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What did the right win with Malfoid?

The unlikely role of Harry Potter fan fiction in the midterms

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Halina Bennet
Nov 02, 2026
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There is a significant body of Harry Potter fan fiction involving romance between the titular character and Draco Malfoy. Sometimes, that romance is gay. Other times, it is gender-swapped — one of the oldest moves in fandom. Archive of Our Own, one of the internet’s most popular fan fiction sites, has nearly 100,000 entries tagged with the romantic and/…

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