Draco in Leather Pants

English Alternative forms en Draco in leather pants Etymology Coined in reference to a scene in which Draco Malfoy, originally from the Harry Potter series, wears tight leather pants in the Draco Trilogy (2000-2006) fan fiction series by Cassandra Clare.Antero Garcia, Critical Foundations in Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres, page 127Kali DeDominicis, "Imagining Virtual Community: Online Media Fandom and the Construction of Virtual Collectivity", thesis submitted to the University of Edinburgh, page 209Shayla Olsen, "Playgrounds for Publishing: Writers in Established Story Universes", thesis submitted to the University of Southern Queensland, page 16 Noun Dracos in Leather Pants Draco in Leather Pants en fandom slang Any fanon interpretation of the character Draco Malfoy that portrays him as a romantic "bad boy" or otherwise downplays his unfavorable qualities. en 2013 Antero Garcia Critical Foundations in Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres 127 To describe the Draco Trilogy is to locate this particular fan fiction as “het” with “harry/ draco” undertones and is the origin of the “Draco in Leather Pants” trope. 2014, Lucie Cupalová, "Slash Factor: Characteristics and Varieties of Slash Fan Fiction", thesis submitted to Charles University, page 28: One of the most common ones is the notion of Draco as an elegant young man with long silky hair, the ideal aristocrat, with only a streak of mischief, which is often represented as “Draco in leather pants”. 2016, Alexander Garner, "The Erotics of Fanfiction: Queering Fans, Works, and Communities in Modern Internet Fandom", thesis submitted to Bowling Green State University, page 80: Nonetheless, fanon from such fandoms as Harry Potter becomes well known, such as Ginny’s full name being Virginia, Draco embodying the “Draco in leather pants” trope, Dumbledore and Grindelwald being romantically involved, etc. en en fandom slang by extension Any fictional character written or reinterpreted by fans as appealingly roguish or evil. en 23 October 2013 CmndrShepardN7 393213903293140992 CDR. John Shepard I get it now! Loki is a Draco in Leather Pants! en 5 July 2018 XiranJayZhao 1014972330110382080 Xiran Jay Zhao I feel like ppl make Ryoken out to be too much of a Draco in Leather Pants and take too much agency out of his choices. en 7 March 2021 notcatra 1368669725761282055 Tamsyn Muir stated that Ianthe Tridentarius was written as a "Draco in Leather Pants", but this is, in fact, an insult to Ianthe.Draco Malfoy never consumed a man's immortal soul in order to gain immortality and ultimate power, nor is he anywhere near as competent and sexy. https://web.archive.org/web/20220910214359/https://twitter.com/notcatra/status/1368669725761282055 10 September 2022 en See also en baby girl male morally-ambiguous character romanticized by fans en dark fuck prince desirably intense and aggressive male character en poor little meow meow endearingly pathetic villain or morally-ambiguous character en woobie morally-ambiguous character subjected to pain for pathos References en eponyms TV Tropes slang en Fan fiction Fictional characters Harry Potter Stock characters