#soulsov real

[derelictkeyboard]

soulsov realer than imagined possible and im truly in love with this story after playing it... thank you @pallisia for making such a lovely little story. i fear i shall never recover

#art #fanart #soulsov #soulsov real #loic #going insane over soulsov actually!! its so good #i want to make a thousand cool stories now but tragically i work full time #so u get this instead #also shoutout to loic for being the very cool glasses wearing curly haired man of my dreams. hes just like me fr #i love ysme dearly but i want to be loic. i adore him

[tiredandjaded]

ysme continuously getting football pranked by the promise of godhood is so funny. cmon bro just one more test then youll totally get to remake the world

#soulsov real #the timing of the text scroll on #“the *first* test” #very good

[fluffycattens]

Thoroughly enjoyed Soul of Sovereignty Prelude by @pallisia, the only thing I wasn't satisfied with is that it was over far too soon and I'm so hungry for more 😭

oughhhhhhhhhhh the scene in the temple is actually transcendental and Ysmé and Loïc are characters of all time, I love them

#soulsov #soul of sovereignty #soulsov real

[pallisia]

In a ruined world, two strangers set out in search of a miracle. What happens next is everyone's problem. 💋✨

Soul of Sovereignty Prelude, the first chapter of my fantasy VN, is out now! Get in there!

#soulsov real 2023 #soulsov #visual novel #loic #ysme #art

[windienine]

me: wow! in the ending, ysme without her glamours sure is drawn differently! and actually, on second glance, she's completely flat-chested without them. and that's true for her ghost mode too. huh. but not her goddess form. and she says she normally applies her glamours as soon as she wakes up. i guess it would make sense for her to be shy about loic seeing her naked, but it's interesting that there's this textual implication that she doesn't even like looking at herself without her artisanry illusions up--

me: ohhh okay

#soulsov #soulsov spoilers #texts can carry implicit information and you can draw inferences from it. whodathunkit #for real it took me two playthroughs to realize this #xpost #honestly on reread it's also kind of ambiguous but loic might also be transmasc? #which would put a whole nother spin on his and ysme's impressions of one another #soul of sovereignty

[colorfulraven]

#soulsov #guys did you hear soulsov REAL #Bandcamp

[kriscroix]

soulsov! real!!!

#art-stuff #soulsov #art

[vuroro]

Happy SoulSov day, @pallisia! I've had this stupid idea in my head ever since they drew Loic in a bunch of Summoner outfits (Scholar is just Summoner upside-down, after all) and was suddenly struck to make it real last night.

#the Lv. 80 SCH artifact gear looked so cute until i started drawing it lol #soulsov #loic #ysme #ffxiv #my art

[crowdsourced-webcomic-reviews]

Ggdg is a famous face in webcomics, and a few other mediums too. The artist and brain behind works such as Lady of the Shard, Idle Divination, Undyne’s banging outfit on her date in Undertale and countless other contributions to UTDR, and their most recent hit Soul of Sovereignity (soulsov real 2023!)—but they got their start with original storytelling through the much beloved Cucumber Quest:

Narrative wise, Cucumber Quest is as the requester for this review put it about “bunny kids going on a quest to save the world”. Like a lot of ggdg’s work, CuQu is steeped in their love of JRPGs, and there’s an undeniable touch of JRPG flavour in the plot.

The comic opens with our antagonist having acquired the seventh of their eight macguffins required to summon the big bad, and later our heroes must re-collect these macguffins and fight all the disaster masters they’re associated with, and defeat the evil Nightmare Knight!!!

Cucumber Quest is a comedy and a parody of fantasy video games, but it does all this from a place of sincere love and joy. I’m confident if you asked ggdg if they they thought all the incredibly clunky, tonally dissonant kingdom hearts cutscenes with michael rat talking about the heart of the darkness to cloud final fantasy or whatever were “cringe”, they’d say “are you kidding me they fucking rule”.

Cucumber Quest is filled with jokes, but it’s never meanspirited. It pokes fun at the trappings of fantasy video games, and as it does, it goes “but that’s why we love them so much!”

It’s not all jokes though, there’s a sincere heart at the core of CuQu. Ggdg loves their characters through and through, and the story loves them too. While the setup of the story might suggest a simplistic angle of good-vs-evil like a lot of video games, it is very quickly revealed that this story is anything but. The biggest heart of the story is the Nightmare Knight himself:

The truth of his motives and why any of this is even happening, whether or not our heroes will find out the truth and break the cycle, or if everything will continue as it always has are the crux of the plot. But to hear more about that, you need to read it for yourself!! If you like sad dads though, this is The comic for you.

You’ve probably noticed by now also, the use of colour in CuQu is absolutely stunning. Everything from their big set piece atmospheric pages with deep, powerful emotions seeping from every panel as they use limited colours to create a specific mood, to the individual panels of their lighthearted pages—ggdg has a masterful control over colour and mood. The entire comic is just a visual delight, and you can pick any random page in the archive and be provided with a treat for the eyes.

Cucumber Quest it should be noted is an incomplete story. Though not wholly abandoned, it last updated in 2019. Since then, ggdg has been busy focusing on other projects—the newly released soulsov is one such project. One day, perhaps after soulsov’s conclusion, perhaps earlier, perhaps later, ggdg intends to return and wrap up the remainder of CuQu via a series of scripts and illustrations.

It was a story a bit too big for its breeches if you will: after almost a decade of work it was nowhere near reaching its conclusion, and understandably ggdg needed a break.

Nonetheless, what exists is a wonderful heartfelt story and visual delight that deserves a read and the patient wait for its conclusion some day ❤

#submission #review #thank you for submitting !! #cucumber quest

[selanpike]

soulsov real and i am dying for more of these weirdos

#soulsov #loic #ysme #art #fanart #digital #csp

[pory-z]

SOULSOV REAL AND ITS SO FUCKING GOOD

BUY SOULSOV PROLOGUE NOW

#i'm a fan of everything #the character the insane clown woman THE MUSIC ??? #the gorgeous gorgeous art #THERE'S AN IN GAME WIKI FOR THE FLOWERS #oh and don't forget to check the cast page near the end #you'll know when #i randomly decided to do that and i got CHILLS #anyway brb im gonna replay it 5 times in a row #visual novel

[specterpants]

Soulsov. Fucking. Real.

that prelude was better than i could have ever anticipated tbh. I am so fucking excited for whatever comes next cuz GOD. DAMN. What a masterful combo of art music and writing.

GO PLAY IT NOW IM SCREAMING IN YOUR FACE

#gigi's wit and sense for action and character interaction shine so bright in this one #feels like siting next to a housefire with how much it hits me right in all the best places #I gotta play some final fantasies now i feel it in my bones #specter speaks

[tiredandjaded]

loic lmfao

loic: hmm i think i will magically elevate this sinister woman to the status of a god because i think it's bad when people die :(

ysme: oh sick? i should start killing people

#soulsov spoilers #soulsov real #he is so sweet but his ass is NOT smart #sick daughter guy of the year...

[flowercuco]

bros............

soulsov is SO real

i just finished it, its really good, wildly surprised and incredibly impressed, cant wait for more (i will have to so wait for more)

[pallisia]

After a golden age of exploration turned up nothing of value, weary treasure hunters hung up their hats and left the old world to wither. But power beyond imagining still waits to be found…

Soul of Sovereignty, a visual novel, begins this December. ✨

#soulsov #visual novel #soulsov real 2023 #art

[chapeau-42]

The Gambler's Compromise (615 words) by Chapeau_42 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Soul of Sovereignty (Visual Novel) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Loïc Ard & Ysmé Characters: Loïc Ard, Ysmé (Soulsov) Additional Tags: Banter, Magic, Lore - Freeform, Post-Prelude, Canon Compliant, at least for now, also featuring, A bunch of lore I made up, specifically about geography and moss, Soulsov Spoilers, the spoilers are pretty vague and mild but i'm tagging them to be safe Summary:

Continuing their journey, Loïc and Ysmé discuss the limitations of flower magic. And also moss.

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I don't normally share much of my fic work outside of ao3, but I've liked seeing all the soulsov art going by since it became real, so I figured I might as well add my little word doodle to the mix. Hopefully someone out here will enjoy the forbidden moss lore!

In case of containment breach, soulsov real here: https://gigidigi.itch.io/soulsov

#soulsov #soulsov spoilers #i wouldn't call this piece a comedy but it does contain jokes #i'm always happy when something grabs me enough to spark some nice inspiration #i really enjoyed the prelude! #a wonderful ride #engaging and atmospheric and not at all afraid to just go for it #and while i look forward to the full story the prelude is absolutely worth the time #i'm very happy i got to experience it :D