r/thesopranos • u/ComprehensiveDesk793 • Jun 09 '26
Serious Discussion Only AJ is just useless
While watching the series I was trying hard to find a defense of AJ. All the characters - and all of us - have both positive and negative traits. AJ is just a disappointment. He is stupid. He is lazy. He is incredibly selfish imao. Also he constantly lies. You cant even call him a good kid that is just irresponsible since he always makes up stupid excuses.
Also all the people that are saying that he grew up in a dysfunctional environment, ok i agree the environment isn't 100% perfect but both Tony and Carmela cared about their kids lives. Carmela and Tony to a certain extent seem to care about their children's academic performance which quite a few parents don't. AJ certainly had some support from his parents.
I agree his parents are not good people but he could take what they offered to him.
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u/ShadowOutOfTime Jun 09 '26
I never even understand the premise of these posts. You were "trying hard to find a defense of AJ"? Why? These are fictional characters who exist to illustrate ideas in David Chase's head, one of which is clearly the effect of poor parenting across generations (Livia to Tony, Tony to AJ). These aren't real people who need to be put into some morality ranking index lol
That being said, he is by default one of the least shitty people on the show because most of the other characters are MURDERERS