Odysseus has a ridiculously ticklish back, but only certain people know (Polites, Penelope, Athena and Eurylochus)

Instead of tickle monster Polites says “I am the God of tickles!” And everyone just thinks it’s dumb /pos instead of it actually making them flustered

Polites and Ody got into a lot of tkl fights when they were younger

It used to be one sided (Polites constantly winning against Ody) but one day, Ody thought of a whole strategy to take Polites down (maybe even asked Athena for help) and it worked

The tkl fights between those two were never one sided again after that lol

Ody gets super flustered and embarrassed, but he never stops digging his own grave by constantly teasing his ler with witty comments (maybe he does it on purpose WHATWHOSAIDTHAT)

Hermes is the BIGGEST switch known to mankind, along with Polites

Hermes and Apollo get into a lot of tickle fights (almost like how Polites and Ody did), and love to bring other people into them

“Ahahahahathehehena! Hehehelp me gehehet Hehehermehehes!” “Um… I’m good…” “oh, come on, Athena! Try and get me! Betcha you can’t~” “oh my goodness- FINE.”

(Athena is really often the one who ends up getting caught in it all)

Athena never loses tickle fights

No matter if she gets gained up on or if it’s one-on-one, she always somehow manages to come out on top

(That’s the main reason Hermes and Apollo call on her the most WHATTTTT)

Going back to Hermes, his wings are EXTREMELY sensitive, probably his most ticklish spot

I’ll talk for days about how much Hermes enjoys being tkled and tkling other people (cough cough Apollo) (not like he dislikes it either tho)

That brings us to where I think the characters are the most ticklish!

Odysseus: thighs (we all agree on this LMAOO), back, ribs (back of ribs are KILLER)

Polites: Stomach, knees, hips, ribs

Eurylochus: Ribs, underarms, sides

Hermes: wings, knees, underarms, neck

Athena: ribs, back/wings, stomach

Telemachus: hips, thighs, ribs, knees

Penelope: Sides, neck/ears, knees

Apollo: knees, neck, sides, stomach

That’s about all the characters I write for LMAOO (don’t ask why it’s all the main characters… and Apollo, bc idk I just really liked him…)

I really need to talk abt Telemachus because OH BOY HES SO ALSNEOEKKSKE /pos

He liked being tickled until one of the Suitors found out he was ticklish, and now he’s just like extremely embarrassed by it and sees himself as pathetic for having an odd weakness

But slowly, after Athena takes him under her wing (literally and metaphorically) she starts doing her “stamina exercises” she used to do with Odysseus, and she calls him out that he seems to be enjoying himself (I WILL G L A D L Y WRITE A FIC ABT THIS BTW)

Once Odysseus gets back to Ithaca, he slowly starts warming back up to his son, and that eventually leads to tickle fights

In Ody’s mind, Telemachus is still little, so he always uses “the tickle monster” tease and Telem thinks it’s so embarrassing (but not necessarily bad)

Now I wanna go back to Hermes bc this man is SO SILLY

He is constantly paying little visits to Odysseus and his crew and just messing with everyone

One time he visited the crew and he just kept on tickling everyone else but not Odysseus, and eventually everyone was like “Ody, man, you need to talk to him” and their “talk” ends up being Hermes wrecking his ass /silly

Athena taught Ody how to fight back though because she has experience from Hermes, so Odysseus know how to flip the tables on the God if nessesary

Whoever on the crew tickles Odysseus, he will waste NO TIME in getting them back, he won’t even wait for them to be in private

He says that he “needs to set an example”

It’s mainly Polites who dares to tickle him in front of the crew

About Polites, I’m a firm believer that his main love language is physical touch and friendly banter, which makes tickle fights between him and Odysseus (who is famously witty and known for digging his own grave) extremely entertaining to watch

Polites won’t confirm or deny if he likes being tickled, but he just gets so embarrassed when someone asks that he just can’t stop giggling (so it’s obvious that he does)

Eurylochus, Apollo, and Polites are the only people who get flustered by the word “tickle” (for Polites and Apollo it’s only in the context of someone teasing him by saying it, for Eury he just gets so awkward if it’s bought up)

You can’t really tell if Eurylochus likes it, he's almost never on the receiving end, and whoever tries is only really able to get one or two pokes in before he brings their hands away

I’m reality, Eury doesn’t like HATE it, but he’d much rather be on the giving side because he just finds it so embarrassing (/neg) when people tickle him

This goes without saying, but Odysseus is like a master teaser

That’s partly because of all the tickle fights he had when he was younger (thank you Polites) so he just knows what gets to people all. the. damn. time.

Ody will deny he giggles until the day he dies

Herme’s favourite tease is saying “tickle” over and over again

Everyone teases that Hermes should be the God of tickles because of how often he messes with people using tickles, but he’s not embarrassed in the slightest at that tease

Speaking of, Hermes is really hard to tease because he literally is so open about liking it, and takes everything that you would think embarrassing as a compliment

While on the ship, Odysseus threw his back out trying to move their food supply, and Eury offered a back massage, and that’s when he found out how ticklish Ody’s back is LMAOO

Hermes eventually finds out, but it takes him a while, and when he does he teases Ody about how he’s been hiding such valuable information for such a long time

Polites always drags his finger down Odyseus’ spine in passing

Omg I can make a whole post abt Odysseus having a ticklish back you don’t understand how cannon this is for me

Athena tries to tease Hermes about how Odysseus constantly gets him back and that because Hermes is a God he should just be able to get out, but Hermes just giggles and goes “That’s because I like it, darling, and I wanted him to feel strong for defeating me in a battle” like he is SO UNBOTHERED

Eurylochus has been able to get Polites and Odysseus at the same time and he will never shut up about it

He also does it a lot more than you would think, like it’s so easy for him to tickle both of them and they don’t know how he does it

Eurylochus only doesn’t mind it if it’s with Poli or Ody, so he doesn’t get mad when they team up and get him (he admits that he deserves it LMAOO)

Penelope tickles Odysseus when he returns because she misses his laugh

Tickling became such a big this with Polites that now whenever Odysseus even sees someone getting tickled it reminds him of Poli (/pos I promise he like smiles)

Odysseus doesn’t usually play dumb while tickling people, he likes to show them that he knows how to get to them

That being said, he knows that Polites gets EXTREMELY flustered when people tease him by playing dumb, so he makes an acception for him

“Aww! What’s wrong, Polites? Is this a bad spot or something?” “SHUHUHUT UHUP YOHOHOU KNOHOHOHOHOW IHIHIHIT IHIHIHIHIHIS” “Yeahh but your face gets all red when I remind you, it’s so cute” “HOHOHOLY SHIHIHIT- I SAHAHAHAID SHUHUHUT IT”

Polites has literally the cutest giggles, they’re like squeaky and hiccupy, and he always goes “ehehehahaha!” Iykwim

Odysseus laughs with a lot of big gasps in between them, and if you get him for long they slowly turn squeaky and into snorts

Eurylicus has these like boomy laughter, and rarely giggles like the other two, they’re just loud and deep chuckles kinda

Sometimes if anyone gets the three of them them all together (i.e. Athena or Hermes, or honestly maybe a few crew members) a common tease is that they sound like they’re trying to harmonize their laughter

Hermes has the most high pitch laughter, but he doesn’t make any other notable sounds, mostly just giggles or hysterical cackles if you hit a good spot

Athena has the most majestic laughter literally ever, like they sound so… pretty in a way? No one really knows how, but that’s the main reason she would get tickled (again mainly by Hermes’ and Apollo, but sometimes other gods or even Odysseus)

Similarly, Penelope has very cute but also majestic giggles, and Odysseus says it’s his favourite feature of her, on top of her beauty, wits, Humor, etc etc.

Telemachus has his fathers laugh, and that’s why Penelope loves it so much, however he has picked up his giggles from his mother, they’re very cute

Apollo’s laugh is kinda generic, they’re very stereotypically “hahahaha!” (Idk how to describe it LMAOO) but they are SOOO bright and happy literally everytime

Also Polites swears the most out of all of them when he’s being tickled, and everyone is always shocked