Could you maybe do lee prototype if you're still interested in poppy playtime?
Thanks for reading and ignore if you don't want to bye girl <3
Aaa thank you! 💕 OMIGOSH YES HDHAJDXKLG
ok ok REAL QUICK—still not over that ch. 5 ending so uhhh I declare that THIS is the better ending!!
Spoiler headcanon for Ch. 5 below👇🏻
so uhh do you guys think that if you tkl Prototype and he laughs, his giggles are all glitchy and his voice cracks to his Ollie voice (basically he starts laughing in his Ollie voice) bc yea I think that would be real cute >w<
like, sure he’s the ‘big, scary Prototype that all of Playtime fears’, but he’s also still a hurt child underneath and he just needs all the hugs and comfort TwT
but also, ironic that this scary robo jester spooder can crumble under some tkls cuz he definitely hasn’t felt that in like FOREVER. (Maybe this was the weakness Giblet was talking about hehehe)
-And when I say squeaker, I mean a LOUD squeaker, she’ll die if you point that out
-will do anything to cover her face
-squirms a lot like a wiggly worm
-tries to hold down her laughter as much as she can by holding her breath, in results, her face turns into different colours
-teases makes her blush and squirm
-worst spot are her armpits
-is always TERRIFIED of getting tickled
-cannot handle raspberries, I repeat, cannot handle raspberries
LER:
-Surprisingly, she’s a mean ler—good at teasing because she thinks of the exact things that would fluster her if the roles were reversed.
-due to the awkward gal she is, even as a ler, if she notices her lee isn’t reacting to her teasing, she becomes self-conscious and cringes at herself. So she goes quiet and focuses solely on the tickling.
-oh boy, but if you are reacting strongly to her teases, SHE WILL BE SO MUCH MORE MEANER AND WILL TICKLE TEASE YOU TO DEATH
-if you pissed her off, oh boy be prepared, she definitely targeting your weakest spot yet
-she’s actually super hard to pull off that’s because she’s super clingy to her victim so there’s no chance at kicking her off once she tickles you 😭
-she loves being the ler, making people squirm underneath her makes her feel POWERFUL
💜 Jax 🐰
-is a switch
LEE:
Even though he’s a MEAN MEAN ler, he cannot handle tickling himself
-he’s laughter is filled with the most high pitched squeals ever, and he’ll deny it till the day he dies
-A BIG THRASHER, he’ll do anything to get his Ler off of him like kicking, screams, thrashes and more
-He trusts Pomni the most in the circus, so if she tickles him, he tries to restrain himself while being tickled to avoid hurting her :D
-screams like a girl when getting tickled anywhere, he’s super embarrassed by that
-does anything to muffle his laughter
-has mixed feelings about being tickled. Sometimes, it feels nice to let loose but he’s still scared of showing any signs of vulnerability
-teases flusters him SO badly, he’ll curl into a ball and hide his face and laughter
-worst spot is his tummy
-he has a secret melt spot which is his knee, so if you spider your fingers on his kneecaps, he’ll melt into your lap
LER:
-MEAN MEAN LER
-targets your worst spot first
-he’ll tickle ya until your almost dying
-he’s teases A LOT GOD DAMN
-he always makes sure he flusters his lee as much as possible
-most of the time, he starts tickle fights (and he treats them he’s in war)
-scariest ler out there, if you sense your his next target, RUN.
-he’ll definitely chase after you
-he mostly likes to tickle Pomni jsut to annoy her (and to hear her cute laughter? EWWW NOW WAY WHATTT 🤥)
-he also likes tickling Ragatha, he likes scaring her :D
-lovesss to mess with everyone with tickles to get them mad at him/top 1 ragebaiter
-pokes and prods everyone just for them to jump out of their skins and get pissed off
-it’s rare if he comforts you after tickling, but if he does, he gives you a glass of water and calls you dramatic
💝 Gangle 🎭
-she’s such a lee omg
LEE:
-she probably has a tickle kink lol
-LOVES getting tickled, it’s just comforting for her!
-her laughter is very soft and giggly, just so cute to listen too!
-One of Gangle’s sketchbooks is filled with tickle art and is very carefully hidden away
-Zooble found out about her thing for tickling while flipping through Gangle’s pile of random art books and accidentally coming across her tickle sketch book (she forgot to hide it that day 🫠)
-That day, Zooble comforted Gangle, telling her she wasn’t a freak and that their friendship wouldn’t change because of it
-Has lee-moods a lot of times. She’s superrrrr embarrassed to ask for tickles, but sometimes she just can’t help herself!
-she only trusts Zooble to help her take care of them :3
-her worst spot is her neck, if you flitter over there, that’s when her soft giggly laughter turns manic and loud
-even the mentioned of tickling flusters her (such a loser 😭😭)
LER:
-Gangle is a shy ler XD
-doesn’t be a ler to often, but if she’s in ler-mood, her tickles are gentle and soft
-to keep others pin down, she just wraps her ribbons around them to hold them in place
-tickling others flustered her as much as getting tickled
-seeing others laugh and squeal makes her heart do flips and it shows that she doing the tickling right!
-def doesn’t tease, that’s too embarrassing for her, she just does the work and squeals on the inside
-sometimes Gangle asks Zooble if she can tickle them when she is in ler-mood
-okay, maybe if she tickles Zooble, she’s more comfortable in teasing them!
🌸 Zooble 💖
-Zooble is a ler-leaning switch
LEE:
-not that ticklish tho 🥲
-DEFINITELY A SNORTER, they just gives the vibes y’know?
-they’re laugher is filled with snorts and loud giggles (kinda insecure about their laugh)
-but gangle makes it very clear that they’re laughter and adorable and cute
-If Gangle is in Ler-mood, Zooble lets her tickle them 🥰
-worst spot are they’re ribs
-tickling her antennas makes them more hiccupy and makes them melt
-kinda finds tickling very comforting for them now
LER:
-helps Gangle with her lee-moods, they like making her laugh :3
-the scariest ler in the circus next to Jax
-with Gangle, they’re a soft and gentle ler, constantly praising her and tickling Gangle where she’s comfortable.
-But with everyone else? She’s harsh, and openly insulting, tossing out remarks like, “You’re ticklish? That’s stupid,” or “You can be taken down with a few pokes? Pathetic.” And will tickle you mercilessly
-most likely to tickle you if you piss them off, and if you do, they will tickle the daylight out of you
-EXTRA MEAN TO JAX especially if he was being annoying to them.
❤️ Ragatha 🐴
-Ragatha is a switch
LEE:
-howls when getting tickled on a bad spot
-her giggles are damn precious 🥹
-I will die on a hill saying that Ragatha has a button as her belly button, THAT’S JUST SO CUTE AM I RIGHT GUYS?
-squirms like crazy
-Ragatha gets flustered when someone is tickling (touch is her love language)
-sometimes gets worried if she makes her ler uncomfortable (such a people pleaser my god 😭)
-kinda likes getting tickled only because it makes her happy that someone cares for her enough to make her laugh 🥲
-terrified of Jax if he’s the ler
-her favourite ler gots to be Kinger, she trusts him the most
-the easiest way to fluster her is to compliment anything about her (she’s a little insecure)
-worst spot is her belly button
LER:
-She is a gentle ler ☺️☺️ (she can be a mean Ler if she wants to)
-instead of teasing her lee, she compliments them instead, like how lovely their laughter is and how cute their faces look
-it’s unintentional, but her teases always makes you blush and melt
-sometimes she gets worried if she makes the lee uncomfortable by tickling them (she is so self conscious lol)
-she likes tickling others to cheer them up if they’re sad!
-Ragatha is actually pretty strong, so it’s easy for her to pin you down
-if she’s feeling vicious enough, she would tickle Jax back and oh boy she will not be nice
-After tickling, she is guaranteed to comfort you, like getting you a glass of water or a blanket
💜 Kinger ♟️
-Kinger is a ler!!
-sorry, personally I don’t see him as ticklish 🥲
LER:
-Kinger is such a dad of course he would tickle cheer up you
- he’s teases are very playful for example, “your the squirmiest bug in my collection!” Or “uh oh, here comes to tickle spider! In 3…2…1!” And spiders all over your tummy
-if he’s ever teasing you, it’ll probably be a reference to bugs
-Kinger is such a gentle ler
-he won’t push you to your limits unless you ask him too (if your happy, he’s happy :3)
-after he’s done tickling you, he always invites you inside of his pillow fort for a much needed nap
-back in the days, he always tickled Queenie, he just loved hearing her laugh it makes him smile
🎩 Caine 🦷
-Caine is a chaos switch
LEE:
-the first time he gotten tickled must’ve been the most weirdest experience he ever felt
-like what do you mean when he gets poked in different spot he felts a big jolt of electricity throughout he’s whole body???
-after a while though, he came to like the feeling
-the most quiet Caine can get is when he needs to ask for tickles (he stammers a lot)
-a lot of times he tickles you so much to your limits and he won’t stop
-loudest laughter ever, prepare for your ears to bleed and blast off if your hear him when he’s getting tickled
-sometimes, Bubble tickles him, most of the time is unintentional though
-sometimes when Caine gets tickled, he teleports out of no where accidentally. And my god he gets very flustered when he goes back and asks you to continue
-if he gets tickled so badly to his limit, he will glitch out for a few minutes, it’s kinda funny too see
-falls for the stupidest tricks ever, “DOHOHON’T!!” “Don’t do what, Caine?” “TICKLE ME!!!”
-worst spot are his sides, especially if you poke them when he’s caught off guard, he will glitch or teleport by accident
-sometimes glitches can be heard in his laugh, it’s super adorable to hear
LER:
-if Caine’s gonna tickle you, all I can say is good luck my friend
-he loves being ler, he just loves being all playful with the other humans!
-a lot of times he doesn’t realize he’s tickling you to your limit, so he won’t stop unless someone tells him your dying, or he physically sees that your dying
-Caine is so down for revenge tickles, after he gets tickled by someone, he’s stamina regains so fast that he gets ready to go chase you
-to add on to this, YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING AWAY FROM HIM IF HE’S CHASING YOU, my man is so fast, and also, he can just teleport
-likes starting from the least ticklish spots to the most ticklish spot
-likes seeing others squirms, he thinks it looks funny
-he teases you A LOT
-he sometimes uses tools to tickle you, he can just teleport them in his hands
-he’s super strong, good luck trying to get out of his grip
My first headcanons on the blog! 👀 Date Everything has been taking over my mind lately and my brain is cooking up ideas as I play, so what better way to share some of those ideas with headcanons! These are very biased towards Johnny Splash even though Chance is my honorary husband, but I need to see my silly singing shower be given the sillies.
Here are headcanons for Johnny Splash, Cabrizzio, Chance, Dorian, and Maggie!
Johnny Splash:
He’s like the annoying little brother of the house. Others don’t like his singing, but his laughter? Well, that’s universally agreed to be music to their ears. They’ll tell him to stop singing, Johnny disagrees and says he needs to practice, so the next best option is to tickle him until he’s too exhausted to sing for the rest of the day, or until he surrenders.
One would think that with the amount of times it’s happened, Johnny would know that everyone resorts to tickling him, but somehow it takes him by surprise every time.
He tries to shout frantic warnings with some of his many similes, but it just backfires and works against him.
- “If you tickle me, I’ll be squirmin’ like a soggy dog shakin’ its tail after it's been way too close to a fire!” *Johnny realizes that saying that just makes them want to tickle him more.* “I- I mean, wait! Don’t think about that!”
He has giggles that are bouncy and fluctuate in pitch. They start off all squeaky, but the longer he’s tickled, the deeper and louder his laughter will get, and his laughter can definitely reach full belly laughs. When he knows he’s loud, he’ll blush and try to hide his face in his shoulders.
Johnny is very squirmy, just like he warned. He’s like a cat trying to wriggle out of being given a bath. He flails his limbs around and takes a defensive route more than an offensive one.
He’s ticklish just about everywhere, but the upper part of his ribs are extra ticklish. Unfortunately for him, a lot of the objects around the house know this.
Jean Loo takes advantage of it all of the time (I see them with sibling energy lol). If Johnny tries to run, Jean Loo will easily scoop him up in his arms and lift Johnny off the ground, all while Johnny wiggles and giggles from Jean Loo tickling his ribs and sides. The “worst” part is, Jean Loo sometimes announces to the whole house that he caught Johnny:
- Jean Loo: “Come look at zis everyone! Our very own shower is gracing us with a performance!”
After he’s served his “punishment,” Johnny usually pouts and gets all flustered after, but there’s a little part of him that enjoys the fun that comes out of it.
On occasion, he’ll fight back if he thinks he has a chance. If he gets the opportunity, he'll pounce at his opponent and try to get in as many ticklish hits as he can before he’s taken down, grinning the whole time as he enacts his revenge. Most of the time though, he doesn’t get the chance to fight back, or his upper hand doesn’t last long. The man knows he’s too ticklish for his own good.
With his romantic partner, however, he loves to snuggle, nuzzle, and rub his head into his partner’s neck like a cat to tickle them. He actually loves soft tickles himself, and the light touches when his partner plays with his curls. He’s also a fan of cheer up tickles, especially the gentle ones when his partner is just getting him to giggle and smile, or if he’s getting them to smile.
As a ler, he’s full of teases. To his friends, he’ll gloat about being able to take the advantage:
- “Seems I was too strong for you to handle, huh?”
- “Looks like this here jackrabbit is too quick for you!”
To his romantic partner though, he’ll purposely sweet talk them with “Darlin’” while teasing them:
- “What’s the matter, darlin’? You’re wigglin’ like a snake on the dance floor caught with the spotlight on ‘em.”
Cabrizzio:
LEE LEE LEE LEE. After his CANON line of “I always loved this phrase, tickled… I giggle and twist in the warm light of your interest,” this man will never beat the lee allegations. He loves it because it makes people smile, laugh, and feel joy—three things that he deeply cares about.
He’s most ticklish around his ribs and back, but other spots like his belly, sides, and neck get good reactions out of him too.
His favorites are gentle tickles and cuddly tickles.
Sometimes, if his romantic partner is tickling him, he'll grab one of their hands as if he was defending himself, but he’ll lace his fingers with theirs and hold their hand as he giggles away, melting like gelato on a hot sunny day.
His touch is very soft when providing tickles to his romantic interest. He just wants to see them smile and giggle to their heart’s content. If he’s distracted by soaking in how lovely and beautiful his partner is though, he can be easily taken off guard with a few squeezes to his sides.
👏Tickly kisses 👏 Once he finds out that his stubble can be a tickly weapon, he will use it. That is, again, unless he gets tickled in the process, causing him to freely giggle into the crook of his partner’s neck.
It’s hard not to smile when hearing his laugh. It’s bright and bubbly, with little instances of wheezes and squeakiness here and there.
He’s one to compliment someone when he’s tickling them, especially his romantic partner.
- “Your smile is lovely, Amore.”
- “Your laugh, it is an honor to be listening to it’s wonderful song. I could bask in it all day like the most beautiful sunrise.”
Of course, he calls his romantic partner, “Amore,” but he’ll get butterflies and a blush will spread across his cheeks if his partner uses his own words against him while he’s being tickled.
Cabrizzio: “Amohohohore!”
Player: “Oh, more? Of course, Cabrizzio. I thought you’d never ask.”
*Cabrizzio keeps giggling in a flustered loss for words*
On rare occasions, he’ll get into one sided tickle fights with his friends, mostly Daisuke. Usually, Cabrizzio will poke him to see him smile, or tickle him to cheer him up if Daisuke is feeling down. Or, Cabrizzio will be teasing him about the placement of his dishware (or even his love life), and Daisuke will ‘teach him a lesson.’ Cabrizzio will be giggling on the floor in seconds.
Chance:
So, so giggly. Even before he’s tickled. The anticipation itself makes him laugh. He’ll flush and be stunned by the mere mention of it if it’s targeted towards him.
His tummy is his most ticklish spot, but his entire torso is pretty ticklish.
He loves being types of “monsters” with his romantic partners, which is when he throws his arms out to the side of his head and curls his fingers into claws to act like a beast shouting out a roar. His voice goes a little deeper to match the role. And, of course, he does the tickle monster too.
- “Look out! Here comes the cuddle monster!”
- “This hug monster wants a hug!”
When he’s playing his “monster” role, he looms over his lover to be silly, but a quick scribble to his ribs each time sends his arms crashing to his sides and curling them close to himself. Sometimes when he does his “monster roar,” it’s almost like he’s asking for those quick tickle moments. He thinks it’s cute that his partner “defeats” his monster by tickling him, and he knows it makes them happy.
Chance is someone who curls himself up when he’s tickled. He’ll compact himself to leave less ticklish surface area, like scrunching his shoulders to his neck, bending his knees to his chest and curling his core forward like he’s doing a sit up. While rolling himself into a ball, he playfully bats at the hands that are tickling him.
His laugh is like an unstoppable stream of giggles and giddiness that pour from his mouth, but they’re always full of joy and bright energy that’s infectious. If Chance is tickled, there’s a high chance (haha, see what I did there?) that anyone around him will be chuckling with him too.
He plays along with any G&G related teases that are thrown his way. He’ll keep it going like an adventure in a one-shot (for as long as he can handle being tickled), if the one tickling him is also continuing the story.
Player: “And then the dragon pounces onto the warrior and uses its claws to tickle him!”
Chance: “AH! A critical hihihit!!!”
Player: “The dragon takes another swipe, this time at the warrior’s belly!”
Chance: EEK! I use-hehehe my armor to curl into a bahahahall!”
When it’s Chance’s turn to throw the teases, he doesn’t hold back. His storyteller voice will make an appearance. He may occasionally break character in order to admire the joy emanating from his partner:
- “The warrior, free from the clutches of the dragon, strikes with his mighty fingers to scribble into the dragon’s sides! The dragon shrieks as the ticklishness pulses through their scales, giggling helplessly, but also very happily, in the warrior’s clutches. And may I just say that those giggles are just the cutest?”
His tickles are more playful, like adding squeezes and a bit of pressure to his wiggling fingers, but he always makes sure that he’s gentle enough for who he’s tickling.
He enjoys initiating tickle fights with his romantic partner. With friends though, he’s not the one who usually initiates it, except with Parker; that’s usually when Parker or Chance are making a game out of challenging one another and they both end up in a tickle-filled tussle.
Dorian:
There’s a moment in the game when he says, “If my arms are crossed, that means you’re not getting through.” You know what that means? 😏 That’s right! Tickle him so he opens up!
The game says his laugh is “like a robot attempting to imitate laughter,” so he has pauses in-between his laughs. They’re hardy belly laughs of “Ha ha ha”s strung together, that also pick up a little in speed if he’s being tickled.
He’s not the ticklish out of all the objects in the house, but still ticklish enough to where some big laughs can spill out of him.
He’s most ticklish around the sides of his body—all the way from the sides of his feet, to the sides of his torso, underarms, and to his ears—like the hinges of a door.
He’s the type to act tough at first; he’ll hold in his laughter, unmoving, and pretend he’s not ticklish (even if someone already knows he’s ticklish), and he can hold his own for a while, but subtle twitches from unexpected pokes and his quivering smile will show that it’s working. He’ll only let his friends or his romantic partner the chance to even try and see this side of him though.
It’s hard to take him by surprise since he’s always on the lookout for any signs of trouble, but it’s not impossible. Usually, a group of his friends working together can get him to drop his guard just enough to sneak attack him.
Once a sneak attack hits, it’s hard for Dorian to hold in his laughter. Honestly, he probably lets it out right away as a reward for his friends for taking him off guard.
He doubles over when he’s tickled and wraps his arms around his stomach as he laughs. He’s usually strong enough to stay on his feet and twist away from the tickles, but if he’s sent crashing to the floor, and or his friends are piled on top of him, he’s down for the count and will giggle there until he surrenders or calls for a truce.
If he’s the one tickling though, run. This man takes no prisoners. He’ll be gentle though, of course, but he’ll also teach someone a lesson.
- “Aww, what’s the matter? Is someone a little ticklish?”
- “Where do you think you’re going? You’re not getting through me.”
For instance, Maggie and Skylar wanted to find out if Dorian was ticklish. It led to them both on the floor losing a 2 versus 1 tickle fight. They got their answer though, at least.
Dorian doesn’t initiate any tickle fights, really, but he’ll definitely continue one if they come after him first.
With his romantic partner, he acts pretty much the same, except that he’ll drop his guard a little more around them and allow them to hear his laugh freely instead of him trying to hold it in.
Maggie:
She’s more of a partner in crime than someone who would actually be the one tickling. She would rather be a bystander to the chaos involved, and throw out little pointers here and there to assist. Maggie has heard all sorts of hints and talk around the house about who’s ticklish and where they’re ticklish that she can bring to the table:
- “You know, I’ve heard from Jean Loo that Johnny is super ticklish on his ribs. Try there!”
- “I don’t have any evidence other than rumors, but I’ve heard from Daisuke that Cabrizzio is secretly ticklish!”
- “Hmm, interesting… There was definitely a higher influx of laughter when you tickled Dorian’s sides! Keep aiming for that spot!”
She usually only tickles someone if one of two things happens—
1) She’s trying to gather the truth from one of her friends, and she uses tickling as a method of persuasion.
2) She decides to team up with another person, or multiple objects, if it looks like everyone is having fun and she wants to join in on that fun.
When she’s tickling someone, she speaks about her observations out loud, inadvertently teasing them. Sometimes she exaggerates her observations to tease them on purpose.
- “My goodness! I did not expect you to have such a ticklish belly.”
- “These ribs are extremely ticklish! How do you function?”
- “Your shoulders moving to your ears indicates that your neck is ticklish!”
Her go-to method of tickling is skittering her fingers, so she’s speedy and is always jumping to different spots, making her hands hard to catch.
She’s great at spotting when someone is lying, so she’s great at spotting when someone’s lying about being ticklish, or trying to hide their ticklishness. She’ll call them out on their lies.
- “If you weren’t ticklish, then your eyes wouldn’t be shifting to the left every time I ask you!”
- “I see a wobbly smile on your face, don’t deny it!”
When she’s tickled though, she’s adorably squeaky, like the cartoon-ish squeak a towel makes when it’s cleaning off glass. She’ll kick out her legs and ball up both of her fists to cover her mouth, or slap her hands to her mouth, as she giggles through her fingers. If she’s wearing her hat, she will pull her hat down to hide her face, but her smile and the blush on her cheeks can still be seen from under her hat.
A few snorts will be mixed in with her laughter, and if she’s not blushing or covering her face by then, then she definitely will after she knows she let out a snort. She covers her face after a snort more like a reflex rather than being embarrassed by it.
She’s the most ticklish on her underarms, but the back of her knees are a close second.
When she’s tickled by her romantic partner, she’ll hide her face less, allowing them to see her smile and her blush as red as her hair.
When tickling her romantic partner, she’ll admire them and their laughter. She’ll tease them a bit, but she’ll be more smitten by how adorable they are that she'll be cooing sweetly at them most of the time. Sometimes all she says is “Aww…” as she smiles at them.
She loves bumping foreheads with her partner and being close to them. If she’s laughing, or her partner is laughing, touching their foreheads together allows them to share a laugh with one another, like they’re transferring their happiness from one person to the next.
I genuinely love this show and think it's criminal there isn't more posts like these so I've decided to take it into my own hands. I try my best to stay in character as possible but I'm an anime-only with sporadic manga knowledge. That said, let's get started!
Team Akuta
Enjin: This man cannot take any amount of tickling, he will immediately crumple as soon as you go beyond poking and start laughing and swearing like crazy. He's also a big flailer, so if you don't have him pinned you better be on the lookout otherwise you might get kicked in the face.
Enjin usually doesn't initiate tickle fights because of how ridiculously ticklish he is but if you start it, you can be sure that he'll pay you back with interest once he gets the chance. He's mean when it comes to tickling, specifically targeting bad spots and teasing you about how you can't take what you dish out (he's a hypocrite).
He's pretty much ticklish all over but his worst spots are his sides, back, and neck. If you touch him anywhere there, he is gone. He dreaded getting Gob to draw spells on his back when he needed it because of how horribly ticklish it was to just sit there while the man painted on his back. He was also half-certain Gob purposely did the spell extra slowly just to watch Enjin squirm and struggle to muffle his laughter.
Despite all that, Enjin's pretty casual when it comes tickling. He doesn't have any specific preferences when it come this but he finds rough and gentle tickling equally ticklish. It's more of just an activity he does when playing around with the younger Cleaners rather than something he actively seeks out and he'd rather be the one doing the tickling rather than the one tickled.
Rudo: Rudo's the type of person who just bolts as soon as someone even mentions tickling because he knows exactly what's going to happen next. The only person who really tickled him when he was younger was Regto (who always liked hearing the hiccupy laugh Rudo has when tickled) and he was also too small to get Regto back so his first instinct is always to run. He gets super flustered when he can't and even more so if the person tickling him doesn't do it right away because anticipation genuinely kills him.
He's not overly familiar with tickling others, so he leans more to being on the receiving end of things when it comes to tickle fights. He's a menace once he gets comfortable tickling others back since he always goes straight for the worst spots so they can't tickle him back. He's got that youngest sibling mindset when it comes to tickling lol.
He's pretty much ticklish all over (to a lesser extent that Enjin) but his stomach, armpits, and the back of his knees will immediately have him screaming and cackling like a witch. Gris accidentally discovers this during one of their conversations and immediately took advantage of it the second that he could to cheer Rudo up. The sound of his laugh made the news spread like fire, especially among his team.
One form of tickling that Rudo is particularly fond of is back tickles, like the super gentle kind where the person is both rubbing your back and just barely tickling you. Regto used to do it when the pain in his hands got bad, rubbing comforting circles into his back when Rudo curled up next to him and occasionally tracing his fingers over Rudo's spine to get those quiet little giggles from him. So, Rudo prefers gentle tickling in general but he also doesn't mind rough tickling despite his extreme reactions to it. It's fun in its own way and he's willing to goad people into tickling him when he's in the mood for it (he will die of embarrassment if you call him out on it though)
Zanka: This kid will do just about anything to avoid admitting that he's ticklish. You could actively be tickling him to pieces and he'll still deny it through his laughter. He's one of those people that will curl up into a ball and roll around trying to get away from the sensations but it only makes things worse for him.
Zanka usually doesn't initiate tickle fights but he will definitely retaliate if you start it and he'll be all smug and nasty about it despite calling it childish like two seconds before. Tickling wasn't really a part of his life prior to the Cleaners, so he was never really used to being on the giving or receiving side of things. But since he has a big competitive streak, he sort of just treats every tickle fight like it's a battle of wills where whoever gives in first loses and Enjin and Riyo find it absolutely hilarious.
Luckily, he has the advantage of being the least ticklish on the team because he's only really ticklish on his hips, feet, and behind his ears. The downside is that those spots are bad. Start tickling him there and you'll have him wheezing and red in the face within a minute. Riyo likes blowing on his ears whenever she's bored and sitting behind him in the car because he lets out a high-pitched shriek that makes her laugh every time she hears it. He's not a fan.
Unsurprisingly, Zanka prefers tickling others over being tickled. He somehow always ends up in the latter position, so if he were to pick between rough and gentle tickling, he'd choose rough. Gentle feels like the person is going easy on him and it makes it less satisfying when he manages to get the upper hand.
Riyo: The resident menace of Team Akuta. Riyo initiates about 90% of tickle fights in the team, usually out of boredom or a simple desire to tease her friends but she usually does it in group settings so she can avoid retaliation. She's pretty ridiculously ticklish herself and can't take an ounce of what she dishes out but if you get your hands on her, get ready to cover your ears because she literally screams with laughter.
She leans more to the tickling side of things and she's usually pretty chill about it but the second you tickle her back, just know she'll get you back when you're least expecting it. And she'll be targeting all your worst spots until you're crying with laughter. She also likes to tease, which messes with Zanka and Rudo a lot because they're so easily flustered when it comes to tickling
In terms of ticklishness, Riyo's right behind Enjin on the scale, with her being ticklish all over. Her worst spots are her knees (back and front), back, and underarms. Get her in any of those places and she'll be down in seconds. When she was younger, Enjin used to do that egg cracking thing over her knees to get her giggling when she was in a mood and it drove her insane.
In general, Riyo prefers doing the tickling rather than being on the receiving end because the lack of control, especially if she isn't completely comfortable with that person, messes with her. She's okay with someone like Enjin or Zanka (and to a much lesser extent, Rudo because he's new) tickling her and in that situation, she does prefer the more gentle kind of tickling. She won't tickle anyone if they ask her not to (like Eishia) but she likes tickling because it's a fun way to mess with people and also get to know things about them.
Eishia: Eishia doesn't really strike me as the sort of person who would enjoy tickling outside of a very specific context because she's insecure about her laugh and just generally isn't super comfortable with it as a whole. She is okay with it when it come to August because he's her older brother and she's just kinda used to him messing with her at this point.
Between the two of them, August is the one who initiated tickle fights when they were younger. He's more ticklish than her but she's always too anxious to start the fights herself or get him back so she usually ends up on the receiving side of things. She has one of those laughs that make it sound like you're crying and August used to tease her about it a lot. Alice made him shut up about it eventually but it's part of the reason she's kinda insecure about her laugh.
Eishia's not especially ticklish, just generally ticklish everywhere with a couple odd spots like her palms and ankles. Riyo is the only one beside August that's tried to tickle her and she stopped as soon as Eishia expressed discomfort. Eishia also knows a lot of the Cleaner's ticklish spots because she takes care of them in the clinic and accidentally tickles them way too often. She's thought about taking advantage of that knowledge exactly once and that was when Follo was being a stubborn prick and refusing to rest when he had the flu but she's never done it before.
Overall, Eishia prefers staying out of the activity in general but if she had to pick, she'd prefer gentle tickling over the rough kind since the latter was what August always uses and gentle tickling sounded nicer.
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That's all for Team Akuta! I know Shikage isn't here but I don't know anything about him so I just left him out.
I tried to be as realistic as possible with this and stay true to the characters so this was actually pretty hard. I'm going to do some of the other Cleaners and Supporters and maybe even the Raiders in the future.
You asked for Project Hail Mary tickle headcanons right? Probably would be duplicates of some you may get but... Eh, why not.
- Grace gets anticipatory giggles if he's aware he's going to be tickled. Just a lot of little 'no no no no nohoho please wait'. He's not above begging as well
- Rocky would find tickling absolutely fascinating. I know some people like to imagine he also is (personally I can't see it past the whole rocky carapace thing but its cute) but I also think he would find it incredibly fascinating as like a 'your species is so weird' kinda thing. He would also abuse it on accident, just knowing it makes Grace smile and laugh, making scientific observations and expecting Grace to respond while he's just actively screaming on the floor
- idk why but I like to imagine Grace is a squeaky and squealy laugh kinda guy. And probably laughs so hard he gets hiccups after.
- Armando has definitely accidentally tickled Grace before now, which is probably what made Rocky aware of this evolutionary weakness. Rocky would find this hilarious. Grace clearly doesn't mind it that much otherwise he wouldn't have gone back for him.
- Rocky tells Adrian and Grace's school kids about it on Erid and suddenly they want a demonstration and also Rocky conveniently had nowhere to be GET OVER HERE GRACE
- Also on the ship tickling was used as payback for a variety of slights against Rocky (throwing cheese at him, drawing stupid things on his tunnel, not going to sleep when Rocky decides he needs to)
- Rocky legit just trying to tickle this man into taking care of himself like 'dammit human will you not just LEARN'
Hello! Yes I did want phm headcanons!! Thank you for sending these!!
-Omg yes! He absolutely is a giggly mess before ever even being touched! His voice probably gets higher and squeakier as the tickles get closer.
-Rocky would ABSOLUTELY find tickling fascinating! It's such a silly and odd human thing, and he loves how happy it makes Grace. Definitely at first he expected Grace to respond, but I'd bet after awhile he realizes it flusters the hell out of Grace. So he keeps doing it and feigning innocence to mess with his bestie.
-Yes yes yes!! Squeaky squealy boy!! Hiccups are SO cute!! I also raise you, if he laughs hard enough he snorts really loud.
-Definitely! Just once and awhile he's reminded to go for a physical check up, and it's tickly as heck! Rocky absolutely finds it hilarious and teases Grace about it.
-The mental image of the kids watching Rocky chasing Grace around the biodome, till he catchs their teacher and wrecks him, is SENDING ME! I love it!!!
-I adore the idea of Rocky using tickles to get back at Grace for being a little shit or for not taking care of himself. It works but also doesn't.
-Grace definitely realizes that not doing as he's told often gets him tickles, so sometimes he just decides to be a gremlin to get tickled. It takes a long time for Rocky to realize it, and he's mad mad mad (but not really).
Mean ler!Ryland “Use your words” Grace in which reader is in a lee mood and Ryland proves that he can be a little strict… or he certainly tries to.
This isn’t fair.
You know it’s not fair, and if you didn’t know better than to run your mouth in this position, you’d be whining at him about just how unfair it is.
That’s what got you in this predicament in the first place. The whining.
That’s not your fault though. How could it be?
You’d been in a mood all day, eyeing his hands, watching the way they worked so efficiently with such delicate precision. You of course couldn’t help but think about his hands on you, that was only natural, and you knew he’d love to get his hands on you just as much, so why were you still here, frustrated and un-tickled?
You’ve done literally everything you know to do when it comes to getting what you want from him. Whining and pouting and batting your pretty eyes at him and… that’s.. well, that’s about it.
But that usually works!
Oh how very well it usually works. Just looking up at him with big puppy dog eyes and tilting your head so slightly to the side. It makes him weak. His knees buckle just slightly and his stomach twists, and how can anyone say no to a face like that?
So, when you found him on the beach tinkering with some Eridian device, and you looked up at him, your eyes wide and glazed over, bottom lip poked out just a bit, you had expected him to give in to you nearly immediately. Drag you into the little house, pull you into his lap, find all of your favorite sensitive spots, coo over how sweet your laugh is. You certainly don’t expect him to tilt his head and furrow his eyebrows just a bit, confusion evident in his expression.
But, of course, that’s exactly what he did. He even went as far as to ask you if everything was okay.
You had just huffed out of your nose, eyes narrowing slightly for just a moment. You first thought he maybe just wasn’t picking it up. Yeah, that must be it. He’s just too engrossed in his work to properly comprehend the pressing matters at hand. But, when you batted your eyelashes at him, leaning in just a little closer to him, he just gave you a quizzical look before turning back to whatever he was working on.
You were taken aback to say the least. He’d never had any problem putting two and two together before, so it didn’t take a genius to figure out that he was doing it on purpose. Though you couldn’t quite land on a reason when you wracked your brain.
You pouted, an honest to god pout. Your eyebrows knit together, lips pursed, and your arms crossed over your chest, as you stared right at him. He didn’t notice- or at least he pretended not to for the moment. You didn’t notice the way he bit his lip or turned his head so that his face was just out of your view. Though, after several seconds of you burning holes into the back of his skull, he turned back to you, eyebrows raised a bit.
“Can I help you with something?”
His expression was unreadable, along with his tone. You huffed through your nose, glaring as you turned away from him and stomped through the sand back inside.
You missed the way he watched you when you turned your back to him, and the breath he let out when you got out of ear shot.
‘This is going to be much more difficult than I thought’, he thought to himself as he shook his head.
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It’s about an hour later when he makes his way into the house. You’ve had time to wallow in self pity, which included curling up in bed, and pouting, and thinking more and more about what you want. You just don’t get it. He’s usually jumping at the opportunity to tickle you out of your mind. Why would this be any different.
You sigh, chewing on the inside of your lip as so many different things run through your mind. The way he’d looked at you outside, especially compared to how he’d usually look at you. He usually looks at you like he wants to eat you alive— you’re not always unconvinced that he actually does.
You think about how he’d watch you, the way you’d watch his eyes narrow and his lips curl into a smirk. The way he’d approach, slow and stalking just to tower over you and look down at you with that grin. Your mind races as you think about how he'd hold you, how he’d wrap you in his arms, keep you in his lap, his hands exploring every ticklish spot they can reach— god, his hands.
You don’t realize how lost you are in your own pitiful yearning until the sound of the door opening and closing startles you out of your daze, your face and neck hot.
You perk up almost immediately, and you start to unwrap yourself from the blanket to find your way to his heels again, but your mind jumps back to what he’d done to you on the beach, and you make a snap decision.
If he’s got a point to prove, you’ll prove one of your own.
He walks into the small kitchen, whistling as he pours himself a glass a water. The house is only so big, you can hear him shuffling around, the clinking of the glass against the counter, and if you were to peer around the doorway, you could watch him. You stay right where you are, back to the doorway of the little bedroom as you lay in bed. You say nothing, but you sigh loud enough for him to hear it.
He stops, and you can hear the sudden halt of the water trickling. Everything is still, including him, aside from the way his lip twitches upward at the corner. He waits for a moment, listening out for anything from you, but when you don't say anything, he starts meandering around the kitchen again.
You furrow your eyebrows, huffing out of your nose before letting out another exaggeratedly loud sigh.
When he stops this time, he laughs, and you light up as he makes his way into the bedroom.
“Alright”, he sighs, sitting on the edge of the bed next to you. Your back is to him as you lay completely cocooned in the soft blanket. His hand snakes around your waist and you tense, inhaling sharply. You’re sure this is it- he’s had enough of watching you sulk, and he intends to do something about it.
At least, that’s what you tell yourself.
He pulls you closer, and you shift just a bit to look at him. He can see it all over your face, in the way your eyes shine with something hopeful, and how you chew anxiously on in the inside of your lip, even as you try to glare at him. He stares for just a moment, considering his options.
He’d planned to keep this up much longer. He has a point to prove after all. What kind of lesson is he teaching by giving in to you every time you so much as look at him a certain way? He has to hold his ground, put his foot down.
It’s just… that spark behind your eyes, and you had been asking for it all day, and would it even be fair to deny you something that you want so badly? Something he needs just as much? And… yeah, okay. Whatever. Maybe he had overestimated his own willpower, but that doesn’t mean you need to know that.
He just huffs. He’s not ready to give in to you yet, at least not completely.
“I know what you want”, he says simply as he pulls the blanket down, his hands trailing and resting on your hips. He holds you firm, and you can’t help but squirm beneath him, your face flushed red as your heart flutters in your chest. It’s almost embarrassing, how quickly he broke your little grumpy facade.
To him, it’s an absolutely breathtaking sight, the way you get so visibly needy. His jaw drops just slightly and his chest heaves as he takes a deep breath to ground himself. His skin is absolutely crawling as he watches you writhe underneath him, his fingers twitching instinctively at your sides.
He takes you in entirely, just watching, and he has to bite back a smile of his own.
“You’ve been just beggin’ for it all day, huh?”.
You deny it of course, shaking your head, but this is what you’ve wanted all day. You feel a nervous smile playing at your lips, and you bring your hands up to cover your face.
“No?”, he repeats, quirking an eyebrow as he reaches up and pulls your hands away from your face, gently pinning them to the mattress beside your head.
You turn your head, trying to hide your face as much as you possibly can- something he corrects almost instantly. “Hey, eyes up here. On me please”.
His tone is low and steady, and certainly not unkind, but still stern. Your stomach twists just a bit and you find yourself turning your head, your eyes meeting his.
“Good. Thank you.”
Your lips part just slightly as your breath catches in your throat. You just nod, any argument you could have posed faltering on the tip of your tongue.
“Now”, he starts, brushing a loose strand of hair out of your face. His tone is low, just above a whisper. “Just because I know what you want doesn’t mean I’m gonna give it to you.”
You start to whine, but he cuts you off with a chuckle, rolling his eyes.
“What, you think just because you whine and give me those big puppy dog eyes, I’ll give you whatever you want?”
You’re quiet for a moment, chewing on your lip.
“Umm… yes?”
In your defense, it usually does.
He’s quiet for a second, lips pursed. “Okay, you know what? That’s fair, but, this time,” his thumb rubs soothing circles against your wrist, “that’s not gonna work.”
You whine again, and again he cuts you off.
“Ah-ah, what did I just say, hm?”
He tilts his head down, eyebrows raised as he gives you a pointed look.
“Use your words.”
Your eyes widen. Those words in that tone out of his mouth… it’s the last thing you expect to hear from him. He’s never done this to you, denied you like this. Honestly, you didn’t even know he had the self restraint to tell you no. About anything.
Truth be told, he doesn’t. With every passing moment, he’s starting to regret this little game more and more.
He had done this as a means of toying with you. He wanted to watch you squirm, to see that desire build inside of you until you were too desperate for it to think about anything else. He hadnt considered his own need hindering that, and he tries to push it down, but instinct is gnawing at him. Everything in him is telling him to just give you what you want, draw out all those pretty giggles and squeals.
Still, he just waits, watching you, but you feel his grip on your wrists get just slightly firmer.
You don't know what to do. He's never put you in a position like this before- at least not that you can remember. You open your mouth, trying to find the right words before closing it again almost immediately. You've never... asked for it before. You're honestly not sure that you can even fix your mouth to form the proper sentence to do so.
You think and think, taking a breath every now and then as if you've thought of something before going quiet again.
He watches the way your eyes shift. You keep looking at him, like you're hoping he'll help you out, but you don't look at him long enough to meet his eyes or hold his gaze. He can see the frustration build, your eyebrows furrowing and your face burning as you realize you can't force it out.
He’s silent for the entirety of the battle you’re having with your own brain, and that only makes it worse. He’s just waiting. Waiting for you to do as he’s told you, no exceptions, no easy way out.
His fingers tap idly at your pinned wrist, which isn't helping you at all. You think he's teasing you, just the lightest tapping of his fingertips against your skin as if he's giving you just the slightest bit of what you want, making you want more, and god it's working, but that's not his intention.
He's getting just as restless as you are, eager to touch and to tickle, but who would he be if he didn't uphold his own rules?
It feels like the words are stuck in your chest, like you know what you need to say, but you can't make yourself. 'Please tickle me'. It's just three little words. A simple request. Something you know you both want. And still, your tongue feels like cement.
You take a deep shaky breath, your face contorting into a small wince as you start to force something out.
"I-", you clear your throat, rolling your eyes with a huff, "Ryland- just, please-"
Before you can even get out the rest of it- or at least try to- he's got both of your hands in one wrist, moving shockingly quickly to pin them above your head and straddle your hips.
"Yeah, okay, that's good enough for me".
It comes out rushed, so much so that you almost don't fully comprehend what he's saying, but it certainly doesn't take you long to register the feeling of his free hand squeezing rapidly up and down your side. It all happens so fast, it feels like a jolt of electricity trailing down your spine, and suddenly, what was a plea for him to get on with it turns into a desperate for him to just wait.
He shakes his head, his hand suddenly jumping from your side to your ribs, clawing against the sensitive skin and worming his fingers into the spaces between the bones.
"I’ve done enough waiting. I will literally never do that again. Don't ever make me wait that long again."
You squeal when his hand jumps again, this time under your arm before he scribbles back down to your ribs. You don’t believe what you’re hearing.
After all of that, he has the audacity to blame you for the delay, and for what? Because he got impatient? How can that possibly be fair?
"ME?", you ask through loud cackles, in utter disbelief. "I dihihidn't! I-",
He cuts you off, clicking his tongue at you before he brings his hand to your belly, clawing around your navel before scribbling across your lower belly from one hip to the other. It's so sporadic, fingertips jumping from one spot to the other and swapping between clawing and spidering and scratching.
"Excuses, excuses...", he sighs, but you don’t miss the small smirk on his face.
You know arguing with him about it will only dig you into a deeper hole, but you just can't help it. You're already so worked up. I mean, he was the one that demanded you ask for it anyway. He had intentionally denied you earlier just to prove a point, and then he got too impatient to even enforce it properly. And now he blames you? You just can't believe it.
You start to tell him that you're not making excuses, that the whole ordeal is his fault, but his thumb finds that sensitive spot in the dip of your hip, and any rebuttal you might have had is immediately lost. Your head falls back against the pillow, eyes squeezed shut us as you twist your hips as much as possible.
You’re so focused on trying to get away from the unbearable sensation of his relentless squeezing that the argument falls further and further into the back of your mind, but you just can’t seem to worm free even in the slightest.
You whine, a mess of flustered, frustrated giggles as his unpredictable movements finally turn into a steady kneading in one spot.
You’re honestly not sure at this point which is worse.
“There ya go”, he draws out, his tone softer, higher, almost patronizing. “Isn’t this so much better than laying around and pouting all day? And all you had to do was say please! I didn’t even make you say tickle.”
He watches the way your nose scrunches at the sound of the word, and the way you shake your head in response to his question. You try to say no, but you’re not sure it comes out too coherently through squeals and giggles.
He laughs. “Ohhh, that’s right! You can’t say tickle.”
He already knew that.
“We’ll work on that. I’m sure I could help you.”
A whimper slips out through frantic giggles as he reaches up to hold your wrist in his other hand before pushing the soft fabric of your tshirt up just enough to slip his hand underneath it.
You arch your back when his fingertips swirl in a smooth motion around your navel, but they don’t linger. He traces all the way up your side, just to wiggle his fingers into the soft skin under your arm.
You shake your head, trying to pull your arm down. You feel like you’re putting up such a hard fight, but he doesn’t budge.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
He barely manages the question out before you’re squealing for him to let you go, but he just shakes his head.
“No,” he says, drawing out the ‘o’, “You wanted me to tickle you, didn’t you?”
You whine again, squirming and twisting as much as you can, but not only are you stuck beneath him, you can feel your muscles giving out on you.
You’re so incredibly conflicted, just as you usually are, and he knows it, and loves taking advantage of it. This is exactly what you wanted, but you- you poor thing, you’re just so ticklish, and he’s so very mean.
It’s his favorite thing, to watch that little bit of panic flare behind your eyes when you realize that you’ve gotten exactly what you want, and ,despite the fact that you craved it all day, it’s still just as unbearable as it always in.
You nod, but then you shake your head, and it turns into some weird combination of both.
“I-I don’t knohohow!”
He laughs again, this time genuine. He almost feels bad hearing how frantic your responses are.
Almost.
Not nearly enough to stop.
His fingers stay in motion as they crawl upwards, over your bicep and to your elbow before trailing back down, spidering and scratching lightly in your armpit and down to your ribs. It’s such a repetitive motion, up and down, up and down, but you can’t adjust to the sensation at all.
“Okay, okay, fine. I’ll stop teasing.”
Liar.
Though, his hand does slow. It doesn’t stop, but it slows at your ribs.
Desperate cackles turn to something lighter, but his fingertips are still trailing gently over the spots he’d already assaulted. You can’t fight it anymore, aside from twitching and squirming out of pure instinct.
“Why are you still giggling?”, he asks, feigning confusion as his nails keep tracing against your ribs in a slow circular motion. You can feel his hand traveling higher and higher, inch by inch, devastatingly close to that oh so sensitive spot under your arm again.
“Becahahuse! It-“, you cut yourself off, biting your tongue with a frustrated whine as you throw your head back against the pillow in defeat.
“Because it what?”, he asks, eyebrows raised. “Because it tickles?”
He annunciates the word by kneading, rougher and quicker, into the soft flesh of your ribs, but only for a second before he’s back to slow teasing.
“Yehehes!”, you squeak, planting your feet against the mattress and trying to buck him off.
You don’t knock him off, but you definitely throw him off of his balance as he falls forward. He almost loses his grip on your wrists, but he holds tight using his other hand to steady himself against the headboard.
Everything’s quiet for just a moment, aside from the quick, shallow huffs you let out as you try to settle down.
He doesn’t say anything, not for a minute anyway. He’s just looking down at you, his jaw slack, and eyes narrowed, almost offended.
When you finally do look up to meet his gaze, your heart sinks.
You’re fucked.
You are so completely and utterly and extremely fucked.
“W-Wait— Ryland, hold on-“
He just shakes his head, cutting you off before you can even get started.
“You…”, he chuckles, a grin that can only be described as shit-eating playing at his lips.
“You are so screwed.”
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What’s this? More Ler Ryland? Who could have thunk. This isn’t my absolute favorite of my ler Ryland concepts but fret not because I already have another one bubbling and brewing in my drafts.
In other news, I’m rewatching Supernatural. I’m not necessarily saying that there’s Winchester content in the near future.. but I’m not not saying that either.
