The thought of someone pointedly focusing alll their attention into making you fold, teasing you about how ticklish you are, encouraging you to let your laughter out—people being tickled and their reactions might be cute but you know what’s even cuter? Being a ler. Wanting to be the reason people let their guard down, just to watch them become goofy and unhinged??? You want to watch people LAUGH?!? ADORABLE.
That being said! Here is a lil list of different ler archetypes ! Important to note that this in no way denotes that all people that tickle other people fit wholly in these categories!! This is just a lighthearted little collection of tropes I’ve noticed in different tickle situations, focusing on the tickler side!
Meticulous Ler
-they have all damn day to explore different tactics on every likely (sides, armpits, feet, etc;) and unlikely (specific places on the rib cage, palms, ears, collarbone,etc;) spots.
-because of that, they’ll be the most likely to find your ticklish spots you didn’t even know you had
-“How ‘bout…this spot?!? No? Hm..I swore I saw you blush when I tickled right here!”
-Is extremely determined and too too comfortable with destroying people with teases from the outside in seriously these lers are EVIL.
-“Did I hear…a LAUGH?!?” Right when I got to…this spot?!?”
-If they notice something produces a stronger reaction, they are HONING in on it.
-DANGEROUS. They are PATIENT, and are not afraid to try anything. (Within boundaries of course)
-Their thought process is if one spot/method doesn’t work, there’s another one that will! And they’re not shy to try and find it.
Cheeky/Teasy Ler
-Is relentlessly vocal and teasy, observant as HELL.
-ALso evil and incredibly determined, just in getting you to fluster yourself more than physically seeking out each spot
-They KNOW when someone is ticklish, and will not resist the urge to comment on it
-In any future scenario where you’re having a playful spat with someone, or if a ‘fight’ is brought up, this person will comment “Y/n’s ticklish!”
-They are the ones spilling the beans that you’re ticklish to other people, these are the encouragers which honestly feels more flustering a lot of times 😖
-When they DO physically attack, it’s often by surprise, orrrr when they know that their words will be the finishing move on totally melting the lee (ex: they often play the role of someone called in to help tickle a lee, high confidence scenarios where they KNOW where the lee is ticklish)
-Will constantly threaten to tickle you, or they flat out WILL, in public, at home, in front of other friends—they will be sure to make embarrassing and flustering you their first target.
Elder Ler
-Ok hear me out, I don’t usually split things like this into age categories, but this is close to my heart as it seems like this category of tickles come from grandmother/grandfather aged people that you know only have the most playful, pure intentions, and it’s just always so familial and comforting
-Doesn’t need to be an older person, but that’s kind of what I had in mind with all the encounters I’ve had with these types.
-Like when an older person clutches onto you when they laugh and if they do it on your side it TICKLES and that almost certainly makes them poke or squeeze you one more time, which is so wholesome but so FLUSTERING GRAH
-Or the spidering across the back of your neck/shoulders that almost always certainly makes me shiver and cringe into myself oh my goodness
-Cheer-up pokes.
-When they check in on you and just seem to notice when you’re feeling off and they genuinely care, chefs kiss
-They are just so fun and so kind. Oh my god im just like, missing a warm grandma figure tf
Goofy Ler
-Lord have mercy on you if you’re already a person who laughs easily. These lers will use every overexaggerated, over-the-top movement/noise they can just to get you to preemptively giggle before they even tickle you.
-These people just want to see you laughing, and are completely willing to make a fool of themselves to do so.
-Think big claw hands, monster walks, declarations of the tickle monsters arrival, baby talk teases, raspberries, evil villain laughing, etc;
-Are mischievous, will be the kind to tase your sides and quickly bolt away before you realize it’s them
-“TICKLETICKLETICKLE” in the silliest falsetto voice
Sadistic Ler
-Their main goal is ultimately to see how much you can take before completely losing it
-Would never actually break your boundaries on purpose, but if you’re ok with it, will get pretty damn close to making you cry and beg for them to stop
-On the hunt for the places that produce the most uncontrollable reactions/wildest laughs
-Are the kind to tickle for interrogation purposes/punishment/getting someone to admit something.
-Will be ridiculously coy+crafty, and say things like “aww just wait until I ACTUALLY start tickling you!” “Oh, did you think I was done?? You’re not going ANYWHERE” “What was that? Tickle you more? Ok!!”
-Thrive on entrenching the person they’re tickling in complete hysteria, their only escape being the help of another person or the mercy of this ler
-Will target bad spots in such an intense way the lee will be rendered too tickly and weak with laughter to even fight back
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