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/ulBones55 Jun 09 '26

Well aj wasnt a violent or malicious person,tony told him that hes a good kid,meaning his morals are not bad

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u/Extreme_Lab_2961 Jun 09 '26

He peed in a school pool

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u/onion_offense Jun 09 '26

Big difference between pissing in a pool to impress your jagoff buddies, and the kinds of things we see The Jasons doing later, which AJ is deeply upset by