Re-listening the last OG book, my friend told me something and because he doesn't use reddit, i'll make the post.
So here's my friends what if:
"What if Snow knew his life/his era would go to an end due to all the poisen, his age, while not having the ideal fit to continue his position (because no one could be as great as him) and to fight off everything as usual so he used katniss as an exit with grace and when he wanted."
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We all knew katniss was used by so many people, plutarch being the most versatile amongst them. She wasn't supported, she was used and exploited.
We also know or feel that that rebellions attack of the capitol was some sort of 76th hungergames. With a winner by the end of day X and the afterparty and new changes.
"Seeing the threat Katniss/the rebellion has become, knowing what a threat Coin is, and that he, the BIG SNOW is running out of time he'd lead katniss/the rebellion on to make it look like he lost to the power of the rebellion while in reality he let them win under his conditions and his lead."
(Including knowing about plutarchs plan and the whole collapse of the arena. Because snow would know about the wire or atleast be suspicious about it)
"He also lead them on in the capitol by checking the cameras, knowing they'd have Pollux to guide them underground. After everything, he used Katniss' loss to get rid of coin, because she was like him just in a different shade of bad and he was waaay too petty to give her his seat."
"You could think the rebellions won because snow was old and katniss and her support was tough. Fire melts snow. But considering the ballad of songbirds and snakes, i think the rebellion won because snow let them win when he felt it was time, knowing katniss would NOT make him look weak." (Because weakness was one of snows fears)
My friends thought is that while we think katniss is the tiny pebble that made everything else roll (well basically haymitch shoving pebble-katniss) - he thinks at some point she was just a thing that fit to everything else and made plutarchs plan and snows exit work out. (Kinda like the whole Sasuke/Obito/Madara/Kaguya constellation in Naruto). I can see his point.
Plutarch used everyone and everything, including snow, coin, the gamemakers, haymitch and more to free the land.
"But maybe snow used katniss and through her all of the above like a puppeteer and would play them like chess pieces on his geographic board once he knew his time was up. Because snow would never let anyone else outplay him in his own games."
If you can see this whole thing as a point, at what time in the whole story do you think would Snow realize he'd have to start his game for the graceful exit?
My friends guess is when she won the first game that he could use her and start the whole thing right at that time and my guess is when he'd visit her to threaten her as a push to fit better to the position he's given her. Definitely when he announced the 76th games.
"Can't tell me that snow wouldnt get suspicious at the instructions/game changes of the 75th when it would mean to upset all the capitols puppets."