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RobertoTheOharaSurvivor
I wonder if Snow thought about Lucy Gray Baird in those final moments. Reflecting on that time in his life. The only girl he ever truly loved. A girl who Katniss was a parallel of, a mirror of, in so many ways. A District 12 girl. A victor. A survivor.
RobertoTheOharaSurvivor
Snow probably saw more and more of Lucy Gray in Katniss as that first Hunger Games proceeded: Making a loud first impression at the Reaping, becoming a darling of the Capital, Peeta’s love for her and determination to keep her alive, just like Snow’s own determination to save Lucy as her mentor.
RobertoTheOharaSurvivor
Watching her sing the same song to a dying Rue that he had heard Lucy sing in a meadow so long ago. All those dormant memories came bubbling forth, reminding him of the “weak” man he used to be. He had never been able to truly resolve things with Lucy, so Snow probably took all those feelings he had over her and turned them on Katniss, developing into an obsession, a hatred.
RobertoTheOharaSurvivor
In Katniss, he must have seen the ghost of the girl he thought himself free of so long ago, and became obsessed with killing that girl once and for all.
RobertoTheOharaSurvivor
Imagine how he must have felt when she was dubbed The Mockingjay, after the birds he loathed so much, the same ones she loved. Perhaps the other reason he firebombed District 12 wasn’t just to punish Katniss, but to eradicate his past. To let the past die and burn those memories away.