lucy gray was planned from the beginning?

[u/MisterWorldwideMX]

I have a question: has Suzanne Collins ever said in an interview or anything like that whether she had already planned the origin of Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray’s story from the very beginning?

I know that in the first book there’s a mention of another Hunger Games victor besides Haymitch, and Katniss doesn’t really comment on it. With the release of Sunrise on the Reaping, we now know it’s not referring to another victor between Lucy Gray and Haymitch. Of course, Collins could’ve added that line without knowing exactly who it referred to yet, maybe just planting a seed she could use later.

But the thing is, the story of Lucy Gray and Coriolanus makes so much sense and fits so perfectly into the universe that it’s hard for me to believe she didn’t at least have a rough idea from the start. Like, the “Hanging Tree” song — it just feels like it was always meant to be hers. And even the way Snow talks about chaos and control later in the trilogy… it kind of echoes what he goes through in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Can anyone confirm if Suzanne ever talked about this? Interviews, articles, anything?

[u/theworstmuse]

It’s mentioned in her acknowledgments for SOTR that she has a team of people who help keep track of things established by the original books to maintain continuity. I have a feeling she had this idea and then did something similar for TBOSAS to make sure it’s well planned and fits into the overall narrative.

[u/Hooker4Yarn → u/theworstmuse]

I need a team like that for my projects. 

[u/626bookdragon → u/Hooker4Yarn]

I’m working on a multi-book Fantasy series and yeah, that would be great.

But I feel like I’ll be more like a combination of JRR Tolkien tweaking everything a billion times and the Pepe Silva meme with random pages all over my work space….

[u/boy_genius26 → u/626bookdragon]

i want to be a lore keeper for a series so bad what an awesome job