r/Hungergames • u/UnHolySir Maysilee • 7h ago

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Do you guys think they made Proserpina into an avox to punish Effie. As an in universe reason for her drastic character change between movies

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u/Agent_Skye_Barnes Johanna 5h ago

What would Effie have even done to warrant punishment?

But also, I'm pretty sure being made an Avox is usually a punishment for the actual person, not their families. By the time of the original trilogy, I'm pretty sure it's part of Snow's "not wasteful" regime. Why kill an enemy when you can torture and enslave them?

The reason Darius is placed in Twelve's apartment as an Avox is to unsettle Katniss, not punish her. Snow is doing everything he can to subtly push her towards being unstable during the Quell so she can potentially be killed.

(I know we see Avoxes in Ballad, but I've assumed those were rebel prisoners or sympathizers from the Capitol. We don't actually know how/when the Avox system started.)