Old Man Jenkins

While Snow isn’t a good person at the start he’s also not a evil person either. He’s pretentious, snotty and entitled. And the fingerprint of nature vs. nurture are all over him. He had the potential to be good, to change to put his friends first to realize the corruption of the capital.

If this had been any other story the ‘Dream Girl’ would pull back the curtain and show the protagonist the underbelly of the world he lives in and he would start the journey to fix the problems.

Snow doesn’t do that. Instead he attacks Lucy and kills the part of him that ever love her/wanted her. He kills the part that feels guilty for betraying Sejanus. The old him that could have changed, that could have seen the oppression of his government. The part of him that could have been happy with Lucy.

He alines himself with the capital and his father version of the Snow name. Disregards his mother’s powder and family pictures. Makes himself believe that Lucy was a malicious and callous person,string him and Billy Taupe along.

Reminder that ALL addicts matter.

And yes that includes those who aren’t seeking help right now, those who abuse their substance of choice willingly, those who push others away, those who feel invalid and like they don’t have a ‘real addiction’, those who are ‘bad’ addicts.

We’re people too. Even when We’re not going along with what society expects of us.