Given all the au's you have I raise you Harpy!Franco, I personally imagine him as some kind of vulture/buzzard runt. I imagine him thinking he's this gorgeous harpy doing his majestic little mating dance for reader when in reality he looks like a half plucked chicken (or Nigel from rio 2), overall just smells like roadkill and spoiled milk, and his dance is just so awkward and stiff that it looks more like he's being electrocuted or has something crawling up his clothes.
Harpy! reader being a big bird of prey like the harpy eagle (it's so big that it eats small monkey's) and he's this tiny hunter or something that is dwarfed by not only reader's height but also their massive wingspan and is internally questioning if he should be scared that you might eat him or turned on that you're so much bigger and can easily put him in his place and in the end when you question what someone like him is doing in your nest he can only whimper out a pathetic "mommy" under your sharp gaze.
Omg yes I have pondered a lot about Harpy! Franco! Him being a vulture makes a lot of sense since vultures have the unfair reputation of being perceived as ugly, dirty creatures. (Which isn’t true, I love vultures-) Even the insult of “vulture” means someone trying to take advantage of someone who’s in a bad situation. The mafia tends to do the same, we get the drill.
Vultures being perceived as villains immediately does kinda align with Franco a lil bit. Yes Franco is still an awful person but yk how everyone just immediately hates him/thinks he’s gross based on physical appearance alone?
I can see Franco being a bearded vulture the most. Although most of Franco’s plumage is done or caked in whatever gunk. It’s all gone between plucking it out due to stress or from getting into fights. He would’ve had lovely feathers if it weren’t for things like Salvatore’s negligence.
Unfortunately Harpy! Franco wouldn’t smell that great, no fault of his own since he has to scower for bones n flesh. He smells like he’s carrying around a lactating carcass.
Franco probably tries extremely hard to earn your affection, even if he isn’t the prettiest! Mind you he’s around your size so you gotta watch him hop around with his wings spread out. Sometimes he’ll give you bones bc he’s a good provider. Franco will get upset and throw a mini tantrum if you don’t at least pretend to be interested.
Once Franco thinks that you like him, he’ll pick you up and take you to his nest so you can live a happy comfortable life together!
Oh Franco with a Harpy Eagle! Reader is so good. He thought he was working with a simple bird instead of the hulking, intimidating creature that’s you. Mostly Franco was after your alleged eggs so he could sell them for profit. But your nest was absolutely massive, not big enough for a bird he’s seen. It could house two humans max. Then there was the collection of remains ranging from rodents, small monkeys and humans.
Before Franco could take his ass outta there, you swooped in and pinned him to the ground. Bear in mind that Harpy Eagle talons can rival a grizzly bear’s claw and you were stepping on Franco’s face. You could easily pop his head open like a grape if you wanted to.
Obviously Franco’s first instinct was to try and attack you, remarking that you would make for a lovely mantle on his wall and-! And you just plucked his knife from his hand and dropped from the staggering height of where your nest is. Lupara was a long distance from Franco too, his panic only escalating when you picked it up to examine it before tossing it away.
You were a terrifying, ethereal beauty. You probably towered over the average man, killed them a lot too. Franco was rather entranced by you as you got uncomfortably close. Although you gave Franco a good view of your chest. You were intrigued, you hadn’t seen a human like this one before! You did Franco the tiny yet terrifying favor of preening his hair a lil. You perked up when you heard him whisper “mommy.” Was this just some odd looking chick? No, that couldn’t be right.
Didn’t stop you from nesting on Franco like he was some kinda chick though.
