--- title: J.K. Rowling Talks Draco Malfoy in New Harry Potter Content description: J.K. Rowling goes deeper into Draco Malfoy's history and future. canonical: https://time.com/3644311/jk-rowling-harry-potter-draco-malfoy/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-22T18:07:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:09.282Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: J.K. Rowling Finally Gives Harry Potter Fans What They Want og:description: J.K. Rowling goes deeper into Draco Malfoy's history and future. og:url: https://time.com/3644311/jk-rowling-harry-potter-draco-malfoy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4025d0da94e52ce5/6987707935ba6fb539c0629a/harry-potter1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: MCDHAPO EC324 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. 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See what they've been up to since they defeated Lord Voldemort._ by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Dec 22, 2014 6:07 PM UTC  'Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire' 'Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire'Warner Brothers by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Dec 22, 2014 6:07 PM UTC After days of pretty [underwhelming](http://time.com/3635639/harry-potter-jk-rowling-dumbledore/) pieces of new ‘content’ on fansite _Pottermore_, J.K. Rowling has finally delivered. In her latest piece in the _12 Days of Christmas_ series, Rowling reveals new information about the backstory of Draco Malfoy. In the new story, which is at least 10 times longer than previous content in the series, fans will learn about Draco’s upbringing and why he became the bully Potter fans loved to hate. “Draco was raised in an atmosphere of regret that the Dark Lord has not succeeded in taking command of the wizarding community,” Rowling writes, revealing that before meeting Harry on the Hogwarts Express, Draco, his family and other ex-Death Eaters thought Harry could be “another, and better, Voldemort.” Draco’s hatred for Harry was spurred on by the realization that the _one who lived_ was nothing like Voldemort, and due to Potter’s budding friendship with Ron Weasley. And the rest, as Potter superfans know, is history. **READ MORE** [J.K. Rowling Debunks Severus Snape Rumor](http://time.com/3637762/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-snape/) But what happened next? Draco married Astoria Greengass ([Rowling revealed this to TIME in 2007 when she was named to the TIME 100](http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1690753%5F1695388%5F1695569,00.html)), who may have helped shape the bitter Slytherin into a better man. “As Astoria refused to raise their grandson Scorpius in the belief that Muggles were scum, family gatherings were fraught with tension,” Rowling writes. The story is followed up with a few paragraphs of Rowling’s thoughts on the character, which makes for the funniest bit of all. While she reveals she does pity him (“just as I feel sorry for Dudley”), she is not a fan of those who came to fancy him. “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 (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 will ever meet,” Rowling writes. “Draco has all the dark glamour of the anti-hero; girls are very apt to romanticise such people. 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.” **READ MORE** [Harry Potter Fans Grumble at J.K. Rowling Over Today’s Pottermore ‘Story’](http://time.com/3635639/harry-potter-jk-rowling-dumbledore/) She backtracks a bit, explaining there is “some unextinguished good at the heart of Draco,” which, of course, fans knew all along. There are still two more days of Rowling’s promised Christmas Pottermore content. Could we get a taste of Harry’s future tomorrow? If only Professor Trewlaney were around to tell us. **READ NEXT** [J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore Christmas Comes to an End](http://www.time.com/3645756/jk-rowling-harry-potter-christmas/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3644311/jk-rowling-harry-potter-draco-malfoy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3644311/jk-rowling-harry-potter-draco-malfoy/"},"headline":"J.K. 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