Charles kill him. Avon, wisely, chimes in to remind Stringer he sounds like a bitch saying this

>>213100869
Stinger was a punk who literally had never even killed anyone. Any random ghetto or trailer park shithead who stabbed or shot someone was a bigger badass than Stringer. He was just a complete fake

>>213100924
It was stupid to kill him, but the essence of the idea was good he should have scared the hell out of Davis by one way or another to gain his respect.

>>213100968
you don't know what you're talking about, he was the only smart nigger out there

>*menacingly do nothing for 3 seasons in your path*

Stringer gets played by Clay and the real estate fucks but he still had the correct idea to move away from the street beefs and let the money work itself. Freamon and McNulty both pressed for the investigation to continue on him because they said that he wasn't far away from basically being untouchable by being the bank. Avon's warring kept them both connected to the street level shit and ultimately became their downfall.

>>213100446
>make money from selling drugs
>you sell drugs on corners
>some other drug dealer is taking your corner and you can’t sell drugs there anymore
I mean it’s not rocket science. Either take back the corners or stop being a drug dealer. Stringer wanted something in between and he got killed for it.

>>213101264
he was killed because he half-assed his effort to kill Omar. Imagine making your elaborate plan in hope the man who talks a shitload and doesnt budge on his principles wont explain himself to Omar.

>>213100409
>it wasnt about making money for him. he makes it clear and even ridicules Stringer it isnt all about "bizness".
That fell flat for me because he clearly enjoys being extremely wealthy. His ability tospend money is 100% owed to Stringer's laundering schemes. Then there's that scene where he and Stringer reminisce about how they dreamt of becoming rich and owning the city when they were young.
But then they turned him into "muh corners" because it was convenient to create conflict between them. It's shitty writing

>muh union

>muh package

>muh office

>muh clearance rate

>muh paper bag

>muh heroin

>>213100300 (OP)
Power. In the hood there are no rules. No one's immune to bullets. You're as powerful or as weak as you're perceived to be. It doesn't matter if you're technically making more money, if people think you look weak, your days are numbered. Avon knew this

>>213103123
String had enough money to get out of the game completely

>muh tennis ball

>>213100300 (OP)
He was a soldier. He weren’t no businessman

>money be green yo
Thanks for the input D.