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. However, the only tangible link between the two characters is that they both come from District 12 – as well as competing in the games themselves.

Is Lucy Gray Katniss's grandmother?

The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes Can Clear Up The Theory

It is very unlikely that Lucy made it out of the story alive, and this leaves the door open for only Maude Ivory to be Katniss' grandmother - making Lucy Gray related to Katniss and trying the two stories together even more than they already are.

Is Lucy Gray Baird related to President Coin?

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.

Is Katniss Covey descendent?

Since some of the Covey's songs survived into the trilogy through Katniss Everdeen, who learned them from her father, it's been theorized that they are descendants of the Covey— probably through Maude Ivory, who shared Katniss's ability to memorize music after a listen or two.

What is the difference between Katniss and Lucy Gray?

Katniss Has a Connection to District 12 Unlike Lucy Gray

Unlike Katniss, Lucy Gray wasn't born and raised in District 12. Instead, she moved around often before the First Rebellion. As a member of the Covey, she traveled throughout Panem, singing and performing for all the districts.

Is Lucy Gray Related to Katniss? (Hunger Games Theory)

Does Katniss remind Snow of Lucy?

True to his name, he's icy and has it out for Katniss after she forces the hand of the gamemaker into letting both her and Peeta win. Songbirds and Snakes reveals why Katniss' unwavering confidence in herself and her abilities is a particular thorn in Snow's side: they remind him of Lucy Gray.

Was Lucy Gray in the original Hunger Games?

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.

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.

Is Lucy Gray mentioned in The Hunger Games trilogy?

Either way, no one seems to know what became of the 10th Hunger Games victor. She's never mentioned again in any of the franchise's movies. Keep reading to see how the book handles Lucy Gray's disappearance, theories on what happened to the singer, and whether or not we could ever see more of her story.

Are Katniss and Prim half sisters?

Prim is the youngest of the Everdeen family; her sister is Katniss. Her father, Mr. Everdeen, died in a mine explosion four years before, leaving her mother, sister, and herself alone.

Why did Tigris and Snow fall out?

She was also against the games itself, whilst Snow believed the Districts were below him and continued working to implement new aspects of the games. Their relationship was so undesirable that Snow fired Tigris as a stylist personally.

Is Snow Katniss's grandfather?

He grows up in D12 with the Covey, and eventually at the age of 24 in what would be year 36 he gets married and has a baby boy born in year 37. That baby turns out to be Katniss's father. He gets married in year 57 and Katniss is born in year 58. So Snow could be Katniss's great grandfather.

Why did they erase the 10th Hunger Games?

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.

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.

Why is Tigris a tiger?

Throughout the years, Tigris started to get surgical enhancements, specifically to alter her looks to look somewhat like a tiger getting face and arm tattoos, flattening her nose and getting some of the largest whiskers Katniss had ever seen from a Capitol citizen.

Who is Alma coin related to?

After the release of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, people have speculated that Coin could be related to Lucy Gray Baird, under the assumption that Lucy Gray ended up finding District 13.

Do Lucy Gray and Snow kiss?

In the book, Lucy Gray and Snow kiss earlier.

Snow asks her if their romance is real, and she assures him it is. In the book, Lucy Gray tells Snow the only boy her heart has a sweet spot for is him before she kisses him in front of his classmates.

How old was Lucy Gray Baird in the Hunger Games?

Lucy Gray Baird is supposed to be 16 in the film. Rachel Zegler is six years older than her at 22. Lucy Gray is the lead singer of a band who plays in District 12 when she's selected as a tribute in the 10th annual Hunger Games. Similarly, Jennifer Lawrence was 21 when playing the 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen.

Who is Coriolanus Snow's wife?

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.

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.

What is Lucy Gray Baird backstory?

Pre-Games District 12

Both of Lucy Gray Baird's parents, and her two older siblings, were dead. This left the singing group she performed in, the Covey, as her only family. Her father was killed for speaking his mind, shot full of bullet holes.

Did Lucy GREY wrote the hanging tree?

Lucy Gray writes the song but is asked not to perform it. Somehow, the tune gets passed down to Katniss. “The Hanging Tree” is featured in the film adaptation of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, when Lucy is seen sitting in a field with a guitar singing the tune.

What did Coriolanus give to Lucy Gray?

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.

Why does President Snow hate Mockingjays?

Snow hates whatever he deems to be unnatural, aka, what he cannot control, and mockingjays check all of those boxes.