'Malfoid' AI fanfic videos go viral, flipping TikTok sentiment on AI positive
enggirlfriend · x · 2026-10-18
A trend called "malfoid" is going viral on TikTok: a Harry Potter fanfic premise where Draco Malfoy is a girl in an enemies-to-lovers arc with Harry. The AI videos are good enough that they're actively shifting TikTok's historically negative AI sentiment to positive.
Screenshots show top comments like "I've seen enough. Build more data centers" and "Maybe AI... isn't bad" — racking up hundreds to thousands of likes from viewers who came in anti-AI.
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