J.K. Rowling, the bestselling author of "Harry Potter" books, is unnerved by the idea of girls romanticizing the book series' antihero Draco Malfoy. In a new "12 Days of Christmas" story she posted on Pottermore Tuesday, the author revealed that she never intended for readers to fall for the fictional villain character.
For the past 10 days, The Guardian reported that J.K. Rowling has been providing new snippets about the "Harry Potter" realm on her Web site, Pottermore. She is giving fans a vision into everything from a "ghost" plot that she did not include in the final story, to the history of the Leaky Cauldron pub. J.K. Rowling said she is "unnerved" by the astounding number of readers who fall for the conceited and unprincipled bully Draco Malfoy.
"I have often had cause to remark on how unnerved I have been by the number of girls who fell for this particular fictional character," J.K. Rowling stated. "Although I do not discount the appeal of Tom Felton, who plays Draco brilliantly in the films and, ironically, is about the nicest person you could meet."
"Draco has all of the dark glamour of the anti-hero; girls are very apt to romanticize such people," the author added about Slytherin's bully. "All of this left me in the unenviable position of pouring cold common sense on ardent readers' daydreams, as I told them, rather severely, that Draco was not concealing a heart of gold under all that sneering and prejudice and that no, he and Harry were not destined to end up best friends."
In the new scene from "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" entitled "Avada Kedavra," it provides details of why Malfoy considered himself as special to be a pure-blood. According to The Daily Dot, the scene also gives fans insights on how much the beloved antihero idolized his father, Lucius, even at a very young age.
Although "Harry Potter" fans and readers knew Draco Malfoy as Harry Potter's arch-nemesis, J.K. Rowling revealed that Malfoy actually is jealous of the talented boy wizard for being loved by everyone. She even posted her own perceptions of the Slytherin antihero that all fans loved to hate, which kind of unnerved the author. She also disclosed the reason why she gave him a name that meant "dragon" while paired him with a wand created from unicorn tail.
Though J.K. Rowling was unnerved by those who fancy Draco Malfoy despite his dark personality, the author said she believes the known "Harry Potter" villain eventually grew to be a good person who raised his son to be better.
The "Harry Potter" saga seemed to be getting more interesting as J.K. Rowling posted new scenes in the "12 Days of Christmas" and fans are getting more excited for what she will reveal next. As said by Hollywood Life, there are still two days left in the series.
And while J.K. Rowling seemed to be "unnerved" by the hordes of "Harry Potter" fans that were enthralled by Draco Malfoy's character, the author stressed that she will never hate the antihero instead pities him for the disparaging experience of being raised in the Malfoy household.
