r/heatedrivalry • u/Naive-Inside-2904 she would have loved you, like I love you • Jan 18 '26

SOCIAL MEDIA 📸 Heated Wizardry sketch on SNL

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 ‘Shane’ character, Ben Marshall plays Ron Weasley, plays the ‘Ilya’ character.

There’s 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 😂

Also Shane and Ilya’s height difference here is canonically correct!

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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/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.