Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy
Draco Malfoy is one of the more frequently lusted after characters of the Harry Potter fandom. The son of Lucius Malfoy is described in the books as having 'a pale, pointed face, sleek white-blond hair and grey eyes'. Unfortunately Suethors tend to interpret this as 'a handsome face, gelled platinum-blond hair and piercing silver eyes'. In the movies he is played by actor Tom Felton.

Characterisation
Draco Malfoy is normally characterised in fanfiction as an evil personality who can be redeemed with enough work, or by the love of a Mary Sue. In stories set at Hogwarts he is often portrayed as a bully with a superiority complex, who is never left unattended by his two goons and Pansy Parkinson. Outside of Hogwarts he is shown as an aristocratic pureblood who takes any opportunity to denigrate those of 'lower birth'. In either setting he will often try to draw the Golden Trio into a fight or argument.

Sometimes the author will write Malfoy as an abused child, who is regularly beaten or raped, normally by Lucius Malfoy. In these cases he almost always turns to 'the Light' for assistance, normally taking a downtrodden Narcissa Malfoy with him.

Relationships
Draco Malfoy has a few canon relationships. He is willing to risk his life for his parents safety, has two best friends/goons in Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle and in the Deathly Hallows epilogue he is revealed to be married with a young son. It is never revealed who he is married to, but fanon commonly identifies Pansy Parkinson, a Slytherin who fawns on him all through Hogwarts as his wife. Another piece of fanon speculation is that Severus Snape, who favours him as a Slytherin student, is his godfather.

In fanfiction Malfoy has a few common and enduring pairings. The most popular, naturally, is the Mary Sue pairing. Common heterosexual pairings are with Ginny Weasley, despite her status as a blood-traitor, Pansy Parkinson and Hermione Granger, despite her being a Muggle-born. Malfoy slash fics are also common, almost as numerous as Malfoy Suefics in fact, and in these he is normally paired up with Harry Potter, Ron Weasley or Lord Voldemort/Tom Riddle.