Idk isnt he supposed to be the scared guy who has trouble sleeping and stuff? Him being so buffed contradicts this, like why would someone so buff and strong have his level of fears? With this he looks like the generic nice buff football player who would protect you and not the one who'd be seeking protection
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You're missing the entire point, firstly on it's own it does look good but when put into context of said character it doesn't. This is because when someone is designed to be a little extra buffed it portrays signs of both strength and confidence, the former of which he doesn't/shouldn't based on both his own actions and dialog from him and others. I'm not saying he can't have muscles as that would be bad as he goes to the gym, or in your words is a gym trainer. It would be better if his character design gave off the feeling of his insecurities, fear and/or trauma; this is so when seen you can tell or guess his personality without the need of heavy storytelling. As a said with this he just looks like a generic muscle guy/jock that's friendly just a tad shy and would always put himself in front of all danger. On a side note not all gym trainers have a lot of muscle, in fact a good one would look on the more lean side. A great example would be to look at physical instructors; finally there seems to be a trend among the newer disgns of everyone being muscular and it's better to have diversity to distinguish them. I won't be a yes man as I've seen others do and I prefer to give constructive criticism, I really feel like the old design gave a better portrayal of his character
Just by using the content released so far you should know that Patrice IS a strong and confident character, that he hates having this one weakness holding him back and desires change. You're following a stereotype imo, anyway, Patrice was always meant to be designed this way and we're not going to go back on our decision.
Patrice has showed the extroverted jock personality you were referring to in situations unrelated to occultism and ghosts. God forbid people can have unresolved traumas.
I like to treat characters as real people, which means giving them depth and not stopping at appearances alone. To me it doesn't matter what is the first impression upon looking at him, you're ultimately reading a story so that's the point to learn and see him grow to face his fears.
Also what about the newer designs being muscular? Ryan is big chub, Blake is average leaning into round and Patrice is muscle. I feel like we see things differently.
"Being muscular doesn't mean you're indestructible and have no fears (or even feeling insecure)"
Yes that's obvious, but I'm talking about his character design and how it contradicts who he is. Also his character, based on dialog, does indeed portrays signs of insecurities.
"He's not a scaredy cat either tho"
Cowering in fear under the table and having a panic attack over talk about ghost and disappearances, scared of the dark, going in an abandoned church and so on and so forth does make him one.
"Muscles won't protect you from ghosts"
Again not talking about ghost talking about who he is. Went a bit more in depth in a previous reply, I'll just add that his previous one made it more believable to be the way he is then this one. Was it perfect? Not precisely but it did do a better job