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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 surviving examples of 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>

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" />

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" />