If there’s one Harry Potter character whose hype I never really understood, it’s Draco Malfoy. So many Draco fangirls see him as a misunderstood boy with secret depth and hidden pain. I don’t think that the text of the books or the movies really supports that, but I believe they get this idea from the aesthetics of Harry Potter itself. Draco is in the dark Hogwarts house. He lives in the dark dungeons of the school and doesn’t really have any other friends besides his lackeys. He is raised in a part of wizard culture that has dark aesthetics and uses dark magic. This aesthetic darkness led many fans to believe that Draco has a more sympathetic darkness within. Mainly that he was depressed or crushed by his parent’s expectations. I don’t think those things are true, but I understand why portraying Draco as an emo sad boy appealed to Harry Potter fans. You’ve got to justify your childhood crush on Tom Felton somehow!