When your spirit is not in the least clouded, when the clouds of bewilderment clear away, there is the true void.
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Experimenting with presenting some background work for a #malfoid AU via in-universe essays/written works (note: there are significant timeline deviations for certain background elements in my AU).
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One of the interesting things to come out of the #malfoid AU discussions is the varied depictions of Lucius. Whereas some characters have settled in fairly consistent characterizations, Lucius is all over the place.
As a father, he's been characterized as doting, stern, or abusive. As a Death Eater he's appeared as everything from a willing participant to a reluctant servant of the Dark Lord. He has been shown as a noble who has forgotten his duties to his people, to a ruthless patriarch who places his lineage above everything else. All of this variety is significant, as peoples' depictions of the relationship between Lucius and his daughter consistently impacts her relationship with Harry (does he accept or reject their relationship, does his opinion change over time, etc.), and subsequently Lucius's own relationship with the Death Eaters.
Additionally, his consistent presence (direct or indirect) throughout the series offers a way to explore wizarding nobility in ways not shown in the original series, and opens up avenues to show why some wizards are drawn to Lord Voldemort. Whether he ultimately survives the series, betrays Voldemort, or remains loyal to Voldemort to the end, can be used to further explore the ideas of love, duty and redemption. One could almost argue that the Malfoid AU creates more opportunity to explore Lucius than Malfoid herself.
Yet, despite all of this variance, and wether one agrees or disagrees with a particular depiction, he is always relevant and has the impact that one would expect from the head of a venerable noble family. Which is to say, the swap to Malfoid offers an opportunity to elevate the series in more ways than just the core plotline.
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@spookyh8r wrote up a pretty good rendition of how it may go and how she was asked, as another commenter pointed out.
I also did a version that I tried to keep as close to the books as possible, if you want to take a look and see if there elements to both you may like 🤔
Goblet of Fire
Gonna be more in depth with some of my commentary here to give a little bit more of an idea of how I'd tweak things beyond my direct rewrites.
Starting out, I would make Draceana's involvement at the World Cup relatively the same, but more insecurity and not as boisterous about her father. The scene with the Death Eaters would probably make her reserved and insular, which Harry will pick up on.
The whole "Potter Stinks" buttons would still happen, probably as a group effort from Draceana and her friends. I don't want to soften her edges all the way, and that would keep it at bit. With that in mind, it does make Harry asking her to the Yule Ball feel far fetched, but @spookyh8r came up with the concept of it being a bet from Fred and George and it clicked when I saw the art that inspired the rest.
What I really wanted to do with this the Yule Ball was to establish not only the possibility of romance, but to show Draceana in her element. She's a lady of high society, no doubt trained by both her mother and father in these affairs, so this was my chance to show this side of her to not only Harry, but readers as well. The ending to it, however, was where I wanted to give her a moment of bright, pure love, to establish a "oh yeah, she's the one" before the tragedies that occur after this strip this away from both Draceana and Harry.
Out of everything I've written, I'd say this is my second favorite piece. The flow to it just really hit me and I wrote it all in one shot.
(Art credit for this post goes to @hayes_gens)
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Everyone is busy rewriting the saga, while I putter away at my original fiction. But I just couldn't resist dabbling. A little magic in front of a mirror of uncomfortable truths, rather than wishes unfulfilled.
#Malfoid #HarryPotter
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The following is a megathread that compiles all my Malfoid writing along with additional commentary that ties everything together as well as just showing where my head was at.
Short of rewriting the series, I'd consider this the "general idea" of how my approach to it would feel.
In reality, I actually wouldn't rewrite a ton outside of the Draceana and Harry relationship events. That changes A LOT, don't get me wrong, but as far as trying to override Rowling's original intent with the other plot beats and characters, I would keep a lot of that as is. She wrote a world wide phenomenon for a reason, and I don't think I'm THAT good to try and one up her in that regard.
So, if I did rewrite the series, you'd just be seeing most of the events happening just as they did in the book, just with my prose and habit of characters being very introspective. I would probably also switch POVs a few times, as I did with Draceana here. Hopefully, my explanations of all the following will give you the full idea of how something like that would feel, but most of all, I hope you enjoy this comprehensive list.
NOTE: This does not mean that I'm done writing Malfoid stories, this just gives everyone a place to find it. Anything I write after this initial post will be added and I'll probably just list where it slots in.
Also, by no means do intend for my writing to be the "definitive" version of this concept. This is just how I would do it and how I would follow my own logic. You are free to take from it, block it out, and criticize it as you please. There are many talented people out there that are putting in the work for their own version of this concept, and they are doing brilliant work.
Before we begin, however, I want to shout out the following artists:
@hayes_gens
@ashaoguant60501
@theexileddraco
@MaroonR19
@Strittposter
@Tarmhell
@ZetaVisualWorks
@Yailluu017
Special mention to @spaz141, who did a wonderful rendition of one my pieces that truly got me right in the feels, @spookyh8r for providing inspiration for the Yule Ball with his own version of it as well as @DrowzyShroomy , who has used some of my writing for their own interpretation, and @Alessandro49472, who has been making some absolute banger musical pieces for us all to listen to.
Especially big shoutout to @redteneri , without you starting this trend, none of this would have been possible. Thank you, truly.
And of course, a thank you to J.K. Rowling, who's works serve as the foundation for all of this. It's been a blast and a humbling experience revisiting all your works and seeing your imagination bleeding through the pages.
They inspired more than half these pieces. Without them, I probably wouldn't have written anything at all, and all this would not have been possible. Thank you all, truly.
Alright, lets get cracking.
(Thread is in comments, will be in chronological order according to the books)
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"When chivalry, love, loyalty, an’ the desire ter climb over a mountain fer the one yeh loved were a thing, life's much happier
Now? All that gone, an’ there’s no love waitin’ beyond the mountain no more. So instead o’ climbin’ the mountain, we use lust ter fill the gap"
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In the books we're never given the impression that Lucius is a bad father to Draco. Both he and his wife ultimately love their son more than the Death Eater cause and would rather lose it than him. If he'd had a daughter he would have doted on her exceedingly.
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"Weasley, I realize that you can't even afford to pay attention, but Potter here actually has a bank account - 50 points from Gryffindor, detention for you both, and Miss Granger? You're an obsequious little wretch."
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Something I find weirdly fascinating about this entire saga is the roundabout way that people are now trying to figure out what this character’s actual name is. An entire community birthed her; now everybody’s standing around the basinet, debating about what to put on the certificate.
Some still call her Draco, or Malfoy. Lots of non-English posters are calling her “feminized Malfoy” (I expect Twitter’s translator is to blame for that). One popular choice appears to be some feminized version of Draco, such as Dracina or Dracaena; I personally find that last one a tad awkward, but that’s just me. Some have suggested Lyra (apparently because the Draco and Lyra constellations are next door neighbors, I think?). I’m told that some version of this character is years old—we can thank the Koreans for that—so it may still take time for a name to be settled on.
Whatever happens, if one vote makes any difference, the Malfoid moniker absolutely has to remain. The people who hate this character or are now trying to usurp control of her also hate the “foid” part of her name, like spotting a Crucifix at a trans-rights rally. They hate the connotation behind it, just like they hate the spontaneous way she became so popular so fast.
They won’t give up trying to twist or corrupt what happened, either—Harry Potter was theirs, it belonged to them, and only they can have the final word over what will or won’t be included in it. Why, a genderbent Draco is obviously transsexual in the first place, can’t you see that?! They already won! Go crawl back under your rocks and cope, or something.
Names are hard. Call her whatever you want for now—eventually, something will gel and everyone will roll with it.
Just don’t forget that before she was anything else, she was Malfoid.
Had to get something on paper thanks to all of these Yule Ball fics. Pen and paper because I can't into digital.
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Carapace Suit concept from @HariSel57511397's, The Last Human (check it out).
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Since it's boring, no one is interested.
Since they aren't interested, they don't look into it.
Since they don't look into it, they remain ignorant of it.
Since they're ignorant of it, the Liberals can imply that Canada is and always has been whatever they want it to be, redefining Canada on the fly according to the requirements of the postnational economic zone in the current year.
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