#felt like i needed to say that i cant really rationalise oz killing his brothers

[shit-talker]

I genuinely can't get over how Oz killed Vic. Like...first of all, he strangles him, which is an odd choice when you consider that Oz usually kills people by gunshot. Quick and easy. But the thing with Oz is that he likes having power. You see it when he kills Sal. He physically wants to be the one to take him out. He wants to hold that over him. He doesn't kill Sofia. Despite it being the logical thing to do; he sends her back to her worst nightmare to contain and break her. He keeps his mother locked up in a room. Oz likes that power. For all intents and purposes, that is an intimate way to kill someone. To physically hold them down and feel their breathing stop is showing a kind of obsession that is just so in character for Oz when you think of just how much of a threat he sees Vic to be.

And then he does what I think can be considered one of the actions that cement him as heartless in the show. He takes Vic's wallet, and he just...takes all of his money. That is not something you do to someone you supposedly consider family. He kills this kid and then just robs him blind. And I know it's not the worst thing that Oz does in this show - far from it. But all of Oz's actions can be explained when you look at it through the lens of his goal. The people that he kills are either against him or so insignificant to him that it doesn't matter. You can't name half the people Oz kills, and the ones you can are people who have been set up to directly oppose Oz. But Vic isn't. Vic is this kid who has followed him and respects him. Even just killing him, I can sort of see as something the Oz who had some sort of humanity in him would do. But I just can't rationalise taking that money. Oz is rich. What was the need to take this money that is at most 1 grand or just over? There is no explanation, no need. Just instinct to take, and pure greed.

And that pretty much solidifies Oz as a character for me.