#(no offense to mr sutherland who still looks dignified and handsome at that age)

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Hello! I saw you mentioned in your tags that you read a Sutherland interview in which he discusses Snow's love for Katniss as specifically not sexual, which accords with what else I've heard from him on the subject, but I didn't immediately recognise which interview you were referring to from your description. Do you know which one this was? I'm keen to read it if it's new to me!

hi! so, a few days ago i simply googled "donald sutherland interview snow relationship with katniss", because i was so curious, and it was like, the first i found on page 1. that's the link, and that's a screenshot of this part in particular (but the whole thing is very interesting in itself):

obviously, since snow is a 80+ year old man and katniss is like 17, he probably didn't want to be misunderstood. i see it as an Enemy Mine bordering on some kind of twisted affection, obsession, and fascination for his part. also, this is of course the actor's interpretation and the way he played the character - i doubt it was suzanne collins' intention lmao. though "he recognizes in her everything he could have been" certainly rings differently after tbosas, with the similarities/polar differences between the two protagonists of respectively the main series and the prequel stand-alone novel, and their relationship with peeta and lucy gray.

idk, i find it all very interesting; i am a sucker for villain/hero dynamics, even when they're only platonic (and especially if they involve a female character, because i love my girl blorbos).