diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/effect_system/effects_sparks.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/effect_system/effects_sparks.dm
index 19b0dc76dd..a388d3bc67 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/effect_system/effects_sparks.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/effect_system/effects_sparks.dm
@@ -63,3 +63,23 @@
 
 /datum/effect_system/lightning_spread
 	effect_type = /obj/effect/particle_effect/sparks/electricity
+
+//fake sparks, not subtyped because we don't want light/heat, nor checks inside an often used proc for a rare subcase for saving like 10 lines of code
+/obj/effect/particle_effect/fake_sparks
+	name = "lightning"
+	icon_state = "electricity"
+
+/obj/effect/particle_effect/fake_sparks/Initialize()
+	. = ..()
+	flick(icon_state, src) // replay the animation
+	playsound(src, "sparks", 100, TRUE)
+	QDEL_IN(src, 20)
+
+/datum/effect_system/fake_spark_spread
+	effect_type = /obj/effect/particle_effect/fake_sparks
+
+/proc/do_fake_sparks(n, c, source)
+	var/datum/effect_system/fake_spark_spread/sparks = new
+	sparks.set_up(n, c, source)
+	sparks.autocleanup = TRUE
+	sparks.start()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
index cb0dbef332..1bfb72a415 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 	message = "cries."
 	emote_type = EMOTE_AUDIBLE
 
+/datum/emote/living/carbon/human/cry/run_emote(mob/user, params)
+	. = ..()
+	if(. && isipcperson(user))
+		do_fake_sparks(5,FALSE,user)
+
 /datum/emote/living/carbon/human/dap
 	key = "dap"
 	key_third_person = "daps"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm
index 97de8bfd6c..a735baceae 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 	key_third_person = "blushes"
 	message = "blushes."
 
+/datum/emote/living/blush/run_emote(mob/user, params)
+	. = ..()
+	if(. && isipcperson(user))
+		do_fake_sparks(5,FALSE,user)
+
 /datum/emote/living/bow
 	key = "bow"
 	key_third_person = "bows"