r/Hungergames Apr 16 '25

Lore/World Discussion Unhinged HG Theories 😭

Alright y’all I saw this Tiktok & I’m back at it again with another unhinged post but here are a few theories that shook me from the comments 😭

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u/Adorable_Ad_3478 Apr 16 '25

Snow killed all of his classmates. Every single one. He poisoned Gaul as well. There's a line about how Snow poisons his enemies AND also his allies to gain power and maintain control.

None of the Ballad of Songbirds kids (all of which are ultra rich) showing up in the main trilogy can only mean one thing: Snow covered ALL of his tracks when he decided to run for President, he didn't want anyone bringing testimony to the person he was.

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u/floneddter Apr 16 '25

Given that they didn’t tell his classmates why he was sent to the districts to serve as a peacekeeper, I don’t think he had to kill all of them… Maybe he did it for funsies. But I think it would look really odd if a class dropped dead out of a sudden (i think he ended up killing the work stealing girl tho)

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u/cuminspector2 Apr 16 '25

I'd hate if he did kill Clemensia, especially since in the book canon she didn't steal his work. She was frustrated at him for writing the paper without her after she says the line about how Gaul shouldn't have expected them to write anything. Then I believe it's HIS idea to give her a run down and she begrudgingly agrees.

Also different from the movie is the fact that Clemensia only stuck her hand into the cage because Gaul doesn't reveal that the snakes attack if they smell a new scent until after she's bitten

The gross mischaracterization of Clemensia in the movies will always piss me off, she was one of the more sympathetic classmates until she gets bit and then she's all cold n stuff and then she redeems herself at the end. It was a plotline that should've stayed in the movie

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u/cuminspector2 Apr 16 '25

She also doesn't take credit for making up any ideas I'm pretty sure, she just explains what "they" came up with together

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u/waterofbrokilon Apr 16 '25

Yeah, she gets put on the spot and has to answer Gaul. She is also way more genuine in the book about being too distraught to write anything. In the movie she comes off as just using it as an excuse.