someone on the discord was talkin about ticklish striders today and i just want to share how much I fuckin LOVE ticklish striders like please let karkat and jake have this secret weapon. you think you’re cool and calm and stoic and unaffected? THINK AGAIN. it’s a weapon that must be used carefully but would be so damn satisfying to deploy. also I think jake would use it more b/c dirk is harder to get through to and make open up and dirk would be MORTIFIED and curl into a defensive ball and beg for mercy while karkat would use it more sparingly, especially after dave discovers he can counter attack and they both nearly piss themselves after an especially merciless tickle battle