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A podcast exploring the worst and the best of character design in the silly little games we're obsessed with, including Mahjong Soul, Limbus Company, Arknights, Food Fantasy, and more!
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- 4 days ago2h 4m
S1E36 Gamer Emotions/Lizard Emotions
In this episode, an episode in which we say the words "gender politics" so many times it loses meaning, we zoom in on our first Gun Gale Onli - I mean, Sword Art Online colab character, the slithering stoic sure-shot sniper Sinon, who's been popping heads with style since she's been 5 years old, and ask a truly devistating question: Should you watch Sword Art Online? The answer will...surprise you? The episode description is my domain, and you are all but thralls to my grand design; you WILL click on this link to see what we were referencing at the beginning of the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-n56s-UEnA Follow along: https://d7.mjsdb.ovh/character/sinon Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr: https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden: https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos: https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash: https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social
- 1 weeks ago2h 34m
BONUS 13 Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Watchalong: FtF (Evil Lesbian Face Tattoos)
Fun fact: If you die while listening to Soul Mates!, you'll die in real life! Watch this GGO clip that I didn't realize was a star wars edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nVZrKms0Qk Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr: https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden: https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos: https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash: https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social
- 2 weeks ago2h 43m
S3E10 Don't Forcefemme My Burrito
In this episode, with a name that breaks all the rules, we zoom in on our featured Food and Operator, the distinctly disturbing dreamy duo Monkfish Liver, who are decidedly NOT here to look after you, good hunter, and the thunder-thighed thoroughly thought provoking Savage, here to whip you up a bowl of the good stuff (?) and ask a spooooky question: Is it possible for your sexy aunt to be scarier than a flesh eating mannequin? Because, here me out. Then, it's off to the community center with Burrito, Datemaki, and Figurino, asking: Now, we all know you can forcefemme a burrito (not mine please, I'm full) but CAN you forcefemme a taco...? Follow along: https://food-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Monkfish_Liver, https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Savage, https://food-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Burrito, https://food-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Datemaki, https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Figurino Watch them say my name in the SGDQ 2026 SANABI run, and also whatever this is that we reference after the break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j7WM_9SJQw, https://www.tumblr.com/midnakoopa/705042572390825984/these-are-my-cats-i-dont-have-a-problem Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr: https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden: https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos: https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash: https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social
- Jun 29, 20263h 14m
S2E9B P.A.G., S.A.V., H.M.S.
In this episode, the finale of I.S.Y.S.W.A.S.F.H.S.S. (I scream, you scream, we all scream for Hell Screen summer) we zoom in on the second half of Ryoshu's art, allowing our concepts to be fully incinerated in an endless tragic dance of blur filters and blue and pink light (H.P.) by B.O.T.H.O.S.R. (Blade of the House of Spiders Ryoshu) and adopt the following question: Which Ryoshu, in the end, is the most mommy? Which one is the coveted T.F.M.? Follow along: https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB Watch "The Safe that Makes You Old" by Cheeky Chelldos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO8sN3XIwRw Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr: https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden: https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos: https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash: https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social
- Jun 21, 20262h 36m
S2E9A I.S.Y.S.W.A.S.F.H.S.
In this episode, the midpoint of our titular I.S.Y.S.W.A.S.F.H.S.S. (I scream, you scream, we all scream for Hell Screen summer) we zoom in on the expressionist of excrutiation, the modernist of mauling, the romantacist of reaping, the, uhm, art deco-ist of agony, so on and so forth, Ryoshu (or at least, look at the first half of her art, with the rest coming next episode) who, while she might not always look it, is truly a M.A.H. (mommy at heart) prompting us to ask a childish question: Take a 5 minute break? You mean the break that makes you old? Follow along: https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB Watch "The Safe that Makes You Old" by Cheeky Chelldos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO8sN3XIwRw Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr: https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden: https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos: https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash: https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social
- Jun 14, 20261h 22m
BONUS 12 Akutagawa's Hell Screen Incandescent Reading To Study/Paint To
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), from the age of 22 to his death at 35, wrote over 150 short stories. He is today widely considered the "father of the Japanese short story," and many of his works focus on historical and mythological tales presented through a modern psychological lens. His stories enjoy popularity even now, over a century after they were written, as some of the greatest works of Japanese literature: stories like Rashōmon, The Spider's Thread, In A Bamboo Grove, and Hell Screen. Soul Mates! is proud to present a reading of Hell Screen, one of Akutagawa's early masterpieces. Based on a tale from the Uji Shūi Monogatari, Hell Screen follows a painter tasked to create a painting of the Buddhist hells, who finds himself unable to paint the perfect image until he sees the flames for himself. Please enjoy this new audiobook experience, with original backing music by Aster Gousie. Music this episode by Aster Gousie: https://youtube.com/@astermaliceflowers8363 Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr: https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden: https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Follow and support ash: https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social
- Jun 8, 20261h 45m
S1E35 ...2!
In this episode, featuring serious lesbian art analysis (and something else, too!) we zoom in on the slitheringly sensual short-sighted sapphic seductive serpent goddessss Li Yang, who really does need to zoom in because she really, really needs glasses, and ask a question of former United States of America president Barack Obama: Hello sir, could you help me figure out which parts of the woman we should talk about? Like, you know, the outfit, and the posing, and facial expression, and the snake, and...? Follow along: https://mahjongsoul.club/character/li-yang Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr: https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden: https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos: https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash: https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social
- May 25, 20262h 8m
S1E34 Wholesome For Cube
In this episode, with ash returning fresh out of hell, we zoom in on the blood-coughing bird-loving braniac Sora Ichinose (whose name I mispronounce every time because you live in my world) who keeps accquaintance with some of the best drippy ghosts you've ever met, and ask a gemoetric question: Wait, how do you solve this dang puzzle cube again? You make the white cross, then you pair the edges - no, then you do the first layer, then how do you... Follow along: https://mahjongsoul.club/character/sora-ichinose Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr: https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden: https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos: https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash: https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social
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