You could live a hundred lifetimes and never deserve that boy
| TikTok Trend | |
|---|---|
| Synonym(s): | |
| Date(s): | 2023–2024 |
| Distinguishing element(s): | Dialogue clip from Catching Fire, paired images of characters in relationships of some sort |
| Associated audio(s): | Audio clip from Catching Fire with dialogue |
| Associated hashtag(s): | |
| Related: | The Hunger Games, Peeta/Katniss, TikTok |
| See also: | |
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From 2023 on TikTok, fannish videos using the audio of the quote "You could live a hundred lifetimes and never deserve that boy", as spoken by Haymitch Abernathy in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games' Catching Fire began to trend. Creators of the edits typically used images of characters they believe were undeserved by their love interested (or, less commonly, fanon love interests).
The quote was also popular with fans of the original books and the films, with YouTube videos being made after 2013 using the sentiment or audio, as well as discussions around the quote and how accurate fans felt it was or wasn't.
One of the earliest examples of the edit appears to have been posted in 2021, with a fannish edit of Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen, however the wider trending use of the audio linked to that first video largely appear to be from November/December 2023 onward. Even on the original 2021 vid, the majority of comments had been posted in December 2023 and January 2024. This suggests that another post using the audio was likely posted in November/December 2023 that caused it to trend.
Some edits went on to use different text, most notably changing "boy" to "man", "girl", or "woman", but the original audio remained unchanged. While some edits involved clips of a single pairing, others were in a slideshow format with collections of the people who could "live a hundred years" on slide one with the one they'll "never deserve" on slide two.
Examples of Fannish Use
- katniss & peeta | you could live a hundred lifetimes and never deserve that boy - a YouTube video from 15th June 2016 which made use of the quote and sentiment as part of a full songvid
- Likely original TikTok audio use traced back through fannish TikToks featuring Peeta and Katniss by _peetasgirl, posted on 13th December 2021.
- Slideshow example of original quote - A slideshow version, featuring 36 couples (2 achillean and 34 duaric) where the creator felt that one character did not deserve the male character that was either a canon or fanon love interest.
- Single pairing slideshow - A slideshow edit focused on the pairing of Brooke Davis/Lucas Scott from One Tree Hill, with the text changed to "deserve that girl"
- A slideshow femslash version - Using canon sapphic pairings from TV, with 9 pairings reflected in total, with the text changed to "deserve that girl".
- A slideshow version reflective of parent and child relationships - An edit where the father's of male characters are the ones who do not deserve "that boy", using examples of fathers in media who the creator felt failed or neglected their sons.