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{{Short description|Fan-made version of Harry Potter's Draco Malfoy}}
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{{Infobox character
| name              = Galfoy
| series            = [[Harry Potter fandom]]
| image             =
| caption           =
| alt               =
| first             = "Genderbend Draco Malfoy" (January 14, [[2018 in comics|2018]])
| creator           = Jean "TheMightFenek" Hayashi
| based_on          = {{based on|[[Draco Malfoy]]|[[J. K. Rowling]]}}
| species           = [[Wizard]]
| significant_other = [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]]
| nationality       = British
| lbl21             = House
| data21            = [[Slytherin]]
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'''Galfoy''',<ref>{{cite web|author=W. Amirul Adlan|date=October 5, 2026|title="Galfoy" Trend Sees Everyone Drawing Draco Malfoy As A Chick|url=https://slimepress.com/posts/galfoy-trend-sees-everyone-drawing-draco-malfoy-as-a-chick|access-date=October 16, 2026|website=SlimePress|quote=''Harry Potter'' is back, but not in the way you expect – because now everyone's [[Gender swap|drawing Draco Malfoy as a girl]]. Dubbed "Galfoy" or "Malfoid" if women cover their drinks around you, this trend has been seeing fans reinterpret the ''Harry Potter'' series through an important lens: what if instead of a bratty rich boy, his rival and bully was a bratty rich chick.}}</ref> also known as '''Dracia Malfoy''', '''Draconia Malfoy''', or '''Malfoid''', is a [[Fan fiction|fan-made]] ''[[tsundere]]'' and [[Gender swap|gender-swapped]] version of the [[Harry Potter|''Harry Potter'' franchise]] character [[Draco Malfoy]], in which the character is a girl instead of a boy, and grows to be romantically interested in [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arroz |first=Jon Del |date=2026-10-12 |title=Malfoid Fan Art Trend Takes Over Harry Potter Fandom |url=https://www.fandompulse.com/p/malfoid-fan-art-trend-takes-over |access-date=2026-10-21 |website=www.fandompulse.com |language=en}}</ref> The character was originally created on 14 January 2018 by Jean "TheMightFenek" Hayashi, a Japanese online artist, as part of a comic commission which she posted to [[Twitter]] and [[DeviantArt]]. Galfoy subsequently became an [[Internet meme]] and rose in popularity internationally following a [[Twitter]] trend of drawing her in 2026,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Min-El |date=2026-10-05 |title=Gender-Swapped Draco Malfoy Sparks New Harry Potter Fan-Art Craze: From 20-Year-Old Fanfiction to a “Tsundere Heiress” Renaissance |url=https://www.toy-people.com/en/?p=115147 |access-date=2026-10-22 |website=TOY PEOPLE |language=en-US}}</ref> with related hashtags in English and Japanese trending on Twitter; several professional Japanese artists contributed their own renditions of the character on the website, referring to the character as Galfoy, derived from '[[Girl]] Malfoy' or Gal-foy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-10-05 |title=Malfoid Fan Art Trend Turns Draco Malfoy Into a Bratty Anime Girl With an Incel-Linked Name |url=https://www.inkl.com/news/malfoid-fan-art-trend-turns-draco-malfoy-into-a-bratty-anime-girl-with-an-incel-linked-name |access-date=2026-10-21 |website=inkl |language=en}}</ref>

==Background==

In January 2018, Japanese [[Twitter]] and [[DeviantArt]] user Jean "TheMightFenek" Hayashi started a drawing trend of drawing Draco Malfoy [[Gender swap|gender-swapped]], as a girl instead of a boy, Dracia Malfoy,<ref group="‡">{{Cite tweet|author=Jean "TheMightFenek" Hayashi|user=jean_hayashi|number=952655512838995968|title=#dracomalfoy #HarryPotter #genderswap #rule63 A comic that I did some time ago, rule 63 Draco is cute, I call her Dracia. The best part is when the effects of the magic wore off. *alternate universe, on the last year, featured characters are not underage and all that talk|access-date=16 October 2026}}</ref><ref group="‡">{{cite web|author=Jean "TheMightFenek" Hayashi|date=February 7, 2018|title=Genderbend Draco Malfoy|url=https://www.deviantart.com/themightfenek/art/Genderbend-Draco-Malfoy-729606857|access-date=October 14, 2026|website=[[DeviantArt]]}}</ref> and likened to the ''[[tsundere]]'' anime trope in being [[Shipping (fandom)|shipped]] with [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]], in a variation of the [[Drarry]] ship.

The concept went viral in September 2026 following a Twitter post of Galfoy by RedTeneri, which was followed by hundreds of thousands of pieces of [[fan-art]], [[fan-fiction]], ''Harry Potter'' rewrites, [[fan film]]s, and [[dating sim]] [[video games]] being produced about the character and ship, both from human-made and [[artificial intelligence]]-produced sources.<ref>{{cite web|author=GBest|date=October 9, 2026|title=''Harry Potter'': Female Draco Malfoy Fan Art Is Everywhere Right Now, And They Already Named Her Malfoid|url=https://comicbookmovie.com/fantasy/harry-potter/harry-potter-female-draco-malfoy-fan-art-is-everywhere-right-now-and-they-already-named-her-malfoid-a230320|access-date=October 14, 2026|website=ComicBookMovie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Adam|date=October 12, 2026|title=Malfoid: ''Harry Potter'' AI Fan Animations Draw Mixed Reactions|url=https://templepc.com/articles/malfoid-divides-the-internet-fan-fun-or-more-ai-slop|access-date=October 14, 2026|website=TemplePC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=P|first=Jewel|date=2026-10-19|title=Harry Potter Fans Have Gender-Swapped Draco Malfoy In A New AI Series, And She's Dating Harry|url=https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/harry-potter-ai-gender-swapped-draco-malfoy-romance-1765872|access-date=2026-10-21|website=Fashion times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Walsh|first=Marcus|date=2026-10-06|title=Why Harry Potter's viral "Malfoid" trend triggered a toxic online feud|url=https://cybernews.com/entertainment/harry-potter-malfoid-backlash-anime|access-date=2026-10-21|website=Cybernews|language=en-US}}</ref>

The manga artists [[Teasing Master Takagi-san|Soichiro Yamamoto]], [[Bkub Okawa]], and [[Food Wars!|Shun Saeki]] were noted for drawing [[fan-art]] of Galfoy and helping to coin the "Galfoy" name.<ref group="‡">{{Cite tweet|author-link=Teasing Master Takagi-san|author=Soichiro Yamamoto|user=udon0531|number=2106010270112108952|title=Girl Malfoy (Stage Name)|access-date=16 October 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 2, 2026|title=「父上ー」大川ぶくぶが描く女体化マルフォイに反響　ハーマイオニーに殴られる姿も|url=https://realsound.jp/book/2026/10/post-2541666.html|access-date=October 22, 2026|website=[[Real Sound (website)|Real Sound]]|language=ja}}</ref><ref group="‡">{{Cite tweet|author-link=Food Wars!|author=Shun Saeki|user=Syunsaeki|number=2106551846433349647|title=Gal Foy|access-date=16 October 2026}}</ref> A Galfoy-centric ''Harry Potter'' rewrite, ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Tsundere'' by GuardBro, was also created and got removed from [[Royal Road (website)|Royal Road]] following a copyright claim by [[J. K. Rowling]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is Malfoid anime? Artist Yunayu deletes and reposts female Draco art, causes controversy amid furious fans backlash|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/what-is-malfoid-anime-artist-yunayu-deletes-and-reposts-female-draco-art-causes-controversy-amid-furious-fans-backlash/articleshow/134917441.html|access-date=2026-10-21|website=Indiatimes|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* {{Annotated link|List of Internet phenomena}}
* {{Annotated link|Drarry}}
* {{Annotated link|Bowsette}}
* {{Annotated link|Rule 63}}

==References==
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{{Primary sources references section}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://malfoid.com}}

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