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Malfoid’s Rejected Handshake — Two First Meetings
Compare Astraeus and Epic Ifs’ Female Draco retellings: the robe-shop meeting, Harry’s refusal of Lyra’s hand, and the different settings and motives behind it. Watch the original scenes at their exact starting points.
Both retellings call Female Draco Lyra, but they tell different stories. Start with either original video; the links below separate the first conversation from the later offer of friendship.
Spoilers for both first-year meetings follow. The scene descriptions use the English transcripts displayed on the original videos. Astraeus’ available English transcript is automatically generated.
Astraeus: the refusal happens on the train
In Astraeus’ Book One, Harry is initially tongue-tied beside Lyra at the robe fitting. Her criticism of Hagrid changes his response, and the two leave without exchanging names.
The offered hand comes later, in Harry and Ron’s train compartment. After Lyra insults Ron’s family and offers to help Harry choose his friends, Harry rejects the offer. Keeping Ron beside Harry makes his choice of friendship central to the scene.
- First conversation
- Robe-shop sequence: approximately 1:24–3:02.
- Offered hand and refusal
- Hogwarts Express compartment: approximately 3:54–4:38, within the train sequence beginning at 3:02.
- Astraeus — start with the robe-shop meeting ↗
Original video: Malfoid: Book One | The Philosopher’s Stone.
- Watch the offered hand and Harry’s reply ↗
The refusal occurs on the train, after the earlier robe fitting.
Epic Ifs: an alliance demanded by her father
Epic Ifs’ alternate history also starts their interaction at Madam Malkin’s. Lyra’s remarks about Hagrid end the conversation; Lucius then recognizes Harry and orders his daughter to secure his friendship for the family’s advantage.
The later handshake takes place in Hogwarts’ entrance hall, with Daphne and Pansy accompanying Lyra. Harry remembers the robe-shop encounter and refuses her hand. Here the humiliation carries the added pressure of failing her father’s political demand.
- First conversation and instruction
- Robe shop and Lucius’ demand: approximately 0:32–2:15.
- Offered hand and refusal
- Hogwarts entrance hall: the approach begins around 2:15; the offered hand and refusal are described at 2:30–2:47.
- Epic Ifs — start with the robe-shop meeting ↗
Original video: What If Draco Malfoy Was a Girl? (The Malfoid Timeline) Harry Potter Alternative History.
- Watch the entrance-hall offer ↗
Begin with the approach so the setting and family pressure remain clear.
Compare the setting before comparing the rejection
A robe-shop conversation is not itself the refused handshake in either of these accounts. Astraeus places the offer on the train; Epic Ifs places it in the entrance hall. A later rejected dance invitation would be another scene again.
The shared name Lyra does not establish shared continuity. These two source-declared retellings differ in setting, accompanying characters and motivation; follow each creator’s own sequence rather than joining them into one storyline.