When did you realize Christopher was the son that Tony always secretly wanted, that's why in retrospect he was always acting like a parent toward Chris and not as a fellow mafia colleague.
>>220322838When he basically ignored AJ the whole showDads are assholes who raise you to be like them and get mad when you turn out like them (in the same stupid, fucked up ways)
He was grooming him to be his successor but he was bad at it just as he was bad at raising his own kids cause he fundamentally cares only about himself. He's got no real interest in any of them.
>>220322838If he wanted to be parental to Chrissy then maybe he shouldn't have ordered his gf to be killed, huh, how about that?
>>220322838i came to that same realization when tony was coercing adriana into a blowjob. every dad wants to fuck their son's girlfriend.
>>220323072surface level take
>>220322838he wasn't, if it wasn't for the fact Tony liked his father a lot he wouldn't have given much of a fuck about him like with Vito jr
>>220322838Tony never even liked Christopher he just tried to groom him into a successor, using the "muh family" link >>220322927Tony ignores AJ most of the show but still saves him in season 6 when hes trying to commit suicide, meanwhile just finishes off Christopher when hes in an equally vulnerable positionHe never loved Christopher
>>220323099pretty realistic tb h
>>220323099I heard his cock when in her mouth when it happened
>>220322838>muh surrogate son Could there BE any more of a reddit interpretation ?
>>220322838This might be the worst take on this dynamic I’ve ever heard.
>>220323157Apparently, he came all over the sun visor
>>220323225Only in the eyes of a millennial or zoomer who believes that a father son relationship consists of something that looks like friendship between bros instead of stern leadership. Tony never gave a shit about being hard on AJ other than him acting performatively angry in a few scenes just to appease Carmela. However with Chris he was constantly trying to guide him on a consistent path, however toward the end he gave up and accepted failure where he decided to end him instead.
>>220323373How was he guiding him though. Just called him dumb, then rewarded him randomly for no reason, calls him dumb, tries to fuck his fiance, forces him to go to rehab, calls him a pussy for being clean and eggs him on to relapse etc. Just like with AJ, there's zero system or consistency to Tony's mentorship. That's why he's s horrible leader who loses his entire gang.
>>220323373I like how you gave evidence directly against your point but still sounded like you were in the right.
how bout dathow bout dat
>>220323603howboutthathttps://youtu.be/1uvyKpKpyBw?si=zI5XZ34JqQSGI3OH
>>220323603Why was Tony getting cunty?
>>220323461none of this means that he didn't want to mentor Chris, just that like with many other things he was fucking useless at it because he is first and foremost a fat fucking narc
>>220323072HOW BOUT DAT
>>220322838Tony wanted to use Chris for his gay mafia roleplay after he saw how they do things in Italy but Christopher was way too retarded for the role Tony wanted him to fill.
>>220322838>When did you realizeThat uncles and nephews can have surrogate father/son relationships?It's the entire theme of the fucking show. Are you people fucking retarded?!
>>220324769It was the jew lawyers idea though
>>220322838Tony looked out for Chrissy because he felt he owed a debt of gratitude to Dickie Moltisanti, not because he saw him as the son he always wanted. The whole 'groom him as my heir' thing came about much later after guys like Mink suggested he needed to insulate himself.He doesn't even pick Chris as his heir because he's particularly competent (he's not) but because he's followed him around like a puppy since they were children and knows he'll stay loyal to him through anything - like when he picks Tony over his fiance.
I could have sworn that was explicit in the first season of the show
>>220325205It's almost as if it was the original theme, or something
>>220323114In his own mind he loved Chrissy like a fatherTony is a sociopath though
>>220326066He's a psychopath not a sociopath acccshuuaaallly
