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Draco Malfoy is a Harry Potter character in the books/films and is played by Tom Felton in the films. Canonically, Draco is the only son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy and he's married to Astoria Greengrass, whom he had one child with: Scorpius Malfoy. In the series, he is Harry Potter's school rival/enemy.

[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this community.

• D
• DM
• Leather Pants!Draco
• Veela!Draco
• Ferret, Draco gets turned into a ferret in the Goblet of Fire by the fake!Mad Eye Moody. Since then Draco has been referred to the animal in fanfiction.

[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events in the Harry Potter fan fiction community featuring Draco Malfoy:

[edit] 1997

• On June 30, 1997, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone released in the UK.

[edit] 1998

• On July 2, 1998, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets released in the UK.
• On September 1, 1998, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone released in the US.

[edit] 1999

• On July 2, 1999, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets released in the US.
• On July 8, 1999, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released in the UK.
• On September 8, 1999, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released in the US.

[edit] 2000

• April 2000, the earliest popular D/G fan fiction was Alicia/Sue's "Unlikely Coven" series which began on April 9, 2000. [1] This story has been cited as the source of the D/G ship as the other early stories were not widely read.
• The fanon of Leather Pants!Draco was beginning to develop, being spurred on by Heidi. This is demonstrated by a public post made by Heidi8 on October 2, 2000:

I must say I've taken about as much time dwelling on how on earth to

get Draco into leather pants as I have on any other more

significant plot twist. I hope it's not too ridiculous....

• December 2000 ended with Cassandra Claire implying on HP_FanFiction that her story might become a slash story. [2] The following extract gives that clue:

* Cassie ponders about where to fit a / into DS.* My favorite pairing

after Harry/Draco (which I really can't make work) is Remus/Sirius,

and Sirius needs to marry Narcissa so H&D can stay related, and

anyway, Remus has been turned, possibly permanently, into a big wolf.

That leaves Ron, I guess, available for.....um.....well, we'll see.

• grins* The Ron/Draco knife-throwing scene I believe started out as a

response to the Teenage Witches who asked for a scene with Ron and

Draco where Draco starts taking off his clothes. They tend to ask for

peculiar things, but then they are peculiar people. ;)[3]

• On February 17, 2001, Cassandra Claire made the following post to HPforGrownUps:

I would MUCH rather see Hermione end up with Draco than with Ron, as long as Draco mends his ways a bit (I don't want him to be "nice" either.) On alternate days, I would rather see Hermione wind up with Draco than with Harry. (A fact which affords Lori much pain, I am aware.) Ron/Hermione actively squicks me, Ron/Harry just puzzles me, and as for Ron/Draco...what CAN they be thinking?

...I don't think this necessarily means that I don't like Ron, which is an accusation often leveled at us H/H types...I like him okay. I just don't like him with Hermione. However, if the books do tend that way, I will survive. After all, Little Women is still one of my favorite childhood books, even though I have never forgiven Louisa May Alcott for what she did to Jo and Laurie -- a horrendous mistake IMHO. [4][5]

This is somewhat of importance as Cassandra Claire is generally associated with either Harry/Hermione or Harry/Draco. Many people forget that, for a time, Cassandra Claire was actively dabbling in the Hermione/Draco ship, a pairing she shared with Heidi.

• On July 8, 2000, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was released worldwide.

[edit] 2001

• During early to mid 2001, Rhysenn was one of the most popular Harry/Draco writers in the Harry Potter fandom. This is evident by the amount of awards Rhysenn won that year for the HP Slash Awards. [6]
• On May 31, 2001, the fact that Cassandra Claire was borrowing from other sources and not properly crediting them is not widely known. While she later she admits she did this, Cassandra Claire claimed that there was a sort of game with her readers. This is clearly not visible in posts like the one posted on this day on ParadigmOfUncertainty. In it, a note by Rachel Adams, the author mentions that she was talking to her brother on the phone about the story and had quoted a funny line from the story. Her brother told her that the line was really from Red Dwarf. The author doesn't quite see the Rimmer/Draco symmetry. Still, the author appreciated the references. [7] The context of the post makes it abundantly clear that the author was not aware of Cassandra Claire doing this prior to the phone conversation with her brother. This indicates that fandom at large was not aware of the game Cassandra Claire later claimed was being played, a game that Heidi also verified as going on.
• In November 2001, the Harry Potter fan fiction community would eventually get to a point where JK Rowling was fundamentally not respected by a large contingent of the fan base. This fan base preferred the works of several big name fans instead and the fanon universes created by these characters. Cassandra Claire was fundamental in this movement and her stories, along with Lori Summers' work would help lead the way for many a Harry/Hermione shipper, whether they were aware of this or not. It became evident that this would be the course in posts like the following dated to this era:

Author: frantyck@...

Subject:The Canonist Manifesto (long)

Date: Fri Nov 16, 2001 6:30 pm

This process has begun, because many questions on this list concern fundamentals such as the nature of magic and wizarding social relations. There are also a couple of imperialistic HP fanfiction universes, something like but not fully consistent with Rowling canon, such as Cassandra Claire's Draco-centric fics and Lori Summers' H/H adult fics, which, by sheer compelling popularity, are drawing other fanfic writers into their orbits. Who will win? [8]

• Sarvihaara founded the glassesreflect mailing list on November 6, 2001, devoted to James slash and Harry slash, and would go on to found the Potter Slash Archive (PSA). [9] This list had a membership larger than WhenIKissedTheTeacher. (White_Serpent: [10]) This mailing list, too, would become one of the largest in Harry Potter fandom. [11] Because PSA accepted Harry slash, its archive would eventually be dominated by Harry/Draco stories written by members of the Inner Circle, including Cassandra Claire, Aja, and IvyBlossom.

[edit] 2002

• From late 2002 to 2004, Harry Potter slash fans went through a period where they were obsessed with writing the students of Hogwarts, primarily Draco and Harry as wearing leather pants. This was popularized by authors like Cassandra Claire, Heidi8, IvyBlossom, Aja and Stacey.[12]
• On April 25, 2002, the Harry/Draco role-playing game nocturne_alley moved to Livejournal. [13]
• On May 19, 2002, the LiveJournal community harrylovesdraco was created for the Harry/Draco ship.[14]
• On November 26, 2002, the LiveJournal community dracomalfoyfans was created for Draco Malfoy. [15]
• On December 2, 2002, the LiveJournal community harrydraco was created for the Harry/Draco ship. [16]

[edit] 2003

• On October 28, 2003, the LiveJournal community draco_and_luna was created for Draco/Luna ship. [17]

[edit] 2004

• On January 11, 2004, the LiveJournal community draco_pansy was created for Draco/Pansy ship. [18]
• On April 17, 2004, the LiveJournal community harry_draco was created for the Harry/Draco ship. [19]
• On May 3, 2004, the Livejournal community partisan_green was created for the Snape/Draco ship. [20]
• On June 30, 2004, the Harry/Draco role-playing game nocturne_alley ended [21]
• On June 30, 2004, the Livejournal community draconeville was created for the Draco/Neville ship. [22]
• On October 21, 2004, the LiveJournal community remus_draco was created for Draco/Remus ship. [23]

[edit] 2005

• On February 20, 2005, the LiveJournal community draco_blaise was created for Blaise/Draco ship. [24]
• On April 12, 2005, the LiveJournal community harrydraco_recs was created for the Draco/Harry ship. [25]
• On May 14, 2005, the Livejournal community ginny_draco100 was created for the Draco/Ginny ship. [26]
• On May 25, 2005, the LiveJournal community dgficexchange is created for the Draco/Ginny ship. [27]
• On July 16, 2005, Half-Blood Prince released.
• On July 29, 2005, the LiveJournal community dracoginny_love was created for the Draco/Ginny ship. [28]
• December 20-29, 2005: FIA is closed for transfer to a new host and upgrade to efiction2.

[edit] 2006

• On August 14, 2006, The FIA Forums [29] opened. As of March 14, 2007, there are 507 members and over 19,000 posts.
• On September 22, 2006, the first D/G podcast premiered. [30].
• On October 3, 2006, the LiveJournal community dransy was created for Draco/Pansy ship. [31]

[edit] 2007

Harry Potter pairings featuring Draco Malfoy: Harry/Draco, Draco/Ginny, Draco/Hermione mentions on blogs according to IceRocket for the past three months as of June 28, 2007.

• On January 11, 2007, the Livejournal community silver_vs_gold was created for the Snape/Hermione, Lucius/Hermione, Draco/Hermione, and Blaise/Hermione ships. [32]
• On July 21, 2007, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is released, making the Draco/Astoria ship canon.
• On October 12, 2007, the LiveJournal community dramionedrabble was created for Draco/Hermione drabbles. [33]
• On November 15, 2007, the LiveJournal community dgb_community was created for the Blaise/Ginny/Draco threesome. [34]

[edit] 2008

• On April 20, 2008, the LiveJournal community dracoxastoria was created for Draco/Astoria ship. [35]
• On May 28, 2008, the LiveJournal community dracoships was created for Draco Malfoy pairings. [36]

[edit] 2009

• On January 28, 2009, the LiveJournal community dramione_ldws was created, it is a Last Drabble Writer Standing community dedicated to Draco/Hermione. [37]
• On April 5, 2009, the LiveJournal community dmpp_ldws was created, it is a Last Drabble Writer Standing community dedicated to Draco/Pansy. [38]
• On May 8, 2009, the LiveJournal community dg_ldws was created, it is a Last Drabble Writer Standing community dedicated to Draco/Ginny. [39]
• On June 14, 2009, the LiveJournal community Draco_asteria was created for Draco/Astoria ship. [40]
• On July 21, 2009, the LiveJournal community draco_luna was created for Draco/Luna ship. [41]

[edit] Kerfluffles

This section needs more information.

[edit] Ships

Below is a list of relationships involving this character.

• Draco/Hermione/Blaise
• Draco/Blaise
• Draco/Ginny
• Draco/Hermione
• Draco/Narcissa
• Harry/Draco
• Lucius/Draco
• Ron/Draco
• Snape/Draco

[edit] Influential Stories

[edit] Harry/Draco

• Snitch by Al
• Trading Spaces by SnippyandSnarky
• The Golden Snitch by Michael Serpent
• Dragon Tamer by Jennavere
• Chasing the Dragon by Barbarella
• Starts with a Spin by Maxine

[edit] External Links

[edit] LiveJournal

[edit] Draco/Ginny

• Draco/Ginny together for always

[edit] Fan fiction archives

[edit] Draco/Ginny

• DracoAndGinny.Com