Why The Rebellion Succeeded

[Music] as much as I love the hunger gam series and have enjoyed each reread and rewatch there are always those little things that don't sit well as if they're not logical or don't make sense based upon the info we have of course when you love a series this much you kind of learn to ignore those things or develop personal head cannons to justify them right but one of those parts that bothered me was the fact that snow was completely hyperfocused on Katniss so much so that he missed some serious red flags with coin now how could a man that smart that cunning with that much power and a serious Keen Eye get so lost in his hyperfixation on a teenager albeit a highly influential one that he misses the threat of coin which ultimately leads to his downfall coralus snow in the words of fin odir was so young when he rose to power and Incredibly clever to keep pit judging from the ending of the prequel the ballot of song rids and snakes we can guess it was maybe just a couple of years following his mentorship of the 10th Annual games and his few months as a peacekeeper in district 12 that he officially made his rise making him roughly 20 to 21 years old once we get to mocking J we are looking at post 75th Hunger Games making Snow's rain up to 63 years and snow himself 83 years old but certainly not showing any signs of ility that's actually entirely believable the part about his mental state versus his age as my grandparents are 87 and no worse for the wear of course they're the exceptions based on the current state of affairs in six plus decades I'm sure snow saw his fair share of uprisings wannabe Rebels and rebellions and battled any hint of betrayal to the system as he thought it should be we know this actually due to his weapon of choice poison his wisdom and knowledge in this area would be quite strong and yet his downfall is his focus on a 16 17-year-old girl sure it's more than that but it's still begs the question of how he could be so naive when it came to coin he and Katniss are incredibly similar see one of my previous videos for an in-depth look at this and Cat his Saul threw coin right away why didn't Snow even if he didn't know too much about District 13 survival and I'm sure he knew some things just the fact that they have their own leader who was super quick to use Katniss's death to their advantage should have set off alarm Bells but it didn't why arrogance might be your first response it was mine for a long time as well and frankly just looking at the trilogy and what knowledge we have about snow from that it seems his own pride is the clear answer he was so sure of his power in his regime that he could afford to be a little Silly by being fascinated with the fire catness sparked he had it all under control what she had done would end up being an inconvenience more than anything heck he maybe even enjoyed the game by the end of it again being so sure that he would win but this Theory does not explain why snow takes such a serious tone with Katniss and everyone else for that matter or why his efforts to thwart the Rebellion are so strong you might argue that it would be obvious for snow to answer back so strongly but still that implies he saw the Rebellion as a credible threat I'm not claiming there was no arrogance or Pride involved at all we know there was what I am saying is it simply doesn't account for everything we know from the trilogy but they are all written from Katniss's perspective so for a long time we had to accept that at least on this matter it was all we would ever know about snow and his downfall that was until May of 2020 with the release of the ballot of song birds and snakes a prequel to The Hunger Games trilogy it focused entirely on a young corilanus snow his childhood his traumas his hardships his raw personality his development into becoming who we know in the trilogy I was one of the few who loved this book many on YouTube seemed to feel otherwise and thought it was incredibly well done it added more lore without becoming invasive of the world we knew it certainly answered questions such as what were the first games like when did mentors come into play were they always such a big spectacle however the thing about the questions listed is that they were no more than lingering thoughts from the trilogy nothing that we just had to know more about but is rather added lore not crucial to the plot of the trilogy fun to learn but not necessary either yet when you ask why a man as cunning and smart as snow would fall so easily in mocking jay practically the entirety of the prequel answers this and it answers it in the form of a person Lucy Gray beard yes I believe corus's relationship with Lucy gray is the core of why he ultimately lost to the Rebellion 65 years after his games as a mentor why he missed coin's red flags why he became so caught up in this childish game of watching Katniss he was beyond fascinated by her because Katniss in so many ways is Lucy gray I plan on making a full comparison video between Lucy gray and Katniss in the future but for now suffice it to say that their Spirits if you will line up quite well the differences are clear and that mostly has to do with their families and upbringing but again that's for a future video considering how much Katniss resembles Lucy gray in appearance fighting Spirit tenacity desire for Independence and freedom willingness to speak up singing voice and fire not to mention that she even sung a song Lucy gray wrote herself and very few ever heard suggesting a bond between them my guess is through mod Ivory it's natural that this would capture snow attention Captivate him even but that is still not enough on its own Lucy gray wasn't just anyone she left you might say an indelible mark on corilanus his relationship with her and ultimately how they parted would leave a permanent Mark or stain on his mind heart and personhood forever even though many factors contributed to Snow's changes and revealing of his true self and his late teens Lucy gray was the biggest one their story finalized the snow we know of the trilogy she made him crazy or rather made his crazy impossible to hide hence even after over 60 years having a young woman appear like Katniss would be too much for him even in his maturation and years of wisdom Katniss unlocked what he had hidden away his whole life only once ever being previously unlocked by Lucy gray and he was undone that prequel book gave us everything we needed to know about Snow's hubis which is his desire for control more specifically the fact that he never had control over one special young lady Lucy gray and you know who else he couldn't control another similar special lady one who was far too much like the one who got away and drove him to a Madness that never truly left but was contained someone he already knew the name of from his time in district 12 Katniss there was no winning after that it's crazy how after all these years there's still so much to unpack and explore in the series of course adding a 500 page prequel book about one of the main characters from the trilogy will do that too but as previously stated one of the best things about ballad is that it added so much lore to the series without feeling invasive or as if Susanne Collins was pacifying fans adding lore for lore's sake she said it herself she wrote the book because she had more to say I respect that and as someone who loves talking about the series I really love that still we will never fully comprehend what makes snow tick we have the background in the history and yet it baffles me that Lucy gray couldn't influence him enough instead pushing him the other direction but it makes for a fantastic story and character line doesn't it thank you all so much for watching this video let's continue the discussion down in the comment section below and if you enjoyed this video consider giving it a thumbs up and joining the geekdom by subscribing in addition to the Hunger 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Length: 9min 22sec (562 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 05 2024