Epic The Musical - Character Specific Tickle HCs
A/N: omg guys these were sitting in my drafts for soooo long and I forgot to share them, so here you go! Iâm gonna start to write more in the summer, so this is my opportunity to soft launch myself back into the community! Enjoy :)
Odysseus
Lee:
On the ticklishness scale heâs like 7.5/10, mildly ticklish everywhere but his thighs, back, and ribs are like 9-10/10
Heâs more ticklish to rougher tickles
Always digs his own grave while being tickled, and itâs literally just instinct for himself to tease his ler
Has a ticklish neck, and he always squeals really high if someone gets him there (Polites always makes fun of him for that)
EXTREMELY ticklish back
That being said, he physically canât do massages (one time Eurylochus offered a back massage, and he couldnât stop giggling)
He holds in his giggles for the life of him (it doesnât really work out that well)
He loves getting his head scratched by penelope, but sometimes she just lowers her hand slightly and tickles his neck
He gets very embarrassed whenever anyone tickles his neck because of how high pitch his giggles get, but thatâs why everyone loves getting him there
Ler:
Heâs an abuser of the tease âdonât? Donât what?â
Will do/say things that would also apply to himself
He doesnât do this on purpose, he's just incredibly hypocritical LMAOO
Always says âaww, someoneâs having funâ while teasing someone he knows whoâs enjoying themselves (i.e. Polites, Hermes, Penelope, Telemachus, etc.)
Always manages to switch the leeâs words to make it seem like they want it
âOHOHO NOHO- pleheHEHEASE!â âPlease what? Tickle you more?â âWhaHAHAT?! NOHOHoho! Thahahats nohot whahahat I sahaid!â âReally? Cause thatâs what I heard.â
Everyone always tells him to shut up whenever they get tickled by him (he never does, in fact he teases them more)
Loves to mock people /loving (for example, if someone goes âOhohodysseus!â He would giggle the persons name back at them, also if someone goes ânononoâ heâll either tease âyesyesyes!â Or âno? Nonono? Why not?â)
Heâs always tickling the crew (cough cough Elpenor) who cause trouble (but not in a serious way)
Once he decides heâs going to tickle you, he wonât stop until you beg him to
Polites
Lee:
Heâs a 9/10 on the ticklishness scale, my poor boy is WAY too ticklish for his own good
Heâs always being called cute, but will deny it till the day he dies
Iâve heard this before, he has a sweet spot near his ears/jawline where he will literally giggle soooo much like itâs just nonstop giggles
Heâs also super ticklish on his hips, like his hips and his stomach are his top 2 spots
He squeals really often too, like every new spot you target he squeals/shrieks
He gets tickled for his constant swearing
Saying the word tickle while tickling makes him like jump a little and shake his head (also like blush like crazy obvi)
But he will never say âdonât say that!â because he tries to bring as little attention to it as possible
Heâs the most open about being tickled out of the rest of the crew, he doesnât admit it, but everyone just knows that he loves it
Always gets the âyouâre way too ticklish to be acting this wayâ tease
Telling him how ticklish makes him the most flustered
Genuinely didnât know that he was still ticklish as a ghost, until someone (probably Elpenor or Odysseus) tried tickling him
Being tickled as a ghost feels like constant buzzing, so it's like not as intense, but the buzzing gets more prominent when itâs over a spot that's really ticklish
He still has the same tickle spots as a ghost
Heâs such a giggler, and he giggles the most at anticipation/air tickles, they get him SO bad (Odysseus loves to use that against him)
Extremely ticklish to lighter tickles, so spidering around whatever spots always works the best
Ler:
He usually tickles people lighter, but with Ody he goes all out
He starts giggling while he's teasing people
Tends to do things that other people do to him, not in a teasing way or anything, similarly to Odysseus, thatâs just how he rolls
He always gets flustered, even when heâs a ler, but he still loves banter
His love language is physical touch, so naturally tickling is a huge part of it (he constantly tickles the crew to make them feel better, even as a ghost)
Despite how flustered he gets when he's teased using the word âtickleâ, he always uses it in his teases
Like heâs always going âtickle tickle tickle!â And giggles along with the lee after (AHHHH /pos)
Eurylochus
Lee:
Heâs a solid 5/10, probably the lest ticklish crew member
He literally canât talk when heâs being tickled, all he can do is laugh
Gets suuuper embarrassed whenever he gets tickled
Not usually a lee, he catches the lers hands whenever they try to tickle him
Tickling in general makes him embarrassed because he thinks it's childish
But he sees Odysseus (his captain/superior/best friend) and Polites (his other best friend) get into tickle fights a lot, so heâs more open to it with them and sometimes joins in
Ler:
Has a soft smile while he's tickling people, itâs so cute
His teases are usually stating the obvious
âYou laugh a lot when I get you here.â âOHohoho reheheally? I dihihidnât nohohotice.â
He ends up accidentally tickling a lot more people than anyone else on the crew
He only intentionally tickles Odysseus and Polites
He's always getting both of them at the same time, itâs actually insane how easily he does it
Penelope
Lee:
Sheâs probably a 8/10 she is SO TICKLISH
She definitely snorts when she laughs, more than Odysseus, and he loves that about her
Her giggles are adorable, but also so pretty, and itâs one of Odysseusâ favourite features about her
One of my hcs is Hermes sometimes checks up on her so she's not so lonely in her room, and he has definitely tickled her to cheer her up
She scrunches her nose and shakes her head a lot when she gets tickled
She also gets very jumpy when someone pokes/squeezes her side or smth like that
When that happens she also lets out a squeak and she gets super embarrassed abt it
Speaking of she gets flustered rally easily
She will forever deny that she is more ticklish than odysseus (spoiler alert: she is)
If you get her long enough, and in a good spot, she starts like CACKLING like itâs so funny
Itâs either cackling or silent laughter after a while
Ler:
Often teases people for being so ticklish (âMy my, you sure are ticklish, huh?â, âDonât think I forgot how ticklish you are.â, etc.)
She usually tickles Odysseus and Telemachus, but I wonât be surprised if sheâs gotten a god (like Athena or Hermes) as well
She is SUCH a ler for odysseus like she will tickle him all day if heâd let her
Sheâs very teasy, but sheâs also super smiley the whole time
She takes a lot of breaks while tickling people, so that they can breathe
She genuinely enjoys tickling people so much so that she can hear their laugh
She tickles people when theyâre tickling her to try and get them off and is all like âIâll stop if you stop!â (She doesnât)
Telemachus
Lee:
Like his mom, heâs a good 8/10 on the ticklishness scale, just an extremely giggly guy LMAOO
Heâs suuuper air ticklish like he canât stop giggling
Giggles whenever he says tickle, even while heâs teasing someone he just canât say it normally
Snorts just like his parents, but itâs a lot less often, only if you get him really bad
Heâs mainly gets tickled by Athena, Penelope and Odysseus once he gets home
Odysseus tickles him really childishly/uses childish teases (using teases like âthe tickle monsterâ and making silly âomnomnomnomâ sounds if he's using his beard to tickle him)
Athena tickles him while theyâre training
She either makes some training days more focused on âstaminaâ which means tickling him and seeing how long he can hold out
Or while sparring, she goes behind him and like tickles his sides to catch him off guard, and he usually like drops his sword so she goes âOkay then, Iâll randomly tickle you once in a while weâre sparring. Try not to get distracted.â
Now whenever he feels Athena tickle him during a sparring session, he lets out this overdramatic groan/whine combination, and he's like âAthenaaaa whyyyâ (She just giggles at him because she knows he doesnât mind it)
One time the suitors found out heâs ticklish, and humiliated him, and he like hated tickling for a while after that.
Athena helped him loosen up about it tho, and now he enjoys it again
A neat little trick Penelope found is how if someone uses 2 fingers and just dig into his ribs while vibrating their hand, he like screams so high that his voice cracks and itâs halarious
Ler:
He has definitely gotten Athena back more than once
He doesnât tickle many people because he doesnât have that many friends
But once Odysseus gets back, and they slowly begin to roughhouse a little more. Heâs more than happy to get his father back
He gets such a big power trip while heâs tickling someone, because it doesnât happen that often
Heâs such a silly ler
He usually tries to start conversation with the lee
If he does tease, itâs teases he's picked up from other people (he learned the âdonât!â âDonât what?â âTickle me!â Tease from odysseus)
Overall more lee than ler, but he has his moments
Hermes
Lee:
On the ticklishness scale, heâs like 8/10
Has a very contagious laugh
Oh boy, heâs a squealer! Like more than Polites, his giggles are always spiking in volume and pitch
Heâs really hard to make embarrassed, but anticipation gets him blushing
Canât stand it when someone wiggles their fingers over whatever spot theyâre about to tickle bc he just wants the to start, but the motion of seeing the fingers wiggling is so flustering to him
Apollo usually finds a way to make Hermes watch him as he tickles him, knowing that itâs the one of the only things that would get Hermes actually blushing
Whenever he gets tickled, his wings are always flapping to get away, and so if you only have his upper body pinned his legs will like levitate, making his body look like a âUâ
You have to hold him down because he will unintentionally fly away
He uses his wings to cover his face if heâs blushing, but usually theyâre pressed tight against his head, hoping the ler doesnât notice them
Thatâs because they are DEATHLY ticklish, like itâs insane
Ler:
This. Man. Teases. So. Well.
He is not afraid to call people out if they like it
He laughs with the lees
He also will tickle people for no reason, just because he wants to
More often than not, he usually tricks people into getting tickled
Or most of his pranks end in the person getting tickled
He tickles Telemachus whenever he visits
He also loved to mess with odysseus and his crew, especially if they donât usually laugh/smile often (cough cough Odysseus and Eurylochus)
But one day when he visited, Odysseus let it slip that Polites likes it, and the godâs eyes lit up with so much joy
Obviously he immediately went to wreck the poor guy (they both loved it)
He teaches Telemachus how to tickle people and uses Athena as a test dummy
Heâs so silly and playful its actually insane
Heâs like that with everyone, even Ody (ESPECIALLY Ody actually)
Overall just a fun and silly ler
Athena
Lee:
Sheâs like more of a 6.5/10
She definitely lets Telemachus tickle her, she enjoys how excited he gets to get revenge on her (she knows that he missed out on this when he was younger, and is happy to make up for lost time)
Odysseus has gotten her when they spar when he gets back to Ithaca
Odysseus is very cocky and confident about this because he was never able to before, so heâs all like âI learned some new tricksâ and Athena canât even be mad because sheâs impressed
Like Ody, she teases her ler unintentionally, usually saying some sort of sassy comment
Ler:
She doesnât really tease, but sheâs really skilled at tickling
She always used to tickle Odysseus and mask it up as âstamina strainingâ
She now tickles Telemachus for âstamina trainingâ, but doesnât always mask it up as that (like sheâs more open about wanting to tickle him)
She has long nails so she just like gently scratching whoever sheâs tickling (Telemachus dies)
Sheâs also very playful with Telemachus, but everyone else she doesnât usually tease
Other than Odysseus when he gets home and they get reacquainted, and even he made a joke about how she was âholding out on himâ when she was his mentor
She obviously replies with something along the lines of âwell you were too ticklish for me to unleash my full powerâ
She compliments lees as she tickles them, but itâs mainly kinda teasy/backhanded compliments (like âyouâre holding up so well. Thatâs surprising, cause youâre so ticklishâ or something)
