The Chuds struck gold with #malfoid# yet they are too fucking stupid to understand what makes it work so well. The really stupid ones like it because "Hot blonde pureblood (a racist dog whistle) trad waifu." when there's a much more interesting story to tell. It could be a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet. You have to look at each characters origin. Harry was raised by muggles and was told his entire life how being weird is wrong. Malfoy was raised by bigoted wizards and was told being "normal" is wrong. There's an interesting story to tell where they fall in love, despite the fact they should hate each other. Harry steps into the wizarding world and is immediately puzzled by all the bigotry going on. Whether it be towards the "mudbloods" or looking down on other magical creatures. This is culminated when Harry buries Dobby, someone he should hate, Yet he doesn't. Griphook points this out calling Harry an unusual wizard. Wheras Malfoy Is immediately shown to be the absolute worst of the wizarding world. This is shown by calling Harry's best friend, Hermione, a mudblood and her father effectively calling the Weasleys blood traitors. There is no world where Harry and Malfoy become a couple when Malfoy looks down on everything that Harry stands for. Malfoy must change as a person for a relationship to form and this is what makes it an interesting plot. A story where Malfoy falls in love with someone who stands against everything she was raised to believe is an interesting story. She has to cope with the fact the she is supposed to hate Harry, hate his friends, hate everything he stands for yet she doesn't. Maybe Harry initially likes her and realizes what she is, a bigoted little spoiled brat. He even compares Malfoy to his muggle family, a bunch of bigots. How on Earth could he form a relationship with someone who stands against everything he likes and loves. In order for this story to work, Malfoy must change, that is a fact. Harry cannot love someone who hates what he loves. This is where the story could get interesting. imagine a story where a Malfoy changes, where she questions the beliefs she was raised with, matures a little, a relationship could blossom. Now comes the contention. Harry's adopted family, the Weasleys and Hermoine, don't like the Malfoys. There is a feud between the fathers of the family. And Malfoy was almost certainly given a propagandized version of Harry from her father. Lucius certainly hates Harry and everything Harry stands for. Taking down Voldemort, who the malfoys supported in his rise to power. Now you have two lovers coming from families that hate each other. AKA a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet. You could make an interesting story out of this, do they hide the relationship at first? Which family is first to come around in accepting the relationship? Do either of them ever accept it? I think in order to make this an interesting story, you must maintain much of the original plot. Turning it into your own little bigotry celebration is just cringe. A retelling that maintains much of the original themes and plot points will go viral. Certainly there there will be major changes, but you have to maintain the whimsical nature of the story. The good versus evil. Redemption. And there's no better character to redeem themselves than Malfoy. I might start writing