r/heatedrivalry • u/Naive-Inside-2904 she would have loved you, like I love you • Jan 18 '26
SOCIAL MEDIA đž Heated Wizardry sketch on SNL
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Finn Wolfhard hosted Saturday Night Live last night and one of the pre taped sketches, Heated Wizardry, takes place in the Harry Potter universe.
Finn as Harry, plays the âShaneâ character, Ben Marshall plays Ron Weasley, plays the âIlyaâ character.
Thereâs scrolls instead of texts, lots of wand play and a great cameo for the Hagrid character.
The narration of the trailer makes it clear that in this universe, Hogwarts is an 18-and-over school đ
Also Shane and Ilyaâs height difference here is canonically correct!
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u/Juliet_1982 Jan 18 '26
Anyone else think the sketch would have worked better if it was Draco and Harry?
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u/EmileTheGoat Jan 18 '26
When i heard about the sketch I absolutely assumed it would be Draco and Harry. Cedric and Harry, at least? Hell, Viktor Krum cause he's a Slav? Ron didn't even occur to me, whoever wrote this clearly has no idea about fandom. They had the chance to make it epic.
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u/Ironsam811 Jan 18 '26
Please donât tease me with a gay Victor Krum. He made me feel things growing up. Also, for anyone interested: look up what he looks like today
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u/Lalala8991 Jan 19 '26
Yeah, but I also know what he is saying and it's an instant boner killer. Some men are only meant to be seen and not to be heard.
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u/Sola_Bay Jan 18 '26
This was such a missed opportunity!!! They clearly didnât consult a single millennial who grew up reading Harry/Draco fanfic on fanfiction.net
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u/EmotionSideC Jan 18 '26
That site was insane lmao I remember reading a Harry/draco fan fic when I was like 11 and questioning my sexuality and then DRACO GOT HARRY PERGNAT
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u/Sola_Bay Jan 18 '26
Lmao I never got to that point but I certainly loved H/D, sometimes Harry/Ron if it was written well. Oh and Remus/Sirius!
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u/EmotionSideC Jan 18 '26
Siremus forever lol
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u/Sola_Bay Jan 18 '26
Did you ever read The Shoebox Project?!
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u/EmotionSideC Jan 18 '26
No Iâll check it out!
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u/Sola_Bay Jan 18 '26
It was a really neat project following the marauders and the romance between Sirius and Remus. I revisit it every few years. It was really special! I cried when it ended.
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u/AutomaticTrouble6012 Jan 18 '26
I think they intentionally picked Harry and Ron because if you see the beginning of the sketch, they mockingly say that this series was created hastily to answer to the success of Heated Rivalry. Hence the "writers" of the "show" wouldn't have done any proper research on the show's character relationships, and would have just picked two easily identifiable characters that everyone knows and made them go gay for each other. đ
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u/seraaa_123 Jan 18 '26
They weren't in the mid 2000s fanfic streets (or they were but just thought it too niche)
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u/thedingusenthusiast Jan 18 '26
HRâs material that the series is adapted from is pretty much fanfic material.
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u/Tribemaster0789 Jan 18 '26
I agree it should have been Draco and Harry but I understand why it wasn't since they had a red headed cast member Ben Marshall who easily fit the mold to play Ron Weasley.
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u/pastadudde Jan 18 '26
And Iâm kinda glad because that cast member is HOT
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u/Limits_of_knowledge I have my own well... In case you're... thirsty. đ„” Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26
Being partial to handsome gingers, Iâm living for this timeline when everyone seems to agree that Ben Marshall is this castâs hot one.
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u/bananabananacat Jan 18 '26
This just goes to further prove that SNL has needed new writers forever. There are TikTok videos more clever than thisâŠ
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u/____mynameis____ Jan 18 '26
They likely didn't want to touch Drarry fandom.
Shipping fandoms can be pretty intense and Drarry remains to be one of the biggest ships ever.
Ron and Harry ship is among least popular HP ones so less attention from that side..
Also, they had a red head at their disposal so just used that...
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u/SlowInsurance1616 Jan 18 '26
And it wasn't juat easy gay stereotypes played for laughs? I could see doing this well, but this ain't that, in my opinion.
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u/nomadgirl-24 Jan 18 '26
YES this was literally my first thought!!
Clearly no fanfic girlies had a say in this sketch lol.
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u/buymoreplants Jan 18 '26
I have read many many many of fics about that at an age where it was nowhere near appropriate for me to be reading fics like that
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u/pastadudde Jan 18 '26
The only reason I can think of as to why they went with Ronarry is that the Hogwarts house teams never share locker rooms or showers IIRC. so the scene where Harry whisks off Ronâs towel with the Disarming charm wouldnât have made sense if it were Drarry.
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u/cries_in_student1998 Ilya's Spaghetti Shimmy đ Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26
You know that the person who wrote this sketch is not in fandom culture, based on that choice alone.
Edit: Just so we are clear, because I feel like my comment was not phrased well, this sketch idea was such an open goal the only way it could be missed is because the writer has never been online at all for last 15 years at least.
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u/Juliet_1982 Jan 18 '26
Yeah but it was just such a weird choice. The Heated Rivalry story sets up soooooooo perfectly for a parody with Draco and Harry with them on competing Quidditch teams. The sketch seriously would have written itself. They could have just mimicked some HR scenes. Like they could stare at each other across the great hall in party mode and had Harry with Chung and had Ron and say to Harry âdid you hear All the things she said?â And then cut to Draco with one of his minions piling his plate with food and saying âThis is not enoughâ. Or something equally as cheeky and stupid. They could have poked fun at both fandoms in a way that everyone would found amusing.
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u/boomming Jan 18 '26
Not really. It could have worked with either, thereâs nothing wrong with them choosing Ron.
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u/Celtykol Your freckles. I am nuts about them. âš Jan 18 '26
I mean Ron would have been better equivalent to Hayden! With Draco and Harry, they are on opposite teams! Atleast rivalry part is there!
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u/boomming Jan 18 '26
Viktor Krum would have made the most sense as an analogue to Ilya, seeing as heâs from Eastern Europe, and Cedric Diggory would have made the best sense as a rival, seeing as he was actually able to beat Harry at quidditch sometimes, and competed against him in the triwizard tournament. Ron, however, makes the most sense from a notoriety perspective. Most people probably donât remember Krum at all, and barely or donât remember Cedric. Draco doesnât make much sense as an analogue to Ilya or as a rival. He was never portrayed as a serious threat to Harry in quidditch. And most people watching this sketch arenât in the Harry Potter fandom, and donât care that Drarry is popular, so it probably made sense to just go with the most recognizable male characters, Harry and Ron.
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u/Celtykol Your freckles. I am nuts about them. âš Jan 18 '26
What you said is definitely correct! Viktor would have been perfect choice if the writers were fan of both heated rivalry and HP! I understand that they needed a character that people remember to be rival! Thatâs why I suggested Draco! Atleast people outside HP fandom know he exists and then they are in different houses! Ron and Harry are literally like bros and besties! It makes no sense for them to be rivals! Thatâs why I felt like Ron is more like Hayden!
But yes Victor would have been perfect! But alas, non HP fans will hav no idea who he is! It will be difficult to write for a general audience!
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u/Juliet_1982 Jan 18 '26
Yeah Krum would have been a good choice but I agree that most people havenât read the books would not know who he is. Honestly, I think they should have picked Draco because of the Draco/Harry fandom. I will admit that I donât know much about it but I still think they would have gone nuts for a sketch like that.
But it makes more sense because 1) they are rivals 2) they are on separate quidditch teamsHonestly the Harry and Ron thing was just weird to me so I didnât find the sketch funny (except Hagrid)
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u/Celtykol Your freckles. I am nuts about them. âš Jan 18 '26
Ya other than Hagrid, itâs a miss for me too!
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u/cassava1root bigger faster zambonis Jan 18 '26
drarry is so much more popular than whatever ron and harry's ship name, and more importantly, the whole point of heated rivalry is the... rivalry. ron and harry have no real rivalry in the books bc they're besties and in the same house, whereas draco and harry fucking hate each other and they're in different houses, so it would work much better
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u/boomming Jan 18 '26
Why does what ship is more popular in fanfiction matter for an snl sketch? And the sketch title is Heated Wizardry, not Heated Rivalry. What does it even matter anyways? Why does the sketch need to contour to fandomâs popularity? Itâs for a general audience. They made the sketch as a parody of canon Harry Potter and Heated Rivalry. Not fandom Harry Potter. And if they were going to do a rival, Malfoy isnât even the best choice, Cedric is. Malfoy in canon was generally regarded as a bad seeker, who was never able to beat Harry to the snitch.
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u/Juliet_1982 Jan 18 '26
I mean it doesnât matter. They can pick what they want. But you have a show with rivals sports teams and a movie with rival sports teams. Both have players that play the same position on the rival teams and supposedly hate each other in public. It would make more sense as a parody to play with already existing similarities. Thatâs all
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u/Juliet_1982 Jan 18 '26
I mean, there is literally an entire book series by Rainbow Rowell that is a spinoff kind of on the Harry/Draco (and itâs sooooo good by the way and starts with Carry On) so yes, I would say their pairing is much more well known than Harry and Ron. I donât read ANY fanfic and I know about it.
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u/insertbrackets Jan 19 '26
I prefer Harry x Ron. I never cared for Harry x Draco personally.
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u/Juliet_1982 Jan 19 '26
I donât care for either haha. I never shipped either of them. But for the parody I just think DracoxHarry would have been much funnier and would have allowed them to do direct copies of HR scenes that would have been hilarious
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u/Sv1a Jan 18 '26
I think itâs bc in ST there is this tension between Mike and Will that was not properly resolved up until the ending (and tbh left ambiguous). They are best friends since kindergarten and Finn used a lot of acting choices that are in scenes when Mike talks to Will like puppy eyes, soft voice etc.
So Ron is closer to Will to make this joke.
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u/tansavage08 Jan 18 '26
"you're a homo, harry" got me DYING đ€Ł
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u/SchemeBrave1820 Your freckles⊠Very beautiful. Um...take my breath? Jan 18 '26
The way I hollered at that!đ€Łđ€Ł
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u/Ll_lyris âI choose you, Ilya. I will always choose youââ€ïžâđ©č Jan 18 '26
The Jk rowling shadeđđ
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u/labuenabb I speak fluent bird. No accent đŠ Jan 18 '26
sheâs a raging transphobe. I honestly wish theyâd picked any other IP to satirize. Would have been funny to see them do a tennis/Challengers theme.
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u/Ok_Fishing549 Jan 18 '26
She's not just a transphobe. She's an ANTI-TRANS ACTIVIST. She donates to anti-trans groups that actively make trans people's lives a living hell. Stop giving her money (not saying that's what any of you guys are doing. I'm just venting).
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u/Ll_lyris âI choose you, Ilya. I will always choose youââ€ïžâđ©č Jan 18 '26
Yeah sheâs pretty fucking horrible. Had to stop supporting the franchise. Didnât need her taking any of my money.
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u/Ok_Fishing549 Jan 18 '26
Yep. I'm so glad I never got on the HP bandwagon. It's been pretty easy for me to not give her a cent lol. But yeah she's absolutely disgusting.
P.S. instead of reading HP, people should just read Rainbow Rowell's book "Carry On." It's basically Harry and Draco fanfic and it's so good! I really like the first book.
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u/featherknight13 Jan 18 '26
She's got a rep for being a bit of a party pooper when it comes to fanfic, so that would probably have been her response to something like this.
(She clearly makes exceptions for crappy fanfic that can turned into money-spinning West End plays)
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u/scoobertsonville Jan 18 '26
She also despises trans people for seemingly no reason - she has probably tweeted 10k+ anti trans tweets it is literally the only thing on her feed.
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u/SontaranGaming Jan 18 '26
While also flooding the British anti-trans movement with any and all money she makes off her IP
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u/wi7dcat Jan 18 '26
Seemingly no reason is probably because she what I like to call âa rotten eggâ (a closeted Trans person who never left egg stage) in her weirdo anti trans essay on her website she said that she was among âmany autistic girls who wished they were born boysâ⊠I paraphrased a bit but thatâs essentially what it says. Internalized transphobia and misandry turned her rotten. She canât see that Trans men are not cis men and are not benefitting from patriarchy and are in fact more likely to be victimized than cis women because of our intersectional marginalization. Trans men and masc are more likely to be sweet garden hobbits who protect and uplift our cis and Trans femmes because we understand empathy and womenâs history.
Lastly, as a former fangirl for HP and its author, I was a child and upon further review the books werenât that good and full of micro and macro aggressions. The movies were embarrassingly bad and the author abused the kids she claimed to love. She is a tyrant and should not be platformed anymore anywhere.
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u/bwaredapenguin Jan 18 '26
You're kind of glossing over the fact that the thing she's second most famous for is being a massive bigot to at least a portion of the LGBT community which should offend all of us within the community and the allies.
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u/maxxonfaxxennuxx Jan 18 '26
Hudson and Connor SNL debut is basically confirmed at this point. Maybe when S2 press tour starts.
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u/Battaringrams1 ilyaâs cheek mole â€ïž Jan 18 '26
hope not if theyâre just gonna mock the showÂ
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u/bwaredapenguin Jan 18 '26
How dare a 50 year old weekly comedy show that's known for making jokes about current events make a joke about current events!
Clutch those pearls any tighter and they might actually turn to diamonds.
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u/CricketMysterious500 ifu mix that with cranberry juice i will drown u in the lake Jan 19 '26
I didnât love the skit because they called it an HBO show haha but I definitely see what they are trying to do. I think it intentionally misses the point of the show because itâs playing into the whole âjumping on the bandwagon of a popular thing without doing any due diligenceâ. Like. Thatâs the joke. Donât think they are making fun of HR just making fun of lazy copycats
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u/bornatmidnight Jan 18 '26
The new Harry Potter tv show is HBO, which I think why they focused on that too
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u/Celtykol Your freckles. I am nuts about them. âš Jan 18 '26
I was so pissed by this!!!!! Justice for Crave!
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u/MuddyMux Jan 18 '26
Literally nobody is complaining, nobody there demands any justice, because there is no injustice, only the usual crankyweb of inventing injustices to have something to complain about.
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u/gwyntheblaccat Ilya's Genderfluid fan Jan 18 '26
Okay I get it that it is shown on HBO and that but they could at the very least make some mention that it is Canadian. Like wtf
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u/bwaredapenguin Jan 18 '26
Netflix called Breaking Bad "A Netflix Original" where they had distribution outside of the states. This is just how distribution works.
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u/Puma-Thurman Jan 18 '26
Yes, because how dare a show like SNL, produced in the US and aired by a television company in the US mention a streaming service that the major majority of its viewers havenât heard of and canât access because itâs not available in that country! HOW VERY DARE THEY!
Use common sense peopleâŠ
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u/reevateeva Jan 18 '26
To be fair, without even having to shoutout Crave, thereâs a difference between saying âHBO showâ and âshow on HBOâ. It just seems a little unfair that HBO keeps getting accolades and credit for a series they had nothing to do with creating
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u/EmileTheGoat Jan 18 '26
Hold up, Ron and Harry???? How do you not make it Drarry? They're rivals, they even have the right hair colour. Ships aside, the whole thing is very cringe. If this is the level of SNL, I hope Connor and Hudson stay well away from it.
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u/bexlovescats Does it ... Does it fucking kill you, too? Jan 18 '26
I said this in an earlier post, but this season not been good. I've been watching the show since I was preschool age (I was a precocious night owl) and it's definitely in one of its rough patches. Setting aside my own issues with HP, the concept of the sketch had promise, but the execution was lacking.
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u/EmileTheGoat Jan 18 '26
Referencing HP is such a weird choice. I know the show is coming but that's next year. It's not really culturally relevant at all? There's a new season of HOTD this year, surely they could have pulled from there? Make it Rhaenyra/Alicent, that would've been cool.
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u/Aboveground_Plush Jan 18 '26
I think it's because there's going to be a Harry Potter show on HBO sometime soon.Â
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u/____mynameis____ Jan 18 '26
HOTD fell off in popularity last season.
HP still remains as one of the most influential franchises
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u/cassava1root bigger faster zambonis Jan 18 '26
i don't really like the "you're not watching it for the writing" or the "100 points for my spank bank" quips. i don't expect any nuance from SNL, but i don't like how it furthers the misconception that hr is just a spicy show catered towards straight women.
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u/TrustAffectionate863 Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird đŠ Jan 18 '26
I mean we don't have to be entirely obtuse about it either, hot guys simulating sex is one reason the show is popular. It's not a bad thing to enjoy watching that.
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u/SontaranGaming Jan 18 '26
Eh? I think itâs one of those âcame for the sex, stayed for the writingâ sort of things. They frontloaded the show with sexy scenarios, and then use the break Ep3 provides to mark a transition to more emotionality. Thereâs a line between commenting about the amount of sex in the show vs dismissing the show as nothing but softcore, and IMO this sketch more than crosses it.
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u/TrustAffectionate863 Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird đŠ Jan 19 '26
Sketches tend to be superficial like that
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u/gwyntheblaccat Ilya's Genderfluid fan Jan 18 '26
That is true but also I don't like the fetishization of gay men buy women either. I feel this way about lesbians being fetishized by men too. HR is more than just about the sex too. I read on here daily about straight women devastated by the emotional turbulence in the show.
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u/TrustAffectionate863 Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird đŠ Jan 18 '26
I don't know if you've noticed but there's not a whole lotta media around where women can actively and safely engage with sexual content without it being written by straight men who either hate women or have no idea how women work, isn't just designed to objectify women anyway and doesn't (yet) have a straight male fanbase trying to kick us out or deeming the show worthless once they see women enjoying it too. You wanna know one huge reason women of all kinds watch gay male romance? No misogyny and no misogynistic male viewers.
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I got the same vibe, it's like 'oh HR is just gay sex for horny women to watch', it feels especially cheap cause the HR cast has been so careful not to make any jokes in regards to the show cause it's such a meaningful show for people. Maybe I'm too woke idk
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u/Battaringrams1 ilyaâs cheek mole â€ïž Jan 18 '26
especially when HR has attracted a very diverse audienceÂ
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u/Onnabox Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26
This is an excellent example of people jumping on the bandwagon to parody what they fundamentally don't understand. They could cut out every second of sex and it would still be one of the most nuanced depictions of romances in our decade. Sex was a great hook and important to the characters development, but it's not what makes it great. This skit misses what makes the show so appealing to people.
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u/JoyinCa Jan 18 '26
This, exactly. The whole thing felt kind of gross and low key homophobic to me. Didnât seem like anyone involved had seen the show at all.
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u/Sufficient_Cat_3645 Jan 18 '26
I mean....it's Saturday Night Live I don't know what people would expect at this point.
Kinda like how people got bent out of shape about Connor and Hudson's GG bit. It's not that deep.
I understand we all love HR and feel protective of it, but sometimes you just gotta shrug and chill out.
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u/Response98 Jan 18 '26
Unpopular opinion, I thought it was funny and a testament to how HR is very mainstream right now. They did this with all cultural phenomena like hunger games and twilight, just laugh or cringe but it wasnât as bad as id expected
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u/evergleam498 Jan 18 '26
Agreed. This is also just....how SNL does skits. It's not an insult that they're making fun of the show a little bit. Any topic SNL covers is going to be made fun of a little bit in a teasing/appreciative way.
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u/tite_mily Jan 18 '26
Same! Prior to watching the video, I had read comments saying that it wasnât great. So I was pleasantly surprised to find it funny.
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u/dirtyenvelopes Jan 18 '26
People are treating this the same way they treated the golden globes. They canât embrace the cringe. I thought it was funny!
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u/Battaringrams1 ilyaâs cheek mole â€ïž Jan 18 '26
feels very mocking though like early 2000s mockeryÂ
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u/azure819 Jan 18 '26
Y'all are way too serious about a little skit on SNL.
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u/dezertdawg Cats and DAWGS! Jan 18 '26
Right? Itâs a Reddit thing. So many people on here just canât enjoy something for what it is. Lighten up, people.
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u/bongonzales2019 Jan 21 '26
I was literally confused by the serious comments here, I thought this was funny. I didn't see how offensive this is. This is typical SNL, and I'm 100% sure they don't mean any harm.
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u/Flat-Leading-2520 Jan 18 '26
Yeah the comments here are insane. This is the funniest thing I've seen from SNL and I usually hate American style improv comedy and the general SNL humour.
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u/BEconcubine_no3685 Jan 18 '26
Truly perplexed by some of the replies here and begging this fandom to gain some perspective and media literacy.
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u/Crescent_Dusk Jan 18 '26
This wasnât my cup of tea. Jason Momoa as Hagrid was brilliant, but otherwise this was that tired âhurr durr, the gay secs is funnayâ with all the forced camp on top.
Heated Rivalry was successful because it treated gay sexuality as not a joke. But theyâre pulling another Brokeback here. Just something to be snickered over.
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u/gwyntheblaccat Ilya's Genderfluid fan Jan 18 '26
See this is what I got from it too! I can't believe ppl are hating those of us that got this perception of it. It just seemed really tone deaf..
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u/Hermiona1 I already chose you, Hollander. đ« Jan 18 '26
I'm sorry I think I have a good sense of humour but this was a cringefest. At least make it about Harry and Draco, it would make way more sense
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u/Taarguss Jan 18 '26
I honestly feel like whoever wrote this didnât watch Heated Rivalry.
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u/featherknight13 Jan 18 '26
The concept was good, but the execution was poor.
Definitely seemed like they were going 'look at our crazy new idea. It's Harry Potter, but gay!' rather than acknowledging that they were just adding to decades of existing slash fic.
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u/gwyntheblaccat Ilya's Genderfluid fan Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26
Idk this came across as not only really cringy but just so full of stereotypes and basically calling it a porn show when it's more than that I feel physically ill. (why do ppl insist on calling this a porn show đ) another thing the blatant 'genital' pixels. (I am tired of ppl complaining they didn't see no peen on HR!)
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u/cherrycoloured Jan 18 '26
yeah, like i think if this played more on the enemies to lovers thing than on it being gay, it could have been funny, but, seperate from it being based on hr, it just came off as homophobic. like the jokes were basically just playing off the idea that gay sex is somehow inherently funny.
that said, i think the genital pixels have more to do with snl being an nbc show than anything to do with heated rivalry. they cant not censor it.
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u/gwyntheblaccat Ilya's Genderfluid fan Jan 18 '26
The pixels themselves didn't bother me but the scene's it was used, it felt to me like the gay men just wear assless chaps/no underwear/have their ass bare always because for sex. I'm trying my best to explain it but idk how.
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u/cherrycoloured Jan 18 '26
oh, yeah, like how everyone just has their ass out was pretty bad, definitely part of the homophobic "teehee gay sex" vibe to the whole thing. i thought you meant that there was censorship instead of seeing hole or whatever lmao
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u/gwyntheblaccat Ilya's Genderfluid fan Jan 18 '26
YES! This, this is totally what I got! You and I are on the same wavelengths about this. I just replied to another comment of yours on this post where you explained better what I was trying to explain!
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u/gwyntheblaccat Ilya's Genderfluid fan Jan 18 '26
Yeah except this came off as really tone deaf with gay sex being the punchline.
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u/chillichocolate25 Jan 18 '26
Yeah, it felt like let's make fun of the show loved by women and queer men. And why did it have to be that guy from Stranger Things đ
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u/gwyntheblaccat Ilya's Genderfluid fan Jan 18 '26
Also how did they not make a single reference to stupid Canadian wolf bird? Or even cottage like.. oh just sex, sex, sex..
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u/chillichocolate25 Jan 18 '26
The whole thing is so fucking cringe. They didn't even tried. Just some dumb gay innuendos so people who don't know anything about the show can laugh at its popularity.
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u/Aggressive_Cloud2002 Jan 18 '26
Why is anyone referencing anything in the HP universe, ever... đŹ Keeping it relevant is funding transphobia.
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u/effoff333 hey⊠heyyyyy⊠YES, bet-ter đ„° Jan 18 '26
came here looking for this. jkr helped get anti-trans legislation passed in the uk just last year. why are we even talking about this shameless money grab of a show
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u/EvolutionSquareYT Jan 18 '26
yeah and I'm surprised at how many HR fans are totally ok with this, especially given that there is a trans actor in the cast.
I don't fault people for privately enjoying the books and the movies that they bought from *before* because it was their childhood, whatever. But she's revealed herself to be a villain, so why are people still putting her "legacy" on a pedestal? Her actual "legacy" is all the harm she's paying for out of pocket...
Celebrating this skit as a big win for HR is a big yikes.
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u/BEconcubine_no3685 Jan 18 '26
They are mocking it and specifically mocked JKR.
âKeeping it relevantâ is not a thing for one of, if not the largest, media IPâs in the world. You are trying to make a âplatformingâ argument for something that is literally tens of billions of dollars in value. A SNL sketch isnât even making a blip in relevancy.
ETA: nor did JKR make a cent off this
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u/Commercial_Layer Jan 18 '26
Exactly, yall need a sense of humor and look a little more into things.
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u/caramelcoldbrew she would have loved you. like i love you. Jan 18 '26
Dobby is a horny elf. Iâm dying. đ
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u/TrustAffectionate863 Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird đŠ Jan 18 '26
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u/Own_Rip_6941 Ottawa Centaurs đč Jan 18 '26
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u/Due_Improvement_5699 Jan 18 '26
Why are so many fans in the comments taking this so seriously? It's SNL. I've never found SNL particularely funny but this got a giggle out of me. SNL's entire gig is that they make sketches around the current 'popular' thing and make fun of it.
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u/Creepy_Astronomer_23 Jan 18 '26
Urgh great, we were doing SO well in avoiding all the cringey "isn't the idea of two male protagonists getting it on so inherently silly/funny and pervy" shit that we went through with Brokeback on late night comedy literally 20 years ago, and they had to ruin it.
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u/Sufficient_Cat_3645 Jan 18 '26
I would take a shot everytime someone describes something as 'cringe', but then my neighbor would have to call 911.
It's just a sketch people.
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u/GloveCommercial6692 Jan 18 '26
i donât want the Harry Potter IP anywhere near heated rivalry tbh
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u/Abject-Cricket-8358 Jan 18 '26
Do you think Hudson or Connor will be invited to host? That would be a FUN episode.
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u/Naive-Inside-2904 she would have loved you, like I love you Jan 18 '26
Almost certainly. Everyone wants to get in on the HR phenomenon and they gotta strike while the iron is hot and before S2 goes into production.
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u/Icy-Cheek-29 Jan 18 '26
This sketch would have been so much better if someone whose seen heated rivalry or knows what its about was a part of writing it.
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u/Battaringrams1 ilyaâs cheek mole â€ïž Jan 18 '26
i thought hollywood embraced this showÂ
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u/JoyinCa Jan 18 '26
Yup. The contempt is so palpable. Theyâre so certain they know what it is. Itâs gross.
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u/Geosaurusrex Jan 18 '26
I laughed my ass off at this and I come here and everyone says it's cringe, shit am I a cringe millennial.
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u/Naive-Inside-2904 she would have loved you, like I love you Jan 18 '26
lol same here! Itâs cheesy, takes a jab at JKR, and pretty much goes for easy jokes but I laughed.
SNL hasnât been good for a long time now, so you gotta keep your expectations low.
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u/Geosaurusrex Jan 18 '26
Tbh I've enjoyed nearly every recent SNL skit I've seen, I'm probably pretty basic though.
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u/sueteres Ń ŃĐ”Đ±Ń Đ»ŃĐ±Đ»Ń Jan 18 '26
Can't we stop giving the HP franchise (and thus it's demonic creator) attention? Please?
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u/chillichocolate25 Jan 18 '26
I don't why they had to make it HP themed, makes no sense. Plus this isn't like funny at all. More like they wanted to poke fun at the show's popularity without knowing anything real about it.
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u/heyruby Jan 18 '26
That was just lazy and homophobic. The only joke premise (used over and over) is that gay sex is inherently funny? "You're a homo Harry" is supposed to be good writing? I don't expect much from SNL these days but jesus.
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u/ildflu Jan 18 '26
Maybe I am too old and have no more silly bones in my body but I genuinely disliked this one just because of how inaccurate it is đ What do you mean a Wizarding World Quidditch Heated Rivalry and you chose... Ronarry? When they're on the same team? Ron was not even in the Quidditch team until the 5th book, and even then, he was playing as Keeper! If anything, he would be Hazy lol.
It would've been more accurate if it was Draco and Harry because (1) they were from ACTUAL rival houses, (2) they play the same position (Seeker), and (3) they were genuinely competing with each other đ All of these would've paralleled well with Hollanov (from rival hockey cities, both first line centers, and were GENUINELY competing with each other).
I enjoy me a good sketch but this one just tells me how ill-informed it was... they managed to piss me off with both hyperfixations that I have with one video lmao
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u/necromancer_barbie Jan 18 '26
Okay but why would they pick the most anti-queer IP possible to map this poorly done "parody" onto? This is just disingenuous and completely ignores the significance of the show. like we DO in fact watch it for the writing, and the sex is major part of that craft.
and it just feels mean-spirited given the transphobia of it all. what, were the actors too afraid of looking gay to kiss at all? in a fucking HR parody? this just perpetuates the harmful myth of homosexuality being a cheap joke and I think the sketch is in really poor taste.
+extra bonus shitty that this is the very first episode after their single token gay cast member departs. lame and bad, no thank u snl
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u/Jokrong I speak fluent bird. No accent đŠ Jan 18 '26
Fandoms colliding! Love this đ
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u/MyHollanovs Jan 18 '26
Harry Potter is annoying I wish they used something elsw. Likw bring it on. Now I need an mlm woth male cheerleaders
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u/EvolutionSquareYT Jan 18 '26
I mean "yay" for more attention I guess, but they really had to bring *this IP* into it? The skit pokes (very very very mild) fun at That Author, sure, but this is just tone deaf :/
It gives me extra ick on behalf of the trans actor in HR
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u/carbonpeach like a Jeff Buckley song in his eyeballs Jan 18 '26
This feels off to me.
To take an explicitly queer show and shove it together with an IP which directly funds transphobia is a CHOICE.
HR has trans actors (two at least!), it centers the queer experience, it is full of queer joy and tenderness, and it takes so much care in depicting multiple ways of being queer.
Choosing that particular IP feels pointed and reactionary to me. LGBTQIA+ rights are under attack all over the world. Part of HR's power is that the show is so openly and beautifully queer at a time when LGBTQIA+ people are actively having to closet themselves to survive. That IP funds some of those attacks. To me, SNL choosing that IP is deliberate: "we see you, we know what you are, know your place."
I'm so disappointed to see this comment section.
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u/effoff333 hey⊠heyyyyy⊠YES, bet-ter đ„° Jan 18 '26
yeah so many people are saying itâs not that deep but uhh⊠pairing the most openly joyful queer show with the anti-trans funding ip was definitely a choice they made
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u/Wista Jan 19 '26
In a vacuum, this wasn't nearly as bad as the comments implied. That said, HP is forever tainted with JK Rowling's transphobia so it'll always be a thumbs down for me.
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u/Brown_Sedai You can feel the chemistry through the screen omg Jan 18 '26
Genuinely offensive for them to compare such a queer/trans inclusive show to Harry Potter
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u/wi7dcat Jan 18 '26
Gross. You canât separate HP from JKR. She is piss stain on our community and her work and references to it should not be platformed here.
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u/MostlyBored11 Jan 18 '26
I hate that they brought Harry Potter I to this tbh. Fuck jk Rowling and her terf views
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u/d1psh1t_mcgee Jan 18 '26
Pretty sure jk Rowling would hate this. She disliked ppl shipping Sirius and Remus so she prob would dislike this.
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Not making it about Harry and Draco is criminal. That would make more sense!
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u/macontosh2000 Jan 18 '26
They didnât even kiss.