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English citations of Drarry

Noun: "(fandom slang) the romantic and/or sexual pairing of characters Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter, of the Harry Potter series, in fan fiction, fan art, etc."[edit]

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  • 2009, David Templeton, "One geek over the line", Pacific Sun, 17 July 2009:
    Some people are into imagining Draco Malfoy and Harry, and that's called Drarry, because it's basically a combination of their names.
  • 2011, Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, Ashgate (2011), ISBN 9780754679035, pages 69-79:
    It occurs because in canon Harry and Draco feel no emotion for each other warmer than intense dislike. […] Harry is willing to save Draco's life out of recognition of their shared humanity, but with apologies to all the Drarry shippers out there, that's as far as it goes.
  • 2013, Sarah Dear, "Fanfiction - A Hobby for Generations of Teenagers", Impact (University of Nottingham), 26 April 2013:
    Fanfics that depict relationships between Draco and Harry have been particularly popular, spawning a cult of 'Drarry' shippers – with Facebook pages, fan art and many stories all dedicated to the pairing.
  • 2013, Francesca Lee, "The world of fanfiction writers", Stuff.co.nz, 10 June 2013:
    Mostly, she writes romances with characters in Potter-verse who were never involved, like Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, a pairing commonly known as "Drarry".