Queue: Coral Reef.

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The plankton.

Plankton are basically anything that can't fight a current, in the ocean.
That doesn't mean that they can't defend themselves!
In the steemit ocean, a plankton like myself can attach to a bit larger (and commonly forgotten when people go straight from "plankton" to "minnow!") organism and thus, "fight" the tide! These larger creatures? Sponges.

The sponge!

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So we know plankton can't fight the tides..
Technically, neither can sponges(if they detach somehow from their fixed state).
The difference is, sponges start in a state of being attached to something and growing out from that point, thus "fighting" the tide, becoming unmovable by it.
While they are not mobile, they do hold their own against the tide, making them more formidable than the plankton.
Why does no one consider themselves a "sponge" in the community?! There's gotta be a bridge between the gaps in all of these metaphors! :P

The minnow.

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Now you can fight the tide, truly.
Move against it, with it, whatever you please, suffering no real consequence (assuming you play by the rules).
Now you've freed yourself of the tide.
Congratulations!

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Once you've gotten to the minnow stage, it's only up from there, usually. From what I've noticed. lol
The progression is long and tedious for some and for others it's almost overnight, seemingly.
Regardless, just keep swimming, as Dory said. ;)

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