theres a guy in paris

currently doin an art challenge/character design exercise with chara to design a human francoeur and IM SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IT COMES UP WITH. i dont wanna reveal any character design concepts ive been working on so chara doesnt get spoiled, but i came up with some fun little ideas for what an au would look like with francoeur being just A Guy.

first concept is 'theres a human in paris' where everything is basically just a big misunderstanding. francoeur really only goes out at night because of sensory issues/social anxiety, but when people see him in poor lighting, they assume hes a literal actual monster (mostly in due part to his gigantism and being nonverbal) maybe there's a specific visual detail about him that they see that leads to lucille having to disguise him, or maybe they just think hes a shapeshifter/werewolf and 'oooo he could be anyone, but be on the look out for people who specifically match this description'

second concept is 'friendly neighborhood cryptid' where hes humanoid but not actually totally human so i dont really have to change much of the story? kind of ish? idk. im not married to him being any specific kind of creature. i toyed with a vampire concept but i really dont like it :(

ive done a couple of concept sketches and plan to post those and a finished fullbody for him when im done because i am so excited to be doing this :3