Galfoy

Galfoy
First appearance"Genderbend Draco Malfoy" (January 14, 2018)
Created byJean "TheMightFenek" Hayashi
(based on Draco Malfoy by J. K. Rowling)
Information
SpeciesWizard

Galfoy, also known as Dracia Malfoy, Draconia Malfoy, or Malfoid, is a fan-made tsundere and gender-swapped version of the Harry Potter franchise character Draco Malfoy, in which the character is a girl instead of a boy, and grows to be romantically interested in Harry Potter. The character was originally created on 14 January 2018 by Jean "TheMightFenek" Hayashi, a Japanese online artist, as part of a comic commission which she posted to Twitter and DeviantArt. Galfoy subsequently became an Internet meme and rose in popularity internationally following a Twitter trend of drawing her in 2026, with related hashtags in English and Japanese trending on Twitter; several professional Japanese artists contributed their own renditions of the character on the website, referring to the character as Galfoy, derived from 'Girl Malfoy' or Gal-foy.

Overview

In February 2018, Japanese DeviantArt user Jean "TheMightFenek" Hayashi started a drawing trend of drawing Draco Malfoy gender-swapped, as a girl instead of a boy, and likened to the tsundere anime trope in being shipped with Harry, in a variation of the Drarry ship. The concept went viral in September 2026 following a Twitter post of Galfoy by RedTeneri, which was followed by hundreds of thousands of pieces of fan-art, fan-fiction, Harry Potter rewrites, fan films, and dating sim video games being produced about the ship, dubbed "Draconia Malfoid", "Malfoid", or simply "Galfoy", both from human-made and artificial intelligence-produced sources.

Reception

The trend has been positively compared to the Bowsette and Petra Parker trends. One such Potter/Galfoy-centric Harry Potter rewrite, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Tsundere by GuardBro, was removed from Royal Road following a copyright claim by J. K. Rowling.

Additionally, Soichiro Yamamoto, Bkub Okawa, and Shun Saeki drew fan-art of Galfoy.

References

  1. ↑ Jean "TheMightFenek" Hayashi [@jean_hayashi] (January 14, 2018). "#dracomalfoy #HarryPotter #genderswap #rule63 A comic that I did some time ago, rule 63 Draco is cute, I call her Dracia. The best part is when the effects of the magic wore off. *alternate universe, on the last year, featured characters are not underage and all that talk" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 October 2026 – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Jean "TheMightFenek" Hayashi (February 7, 2018). "Genderbend Draco Malfoy". DeviantArt. Retrieved October 14, 2026.
  3. ↑ GBest (October 9, 2026). "Harry Potter: Female Draco Malfoy Fan Art Is Everywhere Right Now, And They Already Named Her Malfoid". ComicBookMovie. Retrieved October 14, 2026.
  4. ↑ Adam (October 12, 2026). "Malfoid: Harry Potter AI Fan Animations Draw Mixed Reactions". TemplePC. Retrieved October 14, 2026.
  5. ↑ RedTeneri (October 9, 2026). "Malfoid: The Female Draco Malfoy Fan-Art Trend". Malfoid. Retrieved October 14, 2026.
  6. ↑ Del Arroz, Jon (October 13, 2026). "Royal Road Deletes GuardBro's Malfoid Harry Potter Rewrite, and His Google Doc Now Draws 100+ Readers at Once". Fandom Pulse. Retrieved October 14, 2026.
  7. ↑ Soichiro Yamamoto [@udon0531] (October 2, 2026). "Girl Malfoy (Stage Name)" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 October 2026 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Bkub Okawa [@bkub_comic] (October 1, 2026). "Galfoy" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 October 2026 – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ Shun Saeki [@Syunsaeki] (October 4, 2026). "Gal Foy" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 October 2026 – via Twitter.

Website

Official website