Loved the link from Emma in the thread for the Notre Dame Famous post.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/08/pop-culture-and-modern-grotesques-and-gargoyles-in-gothic-architecture.html
Over the last few decades, development and restoration programs at
Gothic churches around the world have led to the sculpting of more
unconventional grotesques. Pop-cultural grotesques and gargoyles, such
as the Alien xenomorph at Scotland’s Paisley Abbey and the Darth Vader
grotesque at the Washington National Cathedral bring modern villainy
to old church parapets.
Disrespectful? Keeping it current? Adding some fun? I think back to a visit to the Stained-Glass Institute in Chartres. I was looking at some fantastic copies of stained glass with a modern take that are being used in churches. I overheard a comment from a couple of people repulsed by the thought of modernizing a subject so sacred.
Brings me back to the past debates on whether to modernize Notre Dame. My thoughts would be to keep it French but add some fun. Quasimodo? A baguette? A beret wearing Quasimodo munching on a baguette and sipping a Bordeaux? If you snuck onto the carving crew, what are you adding to the building, or is the thought too disrespectful to think about?