I wish we could see more of Amber and Oksana/Kodira’s relationship pre-founders wake bc they r soooo fruity 🍓🥝

taz ethersea blinkies! amber, devo, kodira, zoox, finneas cawl, and the blink sharks <3

I cannot stop thinking about her

briefly breaking my self-imposed exile for femslash february hehe, featuring the taz ladies ofc

hurley and sloane -love language: definitely quality time, especially after the time they spent apart and how hard that was for both of them -ideal date: a one on one battlewagon race and then a picnic at the edge of the cliff -actual first date: one day after a race, hurley asked sloane if she wanted to get drinks somewhere in the city -how did they meet?: battlewagon racing! they were both talented and well known in their own right, but then ended up racing together too -nicknames for each other: sloane calls hurley blossom and hurley calls sloane birdie -favorite thing about their partner: hurley loves sloane's confidence and staying calm under pressure and sloane loves hurley's dedication and passion

carey and killian -love language: touch and gifts -ideal date: sparring practice followed by a soak in a nice hot tub and cuddles after -actual first date: one of the bureau festivals on the moon -how did they meet: obviously as regulators at the bureau, but i think whoever got hired first noticed the other one being toured around and was like ooh who is that -nicknames for each other: carey calls killian kills sometimes -favorite thing about their partner: they both admire each other's strength and skill at their job, carey loves killian's hugs and killian loves carey's softer side

aubrey and dani -love language: words of affirmation -ideal date: somewhere out in nature where they can just be together uninterrupted, they'd probably end up falling asleep on each other -actual first date: aubrey created an entire grove of pudding fruit trees in sylvain and put on a magic show for dani -how did they meet: we already got this in canon haha -nicknames for each other: they aren't big on nicknames but dani will tease aubrey sometimes by calling her the lady flame in just regular situations -favorite thing about their partner: aubrey loves how dani helps her feel grounded and see things more clearly and dani loves aubrey's desire to help people and make the world a better place

amber and kodira/oksana -love language: time and touch…which is unfortunate since they rarely have either for like 30 years -ideal date: honestly just a classic nice dinner out, they've never really gotten the chance to do that with any of their circumstances -actual first date: a late night rock show in one of the buildings on the shoreside -how did they meet: on the shoreside, when they arrived their bunks were next to each other -nicknames for each other: well this one is canon, bubba and bananaface -favorite thing about their partner: kodira loves amber's take no shit attitude and her sense of humor and amber loves kodira's poise and commitment to whatever she takes on, physically for amber it's kodira's hair and for kodira it's amber's eyes

The Adventure Zone Ethersea, but it's only scenes relevant to Kodira*

This file is 200 MB. And almost 3 hours long. Why did I make this? I couldn't tell you. But I love Kodira so she has a whole compilation now cause I can't stop thinking about all of these moments. Might as well make a podcast out of it basically.

*: I chose any scenes where she was either mentioned, present, or were thematically relevant to her (ie the Amber statue moment with Koda, or talking about portals or getting them back, etc)

“you don’t need to know. you just need to be there.”

[image ID: a digital drawing of the ballaster kodeira from the adventure zone: ethersea, being possessed by the god koda. kodeira is a half-elf woman with brown skin and curly silver hair in a bun. she is wearing a full set of white plate armor. she’s floating off the ground in a dark room, where the floor and walls are made of flat pieces of coral. six arms made of glowing red light sprout from behind her back, and the light of a glowing red eye obscures her face. end ID.]

Character opinion bingo Zoox

And devo

And amber

And Oksana/Kodira?

Fuck it, and urchin. Love urcho <3

(I figured why not all at once lol)

Oh boy -

Zoox:

(Spoiler alert: they're all gonna be "not enough screen time" jsksnsnkfl)

Zoox my boy!!! I love him!! He's doing his best <3

Devo:

Bastard boy (possibly literally 👀) <3

Amber:

I love her so fucking much I want to know more about her even though she really isn't likely to be as deep as I'd like <\3

Oksana/Kodira:

LOVE HER SCREAMING CRYING WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER SO BAD -

And finally, Urchin:

He's just kinda there 🤷🏼‍♀️ I think the series would've been fine without him honestly but overall I'm very neutral about him.

attempt at drawing the Ballaster Kodira design I’ve been rotating around in my head for a little while, I ❤️ old woman yuri

A candlenights gift for @sisiren from discord, I had so much fun designing these too and it was sooooooo hard not to share this before it was time

She’s wearing amber’s shirt

Ethersea nation has this been done for Oksamber yet I need to know and percieve it.

I talk and talk about love, but it’s above the clouds // I can’t see anything beyond my own clouded mind

butch amber / femme kodira

(i can’t do an id rn if someone else can i’d appreciate or i’ll just come back to it later!)

can we pretend that blinksharks in the ether-sea are like shooting stars.............. i oculd really use a wish right now wish right now wish right now..............

a candlenights drawing for my friend @taakosleftshoe that is completely late.<3 im so sorry ilysm

(id in alt!)

our last night

a short (about 3 pages) oksamber fic by me! no content warnings, i would say it’s angst though

When the shoreside community first moved under the water, to make their permanent home in the Ethersea, the first several days were a liminal space. All that anyone had ever known was gone, but they had only the smallest beginning of a new home, and no idea of what was to come. They paused in the time between to comfort each other, to be with their grief, before they had to continue on with the task of constructing their new life. People mostly stayed on the Biggest Baby in the early days, but they did their best to find their own space within the large communal home. In any case, it was better than the shithouses on the beach at least. Amber and Oksana had found their own corner of the ship, somewhere dark and quiet with just each other. Who else would there be? They were all each other had, the only remnant of the world before and the only constant going forward into this one. One morning after a few days, Oksana was already gone by the time Amber woke up, which was out of the ordinary, and Amber didn’t usually wake up late. She wasn’t too worried though, as she would say, they were both big girls and could take care of themselves, so she went to the communal kitchen area to get some coffee (black for Oksana, with a splash of milk and a couple sugars for herself, but she didn’t let anyone else see that) and a couple danishes. When she returned, their little area was still empty. Even though it was the morning, not a lot of light reached it, and the dark did not comfort Amber right now. She was used to hanging out in dark places, but when you’re still coming to terms with the fact that you’ll never properly see the sun again, it’s much more uneasy. Amber slid down the wall, slumping onto a pillow and letting her head rest on her knees. Things weren’t what she was used to, and she couldn’t operate in her normal way. If you’re someone who pretty much just lives in the present and doesn’t usually think very far ahead, that’s not going to feel very good when the present is suddenly unknown and uncertain. You’re still present, but maybe you don’t want to be anymore. Involuntarily, teardrops rolled down her face, slowly at first but then a river, and her shoulders trembled as she sobbed silently. Even alone, Amber wouldn’t want anyone to hear her cry. When she heard Oksana’s footsteps at the end of the hallway, she quickly dried her face with her bandanna and tried to act like nothing had happened. Even though she had quite clearly been crying, Oksana gracefully ignored this fact, although she did put her arm around Amber as she sat down.

“Hey bubba, where were you?” asked Amber as she handed over the other danish and mug of coffee.

“A meeting...” Oksana trailed off as if there was more detail to be given about this but she did not offer it. She was not at all an anxious nor shy person, so Amber immediately raised an eyebrow.

“For what? Come on, don’t be a clasper! You know you can tell me anything.”

Oksana sighed. “Well, you know that our city is going to need to be defended, right? We have pretty much no idea what’s out there, but someone has to go get on the Biggest Baby and protect everyone else from it.”

Despite the seriousness of the moment, the two women giggled. It was still hard to believe that was the name of the ship, and not only that, but the name from the special renaming brainstorm committee!

“Anyway, the defense force is going to be called the Chaperones, and they want me on the team. It sounds like some pretty intense stuff, but if that’s how I can help our city, I want to do it.”

A smile spread across Amber’s face. “That’s awesome! Of course they asked you to come help kick ass, bubba. I thought something might be wrong, but that’s great news.” “Yeah, yeah it is,” Oksana replied. Her shoulders softened a little. “I think it’ll be good, not easy but good, I’m just still not used to everything down here so it all feels a little, uncertain, yknow?”

Amber nodded. They sat in silence for a while, eating their danishes. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Amber hopped up to get it, and she opened the door to a gruff man who asked, “Is Kodira here?” She shook her head and said,

“I don’t know what other guppy you’re looking for, but the only two here are me and Oksana.”

However, Kodira slowly got up and came to stand next to Amber.

“No, that’s me. I’m Kodira. Listen, I’ll explain in a minute, but what do you need?” The man had a hurried conversation with her and left as quickly as he came.

“Hey Oksana? You wanna tell me what’s going on, and who the fuck Kodira is?” snapped Amber.

“It’s okay Amber, it’s still just me,” Kodira explained. “Apparently to work for the chaperones they want to change your name to something that honors Koda, yknow, the vestiges whose body is the Biggest Baby. So, Kodira. It’s a little weird, but I think I can get used to it.”

“I would call that more than a little fuckin’ weird!” Amber stomped towards Oksana. “If you wanna go join their cult and be Kodira or whatever, fine. I knew we’d end up doing different things down here, I just didn’t expect this.”

“Hey. Back up,” Oksana commanded. Amber huffed but went to go sit down. “Listen, this is a lot for both of us right now. What they came to tell me is that I gotta leave tomorrow. And I would like this to not be the last conversation we have. So I’m gonna take a nap, and you’re gonna go for a walk, and we’ll talk again later.”

Amber generally hated being told what to do, but she respected her best friend, and silently obliged, heading out the door, down the hall, and away. She found some barrels to punch while Oksana fitfully dozed. Once Amber’s hands hurt (she was strong, but even she had limits) and the water had begun to darken, she walked back to the room. The door was unlocked, so she entered quietly to find Oksana packing her suitcase. As soon as they made eye contact, she set her things down and they approached each other, silently embracing. Oksana was the taller of the two, so Amber’s head nestled on her collarbone. Time slowed to the consistency of molasses, as they created this physical memory. Finally, Amber pulled away, her cheeks wet. Almost whispering, she said, “Well damn, bubba, you know I don’t cry or say sorry but...I’m sorry for calling the Chaperones a cult. I want you to be happy, and if that’s not with me, well, I’m a big girl.” She chuckled and gave a sad smile. Oksana held her hands and squeezed them, and then Amber helped her finish packing. They laid down next to each other, sharing a blanket, for the last time. The next morning, Amber woke up alone again, but she knew Oksana wouldn’t be coming back. The two of them wouldn’t spend another night together for more than 23 years, but neither of them knew that that morning.

Here they are: the Amber Gris and Oksana Kodira moments from Etherseason 1.

Split into two parts.

Episode 10 & 21-39 (Trash pit flashback. Then meeting in the bar before Cambria's call all the way up to Benefactor's Folly)

Episodes 41-44 (Finale territory)

If you want context for any of the things happening here, I have a massive timestamp compilation here (it doesn't include episode 10, which I forgot, but I barely cut anything from there anyways):