I really liked the more natural looking videos I used to see when I was younger (and probably shouldn't have been seeing~ lol). Though the overproduced stuff I see these days is cleaner... they're... often short, and~ too clean... there's no open talking and natural feel to it. It doesn't feel genuine...
I know by the very nature of it being filmed, it can lose some of that natural feel, but~ I dunno.
Theme is important to me too. I like dark, intense themes to tickling when it's a fantasy setting. Dungeons and the like really do it for me~ (I know they're corny, whatever~). One of my first clips ever was a Dungeonmaidens clip, so I suppose that kind of set the tone after that. It was never about how "pretty" the model was back then, but the theme itself. O the Tickling has a model that really isn't what producers seem to pick these days, but her responses were really delicious for me. x//x
If it seemed like there was intense anticipation, and lots of strong tickling, with pleading and a good setup I was in love. Even if it was corny, or whatever. The more they looked like models, or it was just a "In and out" tickle clip that lasted a few minutes, the less I really got into it. There are exceptions though. My mind gravitates to "want to like this" by default with videos.
I'm not cynical enough to hate it~ but if I'm going to ever want to watch it again in the future... really has to feel alive, and the more natural the person being tickled, and the person doing the tickling, the better. Make it seem personal. <3