In The Hunger Games series, Katniss killing President Coin instead of President Snow surprised many. Still, it was because Coin was revealed to be a ruthless leader with her own political interests.
Katniss sees the truth: that Coin is just another dangerous person of power with her own agenda, looking to selfishly capitalize on what a populace wants by pretending she shares their exact ambitions and convictions.
She personally assigned Peeta to join the squad despite the fact that his hijacking had brainwashed him into trying to kill Katniss. This was presumably an attempt on Coin's part to dispose of the girl amid the battle, making her a martyr and preventing her from becoming a threat to Coin's authority after the war.
Using knowledge from the movie and the books, let's break down how The Hunger Games ends. Coin killed Prim to destroy Katniss because, as Boggs (Mahershala Ali) explains before his death, Katniss is her biggest threat to maintaining her power over Panem because of the influence Katniss has over the people.
What if Katniss Killed Snow Instead of Coin (Hunger Games Theory/ Fan Fiction)
How was Gale responsible for Prim's death?
Prim was among the medics who arrived to treat the victims. Unfortunately, a second batch of bombs were set off, with Prim being killed in the explosions. Gale was not the one to drop the bombs from the hovercraft, but he was one of the key figures to devise the strategy of double bombings.
If Katniss chose to kill Snow instead, Coin would have still been as tyrannical as him and possibly even worse. Katniss herself realizes this and shoots Coin instead of Snow during his execution. Unlike the main villain Coriolanus Snow, she has no redeeming qualities, care for others, or tragedy.
Answer and Explanation: Prim is killed by a bomb at the very end of the battle. Alma Coin sees an opportunity to turn the Capitol troops against Snow, and she decides the resulting loss of life from her plan is a worthwhile price to pay.
In The Hunger Games series, Katniss killing President Coin instead of President Snow surprised many. Still, it was because Coin was revealed to be a ruthless leader with her own political interests.
Did Paylor know about Coin? When Katniss emerges, Paylor asks her, "Did you find what you were looking for?", and Katniss holds up a rose, which Paylor takes as an affirmative response. This seems to imply that Paylor was somehow aware of Coin's betrayal and wanted Katniss to find out.
Alma Coin was the true villain of The Hunger Games, with Katniss actually seeing her as more of a threat than Coriolanus Snow. At the same time, it was Snow who was made out to be the bad guy in previous movies, making some question why Katniss killed Coin and spared him.
And then to top it all off, after working under Coin for probably years, he secretly knew Coin was evil and "planned" (predicted) Katniss would execute Coin all along.
That said, it was stated that an emergency election took place after Katniss assassinated Coin. Commander Paylor, a vital leader in the Second Rebellion from District 8 was elected as Panem's new president.
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.
After reading the book and watching the film, it seems clear that Lucy Gray realizes Snow was responsible for the death of his friend Sejanus Plinth (Josh Andrés Rivera). If Snow could sell his best friend down the river for personal gain, it was only a matter of time until he did the same with her.
According to the star behind Effie, Elizabeth Banks, she and Haymitch's Woody Harrelson improvised the scene. Considering she's been adamant about the characters having some romantic connection, it only makes sense that they'd share a goodbye kiss. It's very on-brand for Effie, as well.
President Alma Coin's proposal, exposing her villainous nature. President Alma Coin is the main antagonist of Mockingjay, the final novel in The Hunger Games trilogy and both of its 2014 and 2015 film adaptations, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.
Peeta decides, though, that he will go out on his own to act as a diversion in case Katniss and the others need it. Gale gives Peeta his nightlock pill in case Peeta's captured. They leave early in the morning, bundled up and styled by Tigris. Cressida and Pollux go first, leading the way to the City Circle.
Boggs reveals that Coin had wanted to save Peeta from the arena instead of Katniss. Katniss represents a threat to Coin, and Katniss made the situation worse by forcing Coin to rescue the other victors. Boggs reminds Katniss that she has outlived her usefulness to Coin.
Katniss's focus on survival and her family's safety prevented her from fully considering romance, but her feelings for Peeta and Gale diverged in the end. Katniss ultimately chose Peeta because he understood her trauma and she didn't want to lose him, proving her love for him.
Even though it was a risky move (cause who knows if it work out) Coin knew Katniss well. And by killing Prim, and making it seem like the Capital's fault, she was hoping to get Katniss' support in becoming the next leader.
Snow can't stand to see a young woman betray a young man's affection—his view of what happened 65 years ago. And so he takes out his old, festering wound on Katniss.
Later in the series, it is revealed that Snow has bleeding sores on the inside of his mouth, a result of drinking poison in order to trick his enemies into doing the same.
