For the 50th Hunger Games, Tigris Snow ought to be the stylist.
When Katniss saw Tigris in Mockingjay, she identified her as a legendary Hunger Games stylist regularly seen on television when she was a child. She assumed she had fallen from grace since the tiger-like woman had simply vanished from the annual celebration and her procedures were so ugly. Katniss was unaware, also, that Tigris had once loved him and had grown up side by side with Snow. Rather, the Mockingjay simply concluded that the woman's narrative was left unrecorded as Tigris disliked Snow for knocking her out of the games.
The fact that Tigris was a Hunger Games stylist while Katniss was younger suggests that she would have been on a District prep team during the 50th Hunger Games, which Sunrise on the Reaping will center. This implies that we should have another look at Snow's cousin and maybe find some solutions on how she changed from a sweet child despising The Hunger Games to one of the most well-known stylists. Then, naturally, it would be fascinating to observe where Tigris is in her metamorphosis process in Sunrise on the Reaping, with maybe some explanation for why this occurred.
The Physical Change of Tigris Still Remarkably Mysterious for the Hunger Games
Apart from her name and passion for raw meat, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes made no hint of Tigris wanting to transform her body into that of a Tiger. Strange cosmetic procedures became the standard in the Capitol, but Katniss felt she had been let off The Hunger Games because Tigris's metamorphosis was even more dramatic. Katniss came to the conclusion that Capitol avarice and excess led to Tigris' metamorphosis, however this does not fit the character's nature in the Hunger Games prelude. Still, no other answers exist right now.
Regarding Tigris's physical metamorphosis, there are several ideas. Snow notes in Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes that he hated the thought of anyone getting physical with his cousin (his property), thus it's plausible he forced the surgery on Tigris to make her unwanted. Alternatively, Tigris might have changed by choice to guarantee he couldn't use her in this way as Snow had a reputation for selling people's bodies for his own political advantage. Alternatively, the woman might have taken her operations specifically to avoid having to be a stylist for the annual competition.
The New Hunger Games Prequel can at last clarify what happened to Tigris Snow.
Though the nature of Tigris Snow's character remains somewhat unresolved, the forthcoming The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping offers the ideal opportunity to find some solutions. Tigris was a Capitol stylist turned rebel, according to the first Hunger Games books; but, the Prequel The Ballad of Sogbirds and Snakes shocked everyone with the knowledge that she was actually Coriolanus Snow's cousin. Tigris's narrative still leaves great gaps, though, and considering her part in the 50th Hunger Games, they might soon be closed.
Tigris is a sweet young woman in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes who loves her cousin Coryo greatly. In The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, a rebel warped by cosmetic operations to resemble a tiger, yearned only to see President Coriolanus Snow dead. Snow's personal developments between the Prequel and the major Hunger Games narrative suggest that Tigris was turned away from him by the dictator's brutality and mistrust of love. Still, the subtleties have not yet been investigated, therefore Sunrise on the Reaping has the chance to alter this.
Sunrise on the Reaping Could Clarify When and How Tigris Started to Become a Rebel
One way or another, Tigris's metamorphosis and rebel status are most certainly related. Thus, if Sunrise on the Reaping were to actively or passively explain how and why Snow's cousin changed so drastically, it would also hint to her rebel activity. Between Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and The Hunger Games, something occurred to cause Tigris to lose all hope that there was any kindness remaining in Coryo and turn anxious to see her tiny cousin dead. Only time will tell whether this incident occurs even at Sunrise on the Reaping's 50th Hunger Games.
The Sunrise on the Reaping book will be published on March 18, 2024; the movie has a planned theater release for November 20, 2026.
