#rising tide

[silver-wield]

So back last when I was playing XVI, I was a tiny bit obsessed with this ice formation out by Oriflamme and said guessed it could be a dlc later. At the time I assumed we'd control Jill and see what she and Cid were doing while away from Clive, but it turns out this is our Leviathan dungeon.

Either way I'm very happy!

Some info for interested players:

The dlc is 10 hours long!

The story focus is on Jill ❤️

There's a new character to accompany us

You can use Leviathan's abilities

Boss fight against leviathan

The storyline is they're trying to save Leviathan's dominant

The ending of rising tide doesn't change the main narrative of ffxvi

If you complete both Rising Tide and Echoes of the fallen you unlock an epilogue sidequest.

Yeah, an epilogue sidequest.

I really hope we see Clive and Jill reunite. That ending was the worst and I still don't wanna replay the game because of it 😭

They deserve to be happy and together 😭🙏

[homebearstudio]

A time lapse video of countdown art for NAIRI: Rising Tide! Babu and Bibi😊

[peaceinthestorm]

Félix Vallotton (1865-1925, Swiss) ~ La montée marée, 1913

[laladventures]

A morning brew ☕

[ffxiii-et-al]

So Rising Tide is coming and (sadly) Joshua looks like he's the kicked party member to let Shula in.

Square, if you're going to do that to the man you must do 1 of these 3 things:

1. The man needs a vacation.

Let his tiddies out like all the rest of the male cast. Bonus points of he gets a plus one invite for a hideaway companion. Let him lay on a beach for 2 days in the sun and bake Ultima in his chest prison until the waterspout from Leviathan makes him move to the tiki bar.

2. Give this man an ancient library.

Sorry guys, but please fuck off while I read all of these beautiful books and steep myself in this new culture and research Ultima. Yeah I'll just take a glass of water, I don't need food or sleep, I need answers!

3. Stick this man with the B cast, annoy him as much as possible, but give him some pretty ancient ruins to study so that he's happy.

Famiel is definitely from this place, he's gotta be, so, force Joshua to lead him and his dimwits around.

Joshua: Clive! I want to go see the temple PLEASE!?

Clive: I want to fight a tonberry first!

Shula: These idiots can show you the temple!

Famiel and his friends: We can show you the temple!

Joshua: (sigh) Of course you can. Founder help me.

[Joshua must now constantly protect three idiots in a hostile ruin, meanwhile Famiel thinks he's getting them all out on brainpower alone, queue snarky Joshua]

[pellucid-constellations]

I need you to know I read Rising Tide at least once a week and it's my favorite version of steve ever 🤙

Omg this makes me so happy because that fic means so much to me :,) I'm not even sure why but I put my entire chest into it when I was writing it and I love you for saying this!!! Im gonna go read it rn it's been months since I revisited surfer steve

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

The Lesbian Tide, Oct. 1972

[huariqueje]

Bosplaat rising tide ,  Terschelling   -  Michiel Kranendonk 

Dutch , b. 1966  -

Colour woodcut , 27 x  38.5 cm.

[nando161mando]

The non-violent protest went ahead despite unprecedented efforts by authorities to shut it down.

[ashereadsstuff]

2024 Reading Wrap-Up

I have included everything I have read including fanfic. But I have not rated them; (Which is wrong for those of you who don't know). I have a blog post expressing my opinions about this year and the publishing world.

Published Book | Manga | Fanfic

The Standard You Walk Past

There’s No Way This Is Fate: Newlyweds Arc

Clean and Dirty

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2)

Countdown to Love

Dear your Holiness

Stranger Than Friends

Bewildered

You've Got the Antidote for Me

Hello Goodbye (t'was nice to know you)

Storm in a Teacup

Dangerous

punch-drunk fingerprints

Hey, Potter

men, abort mission (that is the silver lining in my cloudy disposition)

Not Nothing

Bad Dream

Draco Malfoy & the Mirror of Ecidyrue

The Cuckoo's Egg

Rising Tide

God of Fury (Legacy of Gods #5)

Draco Malfoy & the Heir of Slytherin

The Foxhole Court (All for the Game #1)

Beast Giving Love

The Raven King (All for the Game #2)

The King's Men (All for the Game #3)

Lazarus (All for the Games #3.5)

Son Nefes (All for the Game #0.5)

Extras All for the Game

Providence

Egotistical Puckboy (Puckboys #1)

Irresponsible Puckboy (Puckboys #2)

Shameless Puckboy (Puckboys #3)

Devilry (Kung University #2)

Foolish Puckboy (Puckboys #4)

Clueless Puckboy (Puckboys #5)

Bromantic Puckboy (Puckboys #6)

Power Plays & Straight A's (CU Hockey #1)

Face Offs & Cheap Shots (CU Hockey #2)

Goal Lines & First Times (CU Hockey #3)

Far From Camelot

An Unexpected King of Love (When Snow Falls #1)

Line Mates & Study Dates (CU Hockey #4)

Puck Drills & Quick Thrills (CU Hockey #5)

Iris (Mike Bravo Ops #1)

Rouge (Mike Bravo Ops #2)

Atlas (Mike Bravo Ops #3)

Zeus (Mike Bravo Ops #4)

Fake Out (Fake Boyfriend #1)

Trick Play (Fake Boyfriend #2)

Wrath (Sinful Secrets)

Gravity

There were so many good books this year and obviously a few bad ones. In total I read 62 books because I re-read a lot of them this year. Also I'm kinda in another reading slump... I'll try to update the blog as best I could.... sorry :(

[andthentheywilleatthestars]

I get that Black Panther was super popular so it makes sense that Killmonger became the face of MCU Villain Who's Right Actually, but man, remember when Agents of SHIELD did a whole arc when their protagonist was deprogrammed from being in a villainous group whose goal was to abolish SHIELD and then less than a season later it turned out that SHIELD was full of Nazis

[ttrpgrisingtide]

We are excited to announce our @crowdfundr to raise funding for scholarships to the Storytelling Collective! Help us raise money to empower more individuals in the ttrpg community to pursue their dreams! Find the Crowdfundr here! Rewards include maps, stock art, adventures, and more!

[homebearstudio]

Rexmin!

[dk-thrive]

If a rising tide lifts all boats, a whirlpool pulls them all to the bottom.

― Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People (MCD, February 27, 2024)

[whats-in-a-sentence]

But it was still only a foot or two deep, and though it swished terribly round the horses' legs, they reached the far side in safety.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair" - C. S. Lewis

[emmanuellececchi]

After watching the Rising Tide Gameplay here are my thouhgt (below the cut in case it would count as spoilers)

Shula is my new girl crush! She is AWESOME!

Joshua is suuuuuuuuuch a little shit/Mr Snarky.

Clive gives serious dad's vibe.

Jill.