these are my personal headcanon/unpopular opinion about Draco but probably is a whole characterization that I made up in my mind (I know that in canon he is.... flawed)
TW: some of this are soft but others are dark, tourture, war, manipulation, lonliness
He is very intelligent and was a brilliant student, just after Hermione in every class. Plus he is a powerful wizard but not keen in "emotional magic" (I meen things like Patronuses) but he excels in magic that requires more control and thinking (like potions, spells and trasfiguration). Moreover I belive he would love less pratical subject too (like history of magic, arithmancy and ancient runes). He loves Alchemy
He doesn't learn as fast as Hermione but studies really hard
Loved flying on the broom but didn't want to join the quidditch team since he is not that good in team work
As many purebloods he was homeschooled before Hogwarts. Thanks to that he speaks fluent german and latin (I belive that wizarding families think that latin is foundamental to learn spells, and I don't undertand why many say that Draco probably speaks French if he was supposed to attend Durmstrang)
I belive that he plays the piano and likes muggle litterature, science and art history (I image that Lucius and Narcissa visit many museums when they travel)
He was lonely at hogwarts. Crabble and Goyle weren't real friends just boys he was told to hang out with by his father
Usually he is really polite. Definetly not a rule-breaker. But he can easly come up with witty/mean comebacks and insults if provoked
He was not a bully. Yes, He and the Golden Trio had some beef but everything was reciprocated (I meen from his point of view they may have been the bullies). Aside that he did not bully other people (he was a prefect, nobody would have choose him if he bullied younger student).
He was not spoiled by his family. Surely they are rich and buy him many things but they were strict parent and woulden't let him misbehave neither a little. I mean, Lucius seem the kind of dad that gets mad as soon something is just slightly less then perfect.
He was afraid of not meeting his father standard. That is way he was so obsessed with him.
As soon as he actually met muggle-borns in hogwarts realised that his father was wrong about them. Since then he stopped sharing his famiy's believes, but he was still to scared of his father to show him his change of heart.
He is kinda curious of the muggle word.
Felt bad everytime he said something racial or cruel but feels like he had to to be accepted by his father
Absoloutly did not want to become a death-eater and everybody who knew him then knew he wasn't like his father (In the books everybody is in disbelif or think he would just die) . He did it just because it seems like it was the only possibility to save his family. (yes, he acted all proud of himself in the train with other slytherins, it would be stupid not to, almost all of them were racist and/or sons of other death-eater)
didn't accept the help of Snape because he started seeing him as another horrible monster that could not be trusted. (plus, i personally belive that it was cruel that Doumbledore offerd his help only on the astronomy tower, after saing he knew the situation from the start)
probably was tourtured badly after the failing of his mission but was kept alive just because all of the situation was a huge suffering for all the Malfoys
He still have mixed feeling about his father. he's aware that Lucius actually care about him but cannot forgive him that easly
when the Carrows ruled Hogwarts he refused to tourture students. Probably he also knew about the Doumbledore Army resistance led by Neville but did not tell anybody (maybe he helped them in subtle ways)
after the war he had to face many trials and after being dismissed as a victim of voldemort's regime
he wrote many letters to anyone who he may have hurted or was hurted by death eater in the attempt of apologizing
even after all of that he still face hate on daily bases
He attended an 8th year at hogwarts, and befriended Hermione (similar accademic interest), Luna and Neville (that he never hated)
After he studied Alchemy and worked as an Unspeakable at the department of mystery (maybe Lucius was an Unspeakable too, or a potioneer)
He is either really silent and almost shy or he gives speeches and monologes, nothing in between
Draco is always elegat. Even when he's home alone in comfy clothes (probably a slithly oversized sweater) he manages to look elegant. Plus he always smells good
He's attentive, observant and thoughtful and sometimes he overthinks small things
He's a perfectionist and a hard-worker
Contrary of popular belif he is neither hot nor sexy. Nobody in Hogwarts seemed that way interested in him, well exept for Pansy, but she probably liked him because of his family. (I personally imagined him as kind of beautiful when reading the books, but not all muscular or extreamly masculine, more like an asthetically-pleasing nerd).
And he is neither that interessed in sex in general (ace Draco, anyone?. Ok, this is compleatly self-indulgent).
but I think he still want some sort of relationship, maybe it doesn't have to be romantic either. He probably wants a s/o but doesn't know what kind of relationship. I think that he would have no gender preferences (pan-demiromantic ace Draco?)
he is a good friend and partner. he is caring, a good listener and can also be fun if he wants to (a lot of dark-humor). Plus he would do everything for those he loves
at a certain point wanted to legally cancel his middle name
Had always have a good realtionship with his mother
after the war him and Narcissa became close again with Andromeda. Draco is not really fond of little children but he is Teddy's favourite cousin
this are some of my head canons, some of them are distant from canon!draco, or are made up based on no evidence.
If you read till here: Thank You🥰, hope you liked it🌸. Feel free to add your personal headcanons or tell me what you think about these.
Hope it was comprehensible and not to full of grammar mistakes and mispelled words. I am not English and definitly I am not a writer
