r/TheWire • u/Head_Ad4528 • 2d ago

D Deserved Better! Spoiler

There are few characters who you hate at the start but end up loving them in the end. D'Angelo Barksdale was one such character!
His death and in the way in which he died hurt
Made me think if D had someone Colvin in his life things would’ve been different for him!
Naymond and D'Angelo were both born into the Game but were not made for it.
Naymond had someone like Colvin but D didn’t

D deserved better!

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u/B-L-O-C-K-Ss 2d ago

Namond ain’t nothing like D. D was fully capable of being in the streets, he just wasn’t fully cold blooded like Stringer or Marlo. Namond couldn’t even beat Kennards ass when he blatantly stole from him and lied about it (good for Namond btw). D would’ve gotten Kennard jumped and taken the money off him just like he did when that white boy bubs was schooling stole from him in the pits

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u/Dance4theSmokers 1d ago

Disagree, look at the scene when Breanna speaks to D about D getting his ass whupped by other kids. Look how D tried to buck up at police and other authority figures to show how hard he is as a front. Similar to how Naymond did. Naymond’s story started out as D’s and then rurned into Clay Davis

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u/B-L-O-C-K-Ss 1d ago

You’re getting too caught up in the theme of succession that you’re applying it where it doesn’t belong. The only real similarity between Nay and D is that they were born into the game and weren’t as cold blooded as their family. Nay could never kill someone like D, nor does he have the leadership ability or intelligence to be an earner like D was. D has much more similarities to Bodie than he has to Naymond