๐ชถ Introducing Ms. Gigglegoose & The Goofmallows ๐ช (Part 1)
Lately I've been posting about a new tickly character I've been dreaming up, as you may have seen. Took some time and a bunch of brainstorming, with LOADS of help from my friendo @pingobuparts, but everything's finally all pieced together!
I'd like you to officially meet Ms. Gigglegoose (aka Lexi) & the Goofmallows ๐ช๐ชฟ
This post will act as Part 1 of their introduction, as honestly I have so much to establish and I want to get it out in at least somewhat manageable chunks ๐
With all that said, read on below to learn some more about these goofs! ๐
Lexi ๐ฎ
Lexi is a gamer and artist in her late 20s. She spends a great deal of her time playing games of all kinds, few things put her at ease like relaxing with a good video game. Though that ease can falter when she leans into a challenge. While only slightly competitive, her mix of determination and stubborness make it difficult if not impossible to tear herself away from a personal challenge in a game before she's beaten it. When she's not gaming she also likes making art, with a special love for drawing characters and coming up with their stories. Lexi really wanted to combine her two loves to make her own gaming channel, but she'd been trying first to decide on a distinct theme to set her apart from all the others. At the time, she had no idea what direction to take it in.
If you asked her friends, they would describe Lexi in one word: Giggly. It really doesnโt take much to make her laugh, and once she gets going she often has trouble stopping. When she laughs especially hard she's even been known to let out a sound almost like a honk, prompting her friends to regularly and affectionately dub her a giggly goose. Though as much as she knows that they love her giggliness, she hides her love of tickles from them. She just can't be 100% sure how they'd react to all her tickly thoughts and desires, already embarrased enough at times hearing them run through her own mind.
Eventually she finds her way onto Tumblr and discovers a community of those who love tickling just like her. An incredibly validating experience, and one that begins to jolt her creativity. A new set of silly characters form in her mind that she begins to draw and write about, living out touch-starved tickly thoughts through them. Specifically through the main character of this new bunch, Ms. Gigglegoose.
Ms. Gigglegoose ๐ช
Ms. Gigglegoose (or Gigi for short) is just about the most giggly clown you could ever hope to meet, though she's not entirely pleased with that fact. While she doesnโt by any means hate being giggly or even dislike the fact, she's on a mission to prove that she can be more than just a laugh. So in an effort to method act herself into a more serious mindset, she wears more business oriented clothes and glasses over her clown attire, not to erase her silly side fully but rather to balance the scales a bit. In addition adding "Ms." to her title to sound extra professional.
As she goes through the activities she enjoys she does so while endeavoring to keep a straight face and a serious focused attitude. She can keep this going for only so long though since, like Lexi, it really takes very little to make her laugh. Similarly once she gets going on a giggle fit she can have some trouble composing herself again, despite her frustration. She's endlessly determined to get better at seeming serious, but it's definitely an uphill battle. And none of this is made easier by her closest companions, the Goofmallows.
The Goofmallows ๐ชฟ
The Goofmallows are little marshmallow birds that exist alongside Gigi in the circus. Where did they come from? How are they alive? Nobody really knows, and honestly nobody really cares either. I mean just look how adorable they are! They mainly spend their time with Gigi who loves them each SO so much, even though these little goofs constantly test her patience and ability to maintain seriousness with their tendency to tickle her any chance they get. They absolutely love the sound of her giggles, but since they've noticed her attempting to hold them in, they've been forced to resort to more devious tactics.
Each have differing methods they favor for tickling. Razzle (the white goose) favors blowing raspberries, a honk coming through with each one they give. Nestle (the orange kiwi) loves to nuzzle, their wig providing some extra fluffiness which helps nicely. Tip (the pink chicken) and Tap (the purple pigeon) both enjoy pokes, pecking their soft yet effective marshmallow beaks into any tickle spot they can reach. Even with their mischievous antics they do always know when enough is enough, and are happy to cuddle their squishy adorable marshallow bodies into Gigi for a snuggly rest after big bouts of tickly fun.
An Idea ๐ฅ
Lexi continued to draw and write about her new circus of characters, living vicariously through the fictional tickles, and then of course going back to gaming whenever she found herself mourning that the tickles can't be real. Then one day while looking online for new gear to upgrade her gaming setup, she happened upon a haptic suit. The suit is fit with loads of sensors all throughout, made to send vibrations corresponding to fights and other events in games for extra immersion. It was a bit pricey, but Lexi loves nothing more than feeling like she's actually in the world of a game, so she decided to treat herself and buy one. She was super excited to give it a try, but in practice it didn't quite give the effect she was originally expecting. The vibrations coursing throughout the upper half of her body tickled like crazy, sending her into giggly madness when she should be fighting off digital enemies. A mix of slight disappointment but also ticklish glee flurried in her mind, and suddenly an idea clicked into place.
This could be the distinct theme she'd been looking for, something to set her apart in the gaming content space. This suit and her characters could come together to make something incredibly silly, interactive, and cathartically ticklish. She immediately got to work drawing, turning Ms. Gigglegoose into a VTuber/PNGTuber model (still can't decide which is better for this), adding the Goofmallows as animated events for donations, going through tutorials to make stream events trigger the haptic suit's sensors, and once all was together she got ready to take her characters LIVE.
Check out Part 2 to learn more about her streaming setup, how she interacts with her viewers, and how they can interact with her ๐














