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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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}}'''Malfoid''' 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 | }}'''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> | ||
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''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 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" /> | 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" /> | ||