Point taken, Olivant. I did say Vincent "broadly" fit the description. However, it seemed (never convincingly to me) that Luca had a "cool" side--as when Vito said, "Go to the Tattaglias, make them think you're not to happy with our family...find out what he's got under his fingernails.
True enough. But, I think that the difference between Luca and Vinincent is that Luca never had an imperative to develop a cooler side (outside of his instructions from Vito) such as Vincent had. Luca was task oriented. Vinnie was capable of that and much more. Even Connie recognized that he was the only one left who had her father's strength. Of course, Vito's strength lay in knowing when to use violence and knowing when use persuasion.
