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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 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 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 | 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}} | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||