Tide



"'Your fish dad loves you!' -Tide, to the Dakota, William and Vyncent."

Tide is a human-fish hybrid (specifics unknown) and previous caretaker of the Prime Defenders. As an NPC, he is played by Bizly, the GM.

Appearance
Elementals: Tide is a 20 year old man with long wavy black hair. His outfit has a base of dark blue with light blue and teal accents on breathable mesh fabric. On the outfit he has a white line that starts from his shoulder and leads to the center of his chest, creating a circle in the center that has a T and a wave in the center of it. He also wears scuba goggles.

Season 1: Tide is an older man with slicked back brown hair and blueish-green eyes. He wears a dark blue and teal wetsuit with a T symbol on the chest area, alongside swimming goggles of the same colors and a water container attached to a belt around his waist.

Dakota Cole
Though he often tries to cover it up, but regularly slips and calls him such, Dakota sees Tide as a father and mentor figure wholeheartedly. For the only one of the Prime Defenders without a father, this is clearly important to him. However, he also often clashes with Tide, who simply desires for he and the other Prime Defenders to focus solely on training and simultaneously living as normal lives 3 kids with superpowers can lead. This causes tension with Dakota, who wants to be seen as capable and an actual hero, and believes that Tide should not baby them or keep them out of the loop on things, even if he believes it is for their own benefit. Dakota actively wants to help and fight beside Tide, though it could not be clearer that Tide desires nothing less, primarily for Dakota and the others' safety. This is an issue that regularly arises between them. Regardless, when Tide is threatened by Doug and Cantrip in S1 E9, he becomes enraged; the most angry he had been in the show to that point. When Tide is kidnapped, Dakota becomes inconsolable, volatile and unreasonable. He is solely preoccupied with getting him back and ensuring his safety, ready to throw himself into any danger necessary to make this happen. Seeing Tide in any danger throws Dakota into a volatile emotional state. On the other hand, seeing Dakota in line of any possible danger clearly stresses Tide, causing him to take on a more parental, strict role. Though Dakota and the rest of the Prime Defenders can't be reasoned with, he regularly tries to get them to slow their roll regardless -- particularly Dakota, whom Tide often places under the watch of William in hopes he can better reign him in when they are alone. Tide sees himself as the father figure of all 3 Prime Defenders, and, as is evident in multiple scenes and interactions, wants little more for them than to get a chance at peace and being "normal." Additionally, he sees himself as the sole person responsible for them, and will take the blame for anything they get themselves into, evident when he insists on telling the Prime Force the truth about his kidnapping and that he had endangered Dakota, William, Vyncent (and Ashe) in his "carelessness."

Trivia

 * Tide's favorite food is beef stroganoff. This is mentioned in almost every episode in Season 1.
 * His favorite song is Party Rock Anthem, as stated in the Elementals one shot.