Avon’s flaws being his solder/street-wise attitude, rash behavior and his concern for his street-image, such as when he intensifies the hunt for Omar, and in the war against Marlo.
While Stringer’s flaws on the other hand, is his lack of street-wise and his over the top business-man attitude, such as when he orchestrates the move against Brother Mouzone, and prioritizing product over real-estate.

I’ll do some extensive posting at some point once I have finished season 5.

“Tigh’s been my favourite character since time immemorial. I just love the unflappable yet flawed number two man who not only accepts being somebody else’s shadow and second fiddle, but actively takes pride in it.”

I know how you feel, I loved those features in his personality. It’s so refreshing to see a character comfortable as second-in-command, with no ambitions whatsoever to wear the crown themselves.

“Oh, and my own Dexter-review is up. Just to combine some self-pimpage with a half-hearted attempt at scurrying back on topic.”

Cool, looking forward to reading it.

Tigh’s been my favourite character since time immemorial. I just love the unflappable yet flawed number two man who not only accepts being somebody else’s shadow and second fiddle, but actively takes pride in it. And Tigh is one of, if not the, best such character I’ve ever seen.

I absolutely loved when Marlo attempted to meet with with Sergei, and in pops Avon. “Surpriiise!
I think Avon respected Marlo for his heart, especially as the their earlier war escalated.

“Baltar is awesome, but the characters that own BSG are Adama sr. and Saul Tigh.”

Adama and Tigh rocks. Tigh deliverered – in my opinion – one of the coolest quotes in the season 3 finale. Certainly sent shivers down my spine.

AUCH. Sorry. The way you talked about it I assumed you’d seen the entire thing. So so so sorry! But you’re far in enough that I didn’t spoil Prop Joe? Thank goodness.

Yeah, I liked how they complimented each other too. And how Barksdale in s5 in the end seems to have accepted a little of Stringer’s policies and attitudes in his suddenly being very pragmatic about dealing with Marlo.

Baltar is awesome, but the characters that own BSG are Adama sr. and Saul Tigh.

I liked how Barksdale and Stringer complimented each other, both being relying on the other in order to run the organization as effective as possible. Avon being the soldier/warrior, Stringer being the politician/business man. Prop Joe was also pretty cool, as is Bunk. But my number one favourite has to be Omar.

“Mentioning all the components of BSG earlier, I have to say, if I have one complaint about that show, it’s the politics-front. Waaaay too little focus on intrigue and maneuvering for my tastes. If I had my way, half of BSG’s episodes would be “West Wing” in space with evil religious androids and Gaius Baltar sprinkled on top.”

That would be cool, indeed. Though they would have to cut back on the action or drama.
Gaius Baltar is of course spectacular.

“You think this is over!? This isn’t over! No more Mr. Nice Gaius!

“The thought of a spin-off series of The Wire, featuring imprisoned characters such as Barksdale, Wee-Bey and Shamrock sounds appealing.”
Indeed. Especially Barksdale, though Stringer was always my favourite character. (The last two seasons suffered during his absence – and then we lost Prop Joe and Omar too… Fucking bastards killed all my three favourite characters. Thankfully Rawls made it out unscathed so I kept my number four man.)

Mentioning all the components of BSG earlier, I have to say, if I have one complaint about that show, it’s the politics-front. Waaaay too little focus on intrigue and maneuvering for my tastes. If I had my way, half of BSG’s episodes would be “West Wing” in space with evil religious androids and Gaius Baltar sprinkled on top.