#mahaha

"eeeeee did you hear that Evelyn I feel like he totally likes me!" She says excitedly clapping her hands

Pals being pals

big chunky goth boy in YOUR area!!

why do my spontaneous pieces come out so good sometimes? i wanna squish that chubby boy...poke his fat lil tummy >:) funnily enough fatter characters are easier for me to draw i guess. head shape ends up being a circle instead of what i usually do, which the quality is inconsistent for. also easier to make a reference myself since....IM ONE OF THEM o_o shocker

So I did some research (because you can’t just mention multiple tickle cryptids and expect me not to google that endlessly) and you’re right, there’s a ton. The Mahaha itself I thought was interesting, as it’s described as a humanoid creature with long fingernails, and, according to the Wikipedia page for some game called Warriors of Myth, “...if an Aboriginal was found dead with a bizarre smile across his or her face, the tribe assumed it was the work of the Mahaha....” 

Among the Mahaha and the Mavka previously mentioned, there is also the Surale, a woolly shapeshifter who plays tricks on farmers, one of which is often leading them astray and tickling them to death. There’s also the Archura, also a shapeshifter (lots of shapeshifters in these mythologies), who is described as a mischievous creatures who imitates other’s voices to lure victims into his cave whereupon he tickles them to death. Finally, closely related to the earlier Surale is the Leshy from Slavic mythology, who who embodies much of the same traits and mannerisms.