Gaul's attempt to erase Lucy Gray and the events of the 10th Hunger Games is proven to be successful. Throughout the original trilogy, neither her name nor her story are mentioned at all, and, prior to Katniss and Peeta's historic win, Haymitch Abernathy was always referred to as the only victor from District 12.
Katniss indirectly mentions Lucy Gray in the first Hunger Games book as the first victor of District 12. Lucy Gray is the only member of the Covey to have both their given name and color from a ballad. Despite gray being a dull color, she loved color the most out of anyone else.
“Katniss” we learn, was Lucy Gray's preferred term for the swamp potato the Covey used to dig up near the lake. (I do want to point out the word “katniss” does exist in the real world. This wasn't a word invented by Collins.)
In the book and the movie, Lucy Gray's fate is never confirmed. It's possible that she could have been wounded or even killed by a bullet, considering Coriolanus's frantic firing at the last location she had presumably been at.
The Hunger Games franchise has never confirmed that Lucy Gray and Katniss are related, despite speculation. The ending of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes leaves open the possibility that Lucy Gray and Katniss are related.
Is Lucy Gray Related to Katniss? (Hunger Games Theory)
How is Lucy Gray Katniss grandmother?
Fans online who have read Songbirds & Snakes theorize that Lucy Gray and Katniss aren't directly related, but instead that Katniss is the granddaughter of Lucy Gray's cousin, Maude Ivory, who is introduced in the movie, too.
Since she'd be around 21 to 31 when Coin was born, it's not an outrageous thought that she could be Coin's mother. Unfortunately, unless Suzanne Collins provides that information, there's no way to prove or disprove this theory, and fans can only keep guessing.
During his time as a mentor, he developed a relationship with the District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird. Lucy Gray is a very different protagonist from Katniss. In the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Lucy returns to District 12 where she eventually meets Coriolanus Snow again.
Summary. Coriolanus Snow genuinely believed he loved Lucy Gray, but his possessive and jealous tendencies cast doubts on the authenticity of his love. Snow's possessiveness extended to other people he loved, such as his cousin Tigris, demonstrating a dangerous and possessive pattern in his relationships.
Lucy Gray follows, an argument ensues and Coriolanus ends up shooting the mayor's daughter after she threatens to expose them, and another rebel named Spruce kills her boyfriend.
Lucy Gray's very last words are: "Well, I'm not made of sugar." Jacobson says this last line reminds audiences that Lucy Gray is first and foremost a performer, similar to Snow. "They meet and connect through performance," she tells TODAY.com.
"The Hanging Tree" has a brief backstory in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It was one of many songs composed by Lucy Gray Baird, and it was written about the execution of Arlo Chance at the real hanging tree. The song was banned by Commander Hoff, who considered it rebellious.
How old was Lucy Gray when she won the Hunger Games?
Here are some songs that remind me of Lucy Gray, especially her evolution in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. At only 16 years old, Lucy Gray was reaped and managed to survive the Hunger Games.
He'll never know, because Lucy Gray disappears forever, a loose end that will drive him mad. When Katniss appears decades later, also from District 12 and with a knack for singing, she already reminds Snow of his lost love.
While Coriolanus Snow is the powerful and ruthless President of Panem at the time of the original trilogy, 64 years after the events of the prequel, Lucy Gray's existence is never even mentioned or acknowledged.
President Snow became evil because he's always been driven by the principle that, if a cause is just enough, then anything done in pursuit of it is justified. Unfortunately for the people of Panem, Snow believed the Capitol's dominance of the other districts was among the most just causes of all.
Katniss and Lucy Gray are not related beyond their shared District 12 and loving hearts. Fan speculation that the two are related is tantalizing, especially following Lucy Gray's love affair with young Snow. "I've heard that fan theory often. But it's not true," says director Francis Lawrence.
Lucy Gray was previously dating Billy Taupe before the reaping. She found out he was cheating on her with the mayor's daughter, Mayfair. Billy Taupe made a bet that he could have them both. Mayfair found out about this bet and had her father call Lucy Gray's name at the reaping.
She is only told that Tigris used to be a stylist for the Hunger Games, like Cinna, and that Snow fired her himself. Over the years, possibly to deal with the pain caused by her cousin's sadistic rise to power, Tigris tattooed and surgically altered her appearance so much that she looked more feline than human.
What happened to Lucy Gray Baird after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes?
Both the book and movie leave Lucy Gray's ending quite ambiguous. Dean of the Academy Casca Highbottom (Peter Dinklage) underscores that point to Snow in the final moments of the film, confirming that she's simply vanished without a trace. Dr. Gaul even wipes all the video footage of Lucy Gray's games.
It is heavily implied that he marries Olivia Cardo. She was one of the top performers at the Academy. and was one of the first mentors in the game. to a male tribute from district ones.
Lucy Gray escaped 12 and went up North. She met a man and had a child with him. That child was a daughter, who grew up to be President Alma Coin. Lucy Gray told her daughter about her experiences with Snow, which is one of the reasons (aside from the dictatorship) Coin hated Snow so much.
While they were walking away from District 12 making their escape, Coriolanus made a comment about having killed three people. Lucy Gray quickly did the math and realized that she had only known about two of them, and that Coriolanus had been lying to her, sowing doubt in her mind about him and their plan.
However, like the movie, Snow's drive for power and control took priority and overrode whatever love he had for Lucy. So, I guess, the conclusion here is: yes, Snow did love Lucy, but only temporarily.
As in the movie, it's speculated that the mayor might have killed her, but all we really know is that Lucy Gray disappeared. Whether she was alive or not, she had effectively become a "ghost girl" and her fate was a mystery to Coriolanus.
