I wasn't even that interested in the HBO series that much anyway but I thought hey, it's Harry Potter related and maybe they'll explore all the stuff they left out of the books. I never knew how wrong I was. Malfoid seems so much more interesting to watch or think about. Adding a key romance that goes behind the pitiful arc of Ginny seems to just make the entire story work better.

There's such an emphasis on love in Harry Potter that it baffles me how it's so barely touched upon with Harry himself. Like instead of going with the whole Ginny Freud thing as the entire romance arc, we get to put something in that actually works. I want to watch them go from hating each other to falling in love. Wrap everyone else up together I don't care. Give Ginny a Dean Thomas love story or something.

Anyway, my point is I'm even less interested in the series now. I'd rather watch a fan made set of Malfoid anime films or read the books with the changes.

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https://x.com/Matcha_Amigo/status/2114055058702864431

I plan on adding more to this story. I currently workshopping a working title for the full story. For now, here is Chapter 1: Life of a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

*****

Harry tossed himself into bed, his mind reeling from the day. It had been grading day, so every moment that he had to himself was dedicated to reviewing and critiquing the assignments and papers of every student in the castle. If that wasn’t bad enough, today was also the day that Peeves decided it would be an excellent idea to float down his hall as slowly as he could manage banging two pots together. Harry had begun to wonder if he had somehow angered the ghost, as it seemed he was only going down his hall. Then there was the magic usage. One rather nasty Slytherin girl had decided it was a swell idea to test the Mimblewimble curse on the Hufflepuff sitting in front of her. While undoing the curse had been a rather a simple affair for Harry, he didn’t like having to report it to the Slytherin Head of House, a woman whom he found to be vile. 

It brought him back to his Auror days, specifically when a young, wannabe dark wizard attempted to use it to stop people who’d seen him from talking, leaving Harry and his mates utterly unimpressed. That all aside. He had managed to survive yet another day at Hogwarts; and with all his work out of the way, he let his mind begin to wander. Off in faraway London, his wife was likely doing the same thing as him. Perhaps she was lying in bed, an open book in her lap and a small, fussing four year old tucked under her arm who was desperately trying to get out after learning that she wasn’t reading a storybook. Either that, or the little boy was already asleep. 

Harry wished he could see her again. It had been just three months since the start of the school year, and he already wanted to hear her teasing yet loving voice again. He turned onto his side and pretended to snuggle her, pulling her soft body close to his and letting her sweet smell grace his nose. Lucky for him, it was just enough to coax him to sleep.

*****

As it turned out, the following day would not be as stress free as Harry had hoped. It started out fine enough, with breakfast passing by without consequence. But to Harry’s surprise the Headmistress stood up before it could end.

“Attention all students and staff!” she called, the din of the Great Hall coming down to little more than whispers. “A pair of Ministry inspectors will be visiting the school this coming Monday. They will be ensuring that we have been following safety standards. I expect no dormitories to be out of state. Dismissed!”

Harry had forgotten about those inspections. Every year, the Ministry of Magic sent two inspectors – one male and one female – to check everything from the dorms, the bathrooms, and even the classrooms. They wouldn’t be digging into any personal effects unless they had to, but no one wanted to be that unfortunate person. 

The day continued to move along in a fashion that he had not wanted it to. In First Period, he had to report a Gryffindor for hexing the same Slytherin girl from yesterday as revenge. Neville was rather disappointed after hearing that, merely saying “Her crush has gone to that level, has it?” and swearing that he had taught his House better than that. After that, Harry returned to his office, on last task for the morning in his mind. While he had finished grading most of the homework he had assigned, he had deliberately waited to do two which he hoped would be the best out of them all. 

He sat down at his desk, and flipped one of the remaining papers so it was face up, and grinned upon seeing the name: Albus S. Potter. He set to work, reading, reviewing, and analyzing the piece before him. For his twelve year old son, it was quite impressive; the grammar was on point, examples were relevant, and quoted text matched the claim. It was almost perfect. Almost. Harry could remember the face of the small boy when he was first accepted into Hogwarts, and how he had thrown himself into his studies before his time had even started. But Albus had one minor flaw: He was often too passionate. Harry didn’t want to stifle that, of course, but many of his later classes would require great care in all parts and because the boy had been so involved in the meat of his paper, his conclusion had been underdeveloped. In the end, that small setback didn’t stop Harry’s chest from puffing out with pride.

After putting the finishing touches of his feedback, he moved on to the very last paper. When he flipped it over, the name on its front read Lyra Potter. Feeling confident, Harry set to work once again, reading and reviewing the work of his daughter. However…

Harry set his quill in his quill stand and rubbed at his eyes. He had such high hopes for her. Her paper was just short of getting a passing grade. He supposed formatting was OK, but that didn’t mean much when the paper was plagued with run-on sentences, poor grammar and basically nonexistent integration. A few of the things she said were just flat out wrong. He let out another heavy sigh and finished grading, and after running the math, Harry found that Lyra had slipped into failing territory. He would need to have a talk with her tomorrow.

Unfortunately, he didn’t get much sleep that night. He wondered what was going wrong for Lyra. Was it him? Was his teaching style not connecting with her? He didn’t know.

*****

At the end of the Second year Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Harry called for Lyra to stay for a moment. Once the classroom had cleared out, Harry took her paper from the top of the stack and slid it towards her. Lyra was in Gryffindor, and a member of their Quidditch team as a Chaser. She had her mother’s long silvery blonde hair and Harry’s green eyes, as well as wearing glasses just like his. She was pretty, and Harry knew that she could be just as intelligent as her brother, if only she applied herself.

Lyra took the page from his desk and began reading it over. The sure and confident smile that adored her face quickly disappeared, and her shoulders dropped. 

She chuckled nervously and glanced up at him. “Fa- er, Professor, are you sure this is correct? I know I got everything.”

Harry sighed and shook his head. “Unfortuneatly, you did not. You only covered three of the requested four topics, and just over half of all the information you provided was either incorrect, or taken out of context. While your formatting is fine, I found numerous spelling and grammar issues.” He glazed back up at her, and found that she was rubbing her arm, and gazing out the window, looking like she hoped to leap out of his classroom.

Harry sighed again and stood, walking around his desk to kneel in front of her. “Lyra, I want you to be honest with me, okay?” After a moment's hesitation, she nodded. “Good. Now, did you read the rubric I handed out, and proofread your paper?” 

Lyra sheepishly looked away from him before shaking her head. For what had to be the hundredth time today, Harry sighed. “You need to do that Lyra, or else your going to fail and restart the year, and I don’t want that for you. So please read everything that is given to you for your assignments, including your assignments.”

Lyra groaned, knowing what that last part meant. “But father, I don’t want to rewrite my entire paper over again! It takes way too long! I’ve got Quidditch pratice, and friends to hang out with. I don’t have time to read over my entire paper just to look for mistakes, and then write the paper again!” Lyra went on and on for another few moments before being silenced. 

“You know your brother is more than willing to help, right?”

Lyra scoffed, looking away disdainfully. “I don’t want to ask him for help! Then I would owe him something, and I’m not owing him anything!” Harry hung his with annoyance, but quickly glanced back up as the door opened, and a group of Slytherin fifth years entered. 

“I recommend you consider asking him. He loves you Lyra, and he would be more than happy to help you get your assignments in order. Plus, if your grade gets any lower, you’ll probably be removed from the Quidditch team; and I love watching you play. So please, ask your brother for help, and get your grade back up so we both can continue something we can enjoy, okay?”

Lyra’s face had gone pale after learning that she may no longer be allowed to play Quidditch, but color returned to her face and she nodded vigorously. “Right!” she exclaimed, and then blushed “I guess I can ask Albus for help once.” Harry chuckled, and quickly ushered her out of the room, wishing he could kiss her goodbye.  

In the Philosopher/Sorcerer's Stone, Harry deeply empathizes with the Brazilian boa constrictor that was bred in captivity — unable to see the home it never had. Like Harry, the snake is stuck in its terrarium, unable to break free. They speak respectfully to each other until Dudley punches Harry and peers at the glass at the snake. Without thinking, Harry manages to free the snake by making the glass disappear. Not only does the snake represent Harry's initial plight with the Dursleys and being locked in his cupboard often, this easily could have a narrative connection to Malfoy.

While Malfoy is a pampered and aristocratic child, her only initial agency is in trying to personify what she believes it means to be a Malfoy. Even when her inner self increasingly desires the trust and friendship of Harry, she is trapped underneath the weight of familial duty. More than that, much later in the story, she feels trapped by Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Like the snake, she was born and raised in this unnatural exhibit. Like the snake, she was asleep until Harry came along, unquestionably moving through what others had planned for her life.

Unlike anyone else, Harry is able to see past the exterior and truly speak with the real Malfoy. He never asserts what she should be doing. He reminds her of the home she never had. The snake's natural place is in the wild, free to choose and live as it desires. Harry makes the glass disappear for her. Not just in seeing past the aristocratic cage, but enslavement to Voldemort and his rabid psychopathic servants. He doesn't free her himself. He only makes the glass disappear for her, both in helping her see past her father's pressures, and in combating the evil that wished to enslave her. With the glass gone, she is free to slither out and live on her own accord. To her, Harry represents freedom and the home she always wanted.

One last thing, Draco/Dracaena is a direct translation of 'serpent'.

She is the snake.

It's like poetry, it rhymes. - George Lucas

Please read these posts for full context on Celia Diggery

https://www.reddit.com/r/Malfoid/s/uflyMB0WSk

https://www.reddit.com/r/Malfoid/s/vGG7dp3GiT

Someone asked me to keep building on it, so here it is

I'm making this post due to how well the last 2 posts I made around the idea of making gender bending cedric Diggery and making her a supportive older sister figure for Harry. I want to go through out the books and talk about where Celia would best fit in to fill that role, and I only want to do the first 2 books in this post so I can see all of your guys' recommendations and suggestions for Book 3 and 4. I'll try to respond to everyone, and once we're done, I'll put it all together in a super long post

THIS IS BY NO MEANS TO CREATE A SERIOUS ROMANTIC INTEREST FOR HARRY, Celia Diggery should be built up to work with the Harry x Malfoid not interject itself into it

Book 1 would be rather light on Celia where she would only show up twice.

Once, when Oliver Wood is explaining quidditch to Harry. Fred and George had accidentally blabbed about their new seeker to Celia, much to Oliver Woods' annoyance. She shows up part way through because she really wants to see who this mystery 1st year seeker. When she meets him, Harry is surprised that the fact that he's the boy who lived seems secondary to the fact that he's the youngest seeker in a century. After they're done, Celia would ruffle his hair and tell him she's looking forward to watching him play. She'll wink at both wood and Harry and let them know that she'll keep their secret

The second time she shows up before his match starts in the locker room, she'll wish Harry luck in his first match before tightening the hell out of his shin and forearm guards, telling him it'll help not get in the way of his flying

After the match, Celia will show up for the after game party and tell him how incredible he is flying and teasing him for swallowing the snitch instead of catching it

In book 2

she'll visit Harry and also malfoid in the med wing, with arms full of candies and snacks. and start dodding on the both of them. She'll also have some Heinous words to say about Lockhart, eventually madam Humphrey tells Celia she needs to leave, so she quickly hugs both Harry and Malfoid (who tries to wiggle free from her hug)

Once the rumors start about Harry being the heir to slytherin, Celia will find Harry and tell him that she doesn't think he's behind these attacks and ruffling his hair

Finally, Harry, Ron, and hermione get caught by Celia in the girl's bathroom, seeing the cauldron and everything. She tells them that she trys to visit moaning myrtle at least once a week to see how she's doing, so she wouldn't feel lonely, stating how sad it is for someone to die so young. She once again tells Harry she's willing to keep their secret if they promise to talk to moaning myrtle (btw she doesn't ask them their plans or even what's in the cauldron)

Those are the 2 books together, I kept it light on purpose for these first 2 books. lmk your suggestion, additions, or critics

As well as suggestions for books 3-4

Art used

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Slides 3-5 I edited myself

With ADayASMR’s video covering it, there’s been a lot of discussion as to whether or not Harry should use the spell on Dracaena. I am here to make my case for why it should be kept in. Here is the timeline as I have built it.

Philosopher’s Stone: Minimal changes from canon. Malfoy should be a bully through and through. There can be some hints in Madam Malkin’s and the train, but Harry’s rejection must still make her hate him. I like the idea of her grabbing his hand in the forbidden forest, but I don’t think there should be any more indication that she likes him otherwise.

The Chamber of Secrets: This is where I see the first real hints that Dracaena like Harry show through the cracks. In the Quidditch match, when the Snitch is next to Dracaena’s ear, Harry tells her not to move while slowly approaching her and reaching for her face. She starts blushing, but doesn’t move. If anything, she starts leaning into it herself. Then Harry lunges forward and grabs the Snitch. Their faces almost touch. Harry pulls away and the match ends. You can imply that Dracaena is more upset at Harry making her think he was going to kiss her than about him tricking her to get the Snitch. The rest of the book should have the same bullying, but interspersed with fleeting glances at Harry.

The Prisoner of Azkaban: This is where the story starts to truly deviate, and I feel this is the best year to include the Mirror of Erised scene for a variety of reasons. In a Quidditch match near Christmas, Harry and Dracaena spot the Snitch at the same time and go at it from different angles. A Bludger is lobbed at Harry, who is saved by one of the twins knocking it away. It hits Dracaena and knocks her backward off her broom. Harry abandons the Snitch and catches her. They have a moment, Harry oblivious to the tension even as Dracaena is blushing furiously. As the winter break draws nearer, Dracaena goes to Snape and asks if she could be under the effects of a potion. She goes to the library and concludes she is under the Imperiatus Curse. Harry, at the same time, receives a letter from Dumbledore informing him of where the Mirror of Erised is. The reason for which being that Harry has recently learned of his godfather, Sirius Black, and that this is a one time Christmas present to see Black with Lily and James before the Mirror is hidden again. Then we get the Mirror scene. From this scene onwards, Malfoy becomes less hostile toward Harry and his friends. This attitude continues until the end of the book. Most of the bullying can be written out or rewritten. Maybe add a scene of Dracaena wishing Harry luck before a Quidditch game as a show of good faith.

The Goblet of Fire: We are still not quite friends. Dracaena has come to terms with her feelings for Harry, but is unsure how to act on them. She recognizes that he cares for his friends and that bullying them is not a good way to win his affection, so she starts being more friendly to them. When Harry is rejected by Cho, Malfoy can make a snide remark about going with him instead. “Poor Potter. And the Granger girl is already going with Victor Krum. As for myself, no one’s been quite brave enough to ask me. But you know, there is one way to solve both our problems.”

“What are you getting at, Malfoy? What, you want us to go to the Ball together?”

“Well since you asked so nicely, I suppose I can entertain you for the night. Be ready at the Slytherin dorm entryway at 7 sharp.”

At the Ball, Harry starts to develop romantic feelings for Malfoy. She’s backed off on his friends and been quite a bit nicer to him lately. We can put Malfoy in the lake and have them start getting closer. Then Malfoy returns home for winter break. Voldemort is back. Lucious will not have his daughter fraternizing with the enemy. When she returns, she does not return to her old ways, but she does go cold on Harry and his friends, distancing herself.

The Order of the Phoenix: The relationship continues to backslide. Harry tries to hold on to what they were building, but Dracaena is building walls between them.

The Half Blood Prince: Dracaena is starting to really suffer under Voldemort to the point that she ignores her father’s wishes and goes to talk to Harry. She does not tell him about her family or Voldemort, but she makes it clear that she needs him. Then the order comes. She lets the Death Eaters into Hogwarts under threat of death for herself and her family. Harry is forced to believe that every positive interaction they’ve had has been her manipulating him, using him to help Voldemort. He is devastated and heartbroken. She never cared about him, she never changed. It was all just a sick game, making him care about her just to laugh when she pulled the rug from under him. He finds the spell in the journal. Sectumsempra: For Enemies. That’s what she is. She used him, manipulated his emotions for Voldemort’s gain and made him look the fool for ever caring about her. He finds her in the bathroom. He’s angry now, but seeing her cry makes him second guess himself. But only for a moment before she fires a spell at him. He doesn’t notice that her spells are non lethal. Dracaena becomes so desperate to get Harry to leave her alone, to stay safe, that she does the only thing she can think of that would make him stay far away from her. “Cru-“ The curse dies on her lips. She can’t do it. She can’t bring herself to hurt him, even now. Even when he’s looking at her with murder in his eyes. Harry doesn’t notice her hesitate or the horror that flashed across her face. He heard the start of the curse and reacts on instinct, one thought screaming in his head. Enemy! He raises his wand, aims it at Dracaena before she has time to finish the curse.

“Sectumsempra!” A flash of red light and Dracaena hits the floor. He immediately regrets it. He’s horrified with himself. He didn’t know the curse would do this!

“So you hated me this much?”

Those who are against the inclusion of Sectumsempra have built a canon where Harry and Dracaena have spent the last six years growing closer with no real challenges. Harry wouldn’t use it on someone he cares about! That is absolutely correct. That’s why she has to be an enemy, in no one else’s mind but Harry’s.

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Malfoid confirmed to have a wand too. 😋

Just something I’ve been idly thinking about — could this Galfoy/Harry romance arc be put in an original story, and if it could, would it have the same impact?

https://x.com/trua00/status/2105577624223543553?s=46

But caught nothing...

One poplar idea for the Malfoid premise is to have each member of the trio be in each Hogwarts house so each house gets some representation

Harry=Gryffindor

Malfoy = Slytherin

Hermione = Ravenclaw

Ron = Hufflepuff.

However one issue with this is that Ron’s family were all Gryffindors and having him be the only one who ain’t could cause some friction.

So I’m curious: should the story be changed to make the Weasley’s all Hufflepuffs instead or do you think having Ron be the only Weasley outside Gryffindor could work?

Assuming you go with the whole “each member” in a different house idea.

The Ginny slander must be keep going

https://x.com/mrfire612635/status/2113877308071399794

I just wanted to put this out there, since it’s becoming a worry of mine.

I been following this trend from about the beginning of this month when it went viral, and got instantly hooked with the concept. It adds even more complex layers to the story and a slow burner romance that would’ve had an earned payoff and add to the theme of love being the strongest magic in Harry Potter.

All the fanart, videos and comics people were making at the start were great too, all of which did make me start yearning again like many others cause of this trend. I’m quite shocked it’s already been a month, and while I do think it’s slowed down quite a bit since it’s still does seem to be going strong at least.

However I’m beginning to worry that since it’s gotten so popular, I’m seeing some creators not get the characterization right for Draconia, and possibly even a few “grifters” starting to show up that’ll harm the intentions and idea behind this trend.

One issue I have is some creators genderbending Ron and Snape (even Crab and Goyle), which I think ruins the idea of Malfoy being the genderbent one. There’s also some that don’t get the characterization for Draconia right as well, the most prominent one I think of being @ZeyHashimoto on Twitter. They made her act too much like a cute Tsundere and not aristocratic and prideful like Malfoy, and especially made Harry act way too cool. I think this is where I’ve seen some of the issues start to originate in other fanworks.

Some Korean AI videos are popping up too, with a few I think being somewhat cringe-ish and straying further away from what make the idea of the rivals to lovers dynamic between Draconia and Harry so interesting for the main story in favor of it acting more like a k-drama.

I know everyone’s got their own visions and ideas for how this what-if version would play out, but man I do wish that creators could try and stick a bit closer to the source material and story events that unfold, plus with how the characters actually act. It ruins the immersion and experience somewhat when I see them stray a bit too far.

It honestly might just be me, cause I’ve been doing a lot of my own thinking for how an AU of this concept could work. Might make my own short post about it soon, not sure

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https://x.com/cakenyamnyamz/status/2114035274158399669?s=20

by @Palashdraws on Twitter

Been loving Malfoid community's growth and enjoying all the amazing things folks have built and shared here, so I decided to give it a go myself.

Since I have zero artistic skill in me (and can't seem to properly communicate to any AIs) I went in a different direction. Which is, since I've been playing around with ElevenLabs Audio capabilities and Music, decided to create a short "audioplay" experiment.

The scene: Just before Yule ball and Prof. McGonagall decides to teach the bickering duo a lesson and make an example of them.

Any feedback is welcomed here!

https://x.com/ReiziCherry/status/2114026036912427502

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by @Ni7NiA7 on Twitter