i just read one of your fics for ryland grace and saw the “tickle fic” tag which i didn’t know was a thing!
i am now curious enough to do a bit of a dive into the tag on tumblr, but i’m just curious a bit more about the community from your perspective and how you got into it and all :))
that’s so fun, happy exploring !!
i don’t remember exactly how i got into this whole thing, to be honest, but i remember that i always liked the idea of tickling as a fun bonding activity - since i was a small child. it all kind of fizzled out for me as i got older, and then one day i randomly saw a post about a “tickling kink” and i was like ….huh wait what?
at first i was spooked bc i thought it was only a sexual thing (which it totally can be for some and there’s nothing wrong with that!) but the more i explored the more i realised theres lots of people who just like it for the fun of it in a non-sexual way. so i started digging. made a side blog. and then i discovered the fanfics and it all went downhill from there lmaooooo
what i will say, is that it’s good to have a little bit of caution when exploring the tickling community on tumblr. and i don’t mean this in a hostile way, just that you need to be very clear on your boundaries, because sometimes some folks can be a bity pushy with their own agenda.
that being said, i highly recommend interacting with ppl, everyone i’ve ever made contact with here were so sweet and happy to chat!
one last note, is that i can’t speak for everyone, but i do feel like most of us like the idea of tickling because of the show of trust it involves. a lot of people hate tickling, and it’s usually because they get overwhelmed by the feeling and aren’t listened to when they tell the other person to stop. so for someone who does enjoy it, knowing that they are listened to and knowing they can trust the other person can be a very lovely feeling. even if most of us freak out and get kinda embarrassed about it lol.
enjoy the exploring, there’s a lot of good stuff out there!!