We don't know for sure. It definitely looks like Coriolanus shot Lucy Gray as she lets out a grunt, but we think she managed to escape from him as only her earring was left behind. But, with Casca later telling Coriolanus that Lucy Gray has disappeared, her fate is left wide open.
At an unknown point in time years before the 74th Hunger Games, she was personally fired by Snow, the stated reason being due to her being too surgically enhanced.
No, Lucy Gray has no relation to Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. When the original novel for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes first came out, some fans suspected that Lucy might actually be Katniss' grandmother.
Coriolanus mentions that “[m]y mother always smelled of roses” (89) and gives Lucy Gray her compact, its rose-scented powder later replaced with rat poison.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes introduces Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), the District 12 tribute in the 10th Hunger Games. Though she shares several similarities with The Hunger Games' Katniss Everdeen, she was born around 80 years before the Mockingjay was reaped for the 74th Hunger Games.
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Why did Snow shoot Lucy Gray?
Believing Lucy Gray planted the snake to harm him, Snow goes on a rampage, shooting his gun into the woods. For a moment, it seems like he has hit Lucy Gray but then she starts singing “The Hanging Tree,” causing countless Mockingjays to join in chorus.
It turned out that Lucy Gray was purposely reaped by the mayor because Mayfair had a relationship with Lucy Gray's ex-lover, Billy Taupe, and Mayfair did not like this. As a result, Mayor Lipp struck Lucy Gray in the face, resulting in a horrible bruise.
However, when the stakes are as high as they are in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, it makes sense why this character would ultimately become the series' main villain. Snow follows a path the audience can't morally follow, and when he kills Highbottom with rat poison, it solidifies his turn to evil and path toward ...
Coriolanus starts to give up on this when he separates the powder disk from the compact. He gives the compact to Lucy Gray so she can fill it with rat poison, take it into the Hunger Games arena, and poison her opponents.
What happened to Lucy Gray Baird at the end of the book?
Plenty of theories suggest that Lucy Gray died at the end of the book/movie. The biggest explanation for her death, as the film suggests, is that Coriolanus Snow killed her during his mad state when a snake bit him.
Fan theories posit that Lucy Gray Baird may be a relative of Katniss Everdeen or President Coin. Director Francis Lawrence told us Baird likely isn't Coin, but could have ties to the character.
Ultimately, Dr. Gaul considered these games a disaster, presenting the Capitol as far too vulnerable. She erased all recordings of the games, keeping only a master copy in her own personal vault for her own purposes.
Described as sweet and vulnerable, in the book, it's suggested she sells her body to ensure the family keeps up appearances and stays fed. Tigris is seen again in "The Hunger Games" franchise as an ally to Katniss Everdeen, but much differently. After heavy modifications to her body over time, she resembles a tiger.
As Tigris Snow eventually explains to Katniss Everdeen, President Snow fired her because she wasn't pretty enough to be a stylist for the tributes anymore. In reality, it was probably due to his twisted views after gaining power.
What happens to Lucy Gray after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes?
The question of whether Lucy Gray dies is not definitively answered in The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Casca Highbottom does tell Snow during their final encounter that his sources have told him that Lucy has "disappeared," prompting speculation that District 12's mayor killed her after his daughter's death.
Katniss searches his eyes for signs of emotion but only finds amusement in them. She remembers that they did indeed promise not to lie to each other anymore, and she realizes that Snow wasn't lying to her about Coin's role in the parachute bombing.
Snow was 18 during the 10th Hunger Games, making him 8 when the first Hunger Games took place. This means that during the 74th Hunger Games, he was indeed 82 (74+8). So he died at 83 in "The Mockingjay," since that was during the 75th Hunger Games...
After this, he married 2 more people, one being from the Stone Family, and one being from the Willford Family. One of the kids he had from these people were Alma Coin, and Coraline Snow.
The loss of a dear person leads those left behind into a downward spiral of emotions and memories. In Lucy Gray, Wordsworth focuses on that loss and the emotions that follow it.
He had taken out the powder earlier and indirectly suggested that Lucy Gray use the compact for storing poison, which she would use to eliminate the other tributes.
He married Julia Pompey but their marriage was loveless. It was suggested by many that he poisoned his wife because she tried to kill him and take their sons place.
Inside the Capitol, Coriolanus and the other viewers call for her to be let out so Dr Volumnia reluctantly crowns Lucy Gray the winner of the 10th annual Hunger Games. But, when Coriolanus goes to greet Lucy after her victory, he realises he has been found out for giving her rat poison and the handkerchief.
Is there a sequel to Ballad of songbirds and snakes?
With that in mind, it is important to note that Collins has never written a sequel to The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and has yet to announce plans to do so.
At an unknown point in time years before the 74th Hunger Games, she was personally fired by Snow, the stated reason being due to her being too surgically enhanced. However, given their past history, it is possible that the actual reason was something much more personal.
