#the smiler tickle

[alechans-cutetickles]

꒦꒷⚠️ the smiler tickle headcanøns! >//< 🖤💛꒷ ꒦

🇮🇹:lui é ler-learning switch

(🇮🇹:questa é la prima volta che faccio un hc sull solletico viprego lui é cosi carino •//• 💕)

🇺🇸:His is a ler-learning switch

(this is the first time that i make a tickle hc pls he is so cute •//• 💕)

ʚ LER ~ 🎀 soft🇮🇹:giocherellole 🇺🇸:playfull ɞ

꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷

🍪 🇮🇹:ooo~ lui é davvero bravo a farti il solleticino~ -//-

💌 adora farti il solletico con le sua armi solleticose é soffice chiamate "the giggler" >//<

🍼 "awww sei adorabile piccolx sorisso" "cochy cochy coo~ ^//^ " "penzi di resistere? Sono the smiler quindi il solletico continuera~!"

🎀 adora fare il solletico sulla pancia e schiena °//°

🫁 adora sgranocchiare i carini~

꧁༺-----☆-----༻꧂

🍪 🇺🇸:ooo~ he is very good to tickle u~ -//-

💌 he love tickling u w his ticklish n fluffy weapons called "the giggler!" >//<

🍼 "awww r u adorable lil smile" "cochy cochy coo~ ^//^" "u think u can resist? i'm the smiler so the tickling will continue~!"

🎀 he love tickling tummies n backs °//°

🫁 love nibbling the cuties~

-`♡´- LEE (SOFT 🇮🇹:SCHIOCCO 🇺🇸:SILLY) -`♡´-

🫀 🇮🇹:Oh mio dio quanto é adorabile!! ૮꒰ྀི⊃⸝ ⸝ ⸝⊂꒱ྀིა

🦴 lui ADORA quando i ler/switches li fanno il solleticino!! °//°

🫧 dall 19% lui é extra solleticoso!! ///

🐾 soffre il solletico da pertutto povero patatino!! /// 💕💕💕

💢 la sua risatta e mega adorabile e schioccina >//<

🧠 "le tue mani sono cosi calde >//w//<"

🧸 adora tantissimo farsi solleticare sull suo pancino dai ler/switches ♡︎//♡︎

🌈 il solletico lo fa cosi felice che muove la sua coda MAMMA MIA!! 😭💕

🧼 il suo pancino é cosi morbido!! ///

🎧 adora gli abracci,coccole,strofinate baccetti solleticose~

💉 dopo che li hai solleticato cosi tanto ti accarezza la test ti da un baccio su la tua testolina e ti dice "grazie per avermi fatto il solletico sei adorabile e affetuosx ^//^"

‪(:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅:♡:]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅)‬

🫀 🇺🇸:omg how adorable he is!! ૮꒰ྀི⊃⸝ ⸝ ⸝⊂꒱ྀིა

🦴 he LOVE being tickled by the lers/switches °//°

🫧 of 19% he is extra ticklish!! ///

🐾 he is ticklish everywhere poor cutie patootie!!! /// 💕💕💕

💢 his laugh is mega adorable w cutes giggles n silly chuckles >//<

🧠 "ur handa r so warm! >//w//<"

🧸 he love being tickled by his tummy by the lers/switches ♡︎//♡︎

🌈 tickle make him happy that he wang his tail OMG!! 😭 💕

🧼 his tummy it's so soft ///

🎧 he love tickle hugs,cuddles n kisses~

💉 after u tickle him that much he pat u kissing ur lil head n say "thx u for tickling me ur so adorable n affectuos ^//^'

[laughterlust]

So I haven't been to many haunted house-type attractions in my life. The ones I have gone to just.. Really don't scare me. I'm jumpy af, but not genuinely scared easily by Halloween-themed things. Gore doesn't scare me, it just grosses me out. I usually laugh along with the scare actors because I just like seeing them having fun, and pretend to get scared so that they aren't disappointed. Plus most of these attractions just shove people through like a conga line, which breaks the immersion.

But there is one scare house at a pretty small venue that I've not only been to twice, but have paid twice both times to go in again. I don't feel comfy name/location dropping, just know that it's in Oregon.

The atmosphere is great. The scare actors have a lot of fun roaming around the park and jumping people, and they put a good amount of effort and character into it. There's always at least a couple clown actors, one of which pretended to tickle the chin of a dude standing right next to me in line, which instantly made me shriek & spin and hide my face and pray that I was able to play it off as just a jumpy reaction.

They actually make your group (or individuals who want to go in alone, like me) wait 30-40 seconds to head in, so that you can feel more immersed.

There's a section where you have to squeeze through big huge inflated walls and I kinda just, wanted to hang out in there for a bit it's fine

But most of all, I kept coming back because of the clown-themed funhouse zone. Which plays The Smiler theme.

The huge spooky neon clowns painted everywhere, the clown scare actors and animatronics that follow you giggling like maniacs, the twisting, turning maze and "asylum" you have to run through all while hearing that taunting laughter booming overhead, just...

It's the only haunted house that has ever spiked my adrenaline through the roof. It makes my brain go haywire with Unhinged Clowny Ler thoughts.

Stay tuned for the shitty video I took with a quarter-sized cam necklace 👍

❌🔞MINORS AND NO AGE IN PROFILE DNI. This is a NSFW blog, you will be blocked on sight.🔞❌

[ticklish-touch]

... BRUH HOW THE FUCK DID YALL KNOW I'VE BEEN RAMBLING ABOUT THE SMILER ON DISCORD

Seriously, I've been on a Smiler kick on Discord servers for the past 2-3 days ever since I realized that the theme is the song I heard at a scare-house last Halloween that sent me into Lee Panik like almost nothing ever has before

Hypno, laughing gas, tickle machines, a bit of doctor-play with Happiness injections... hhhgvjjgkg Lord Mercy

This terrifies me in the best way

As for the Deities... Sweet jesus don't let Rags find out about this. Those two would get along like a house on fire and enable each others' chaos, and bounce ideas off of each other on how to make the whole world permanently smile and laugh their heads off.

He'd be so fuckin mean and make as many of his human friends ride it as possible. Granted, he wouldn't let it permanently alter their brain chemistry, he knows other emotions are important for people to process. But he'd still let them be euphoric, fill them with adrenaline and dopamines, overloaded with tickle-pleasure, and giggle-drunk for a few days after 😈

Kenni might not approve tho. He already doesn't like coasters and the methods are a little... Intense for his liking, lmao

But still, sign me the fuck up, it seems like a genuinely fun rollercoaster and amusement park 👍

[victorluvsalice]

-->And Roxana did, going straight for a $3 cone of ice cream! Which, to my surprise and delight, prompted Smiler to gain a special Confident moodlet about selling ice cream on an extremely hot day, “The Coolest Vendor In Town!” XD Plus a separate moodlet for selling excellent-quality food. :) And, as usual, once one Sim had bought something, all the others in the area were eager to check things out! Notable sales included:

I. A guy named Asa trying out the mushroom waffles

II. Someone named Finley also going for a cone of chocolate ice cream

III. Roxana coming back for something more filling and also trying the mushroom waffles

IV. A guy named Mitchell taking a chance on the seafood pizza

V. Someone named Desmond deciding to go for a BOWL of ice cream, because why settle for a cone

VI. Don Lothario showing up and being convinced to buy a slice of Curious Pizza because I thought it was funny

VII. And my very first Sim ever made, Geeker McTest (in this save file a minor celebrity), showing up and also grabbing a bowl of ice cream. :)

Not bad at all, huh? The day’s profits weren’t amazing – $233 for five ice creams, four waffles, one slice of seafood pizza, and one slice of Curious pizza – but the gang doesn’t need the money, they just do this so people have good things to eat that they might not be able to get in their home worlds. :) Plus it’s just fun!

-->Ah, but what were Victor and Alice doing while Smiler was getting their sale on? Well, Victor ended up helping Alice with the ribs (by standing around and chatting with her, because he couldn’t do much else), then they each had a plate (chowing down with Roxana as she enjoyed her waffles) before heading over to the chess tables to play a game! As they both had a want to do so, you see. They spent their time chatting and flirting while Smiler worked the crowd, with Alice ultimately winning the match. All that time spent in Looking-Glass Land must have really made her a chess queen! (Literally – she does indeed get a fancy crown and everything at the end of that book. XD)

-->Once the food sale was over, it was time to start taking care of everyone's needs! Smiler, who was thirsty, went over and chatted with Roxana, learning a bit more about her (“she/her” pronouns, dislikes pop music and fitness) before convincing her to let them have a drink, while Victor and Alice, meanwhile, both used the toilet (with Victor nearly getting walked in on by KATRINA! Caliente – decorum, woman!). Alice then had a brief cloudgaze while Victor went around the side of the building to privately practice Untamed Magic, getting the “Necrocall” spell (which lets you summon ghosts from their gravestones) in the process (and a cute little message from Darkwing saying “New spells are fun!” :) ). I then tried to have Alice and Victor build a sand sculpture together to wrap up the day...

Only for Victor to just stand around supervising while Alice and SMILER ended up building a sand cowplant out the front of the park. O.o Well, I guess that’s one way for them all to participate? It was starting to get a little late, though, and I didn’t want the food in Smiler’s inventory to go bad...

[gangles-toybox]

Chat I was thinking about something really stupid. So this is all to y'alls sfw (only saying cuz im a minor) tickle blogs out there, but the Rollercoaster Smiler as a humanoid or whatever would probably be a tickler!

I say this because one part of the marmalizer is to tickle you until you can't help but laugh along with laughing gas, hypnotization, etc.

[alechans-cutetickles]

my baby 🩷

(il mio bimbo 🩷)

That goofy mf

[kryptonitejelly]

A flyboy!universe idea/drabble because of this scene. Set in flyboy, but can be read as a standalone - Jake Seresin x you ft. Seresin sibling squabbling.

This is just me clearing up and finishing off the one billion wips sitting in my drafts…. these are just moments tbh.

Wish you were here.

Jake shoots off the text to you, telling you for what seems to be the hundredth time in that day that he wishes you were here. He sticks his phone back in his pocket, but not before taking a glance at his lock screen - a photo of you from a recent weekend where you both had gone to a flower market to pick up some blooms for home and Jake had managed to snap a candid photo of you bending down with your nose to a bouquet of fresh stalks.

“I’m sick of you moping,” Jake’s sister, Emma says as she comes into view, Layla in her arms. Jake opens his arms for his niece to which he gets an immediate response of her attempting to wriggle out of her own mother’s hold and into his. It makes Emma roll her eyes and Jake grin.

“We like Uncle Jake better don’t we,” he chuckles as the little girl secures her place in his arms and lets her head drop comfortable on his shoulder with a giggle.

“After all I’ve done for these kids,” Emma sighs dramatically in jest as she reaches out to tickle Layla’s stomach which makes her squirm in Jake’s hold.

“I’m not moping,” Jake says as Layla wriggles further into his hold, returning to Emma’s original topic of conversation, “I just miss my wife”

“Not your wife yet,” Emma corrects, but teasingly. Jake had taken to call you his wife as the wedding grew nearer - something he had easily, and happily, fallen into.

“Your wife,” Layla’s head pops up as she pats her Uncle Jake on the cheek the ruffles of her white poofy dress rustling as she moves her hand.

“That’s right princess, my wife,” says Jake as he grabs hold of Layla’s tiny arm, blowing a row of raspberry kisses into it.

It makes Layla giggle in excitement, her previous statements forgotten as she squirms in Jake’s arms.

“Has the wedding come and gone?” The sound of your voice makes Jake’s head whip up and you find yourself staring into stunned green eyes.

“Turns out the problem was easily solved,” you explain as you step forward, first hugging Emma hello before reaching out to allow Layla, who has her arms out and reaching to you, to find her way into your arms.

“You’re pretty,” she says in child-like awe as she pats your cheek gently.

“Not as beautiful as you,” you say with a gasp, doing a twirl together with Layla in your arms which earns you a child like shriek of excitement. You return to your original position, matching grins on yours and Layla’s faces only to find two pairs of similarly green eyes watching you both. Your eyes meet Jake’s and you take in the wide smile he has on his face. You pass Layla off to Emma who, reading her brother, has extended her arms to coax her daughter back into her hold.

“Surprise,” you say as Jake pulls you close to him, the front of your body flush against his, your heads pulled away just enough so that you could look at each other. Jake’s hand is resting in the small of your back.

“I would have come get you from the airport.”

“Missing the point of a surprise,” you tease, placing a palm on his chest, your hand meeting a the linen blend suit jacket he has on.

“Best kind of surprise,” Jake says before leaning forward to press a kiss to the side of your head, “but I’ll always prefer having you back earlier.”

His words make your smiler wider as you hear a pretend gag from Emma.

“You’re disgusting,” she says, as affectionately as a sister can, to Jake, her and Layla watching as Jake presses another kiss to the side of your head, before shifting you both to face the two of them with you now tucked into his side, his hand on massaging small circles into your waist.

“You’re disgusting,” is what Jake retorts in a way only a younger brother can, no matter the age.

“Are my grandchildren squabbling again,” the familiar voice of Grandma Doris sounds out as she comes sweeping into view. She’s met by two defiant sets of “yes-es” from Jake and Emma but ignores them for you instead, taking your hands as she pulls you in for an embrace, swatting Jake’s hold on you away in the process, “you look lovely my dear.”

“I was afraid it would be too simple,” you say, almost bashfully.

“Nonsense,” Grandma Doris waves a hand in the air, dismissing your concerns, “you look perfect.”

“You do,” Jake agrees, he lets his grandmother have you for a second more, but he reaches forward, gently tugging you back towards him by your waist.

“Won’t even let his Grandmother win,” is what she says to you with a smile on her lips despite the exasperated shake of her head that follows along as she releases her hold on you.

“He’s impossible,” you say with a chuckle, but only slightly bashful as Jake secures you back against his side.

“I’m not letting her go for the rest of the evening,” he informs the group matter of factly to which both Seresin women roll their eyes.

“I’m sorry you have to put up with him,” Emma says to you.

“No, we’re sorry,” Grandma Doris echos, as the two women shake their heads.

“I’m not sorry,” is all Jake supplies cheerily before planting another kiss on the side of your head.

[missamyrisa2]

Being helplesss in a tickle chair with your feet exposed, having to watch as that far end of your body is about to be tortured as your smirking tickle torturer sits down with brush in hand ~ and as the panic sets in, those sensations sent rocketing up your entire body making you shake the bonds and struggle uselesslyyyyy ~ you see the hands slide out from behind to begin digging into your underarms, joined by a pair from below snaking out to point at your sides ~ while the door creaks open and a big smiler brightly informs the torture team they found the oil after all ~ and they proceed to let little drops of the slippery solution dribble down from high into each of the tickle zones ~ with their grinning self remarking it looks like they are getting that royal area for themselves ~

and you realize~~

you are soo, soooo hottlyyyyy~

fuuuuuucked~

[auroras-space25]

can you plz do Tvd Lee Ler headcanons?

(Stefan, Damon, Klaus, Elijah)

Ofc, thank you for the request :)

The Vampire Diaries Lee And Lee Headcanons

Stefan Salvatore

Will let you have a very short amount of time to tickle him before he uses his vampire strength against you

I feel like he’s more of a smiler than a laugher or giggler (He doesn’t let you tickle him long enough for him to laugh anything more than a chuckle)

Definitely prefers the Ler end and only lets you tickle him because it makes you smile

His ticklish spot would be his sides

Ler:

Much more comfortable being the Ler

He loves making you laugh so he definitely tickles you quite a bit

Whether it’s with kisses or his fingers he finds it entertaining either way

100% uses his heightened strength and speed against you to his advantage

He smiles everytime you make a new sound or giggle/laugh changes

Uses both soft and hard tickles, depending on his mood and situation

Damon Salvatore:

Lee:

Will never admit anything and would hardly ever allow you to tickle him

He would threaten to snap your neck if you do but obviously knowing he won’t so he just immediately overpowers you

If you even mention trying to tickle him he’ll give you a sarcastic smile and warn you not to

Not very ticklish but just does not want to even test it

His spots would be his sides or back

Ler:

This is where he strives

Would give so many sarcastic teases to fluster you

Everything in him just softens when you laugh, especially when it’s him causing it for whatever reason

Also likes to make fun of you for whatever reactions you may have

Rough and soft tickles but probably more rough

Will roll his eyes if you giggle at his neck kisses but secretly adore that you do

Klaus Mikaelson:

Lee:

Dangerous…but actually less reluctant than the Salvatore’s about it

Will smile and give one of his usual little laughs but will still soon stop you

He does find it annoying yet endearing how persistent you are about the whole ‘Ticklish Original Vampire’ thing

If you bring it up too much he’ll threaten to compel you to forget it

His spots would be his hips and waist

Ler:

The sadistic laughs he gives is criminal

The teases with his accent definitely make you go weak

Finds it cute/funny when his stubble is growing at tickles your neck and ears

Will give you one of those looks where he raises an eyebrow and tilts his head down if you’re being sassy or something to warn you of what will happen

Your his soft spot, so hearing you laugh is such a delight for him

Also uses both soft and rough tickles

Elijah Mikaelson:

Lee:

Would probably gaslight you into thinking he’s not ticklish

Still not very ticklish but enough to annoy him and make him chuckle

Would grab your hand and give you a look saying ‘You sure you want to do that?’

Speeds away or uses his quick relies when he sees you coming

He does think it’s endearing that you keep trying, although he won’t let you win

His tickle spots would be his back and ribs

Ler:

Elijah is a serious guy, so when those little moments occur it’s very special

His expression softens at the sound of your giggles/laughter

Finds it entertaining and endearing how just the smallest touch will make you crumble

More of a soft tickle user but will definitely use rough if he wants

Not a big teaser but will just smile at the interaction

Would complement your laugh afterwards, leaving you more flustered which leaves him more snug and entertained

[tastybluesprite]

Make Papa Rei smile

Woooo ok this is my first Buddy Daddies fanfic lol. Rei is an absolute sweetheart and needs all the hugs and tickles so I wrote this hehe.

Warnings: None besides that this is a tickle fic so if that’s not your thing keep scrolling

Summery: Miri wants to see Rei smile

Ever since Miri walked into their lives, Kazuki and Rei had their hands full. Rei wasn’t used to seeing anyone be this cheerful and upbeat. It was almost exhausting just to watch. He was certainly grateful that Kazuki did most of the work to take care of the kid.

Often times he had no idea what to do with her. He was trained to be a hitman. An assassin who kills. Not some babysitter.

“PAPA REEIIIII!!!!”

He winced at the loud noise that caused him to wake up. That was another thing he wasn’t used to. Having a human alarm clock to wake up to every morning.

He attempted to roll over in his bathtub, trying to go back to sleep. Suddenly he felt a heavy weight nail him right in the middle. He let out a loud “oof” sound, his eyes squeezed shut and watering from pain.

He opened them to see a little girl in a brown Bob cut beaming down at him. He sighed. “Miri what time is it?”

“It’s breakfast O’Clock!!!!” She cried gleefully. “Papa Reiiiii!!! Make me breakfast! I want that yummy cereal!!!!”

Rei yawned. “It’s too damn early for this. Go back to sleep.”

Miri huffed and puffed out her cheeks in frustration. “No! I want breakfast!!! I’m hungryyy!!! Papa Reiiii!!!!!”

Rei sighed again. “Have Kazuki make it for you.”

“No way! Papa Kazuki won’t let me eat it. He’ll force me to eat stuff like icky mushrooms and tomatoes and vegetables!”

“Sorry kid. Cant help you here. I’m tired.”

“Awwww Cmon just get up!!!” She pushed at his shoulders. He just groaned and shut his eyes.

“You should really stop being so grumpy Papa Rei! I wanna see you smile!”

“Sorry Miri. I’ve already told you before I don’t smile. I haven’t in a long time.”

“Hm… then I can help you smile!” Miri offered with a grin. “See?!” She started making silly faces, sticking out her tongue and making obnoxious noises.

“Ugh just go away.”

“No! If you won’t make me breakfast you can at least show me a smile!!!” She demanded.

“And how exactly do you plan to do that?” He asked her, admittedly somewhat curious.

“Well I can sing you a funny song! Or make funny faces!” She began singing high pitched the only words that she could think would sound silly enough. But of course, it didn’t work.

“Awww Cmon just smile papa Rei!!!” She poked at his cheek with a grumpy expression.

Rei sighed. He shouldn’t have to be here all morning dealing with this. He had video games waiting for him. He finally got Miri off him and climbed out of his tub for a bed.

Miri followed him out and they went to the kitchen to see Kazuki making breakfast. “Morning sleepy head!” The blonde teased his exhausted partner.

“Papa Kazuki! Help me make Papa Rei smile!” Miri asked him with determination.

Kazuki laughed. “Papa Rei isn’t much of a smiler.”

“I’m not Papa Rei.” The raven head deadpanned from the couch, which he had gone to to play his video games.

“Cmon Rei! You can show Miri that your smile!” Kazuki encouraged his partner, almost as if to say Cmon please just humor the kid if you want to shut her up.

“Sorry, no thanks.” Rei muttered. Kazuki sighed at his partner. Although his stubbornness towards something like this was pretty endearing. He sat himself next to Rei on the couch, poking at his cheek. “Cmon Reiiii show it to us!”

“Yeah come on Rei!” Miri cheered, running to his other side to poke his other cheek. Rei sat their, trying hard to ignore them as he played his video games.

Eventually Kazuki began poking him lower in the middle of his side, and he stiffened up, instinctively grabbing the blondes wrists.

Kazuki was supprised at the sudden gesture to protect himself, but a mischievous smirk slowly appeared on his face. “Huh? What’s this Rei?” Kazuki asked, trying to poke again, only to get the same reaction.

“Dude no freaking way, are you ticklish?” Kazuki asked, completely disregarding the playful act, and landing a poke to his side again, this time making Rei flinch and grab his arm again.

They made eye contact for a moment, and then Kazuki quickly shoved him back to the couch, making him drop the game controller. He managed to straddle him. Rei tried to fight him off at first, but since he had just woken up, his exhaustion weakened him.

“Uh-oh Rei… looks like your not going anywhere…” Kazuki teased, and then began to drill his fingers into his sides. Reis eyes widened, arching his back slightly as he forced his laughter to stay down.

“Cmon Rei don’t be embarrassed! Show Miri your smile!”

“Yeah Papa Rei, smile!!!”

When Kazuki went up to his ribs, Rei couldn’t hold it anymore and laughter slowly spilled out of his mouth.

“K-Kahahazuhukihihi stohohohop!!!” Rei grabbed at the blondes wrists, but it was no use. As strong as he was, the tickling had weakened him completely now.

“There it is!!! Isn’t his laugh precious Miri~” Kazuki teased. He couldn’t help smiling at his partner. He was wearing the most adorable little smile Kazuki had ever seen from Rei, and he couldn’t help but fall in love with it immediately.

Miri went for his neck, scratching her tiny little fingers lightly at the sensitive skin, and Rei had to use all the strength he had left to keep himself from squealing. High pitched giggles erupted out of him and Kazuki actually stopped his own tickling from how surprised he was. He never heard that kind of laughter from him ever.

“Awww Rei I didn’t know you could giggle!” Kazuki teased. Reis face burned red. “Shuhuhut uhuhuhup!!” He attempted to grab at Miris hands.

“No! Papa Kazuki! Papa Rei is defweeting me!”

Kazuki laughed, “it’s ‘defeating’ Miri, not de-fweeting silly. Not to fear however! I will help you.”

He began digging into Reis underarms and he let out an undignified shriek, quickly clamping his arms down to his side.

“NOHOHOT THEHEHERE KAHAHAZUKI STOHOHOP!!!” Rei kicked at his feat, trying but failing to really trap the fingers.

“Awww look Miri! Looks like we found papa Reis weak spot.”

“Yay!!!” Miri cheered as she joined in.

Soon Rei looked as if he was having difficulty breathing and Kazuki realized he should stop.

He pulled Miri away from him and got off Rei himself. Rei was still lightly giggling from the excess tingles, seeming to be too tired now to really get up.

“Look at that Miri… we made Papa Rei smile.” Kazuki grinned at his partner, who wore a bright smily expression on his face as he caught his breath.

Kazuki hoped Rei could get used to Miri eventually, for just a while until they could find Miris proper home.

Though he didn’t realize that her proper home was right under his nose.

[cablestwisted]

The 2023 Fireworks - Ministry of Joy Retrospective

So this is a fun one... Aaand a good two months overdue, my apologies! I've been super caught up with life and it's taken over my ability to create, but I hope to be making more things in the new year.

The 2023 Fireworks were fascinating in many regards and I do hope to make a post hoping to cover some of the theories surrounding its lore, as while it wasn't as lore heavy as other years the implications and reinforcement of existing theories and lore points has me really intrigued. More and more I've been focusing on the lore of the entire park and I really should write more about it but for now this is just about the X-Sector segment of the 2023 fireworks!

Some Backstory

The Ministry of Joy truly had their claws in the 2023 season, because the 2023 fireworks had some truly fascinating lore tidbits about them that were a continuation from the Smiler Takeover event earlier in the season. The shadowy organisation, formerly lurking in the wings, has let themselves be a little more at the forefront in The Smiler's tenth year of operation.

I do adore the new lore additions despite being quiet on them. Far from being too gaudy as I initially feared, it really showed the sinister side of the Ministry while still keeping it quite lighthearted. But my opinion isn't what we're here for!

Wait, was that not The Smiler?

"Welcome advocates to the laughter laboratory! It's time to receive your daily dose of Ministry of Joy approved happiness. A whizzing, spinning, topsy turvy, rib-tickling test drive of your funny bone to make your senses soar!"

The 2023 Fireworks' X-Sector segment was run by the Ministry of Joy, rather than The Smiler! It's something we've seen before to an extent - with the 2022 Festival of Thrills Fireworks' Smiler segment being presented by the Ministry despite using The Smiler's music taste, but this year the music was hugely associated with the different facets of the MoJ.

It seems we're in a bit of a Thrills arc at the moment. Festival of Thrills has been going on for the past 2 years as a continuation of the Powers of the Towers arc that's currently ongoing, and over the course of the events we've seen a lot of new lore implementations and confirmations of fanon. It's certainly an interesting direction and I love the new emphasis on the groups of the park. If we're doing group things, Towers.. Can we bring Galactica as a whole and specifically the Galactanauts back? Rita's racing team maybe?

It's all Festival of Thrills, All the Way Down

The three segments of the X-Sector section of the Fireworks for 2023 was likely based on the three shows of Festival of Thrills.

Celebration of Happiness

The Fear Lab

and Meet The Ministry!

Overall the songs of the sections fit this theory very well. From celebratory and maybe a bit cheesy, straight into thrilling and dark, and finally to mysterious and a bit wacky. It encompasses the themes and motifs of the Ministry of Joy coherently, but also touches on the three shows specifically very nicely!

But it's not just that, there is.. Even more to this rabbit hole of a segment and I won't be able to commentate on all of it today so I'll leave it at just a few more points. This is a far cry from where we were even just four years ago, sitting on lore that hadn't been explored for far too long, and now we're even deeper into the veritable warren of untouched lore potential.

So.. About That Narrator.

This is a bit of a weird one and I'll admit that immediately. He speaks.. Strangely. It's as though he's upturning the ends of every word, creating an almost "uncanny valley" way of speaking, that speaks [no pun intended] to the nature of the Ministry of Joy. It's compelling, a jarring contrast to the narrator of the Katanga Canyon segment that came before it.

It sounds like this person is the voice of a Ministry of Joy announcement, maybe a start of day announcement, or something done intermittently within the facility to remind Advocates to Smile. Always. Certainly it's not the first evidence we'd have of this, looking back at Festival of Thrills.

It's nice to have some more information about life within the Ministry of Joy's main facility. I talked more about it in a post about Festival of Thrills in general, but I do need to talk even more about it because the entire event is again just.. Such a rabbit hole and I'm honoured to have been able to go so many times. Sidenote, I apologise for linking so many of my videos, but I did a lot of lore documentation work during the event that I'm super proud of and it's all on my youtube channel and some of it is very compelling, like the whole spider thing. I will write about that soon I promise.

All Good Things Must Come To An End..

This likely won't be the last post about the 2023 Fireworks nor indeed about the Ministry of Joy lore from the past year or so. There's a lot to cover, and while I've been covering a lot of it in my videos I definitely need to put more stock into writing down what I'm thinking and amending previous theories with current knowledge. Maintaining the Masterpost is a lot of work and it takes me many many hours every time I alter anything within it or even just add a new post. That said.. Happy holidays. I hope you have a good one, and I wish you all the best possible time.

Also.. There might be a meme video before the end of the year. Or several. You've been warned.

[alechans-cutetickles]

aaaa my baby boy thx u sm @anniektheyoutuber this is the cutest art for the smiler eveeer!!! /// 💕💕

(aaaa il mio piccolo grazie tantissimo @anniektheyoutuber questo e il disengio più carino per the smiler di sempreee!!! /// 💕💕)

[laughterlust]

so i've that heard you're a big fan of the smiler...

i would 1000% make characters/monsters based on the elements of the marmalizer if i knew how to draw🥲

Oh believe me. I definitely have my own ideas in mind for the Smiler & Marmalizer that I'm eventually going to portray in a one-shot fic and a hella intense tickling illustration.

I mostly have an AU in mind, instead of a rollercoaster it's a mad-scientist lab, where the Smiler is an AI entity that has taken over the facility. So stay tuned for that in the future :3c

[ticklish-touch]

Hello! I saw a post on your blog about something called "the smiler" and it looked interesting but when I went to search for it all I got were results for an actual real world rollercoaster. Do you know where I can read about it?

That's because that's what it is. 😛

The entire premise around The Smiler is almost like its own ARG, created by the designers of the coaster. There's plenty of Youtube videos going into more detail, but basically: An insidious scientific agency is looking to "cure" people of their negative emotions by conditioning them to smile and laugh forever, a bit like We Happy Few. The coaster itself and especially its theme song that fills me with the fear of God is supposed to reflect this sort of twisted, off-kilter, Dystopian-Utopia, topsy-turvy, disorienting headspace while still being hella fun to ride.

The appeal to some peeps in the Discord servers I'm on - and the appeal to me personally, as someone with a tickling, hypno, medical-play/experimentation, and fear/adrenaline kink, is the idea of it using so many different tools to induce euphoria in people. Tickle machines, laughing gas, 'injections' of pure dopamine and bliss, hypnotic screens to further elevate people into a state of euphoria, that taunting laughter that gives me so many heebie-jeebies. And just, being a rollercoaster in the first place.

Obviously the actual Smiler doesn't actually have all of this equipment, it's all just decor above the tracks. And obviously I don't condone the idea of actually experimenting on someone this way, I dislike "permanently brainwashed/broken into laughter madness" scenarios. But all of those methods being used together in one intense session seems absolutely devastating in the best ways. I wouldn't mind being left in a scrambled, giggling stupor for a few days afterwards >////>

[victorluvsalice]

AU Thursday: Valicer In The Dark -- More Score & Story Ideas!

Because, uh, I have a lot of ideas for stuff I want to do in this verse, and the original list from a year ago has expanded quite a fair bit:

-->While I haven't gotten all of my stories into a proper timeline yet, I do have the first five sorted:

A) "Start At The Beginning...Sort Of" -- the story currently in progress, where the trio all meet, solve Victor's ghost problem and Ghost!Emily's Barkis problem, get wrongly accused of murder, run from the police (showing off their special starting scoundrel abilities along the way), and eventually end up in Elder Gutknecht's old place in Six Towers. This is sort of the "prologue" to the whole mess, putting all of them in the right position to start on a life of crime. XD

B) "A Murder Shared Is A Murder Thirded" -- yes, I did have Gale of Baldur's Gate III's line about how "a parasite shared is a parasite halved" when I came up with that title. XD As you might imagine, this is the trio first "unofficial" score, with them going to murder Bumby, because the fucker needs murdering. Of course, it's only after they kill him that they meet up with Smiler's parents and learn they were exonerated of the original "murder" by the Spirit Wardens. XD Still no regrets, though.

C) "The Van Dort Vacancy" -- came up with that title while looking at old Oxventure Presents: Blades In The Dark episode titles and being inspired by "The Cab-Con Caper's" alliteration. This story focuses on Alice and Smiler returning Victor to the Van Dort mansion...only to discover the Van Dorts hosting a party. Victor quickly learns that his parents never even considered the idea that he might be in danger when he vanished, only caring about the fact that Victoria Everglot married someone else (and is now due to wed Imperial Guardsman Christopher White after her first husband's death and disgrace) -- and after overhearing his mother declare "what ghost would marry our Victor?" decides fuck them, he's taking his stuff, stealing what money he can, and going to live with Alice and Smiler in Six Towers. Features special guests Barnaby "The Butcher" Fortescue III and Kasimir Jones from Oxventure Presents: Blades In The Dark, because it tickled me to imagine them doing a score to steal some of the Van Dorts' money at the same time -- only for Victor to catch on to what they're doing when he meets Barnaby at the party and go "if you wait five minutes for me to get my things, I will open the safe for you and give you a good chunk of the money inside." XD

D) The currently-untitled story detailing the gang's first "official" job as a crew, picked up when they go to dinner at the Ball & Socket Pub and Smiler overhears two workers from Coalridge discussing needing to get something back from their boss -- the "something" is a list of potential union representatives that the boss stole in order to call assassins on the people listed. The workers need it back to keep their nascent union safe. Notably, the score involves the workers saying they can't give the trio much in Coin, but they'll do what they can -- and then one of them jokingly saying, "Unless you want to be paid in furniture."

Cue Victor, Alice, and Smiler, who currently live in Elder Gutknecht's-not-exactly-comfortable house, going "what kind of furniture?" XD (A couch and a proper dining table, specifically -- old furniture one of the workers was trying to shift after inheriting some stuff from a late relative.)

E) "Who You Gonna Call?" -- As you might guess from the Ghostbusters quote for a title, this story involves the gang busting some ghosts. XD Specifically, it involves Bonejangles -- here a Whisper who does entertainment work for the Ball & Socket on the side -- deciding to school Victor in the art of ghost-catching by taking him on a job to catch a few Echoes (non-sapient ghosts who continually do the same thing over and over again in a loop), with Alice and Smiler tagging along for moral support. However, as it turns out, one of those "Echoes" is actually a Specter (a sapient, feral ghost who attacks people and possesses them to feed on their life force) who was biding its time... I felt a little bad that none of the previous stories really had any Whisper-y stuff for Victor to do, and decided he needed a "day in the limelight" score -- as a bonus, this score is how he gets his ghost-hunting equipment for later!

-->I also have plans for two possible prequel stories -- one showcasing the three times Alice and Smiler talked before the events of "Start At The Beginning...Sort Of" (I have the first bit, Smiler giving Alice the money for lunch, actually written already), and one showcasing some of Smiler's life even before that (I have a rough draft of the scene where they wake up the "morning" after inventing Joy Serum and go "bwuh?" over their newly-glowing yellow eyes). Good for filling in gaps and writing more stuff from Smiler's POV!

-->I mentioned Victor wanting to make a community greenhouse very briefly in the very first post I made about the AU -- this has expanded into a whole little arc about him finding an abandoned conservatory while wandering Six Towers and the gang fixing it up into a place where they and the other residents can grow food. In order, the stories would cover:

1) Getting enough money to pay a glazier to fix all the broken window panes (or doing something for the glazier in trade)

2) Acquiring the initial plants (which involves a trip to Barrowcleft and probably doing a job for someone there in trade)

3) Victor researching ways to infuse butterflies and moths with electroplasm to create radiant energy insects to help the plants grow; my idea is that he eventually tries mixing it with some of Smiler's Joy Serum -- and gets REALLY BIG bright yellow glowing moths, to his and Smiler's delight and Alice's concern

4) And then, once the place is just about ready to "open to the public," Lord Rowan, the only lord who maintains a permanent residence in Six Towers, rocks up, claims the greenhouse is his, and demands an absolutely ASTRONOMICAL rent from the trio to use it. Fortunately he proves to be a man who likes games when Smiler asks to negotiate, and tells them if they can break into his house and get the deed to the land from the safe in his bedroom, it's theirs (the trio smartly get this written down and notarized by someone in Charterhall first; Rowan is PIIIIISSED when he realizes he'll have to honor the deal)

-->A related idea would be for the gang to encounter some of the people in Charterhall (the neighborhood mostly made up of one big university) who are working on an alternative power source to help replace leviathan blood (which is refined into the electroplasm that powers everything electric in the setting) and need a place to test it. The trio decides that the alternative energy group can try to get the streetlights back on in Six Towers, and there's a score all around helping them get there safely, and keeping Lord Rowan's nose out of it until they're done. Not sure what exactly it will entail yet, but I'm eager to find out!

-->As stated in previous posts, the gang eventually has to go after Dr. Kelman when he puts out a notice saying he wants the three captured so he can submit them to his special "social compliance therapy" (aka do horrific brain surgeries on them and/or Hollow them by ripping out their souls). This is how Victor and Alice learn Smiler's birth name, and the whole trip proves to be a rather dark look at Smiler's childhood pre-running away and joining the Advocates. In fact, I already have one specific scene in mind of Victor finding a photograph of a young Smiler and noting that their smile in the picture looks incredibly strained, as if they're desperately trying to see the bright side. Also, Miles Cedars is definitely going to show up, and possibly get to murder Kelman. Because I like giving him the chance to murder Kelman. :)

-->Speaking of Smiler angst, I also have in mind a story where, on a particularly chilly night in winter, Smiler, Victor, and Alice are wandering the streets together when Smiler somehow falls into one of the local canals. Victor and Alice fish them out as fast as possible, fortunately, but the rest of the story proves a race against time to get Smiler home and warmed before they succumb to hypothermia. Featuring half-naked cuddling when they learn that skin-to-skin contact can be an excellent way to warm a chilled person (fortunately this is after they get together as a polycule, so the partial nudity isn't as awkward as it could be)...and Smiler crying in front of Victor and Alice for the first time when they can't stop thinking about the fact that, if they'd been walking with their fellow Advocates, said Advocates would have believed them when they said they felt okay...and they probably would have died. :( It is a story of many feels, is what I am saying.

-->So, when does my OT3 actually become an OT3 in the actual stories? Shortly after the Kelman score, in a story entitled "And There Was Only One Bed" (a play on the fic trope, and the fact that the house only has one good bed -- at the time the story starts, the three are taking turns using it, with the other two sleeping on cots borrowed from The Advocates). The story involves Smiler (who has been trying to subtly push Victor and Alice together, having noticed they seem to like each other) finally revealing to Victor and Alice that they're a pretty accomplished hypnotist, and offering to use their skills to help Victor with a nasty bout of insomnia. Victor agrees, with Alice wanting to watch for her own peace of mind -- cue Smiler hypnotizing Victor the next time the three of them are going to bed...

And a deep-in-trance Victor asking to be held as he falls asleep. Prompting both Smiler and Alice to cuddle him...and fall asleep against him because neither wants to get up and possibly disturb him after he does drift off. Meaning when everyone wakes up the "morning" afterward, they're all really awkward -- Alice because she's like "wtf why did I find that hot;" Victor because he's like "oh no I liked that too much and I have to process the fact that I'm in love with both of them now;" Smiler because "damn it I think I just decreased total happiness in this household should have kept my stupid mouth shut." They do their best to push through and complete the latest job they have though (a random "steal something from this rich fucker's house" deal, it's not actually important), which ends up with them having to clamber up onto the roof at some point --

And then Victor nearly falls off said roof. Prompting both Alice and Smiler to nearly have a heart attack and have their feelings toward him thrown into STARK RELIEF. Meaning they all finally have a chat once they complete the job and get back home, which allows them to finally discover that a) they're all willing to get into a polycule and b) that they actually have quite compatible kinks. Story ends with Smiler delightedly returning one of the cots to their parents (Alice insisted on keeping one in case one of them does want or need to sleep alone) and the three of them regularly sharing the bed. :)

-->I also want to do at least one follow-up concerning them starting to play around with hypnosis, and Alice insisting she wants to do something that will help keep Victor Victor no matter what they do to his head -- cue her and Smiler coming up with a safety suggestion that involves Victor picturing the core of his personality as a glowing tree, and then having him encase it in unbreakable glass so his personality can shine out, but nothing can get in. :) It's just a sweet scene that's been rattling around in my head for a while, and I'd like to put it to virtual paper.

-->I mentioned a "Lord E.A. Bethesda" in my Duskwall Slang post a while back, as a guy who gets labeled with the very-dangerous-in-Duskwall title "Welcher" (someone who hires someone for a job, but then decides to try and kill them instead of pay them; people who do this generally end up dead themselves). How does he get saddled with this label? By hiring the Three Pillars to steal a golden beetle statue from a rival (Lord Bethesda is a bug collector, you see), plying them with a hefty reward if they pull it off (which he can afford as the "Gambling King" of Duskwall -- his fortune was built off of getting lots of people to pay him small amounts of money in hopes of great reward). They do indeed pull it off --

And Lord Bethesda happily orders them killed by his guards, forcing them to escape his house in Brightstone. However, Bethesda (who has done this before) employs Plan B and has his guards herd them toward his garden and through a gap in the lightning barrier around his home --

Before turning said barrier back ON and stranding them in the HEAVILY ghost-and-horror-riddled Deathlands just beyond (specifically, they're in the Lost District, a formerly rich neighborhood that was abandoned once the lightning barriers went up). This leads into the sequel story, where the trio have to find a way back into the city while navigating the horrors of the Deathlands...which results in them discovering that Alice's Wonderland Jabberwock, inspired by an illustrated poem she read as a child, is actually based on a REAL CREATURE. Which has the horrible eye beam and wants very much to kill them. (And which may have the voice of Christopher Lee because I might as well throw in the nod to Tim Burton's Wonderland -- Victor is VERY CONFUSED as to why it sounds like Pastor Galswells.) They manage to kill IT instead by strapping Alice's Vorpal Blade (now a real thing, Victor bought it for her as a present) to Victor's ghost-catching kit while Smiler whacks together a sort of motorized skateboard thing for them to ride on and then using the electroplasmically-charged Blade to slice the damn thing's unprotected belly open. Alice claims one of the eyes as a trophy, and shortly thereafter they're found by the Spirit Wardens, who look at the corpse and go "let's just get you back inside the barriers, shall we?" Cue the the trio tromping back to the Ball & Socket and telling the clientele about their experience...leading to Lampblack gang leader Bazso Baz declaring Bethesda a Welcher, and the guy soon afterward getting killed.

-->Not that Baz is actually a friend to the trio -- for another future story has the trio invited to one of his fancy parties, supposedly to recognize how rapidly they've made a name for themselves in the Duskwall underworld. The three go, figuring it's a good way to keep relations good with their fellow criminals -- but are quickly rather disgusted by the party itself, as it feels pretty much like any party Nell Van Dort would throw (overly ostentatious and making it clear he's only in it for the power). They resolve to get through the shindig and head home...

And then Baz reveals that the actual reason they were invited was because they've collected a variety of bounties on their heads (including a big one from the Van Dorts, specifying Alice and Smiler have to die but Victor be brought home alive, and a huge one from Lord Rowan, wanting them ALL dead) and the other criminals want to claim them. Cue the Three Pillars having to try and find a way to escape from the house as the other criminals hunt them. Fortunately for them, they have unexpected allies in Baz's staff, with one guy in particular having a sister and nephew in Six Towers whom they've helped a lot (probably both in general with the greenhouse, and specifically by helping the kid when he got sick once). They eventually manage to get out with the staff's help, and limp their way back to Six Towers...

Just in time to see Lord Rowan trying to make a big speech to the citizens about "how your heroes are dead" and blah blah blah. He is gobsmacked to see the trio still alive, leading to, of all people, Smiler strolling up to him and clocking him in the face. XD Gaining the Three Pillars a reputation as, frankly, unkillable...

Aaaand I should probably cut it there because this post is getting long enough. XD And I haven't even touched upon all the stories I have in mind that are based off of other properties I like! Guess that would be a good follow-up post to this one, huh? :p

[ensinia-internetstranger]

I have come to headpat all of your Smiler OC's. one by one. Tickle's my favourite so she gets pats first though, I make the rules.

Careful! She bites!

Probably the safest place to pat considering the spikes everywhere else

Make it quick, she appreciates the sentiment but she also has to get back to work soon