this game has me in a chokehold, alas these are just HCs for Robert and Flambae bc unfortunately Flambert dynamic has rotted my brain BUT perhaps I will get around to writing for more characters, I definitely have a lot of thoughts rattling around in my noggin so
Robert Robertson
This man has been by himself for SO fucking long ok. He's barely had any human contact outside of hero work, so his experience with tickling was limited to when he was younger
I like to think that when Chase was watching him, occasionally if Robert was feeling down he would threaten a visit from the tickle monster to get him to cheer up. Of course, Robert would try to run; it never worked though ;)
So all that to say, he doesn't really think about it much. Cue first time being tickled in like fifteen years and uh oh knismo awakening alert
I have SO many ideas on how that goes, but at risk of writing like. entirely too much. I'm just gonna hop into dynamics n shit
Solid switch imo, I think he enjoys giving as much as receiving, not to mention like. You can't tell me that man wouldn't be a devastating ler
That voice asking, "Oh? Does that tickle?" killer.
I think his worst spots would be his stomach, shoulder blades, and hipbones. I have very little reason, just based on vibes alone.
Skittering works best, I think he's gotten used to rougher touch from years of superhero work, and a lighter touch would send him to his knees.
His laugh is much like it is in canon obvs, light and huffy, but if you manage to really get him going after a bit, it turns more into a full-bodied cackle.
Ler Robert thoughts: I think anyone needing to be hella humbled (...large portion of the z-team...) gets their shit rocked. Flambae's being a little extra mouthy during a shift? "Flambae, meet me in the conference room after shift." The rest of the team do not let him live it down once they hear Flambae wheezing and snorting through those conference room walls. Malevola's bein a little too handsy? Good luck girl your portals can't save you now.
I think he also uses it just to tease them for fun; Waterboy especially gets so flustered when Robert pulls even just the slightest HINT of tickling up. Like, that's his hero, threatening him with wiggling fingers? That boy is soooo fucked.
Flambae
Listen, I know ler Flambae tends to be the move, but that man needs to be humbled SO bad.
That v-neck is BEGGING to be exploited. Robert skitters his fingers across his abs one day and he fucking wheezes
He would NEVER admit it, but he certainly doesn't mind being tickled.
Prism is the first to find out Flambae is ticklish, and Flambae makes her swear to secrecy. She agrees.
Mostly.
Sometime after Robert comes around, Prism gets her shit wrecked and she decides his ass needs a little humbling
Enter Robert Robertson The Third
Also going to jump into dynamics now bc ykw if my ass ever decides to write I can elaborate there, if I elaborate here we'll be here forever
Anyways Flambae tells himself he doesn't like being tickled, that he'd much rather wreck someone than be wrecked, but we all know that's some bullshit
I don't think he craves it often? But when he does, it hits him hard
His most ticklish spots in my head are probably on his lower body, though his torso can definitely get him going; his feet and thighs are the worst though.
(and this is a little less sfw than i usually go, but i know it in my heart to be true: that tush is SO ticklish and it pisses him off to no end.)
I think his standard laugh is more of a wheezy cackle, but get him going enough and it turns into wheezy snorts
He canonically snort laughs (can't remember what causes it but during a dispatching segment he starts laughing and the subtitles call it snort laughter so,,,,,) and my knismo ass jumped on that shit like a juicy steak
Ler Flambae evil asf don't you worry, and he ALWAYS gets revenge. He's a mean ler, mocks his lee (lovingly ofc), sometimes just stays dead silent because he knows that can be worse than him talking...ler Flambae thoughts consume me....
i have more but I think I'll leave this one off here... Too many thoughts, too little time </3
