Zebh retweeted
I love how the Sectumsempra scene in the canon just made fans think "it's just Malfoy, he deserved it and nothing changes without him" And now with Malfoid everything shifted, the scene carries a very shocking emotional weight. A MUST HAVE scene, the turning point of their love
Dracaena threw herself into the duty that had been laid upon her. There was no turning back: she had opened the gates of Hogwarts to the Dark Lord’s Death Eaters, and from that moment the gears of evil turned without resistance toward the fulfillment of her obligations.
What tipped the balance toward darkness was the confusion of a manipulated girl, convinced that stopping to face the consequences of her mistakes would never be enough to earn the forgiveness of the one she admired most. She felt unwanted, despised and, above all, hated. From the start of the year, it had been imperative for her to feed and root those murky feelings deep within her being; only then did she believe herself capable of guaranteeing her family’s survival.
Professor Snape was waiting at the entrance to the Astronomy Tower, to one side of the doorway, arms crossed, her expression indifferent. Without looking at her or saying a word, she jerked her head toward the staircase and returned it to its place, as if to say, go on, climb.
Before the first step, one of those that climbed toward a full stop and a new paragraph in her life, Dracaena couldn’t help but falter. Driven by that same contempt, she gripped her wand with all her strength, drew a breath and, eyes fixed above, set off on her left foot, off on the wrong foot. She did not notice. Her mind, which she could no longer govern, retraced, step by step, how her thoughts had mutated since the Dark Lord had handed her this task:
Should I talk to Potter about it?
Potter wouldn’t understand.
Potter doesn’t want me near him.
Potter is to blame for all of this.
Potter is my enemy.
Potter hates me.
All her rage gathered in her jaw, clenched in a snarl, and she hissed through her teeth:
“Potter, Potter, Potter...”
Then, from some corner of her soul, an inner voice stopped her cold, a few steps from the top, heavy with a different kind of negative feeling: anguish.
Harry hates us...
She couldn’t move. Her pupils shrank to almost nothing and her mind went blank, as if something in the deepest part of her were trying to hold her back.
Then, from above, Dumbledore’s weary voice pulled her out of the trance. It was only a whisper, as if he were speaking in secret to someone else:
“...Trust me.”
She raised her eyes again. Doubt was wearing away at her resolve; even so, she chose to wield it, and climbed the last steps.
Dracaena drew in a great gulp of air, thick with the aroma of potions and starched sheets, and shot upright. She tried to open her eyes, but one of them throbbed fiercely. She sucked a breath through her teeth, her face twisted in a grimace, and raised a hand to her face. Her fingertips confirmed it: her right eye was bandaged. Her whole body felt heavy, as if she were surfacing from a long fever.
A woman’s voice reached her from a corner draped in shadow:
“So you finally deign to wake, Miss Malfoy. For two days you have been resting in this infirmary while the rest of us clean up your messes. Have you lost the will to carry out the Dark Lord’s designs? Is your family’s standing worth so little to you?”
The clouds parted, and moonlight spilled through the window, sketching out the stern face of Professor Snape. Her eyes were harder than usual, like those of someone carrying worry and anger in equal measure.
Dracaena managed only a murmur:
“Why...?”
Snape cut her off with the speed of a lightning strike:
“Why are you still alive? I couldn’t say. Perhaps because my life depends on yours?” She paused, as though on the verge of saying something more, and buried it beneath another remark. “And be grateful, besides, that Potter was weak enough not to finish you off.”
“Impossible... He hates me...” the girl replied.
“I couldn’t care less.”
The reply was so theatrical that anyone who wasn’t shattered inside would have heard the lie in it. It was almost as if Snape were forcing herself to be cruel. She finished:
“We act in a few hours. I suggest you feed those negative feelings; you will need them to complete your task. I also suggest you leave your doubts in this room. And I suggest you be punctual. I will be waiting at the entrance to the Astronomy Tower.”
She rose and strode toward the door.
Dracaena clenched the sheets in her fists. Unable to lift her face, she began to sob, tears running down from her good eye as the gauze over the other bloomed red.
Zebh retweeted
Okay. So let's lay out the rules then.
1. Malfoid was born female, has always been female, and at no point was ever male or has memories of being male. Since being born, she has grown up as a girl, and Heiress of House Malfoy.
2. The tags name is Malfoid. not galfoy, not Drarry (Gayyyy), not Malfoy. Malfoid. We are not changing it. If it offends you, that is the POINT.
3. Malfoid is about a resurrection of the Mytho-Poetic romantic love story. The kind of story where a noble man and noble woman come together to complete one another. There's some mutual saving involved, and it is principally a chaste and wholesome relationship.
4. Sexifying, pornifying, slutifying characters within the Malfoid tag runs directly counter to the intentions of rule #3, and if you think that the Malfoid movement is the place for your slut like whorecrux behavior, you are wrong and need to go be a slutblood somewhere else.
5. Malfoid is not a "GENDER BEND", because there was no male Draco at any point. Malfoid is the wholesale replacement of Draco as a character with a female who is occupying the same space, with a similar (But not identical) attitude as Draco. Malfoid is a "Gendered replacement". There's no transforming men into women, Malfoid is not Transgender as they were born Female and always have been.
6. The Malfoid tag is not about swapping all the characters genders, making a Harem anime, or producing a show of Harry having lots and lots of women to choose from because suddenly his best friend or dark arts teacher are suddenly female. This runs counterproductive to rule #3, as it dilutes the chasteness and wholesomeness of the Mytho-Poetic Romance that is predicated upon the singular love between two singular people.
7. Malfoid is considered a "Cultural Moment" within a sub-culture that is very large. If you are only here to shit on everyone's parade by saying how irrelevant or insignificant fan culture is, or how fanfiction is a waste of time, or any such nonsense... you can save your breath, we've all heard it before. Go and spend your efforts at demoralization and deconstruction elsewhere.
8. The Malfoid change to the story is integrated, adaptive only in how it enhances, fulfills and maintains the overall story of Harry Potter. Adaptations that improve narrative beats, enhance lore integrations or resolve standing plot points that weren't resolved or were resolved in a dis-satisfying way are preferred over vast departures from this sort of canon repurposing of the fiction. While the purpose is NOT to deviate out of the genre or feel, sheer fun and humor is welcome, provided they attempt to adhere as best they can to rules 1-7.
9. Malfoid is traditional in its romantic sensibilities, and by this nature, is ostensibly a RIGHT LEANING movement. There are many conservative and religious values wrapped up in the narrative tropes and underpinnings of the story, in and of itself, as well as the romantic resolutions between Malfoid and Harry.
With Malfoid still trending I'm starting to see more leftists, feminists, and neo cons entering the space and using typical arguments to try and steer away the virality of Malfoid
Remember Malfoid is always first and foremost about yearning and she's a biological female. The fan fics and creative arts are derivatives from this statement alone
We may have our disagreements about eye color, first name (lol still? Dracaena ftw), and lore. But never forget Malfoid exists to "make men yearn again"
Zebh retweeted
Trio Harry - Ron - Hermione harusnya gak ada di satu House.
Ini bikin House yang lain kehilangan spotlight dan jadi full bias ke Gryffindor. Toh ketika masuk kelas juga mereka bareng, cuma terpisah di asrama aja.
Secara pendalaman karakter juga kalau gini jadi lebih kuat.
Ron: Menjadi Weasley pertama yang bukan Gryffindor karena insecurities dia. Masuknya Hufflepuff. Tapi along the way dia menemukan "Courage"nya karena bestiean dengan Harry.
Hermione: Masuk ke Ravenclaw. Dari awal sorting hat udah menimbang antara Gryffindor atau Ravenclaw. Dia juga cukup curious. Bestian sama Harry dan Ron karena curiosity terhadap the boy who lived.
Malfoy: Stay Slytherin, but make her female and Harry's enemy-to-lovers story. Dia ambisius dan playful tapi nanti ketemu karakter lain di Slytherin yang oppositenya Malfoy.
Harry: Stay Gryffindor, Duh!
I don't like harems, so don't make every female character fall in love with Harry. The romance should be exclusive to Draconia Malfoy. Other female characters, like Cho Chang, should simply be people who cross Harry's path naturally in life due to circumstances (e.g: ballroom dance partner).
JK Rowling at this part lazy writings sih karena hitam putih banget dan gamau effort nulis shades of grey tiap houses. Pokoknya Gryffindor representasi baik, Slyherin buruk wkwk.
Emang keknya butuh diremake ini Harry Potter buat audience remaja wkwk. I mean, Wednesday Addams aja bisa diremake kok buat Audience yang lebih teen.
Kenapa Harry Potter gabisa?
