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{{Short description|Fan-made version of Harry Potter's Draco Malfoy}} | {{Short description|Fan-made version of Harry Potter's Draco Malfoy}} | ||
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{{Infobox character | {{Infobox character | ||
| name = | | name = Malfoid | ||
| series = [[Harry Potter fandom]] | | series = [[Harry Potter fandom]] | ||
| image = Malfoid by Precipitation24.png | | image = Malfoid by Precipitation24.png | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| | | full_name = Dracaena Malfoy, Draconia Malfoy, Dracia Malfoy etc. | ||
| based_on = {{based on|[[Draco Malfoy]]|[[J. K. Rowling]]}} | | based_on = {{based on|[[Draco Malfoy]]|[[J. K. Rowling]]}} | ||
| significant_other = [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] | | significant_other = [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] | ||
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| lbl21 = House | | lbl21 = House | ||
| data21 = [[Slytherin]] | | data21 = [[Slytherin]] | ||
}} | }}'''Malfoid''', also known as '''Galfoy'''<ref name="SlimePress">{{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> or '''Malfoy Girl''' is a [[Fan fiction|fan-made]] trend of depicting a [[Gender swap|gender-swapped]] version of the [[Harry Potter|''Harry Potter'' franchise]] character [[Draco Malfoy]].<ref name="ElFinanciero">{{Cite news |date=2026-10-13 |title=De villano de 'Harry Potter' a chica tsundere de anime: Así nació el meme de Malfoy Girl |trans-title=From Harry Potter villain to anime tsundere girl: how the Malfoy Girl meme was born |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/entretenimiento/2026/10/13/de-villano-de-harry-potter-a-chica-tsundere-de-anime-asi-nacio-el-meme-de-malfoy-girl/ |access-date=2026-10-23 |work=[[El Financiero]] |language=es}}</ref> Properly named in many fan works as Dracaena, Dracia or Draconia Malfoy, she is usually drawn in an [[anime]] style with Draco's platinum-blonde hair and Slytherin uniform, and given a ''[[tsundere]]'' personality: she mocks [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] while secretly being in love with him.<ref name="ElFinanciero" /><ref name="TuoiTre">{{Cite news |author=Tô Cường |date=2026-10-08 |title=Giải mã trào lưu Malfoid: Khi Draco Malfoy hóa thành tiểu thư anime kiêu kỳ |trans-title=Decoding the Malfoid trend: when Draco Malfoy becomes a haughty anime heiress |url=https://tuoitre.vn/giai-ma-trao-luu-malfoid-khi-draco-malfoy-hoa-thanh-tieu-thu-anime-kieu-ky-100261008144220818.htm |access-date=2026-10-23 |work=[[Tuổi Trẻ]] |language=vi}}</ref> Female versions of Draco had appeared in fan fiction since the early 2000s, and in several fan art since the 2010s, but this latest version of the gender-swapped character became an [[Internet meme]] in late September 2026, when anime-style drawings of her spread on [[Twitter|X]] and then to Reddit and other fan communities. The trend produced comics, fan fiction, AI-generated videos and a fan-made [[dating sim]], drew contributions from professional manga artists, and attracted attention in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The term "Malfoid" has drawn criticism because it combines Malfoy with "foid", a derogatory term for women used in [[incel]] communities.<ref name="Inquirer" /><ref name="Indiatimes" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Makusha|first=Michaela|date=October 30, 2026|title=It Sure Looks Like the Department of Education Is Promoting a Right-Wing Harry Potter Meme|url=https://www.wired.com/story/it-sure-looks-like-the-department-of-education-is-promoting-a-right-wing-harry-potter-meme/|access-date=October 30, 2026|website=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]}}</ref> | ||
'''Galfoy''' | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Stories in which Draco Malfoy is female, either born a girl or turned into one by magic, appeared in ''Harry Potter'' fan fiction from the early 2000s, and in 2013 fans set up a [[FanFiction.Net]] community for gender-swapped ''Harry Potter'' stories.<ref name="TuoiTre" /><ref name="ToyPeople | Stories in which Draco Malfoy is female, either born a girl or turned into one by magic, appeared in ''Harry Potter'' fan fiction from the early 2000s, and in 2013 fans set up a [[FanFiction.Net]] community for gender-swapped ''Harry Potter'' stories. The terms used in this early era were variations of Fem!Draco or Fem!Malfoy.<ref name="TuoiTre" /><ref name="ToyPeople">{{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> In Taiwan, users of the C_Chat board on [[PTT Bulletin Board System|PTT]] began a collaborative project around a female Draco in June 2020, writing stories and drawing scenes that followed the plots of the seven books.<ref name="UDN">{{Cite news |author=希洛 |date=2026-10-05 |title=跩哥變跩姊！「性轉馬份」歐美社群爆紅 台網友6年前就領先世界？ |trans-title=Draco becomes a girl: "gender-swapped Malfoy" goes viral in the West, but were Taiwanese netizens six years ahead? |url=https://game.udn.com/game/story/122089/9795133 |access-date=2026-10-23 |work=udn遊戲角落 |publisher=聯合新聞網 |language=zh-tw}}</ref><ref name="TuoiTre" /> In South Korea, an amateur web novel with a female Draco, {{lang|ko|악역영애 말포이}} (lit. "Villainess Malfoy"), was published free of charge in 110 instalments and completed about five years before the 2026 trend.<ref name="Wolyo">{{Cite news |author=이원용 |date=2026-10-06 |title='여자 말포이'가 뭐길래…일본·서양 홀린 한국 아마추어 웹소설 |trans-title=What is 'female Malfoy'? The Korean amateur web novel that captivated Japan and the West |url=https://www.wolyo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=318726 |access-date=2026-10-23 |work=월요신문 |language=ko}}</ref><ref name="UDN" /> Drawings posted on X in March 2024 by the artist Grizz (@grizz056), built around the idea "if Malfoy was a girl", are commonly cited as the inspiration of the 2026 trend.<ref name="UDN" /><ref name="TuoiTre" /> | ||
The concept went viral in September 2026 following a post | The concept went viral in September 2026 following a post on [[Twitter|X]] by RedTeneri,<ref name="TuoiTre" /> which was followed by hundreds of thousands{{citation needed|date=October 2026}} 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 name="ElFinanciero" /><ref name="Azteca">{{Cite web |last=Zayas |first=Luis Miguel |date=2026-10-20 |title=Malfoy Girl: la versión femenina de Draco Malfoy que se volvió viral |trans-title=Malfoy Girl: the female version of Draco Malfoy that went viral |url=https://www.aztecapuebla.com/tendencia/malfoy-girl-la-version-femenina-de-draco-malfoy-que-se-volvio-viral/ |access-date=2026-10-23 |website=Azteca Puebla |language=es}}</ref><ref name="CreativeBloq">{{Cite web |last=Dean |first=Ian |date=2026-10-21 |title=The AI Harry Potter romance that turned Draco Malfoy into a girl |url=https://www.creativebloq.com/news/someone-turned-draco-malfoy-into-a-girl-with-ai-and-now-i-need-to-know-what-happens-next |access-date=2026-10-23 |website=Creative Bloq |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Cybernews">{{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> On 22 September, REDTEN (@redteneri) posted an anime-style drawing of a female Draco taunting Harry about being one of the best students in the school; it received more than 89,000 likes in its first week and prompted other artists to draw their own versions.<ref name="ElFinanciero" /><ref name="Azteca" /> On 27 September, @spaz141 posted a drawing of the character and [[Hermione Granger]] competing for Harry's attention, which received more than 44,000 likes in three days.<ref name="ToyPeople" /><ref name="Azteca" /> The drawings spread from X to [[Reddit]] and other ''Harry Potter'' fan communities within days.<ref name="TuoiTre" /><ref name="Indiatimes" /> Among the fan works were comics, fan fiction and animations, some made with [[generative AI]] tools, including re-creations of scenes from the films with Harry and the female Draco as a couple;<ref name="ElFinanciero" /><ref name="Azteca" /> a fan-made [[visual novel]], ''Malfoid Dating Sim: Pureblood & Prejudice'';<ref name="Azteca" /> and the AI-animated series ''In Another Universe'' by the creator Foyege, which retells the story around Harry and a female Draco named Draconia.<ref name="CreativeBloq" /> In October, an English-language post on X pointing to the Korean web novel was viewed more than 12 million times.<ref name="Wolyo" /> | ||
The manga artists [[Teasing Master Takagi-san|Soichiro Yamamoto]], [[Bkub Okawa]], and [[Food Wars!|Shun Saeki]] were noted for drawing [[fan-art]] of | The manga artists [[Teasing Master Takagi-san|Soichiro Yamamoto]], [[Bkub Okawa]], and [[Food Wars!|Shun Saeki]] were noted for drawing [[fan-art]] of Malfoid and helping to spread if not also coin the "Galfoy" term.<ref name="RealSound">{{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>{{citation needed|date=October 2026}} A Malfoid-centric ''Harry Potter'' rewrite, ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Tsundere'' by GuardBro, was removed from [[Royal Road (website)|Royal Road]] following the site's copyright policy, due to excessive reused original text with minimal changes.<ref name="Indiatimes">{{Cite web|last=Banik|first=Sinthya|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>{{failed verification|date=October 2026}} | ||
== | ==Etymology== | ||
The | The term "Malfoid" combines Malfoy with "[[wikt:foid|foid]]", short for "femoid", a derogatory term for women used in [[incel]] communities.<ref name="TuoiTre" /><ref name="Inquirer">{{Cite web |last=Agustin |first=Carl Martin |date=2026-10-15 |title=Malfoid and an unlikely boost for 'Harry Potter' |url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/583636/malfoid-and-an-unlikely-boost-for-harry-potter/ |access-date=2026-10-23 |website=Lifestyle.INQ |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Indiatimes" /> According to ''[[Tuổi Trẻ]]'', the term appears to be used in the fan-art trend mainly as a pun on Malfoy's surname, and the art does not play on its derogatory meaning;<ref name="TuoiTre" /> ''Indiatimes'' reported that many of those posting the art treated it as a pun on the surname, while others objected to the word choice.<ref name="Indiatimes" /> Spanish-language media have called the character "Malfoy Girl".<ref name="ElFinanciero" /><ref name="Azteca" /> | ||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
Carl Martin Agustin of ''Lifestyle.INQ'' wrote that, while the upcoming [[Harry Potter (TV series)|HBO television series]] faced criticism over its casting and over [[J. K. Rowling]]'s views on transgender people, fan art of a female Draco seemed "to be the one thing fans are happily agreeing upon", and that pairing Draco with Harry gave his betrayal and later redemption "more depth and significance".<ref name="Inquirer" /> ''Tuổi Trẻ'' attributed the trend's spread partly to how closely Draco's wealth, arrogance and pride in his lineage match the "rich young lady" and villainess archetypes of manga and anime, and wrote that the 2026 trend did not create a new idea but let an old one reach a wider audience through social media, adding to interest in the franchise's characters ahead of the HBO series in December 2026.<ref name="TuoiTre" /> Ian Dean of ''Creative Bloq'' called Foyege's AI series "weird to watch" but "oddly compelling", describing such videos as "a new, professionalised aspect of fan fiction" while raising unresolved questions about copyright and AI training data.<ref name="CreativeBloq" /> | Carl Martin Agustin of ''Lifestyle.INQ'' wrote that, while the upcoming [[Harry Potter (TV series)|HBO television series]] faced criticism over its casting and over [[J. K. Rowling]]'s views on transgender people, fan art of a female Draco seemed "to be the one thing fans are happily agreeing upon", and that pairing Draco with Harry gave his betrayal and later redemption "more depth and significance".<ref name="Inquirer" /> ''Tuổi Trẻ'' attributed the trend's spread partly to how closely Draco's wealth, arrogance and pride in his lineage match the "rich young lady" and villainess archetypes of manga and anime, and wrote that the 2026 trend did not create a new idea but let an old one reach a wider audience through social media, adding to interest in the franchise's characters ahead of the HBO series in December 2026.<ref name="TuoiTre" /> Ian Dean of ''Creative Bloq'' called Foyege's AI series "weird to watch" but "oddly compelling", describing such videos as "a new, professionalised aspect of fan fiction" while raising unresolved questions about copyright and AI training data.<ref name="CreativeBloq" /> | ||
In early October, the artist Yunayu posted a drawing of the female Draco on [[Bluesky]] and received hostile replies | In early October, the artist Yunayu posted a drawing of the female Draco on [[Bluesky]] and received hostile replies arguing that any new ''Harry Potter'' content kept attention on Rowling and indirectly was supporting her views, on top of objections to the "foid" part of the trend's name. Yunayu deleted the drawing and apologised, saying the wider controversies had been unknown to them when they drew it, and on 6 October reposted it on X, where the response was mostly supportive.<ref name="Cybernews" /><ref name="Indiatimes" /> | ||
On October 27, 2026, the [[United States Department of Education]] posted a Malfoid meme on X.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cao|first=Steffi|date=October 29, 2026|title=How a Harry Potter Incel Meme Reached the U.S. Department of Education|url=https://slate.com/technology/2026/10/draco-malfoid-harry-potter-meme.html|access-date=October 29, 2026|website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sommer|first=Will|date=October 29, 2026|title=Trump Admin Pushes Gender-Swapping Harry Potter Fanfic|url=https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-administration-pushes-gender-swapping-harry-potter-draco-malfoy-malfoid-fanfic|access-date=October 29, 2026|website=[[The Bulwark (website)|The Bulwark]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Curtis|first=Delia|date=October 28, 2026|title=Did the Department of Education Really Just Post Gender-Swapped Harry Potter “Malfoid” Fic?|url=https://www.them.us/politics/education-department-harry-potter-fic|access-date=October 29, 2026|website=[[Them (magazine)|Them]]}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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