With the ambiguous ending to “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” numerous fan theories have emerged concerning Lucy Gray Baird. Some believe she makes it to District 13, sowing the seeds for the future rebellion. Others believe she goes out on her own for a while only to return to District 12 under a new guise. A variation of this goes so far as to say that Lucy Gray becomes Greasy Sea, the merchant who looks out for Katniss years later.
Until author Suzanne Collins offers clarification, Lucy Gray’s fate will remain a mystery. But it seems many people who worked on the movie want to believe everything worked out all right in the end. “Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” producer Nina Jacobson spoke with People about the film, and she shares a similar opinion to Rachel Zegler. “I 100% believe that she’s a survivor. She’s clever. She knows the woods,” she said. “I think she knows how to take care of herself. And I would love to find out. I hope I’ll get to find out someday.”
Whether Lucy Gray survives or not is superfluous to the rise of the rebellion and the eventual downfall of Snow. She represents resilience in the face of adversity and how performance is crucial to any just cause. It’s not clear whether she lives or dies, but she lights the flame that others would carry on for the ensuing decades, leading up to Katniss having a chance to unseat Snow once and for all. Lucy Gray played her part well, and hopefully, she got some much-deserved rest after her confrontation in the forest with Snow.
