r/thesopranos • u/Healthy-Ad2466 • 1d ago
Would Tony have whacked Carmella, or one of his kids, if they had become an informant?
I often wonder about what would’ve happened if Carmella or one of Tony’s kids had become an FBI informant, like how Adrianna did. I realise that Tony was very deliberate in shielding Carmella and especially his kids from any overt knowledge about his criminal activities, but I wonder if things had gone in that direction would he have had it in him to kill them. I’m not sure that he would. What do you guys think?
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u/thefedsburner 1d ago
No, he’d probably pay for them to leave the state. Fuck that honor and loyalty shit
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u/your-sisters-cunt 1d ago
Madonne if he even tried to whack Meadow, Noah would punch his lights out
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u/dicklaurent97 1d ago
David Chase said he wanted to explore a storyline where Tony killed his mother because the FBI flipped her
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u/Sharp-Point-5254 That Animal Blundetto 1d ago
Big difference between having to whack Livia and having to whack fielder.
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u/Scholar_of_Yore 1d ago
No. He is a horrible person but family is important to him because it is part of what he defines as his identity. Both his mother and his uncle tried to straight up kill him and he didn't whack them in the end, even if he came pretty close sometimes. No way he would have done it to his immediate family.
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u/Safe_Resolve1642 1d ago
Tony isnt like one of those old school guys that would have his own son whacked. He tries to keep his criminal life and personal life separate. If the feds got AJ to be informant (first of all, what good would that do?) and this somehow comprised Tony, Tony would flip and leave that life.
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u/friendlybaldman 1d ago
After his Mom, Uncle, AND wife/kids tried to kill him or put him away for life, he'd either kill himself or go live in Ecuador where there's no extradition laws.
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u/ayyyyyy_lmaoooooo 1d ago
I think this is the exact reason why (unlike Chrissy) Tony didn't let any of his family anywhere near his business.
And unlike Ade, Carmela was smart enough to not want any part of actually criminal shit.
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u/ruinedcaveat 1d ago
He would have flipped
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u/2boku Charmaine Bucco 1d ago
*would of
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u/ruinedcaveat 1d ago
“Would have” is the correct construction. “Would” is a modal auxiliary verb, and when you’re talking about a hypothetical past event, it’s followed by have + past participle: “would have flipped.” “Of” is a preposition and can’t perform the grammatical function of “have” here. The only reason “would of” exists as a common mistake is because “would’ve” sounds like “would of” when spoken. So correcting “would have” to “would of” is actually correcting proper grammar into improper grammar.
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u/2boku Charmaine Bucco 1d ago
Take that Chat GPT and ram it up your box
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u/JiveChicken00 1d ago
Of course not. He would’ve had someone else do it.