#fmab tickles

[flames-tstuff]

Ahem

May I present to you

The Gremlin (Elric) Brothers

(aka an actual panel I found of one of my all-time favorite lees?? How have I never seen this before???)

[mioscopic]

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood tickle headcanons (it's mostly Royai because I'm obsessed) Buckle up because it's a hefty one

Roy Mustang

As a Ler:

-> He's very.. deliberate. Intentional, most of the time. With both his teasing and tickling. Maps out his lees hotspots to exploit at just the right timing, to provoke the biggest reactions.

-> Takes great pride in making the lee laugh uncontrollably, whether that be frantic giggles or hysterical cackles and screeches

-> Having said this, he teases said lee about just that.

"You know, someone is sure to hear you at this rate.. quiet down some, would'ya?"

"What's wrong? Can't take it? That's too bad, isn't it?"

-> Very common to see him wrecking the Elric brothers, especially if they've been overworked or are being annoying and hyperactive.

-> Also very commonly gets Riza, because they're in love your honor. Knows all her spots and is the only one who could ever tickle her and not get wrecked to tears every time

-> big fan of "training" tickles. He sees it as the perfect excuse to have fun and get in real training (and it tires out the kids)

-> King of "interrogation" tickles. Does it under the guise of training but everyone knows he just wants a reason to be playful.

-> "I'll quit when you tell me where my gloves are, Fullmetal!"

"IHIHI- I SAHAID I DONT KNOHOHOW!"

"Well, I'll stop when you DO know." Whole time his gloves are in the wash.

-> Punishment tickles. Havoc slacking off? Wrecked. Riza training too hard? Wrecked. Maes won't shut up about his wife and kid? Wrecked. Elrics arguing so loud he can hear them from his office? Wrecked.

-> It's nearly impossible to sneak up on Roy, so anyone who attempts it gets caught and tickled for even trying.

As a Lee:

-> Blushes VERY easily.

-> Overall ticklishness is probably about a 6/10

-> Most ticklish spots are his armpits, knees, and his hands (all over his hands is basically 9/10)

-> Always tries to hold his laugh in, and it comes out as choked giggles at first, then full belly laughs that he still tries to contain

-> He snorts, and gasps, and if you somehow do manage surprise poke him, you might get a squeak out of him.

-> Will deny being ticklish even if he's laughing his head off.

-> Most common lers for Roy are Riza, Maes, and Havoc, they're just the closest to him, and yes Maes is very much not dead in my brain.

-> Riza specifically wrecks him the most (and he gets her back, duh) one of her favorite things is to stand behind him if he's working too much, and trace her nails along his neck and ears until he agrees to stop working.

-> Just like how he calls her Lieutenant as a tease, she'll use his title too

-> "Yknow, for someone of your standing, Colonel, you sure are ticklish.."

-> Gets dragged into tickle fights with Maes more often than you'd think, Maes and Havoc WILL jump him.

-> Riza tickles him out of bed on the weekends, she is an early bird and he is NOT. But gentle cuddly tickles along his back are in his top 3 ways to wake up

Riza Hawkeye

As a Ler:

◇ Riza is the most devious, yet gentle ler you ever saw bro.

◇ WILL find and memorize EVERY little spot and reaction and file them away for later use. She is even more evil than the very straightforward Colonel when it comes to this because she won't ever forget and she'll use this info at her leisure.

◇ She is also very mother, she tickles the Elric brothers, as well as Winry, Ling and Lan Fan whenever they seem too stressed or anxious. They are just kids to her, after all. She feels like it's her responsibility to let them be kids every once in a while, a sentiment shared by all the adults that follow the troublemakers around.

◇ Shes cunning, invites Roy to snuggle up with her just so she can get her evil hands on him and tickle him. He falls for it every time.

◇ "Well, Colonel, I'm sure if you were really bothered, you'd just leave. I'm not holding you hostage, yknow."

"Y-yehes you AHAHARE- RIZA-"

"Oh? I thought I was Lieutenant to you, sir."

◇ Grappling queen, she spent a lot of her training wrestling and play fighting with Havoc and Maes, can and will pin and wreck a grown man in under 20 seconds.

◇ Has an extra soft spot for Winry, she can smell her crush on Ed from miles away. Winry has a tendency to overwork and overworry just at much as Roy, and Riza can't stand for that! She'll pick the girl right up and tickle her off to a couch where she can force her to relax.

"Cmon little bell, you'll be in no shape to welcome Edward back if you've worked yourself to exhaustion before he even finishes the job!"

"Why wohohould i ever welcome thahahat ihihidiot back! He's probably needing repairs anyway-!"

◇ One of the few people who can sneak up on Roy, their level of trust is so deep that he doesn't always register her presence because it doesn't cause a shift in the environment like other people.

◇ Teases Roy about being useless in the rain while getting him because she wrecked him so bas he had tears in his eyes

"Don't start crying on me now Colonel! You're already useless in the rain!"

(He gets her back BAD for that one)

◇ When Ling and Edward argue she tickles them both at the same time until they apologize to each other.

◇ Alfonse once called her mom on accident and it was so cute she had to tickle him for it

As a Lee:

◇ Riza is actually quite ticklish, probablyyyyy 7/10 or so

◇ Worst spots are her back, shoulders, neck, and thighs

◇ Unlike Roy, Riza is actually good at holding in her laugh, and when she isn't holding it in, she has rather soft laughter most of the time, it sounds very cute and almost breathy, everybody who's ever had the privilege of hearing it thinks it's SO CUTE, but only Roy is risking saying that to her face

◇ Can NOT handle being tickled on her neck or shoulders/back, the only places that make her laugh super loudly, especially where her tattoo was.

◇ She is SO BAD at being teased, any and all teasing just wrecks her immediately, especially if it's Roy teasing her.

◇ "Sohohomeone will hear! Sir-!"

"Then I guess you'd better be quiet huh, Lieutenant?"

◇ Don't even get me started on interrogation tickles. Riza is torn between her pride as an officer, and how sensitive she is.

◇ Roy loves pulling her aside from her duties to tickle her every once in a while, making her play along by playful pulling rank.

"Stay still, Lieutenant."

"Sir-"

"That's an order."

◇ FRIED. Poor Riza.

◇ if anyone who isn't Roy wants to REALLY wreck her, they need to come prepared and with backup, ie: they gotta jump her

◇ Havoc and Maes will grab and tickle her if she looks too serious, or as revenge on behalf of the kids, because that woman is mean! (They love it, everyone's favorite ler is Riza)

I will PROBABLY make more later

[helleboretks]

Okay LOOK-

I am slowly getting obsessed with my lady wrecking the brothers for no good reason, I swear to God-

LIKE, FISSEHA??? YOU’RE SWEET NICKNAMES AND GENTLY PLAYFUL ATTITUDE HAVE ENRAPTURED ME??? MY GOD????

[kanene-yaaay]

🌈 - Bestie you KNOW I'm always on the lookout for any scrap of FMAB tk content 👀 (I'm not sure exactly what you're working on, but best of luck to you!)

Flames!!! Hiii and thank youuuu <3 so sorry for taking so long to answer but I wanted your ask to be my final reward and!!! The project is finished!!!! Time to celebrate and pass out on the bed!!!

I'm going to be honest kiugtfdfghyujik I haven't watched FMAB in 8 years but it's still a beloved anime of mine <3 pls forgive me for any out of character scnearios!

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🌈- I can't help myself, everytime I think about Alphonse I NEED to have that boy giggling and smiling and laughing and feeling all the joy in the world that is there to be felt.

🌈- Thinking about Al sometimes just forgetting about not being a giant empty armor anymore and just keep getting cats and shoving on his shirt, which is all fun and games until the kittens realize that there is warm soft and safe and deciding that hey, it's real free state. Therefore Al can no longer just have a nap anywhere in the house without a ball of fur just jump and shove themself under his shirt and wake him up with the soft feeling of fur and whiskers brushing on his torso kjhgfdfghjk

🌈- Also, Ed definietly finally used all that free time they had to regain old sibling rights of Being A Menance and they would get into all the kind of silliness and trouble, finally having time to enjoy the simple joys and be a kid so, picture with me. Al reading pacifically on the couch, almost sleeping, a cat taking a nap on his lap and Ed just passes and freezes, taken over by the Time to Destroy That Peace spirit that takes over every sibling seeing the other just doing nothing at all and decides to start tickling lightly his feet and that horrible spot he has under his knee. Of course, there is a CAT sleeping on him so Al can't move or do any loud sound at out so he has no option but stay there, muffling his snickers and shaking his head and trying to frown and send his older brother away but falling into even stronger giggles everytime he look up and just sees the giant smirk on Edwards face

🌈- Now, when he gets revenge you better freaking RUN for your life! I can't see him being like, very rough in his tickles but I can feel his teases would be absolutely killing!! He has no shame! He will bring games and teases and praises and has a giant curiosity that can only be satied when he discovers all of your tickle spots. Idk why but I feel like surprise tickle attacks delight him so his friend/ed can just be chilling around and them ZING two hands dig on their sides and start tasering and then ZING he disappeared and they're now cofused and giggling and dying on the floor. rip <3

🌈- I can see him using a dirty trick or two because Ed WOULD use them against him and he had to learn how to survive under such diring condictions (/j)

🌈- He loves being physically afffectioned so receiving and giving tickles are no different to him! They are actually a little bit more special because he can use them to see his brother finally loosing up and Winry to take a break (her revenge will be unmerciful though rip) and anyone else to just see more smiles and bring more fun into life!! He also just loves letting go and laugh and feel again so <3 <3 yeah it's a rather giggling life they have from now on.

🌈- He wouldn't have it any other way

[nataliewritez]

Greed Headcanons

A/N: Here's some headcanons for my beloved @adrienisweird ! I hope you don't mind that I used some of our ideas in our Discord dms to share. Enjoy <3

Ler:

Look, we know this goofball is alllll tease. He has Ling sometimes take control just to help him tease he's lee.

Big, and I mean BIG, adorer of chasing. He loves chasing he's lee down until they either corner themselves or run out of stamina. Finds it absolutely thrilling.

He totally laughs along with he's lee, like, he will full on boom with laughter just seeing he's lee struggle beneath him. He's greedy for that adorable laughter.

ABSOLUTELY👏ADORES👏SQUEEZING👏HIS👏LEES👏THIGHS👏.. TELL ME HE WON'T?? To know such a spot can make people kick and scream makes him feel so powerful.

He can't comfort he's lee after a session at all, let me tell you.. He doesn't know how to, not even a smidge. He will awkwardly just sit there and wait until they calm down before leaving.

Lee:

Omg when I tell you this man can not take what he dishes out, I MEAN he really can't stand it.

Ling usually likes to whisper in Greed's headspace teases and this man CRUMBLES I TELL YOU, FUCKING COLLAPSES!

He's back is absolutely horrible. Especially around he's markings. Ling likes to trace he's markings all the time to just make this man crumble.

One time he was a bit too cocky towards Edward and flopped on he's side to avoid being tickled. Poor man got pinned like that. Edward had he's hands both on he's back and stomach and absolutely DESTROYED the man.

Ling and Edward team up on the poor homunculus so often it's not funny. Ling likes to utter teases inside he's headspace as a distraction and Edward just does the physical tickling, this combo absolutely shatters him.

Whenever Ling teases him, Greed uses he's ultimate shield to cover he's face to hide how red he is.. But he always forgets his ears tend to redden a bit too from tickle teases.

He tends to sound like an opera singer when he's shrieking, makes people laugh often.

[nataliedrawz]

Edward deserves the world low-key🛐 (non text underneath)

Reblogs and Likes are greatly appreciated!🤗♥️

[helleboretks]

HERE’S MY GIRL IN ACTION-hot damn, why she so pretty-

I decided to make her a very famous pianist, because whilst I was drawing this I thought ‘huh, she’s got pianist fingers’ and then it went downhill from there XD

She has such an elegant way of speech as well, with a low teasing tone it’s fuckin’ terrifying, Jesum-

ANYWAYS!! Her name is still pending cause my ideas are dead qwq-BUT I’LL FIND ONE EVENTUALLY

[helleboretks]

Relax, You Two

This is a Ler!Riza, Lee!Edward and Lee!Ling tickle fic, with a little bit of Lers!Mustang and Hughes!! If this isn’t your forte, no need to read!

This is also Post-Promised Day, with the good ol’ Alive!Hughes au!

Summary: Riza easily notices how the two boys are still paranoid after it all. In her opinion, they need a day off.

The Hawk’s Eye catches all in her gaze.

A slight of hand, a petty crime preparation, the key to taking down drug rings. No matter how big or how small it may be, she sees it. She can stare at it as if it were clear as day. Nothing slips past her gaze, and everyone knows it.

So how could these two boys ever think their paranoia would go unnoticed?

Riza sees the way Edward throws himself into more research, almost in hysteria if he doesn't. She sees the way Ling gets jumpy near a window, or a door, or any dark place just big enough to hide a human.

Riza sees the way Edward stares off as Alphonse rests in the hospital, mere weeks after the Promised Day. The way his hand is placed on his brother’s chest, as if he can’t believe there is a beating heart just below the surface of pale skin, as if it will be ripped away from him if he wasn’t there to protect his little brother.

And Riza sees the way Ling’s body is constantly tense, fingers itching for something to curl around–something sharp to defend himself with– and how his head swivels about, scanning every inch and every crevice of every room he’s in.

Paranoia can do a lot to kids so thoroughly traumatized. She knows the feeling.

It does not mean she will let this slide.

So she took them for a day out with her.

.

.

.

It didn't really work.

She had tried to take them to a clothing store, and as a result she had to compensate for thoroughly checking every rack they went to in order to quell Ling's whining. He wouldn't dare come so close to them until she did.

She tried a jewelry store next, and all Edward would talk about was 'Alphonse would like this' or 'Alphonse would like that'. Which wasn't bad at all, mind you. She thought it was rather sweet, actually.

But 'I hope Al is okay' and 'Those doctors better treat him well' or 'I really need to check on Al so I should go' weren't exactly good examples of relaxing.

She took them to as many places as she could within four whole hours, and nothing seemed to bring their guard down all that much, save for a few seconds of vulnerability at least twice or thrice.

It's a concerning situation for them to be in.

And she can't let this slide.

So she vowed to do something as soon as possible.

That comes into play when they find themselves in Mustang’s office.

It doesn’t take very long for the boys to start up their bantering by Edward’s desk, going back and forth about some topic she couldn’t distinguish (or maybe they were flying through a whole plethora of topics at once, she wouldn’t be surprised if they were capable of that).

For once, she allows herself to do some minor paperwork from the comfort of the couch, seeing as there isn’t much to do today anyways. She had deliberately cleared her schedule of anything major today just to spend some time with the boys, after all.

She doesn’t really try to involve herself in whatever it is they are arguing over, at the moment, but the argument seems to find its way to her anyways.

“Lieutenant!” Edward whines aloud as he flops against the cushions to Riza’s left. She turns to him as Ling huffs with crossed arms, but he clearly seems to be holding in his amusement of the situation.

“Yes, Edward?” It’s not often she gets to hear this whiny tone from him, given he isn’t much of a person to complain–around her at least, she doesn’t feel very sorry for the others–, so she decides to provide them both with her attention.

“There’s this damn Xingese phrase that Ling keeps saying and he won’t tell me what it fucking means!-” “Well I think I’d like to keep my things to myself, Ed!” She blinks slowly as they start their back and forth again almost immediately.

“If you wanna keep it to your damn self, don’t say anything!”

“Well I’m not gonna tell a lie, am I? Nǐ kànshàngqù hěnpiàoliang!!”

“I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT FUCKING MEANS!? I DON’T SPEAK BROKE ALIEN-”

Ling lets out a wheeze at that, laughing out ‘Broke Alien!?’ as he clutches his sides. Riza lets out a soft sigh as Edward grumbles and complains. They seem so carefree here. At first glance, anyone would assume so. Just two kids bickering and going at it over a silly phrase in Xingese.

But Edward’s shoulders are tense, and Ling falls into a seat on the other side of Riza, posture defensive, ready to fight back. His arms are the most mobile part of his body as they bickered; crossing, flailing, gesturing, expressing. They never stop, and they always stray too close to his pockets.

Edward’s bouncing flesh leg says a lot as it is, but the way he’s hunching so much seems to seal the deal.

It most certainly does for Riza.

She sighs, tossing the pen onto the table before her as she lets the papers fall onto that table with it. “That’s quite enough boys.” She spoke up.

Before either of them have time to properly react, she gently presses their heads against her lap, shutting up the duo immediately; Edward’s silence spoke volumes of realization, whilst Ling’s…she isn’t quite sure what he might have been thinking.

She’s done this to Edward a few times in the past years, but it has been a while she must admit. Perhaps she’s gotten rusty? Only one way to truly find out.

“Lieutenant, please.” Edward muttered as Ling absentmindedly turned on his back, spacing off. Edward’s face steadily grew rosey as she did not, in fact, let them up.

“I’ve been trying to help you two relax all day. Although, I suppose it would have been futile no matter what I tried. Or so I had thought.” Riza casually spoke as Edward tensed up, throwing his arms around his torso and ducking his face into his chest. He knows better than to try and escape anyways, the first few times he did were always a hellish reminder, she knew that well. The only thing he can really do is feebly try and protect himself, whilst his partner stays entirely oblivious.

“Huh?” Ling eventually hums, confused with a tilted head. Riza smiles down gently at him, disarmingly. He smiles right back at her, eyes closed with a grin of cheeky cuteness. Innocent and harmless.

Until she digs her nails into Ling’s side.

The yelp that greets them is high and startled, and Edward flusteredly flinches as Ling begins to giggle feverishly, squirming away from her touch. “H-Hehehehehey!! What gihihihives!?” He cries out, rolling this way and that under her arm.

“It’s simply a last resort. Perhaps I should have started with this first?” Riza contemplates to herself, seeking out anything that will get her a laugh out of the soon-to-be-Xing-emperor. He squeals at a pinch to the ribs, so Riza takes advantage of that, scribbling all along his ribs-wherever she can reach. Which is pretty much everywhere, he doesn’t seem to know how to protect himself.

Meanwhile, she smiles down at the flustered blond to her left, the anticipation alone having him flinch every time her fingers so much as twitch. “You seem awfully nervous, Edward. Is something wrong?” She asks, putting on yet another innocent facade.

“Nohoho…!” Edward practically whines, turning his head all the way away from her and giggling when Ling jerked and pressed the top of his own head against Ed’s. He gasps when her finger traces down his side, and almost instinctively snatches and holds it up.

Ah yes, as if that will save him from the inevitable.

For now, she concentrates on Ling.

“You don’t seem to be trying to protect yourself, Ling. I wonder why that is?” Ling squeaks as her hand travels to his neck, and his legs kick out like an excited little puppy as she flutters her fingertips at the junction of his neck and shoulder. He really seems to be enjoying this, isn’t he?

“That tihihickles! Pleehehehehease, oh myhihihi god!” Ling begs, his fists shaking as if he doesn’t know whether or not to grab her hand away. Her heart practically swells at such a cute display, she can’t help but tease her fingers right under his chin.

At that, Ling jerks harshly and his eyes shoot wide open as a loud squeal rips out of him. “TICKLEEES!! NAHAHAHAHA!!!” He shrieks, startling both blondes as he loudly laughs and shakes his head, raven hair flying wildly. She almost couldn’t keep her fingers on his chin from all his squirming.

“A sensitive chin? Now that’s new.” Riza observes, quelling the urge to smirk at the way Edward rolls half-way onto his stomach, ears pink and flustered. He even lets go of her hand, which she doesn’t waste hovering it right over his spine. He’s probably had enough of waiting, anyways.

“Are you ready for your turn, Edward?” Her nonchalant question makes the boy flinch, and he shakes his head rapidly with giggles already spilling out. “Why are you laughing already? I haven’t even touched you yet.”

“Be-becahause Ling’s laughihing!” Edward complains. “IHIHIH’M SAHAHARRY!! IT TIHIHICKLES-IT-IT-IHIHIHI CAHAHAHAN’T STAHAHAHAP!!!” Ling sputters and wheezes out between his laughter. “Edward, how could you laugh at your friend like that?”

Edward stutters for an answer, but the moment he opens his mouth all that comes out is a loud, high-pitched yelp as Riza drags all five fingers down the length of his spine, causing him to arch away.

He exploded with laughter, maybe even louder than Ling’s as she massages her knuckles into the center of his shoulder blades, a loud resounding snort escaping along with it. That only causes Ling to laugh harder, scrunching up his neck.

So she tries the next best thing and goes for his belly.

He immediately melts at the affectionate tickling.

He finally goes for some form of defense, balling up fetally to try and protect his poor belly, but Riza’s hand was already there and it wasn’t leaving anytime soon.

“Oh wow, I’m surprised that you’re both so ticklish.” Riza happily comments to the two snorting, giggling, cackling boys, heads in her lap with varying degrees of blush on their faces. Carefree, just like she’d been going for all day.

No tension in the shoulders, no discreet defensive stance, no underlying tension like only minutes before.

It was just them, giggling and cackling away like nobody’s business.

“HEHEHEHELP MEHEHEHE!!!” Edward cried out, causing the smile Riza sports to stretch further. “I CAHAHAN’T!!! I CAN’T-PLEHEHEHEHEHEAAAHAHAH-” The poor thing snorts gain when she switches to his side.

Ling tries with all his might to latch onto something-anything to ground himself, eventually finding Edward’s arm and holding on for dear life as he giggled himself silly. However, Riza decides to take advantage of this, and the Xingese soon-to-be-emperor squeals and tries to defend himself when she starts drilling right under his arm.

This, as luck would have it, clearly didn’t weaken his grip on Ed’s arm, only causing him to fling it up and out of the way and only making Edward even more accessible to her.

This was almost too easy.

Edward screams out the moment Riza targets his armpit, his thrashing increasing tenfold as his legs begin to kick and kick endlessly. She had to switch to the other one just so he wouldn’t throw himself off the couch.

“LEHEHET ME GOHOHO!!! LIHIHIHIHING!! LETGOLETGOLETGOLETGO-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH NOT THERE NOT THEHEHEHEHERE!!!” Pleading got him nowhere, his free arm flailing wildly and frantically colliding with Ling’s shoulder as the two poor teens seemed to only make it worse for each other. It was beyond hilarious to witness.

“STAHAHAHAP, I BEHEHEHEG I BEG-PLEHEHEHEHEASE!!!” Ling failed miserably to keep himself together, arching his back away as if that would ever help him escape. She didn’t even have to tease either of them like Colonel or-God forbid-Havoc would have certainly done; her staying silent through this ordeal only seemed to make them beg more.

Edward yelps out curse after curse, with Ling squealing and pleading desperately by his side as she gives them no mercy. And honestly, she would have given them this kind of treatment for an extra twenty minutes or so.

If it weren’t for Edward accidentally grabbing and clawing at Ling’s shoulder blade, that is.

“HOLY-FAHAHAHAHAHAHACK!!!”

Riza and Edward both jolted at the curse that split the air in two, and the former was so surprised that she immediately let up in her assault, causing the two teens to fall right off the couch in a mess.

“Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuhuhuhuck!!” Ling desperately pawed at his shoulder blade, trying to vanquish the tingly sensation as Edward melts into a fit of natural laughter across from him, clutching his stomach.

“Whahahahat the fahahack!? When’d you start cuhuhursing, idiot prince!?” Ling balled in on himself with embarrassment, letting out a high pitched whine that had Edward positively rolling. Riza could do nothing but sigh fondly as Edward’s relentless laughter was teasing enough for the Xingese Prince’s ‘bad manners’.

Well, he kept laughing until the door was pried open, at least.

“Lieutenant Hawkeye! We heard screaming and-”

Everyone in the room paused the moment both Colonel Mustang and Brigadier General Hughes entered the room, an almost awkward kind of silence kicking in.

“...Ah.”

“DON’T YOU ‘AH’ ME, DUMBFUCK!!!” Edward was quick to get defensive, pointing an accusatory finger at the two now smirking men, face redder than the coat he used to wear. Ling lets out an aborted wheeze as the Colonel makes eye contact with Riza.

She can just tell what he’s asking for.

And she, once again, shows no mercy.

“The boys are all yours, Colonel, General.”

It hadn’t even taken five seconds before something crashed in the office, the frightened shriek of the former-Fullmetal Alchemist and the loud ‘HAVE MERCY!!!’ from the Xingese Prince only serving to make her smile more indulgent.

The two men got to work on making the melody of their laughter pound through her very ribs, as Riza herself simply picks up the files and pen she previously abandoned.

She breathes in the positivity like well-made coffee, chuckling to herself as the four, man and boy alike, run and race around the room, the two youngers getting caught and escaping with barely their lives to spare, only to get tackled once again for their sweet, uplifting laughter.

Yes, this was better than their paranoia.

Much, much better.