#fortnite theory

[moonlightrift]

Random 6 AM speculation on the Fortnite story, involving the stars, since they've been mentioning them a lot since Chapter 3, and now there's the whole constellation thing in this update.

[chrisavt]

how will this affect the trout population?

Well, seeing as it goes up in the air, and trout (to my knowledge) are in the water, i think maybe only 3 died because of it falling. RIP 3 trout.

[loop-loremaster]

HI RESIDENT newbie to fortnite lore can u infodump me the s2c2 and any midas lore im obsessed and need to learn EVERYTHING i can about him immediately. also the big lore post u made was SO SO SO helpful !!!

AYE AYE CAPTAIN!

I'm glad it was helpful! I'm always glad to help out. As always, if you have any other questions? Shoot me an ask :D

Before the days of SHADOW (and Chapter 2), Midas set his sights on building an empire of espionage, intrigue, and conquest. For this he recruited three people with great potential: The Burning Wolf, Chaos Origins (soon to be Chaos Agent) and Sierra to make them his first three Shadow operatives, together they form The First Shadows. Midas' original three operatives are respectively nicknamed Midas' first enforcer, Midas' first redeemed, and Midas' first pardoned.

In a picture in Doctor Slone's office in Corny Complex, a picture of Slone revealing her genius talents to the IO can be shown. In particular, a silhouette strongly resembling Midas (by the clothes and hair) can be seen, hinting he was maybe previously part of the Imagined Order before his arrival in the Loop. That can also explain Midas' mastermind capabilities and how he knows so much about the Island.

Midas also has a unique history prior to even building an empire of espionage, intrigue, and conquest (how he lost his eye, how he got the golden touch, what his true backstory is), but much of it remains to be unrevealed for now.

Chapter 2 Season 1: Midas selects Eye Land for his new base, likely being aware of the Zero Point stationed underneath there.

Before he takes over Eye Land and transforms into the Agency, he touched several items and furniture in the houses, turning them into gold and leaving behind a GHOST folder on the golden toilet.

His golden hand also appears in several trailers for Chapter 2: Season 2. This season is most possibly the time period that takes place when Midas recruits members for SHADOW before GHOST came about.

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 Storyline:

Following the reconstruction of the island due to The End event of Chapter 1, The first group of E.G.O. members entered The Loop through a Plane that was sent by the Imagined Order. Their mission was to search the reconstructed map and set up a base. They investigated the Loopers while the IO worked secretly to reconstruct the Bridge.

However, a mysterious group named A.L.T.E.R. whose members strangely resemble those of E.G.O. is already present on the island.

(This only applies to some members, since during the season other A.L.T.E.R members appear but do not have alter-egos at E.G.O - get it?).

Throughout Chapter 2: Season 1, a battle occurred between the two factions. Near the very end of the season, Chaos Agent was seen observing the battle in the shadows, soon to be known as the current leader of A.L.T.E.R./SHADOW.

E.G.O. & A.L.T.E.R. are now known as GHOST & SHADOW respectively.

At the very start of Chapter 2: Season 2, Midas activated several sleeper agents within The Loop. These include Lynx, Bushranger, Brutus, (Agent) Peely, and Journey.

Midas forms a group of neutral agents, with unique locations that belong to them. Skye is stationed at The Shark, Brutus and The Grotto, TNTina at The Rig, and Meowscles at The Yacht - alongside an Agency to fight against SHADOW. Him and the other agents being responsible for a location each, while also being a boss there. As time passes, all the agents choose a faction (SHADOW/GHOST), and their locations change with them. After Meowscles betrays GHOST and joins SHADOW, Contract Giller infiltrates The Yacht, and allows Deadpool to take over as a GHOST agent. Members of the X-Force would then arrive at Apollo.

Throughout the season, he slowly worked on a Device alongside his daughter Jules to destroy The Storm which was spotted in his room, directly underneath the Agency and possibly right above the Zero Point. In his room, a journal containing a drawing of Oro's scepter was there, possibly meaning that his golden touch has something to do with Oro and his scepter.

A suit similar to that of Tempest's was also spotted in the room. The suit was later used by Midas to harness the power of the Storm. Countdowns for the activation of his Device also appeared in the Agency and in his own room.

The Device was hidden underneath the main building of The Agency itself, while the pylons were underneath five newly-built hatches under the water surrounding The Agency.

Midas wanted to destroy The Storm, which would subsequently break The Loop and escape it.

Midas' project was going directly against the Imagined Order, who wanted to preserve The Loop and keep it running.

Near the very end of the season, Midas began charging the orb machine. The Device went through three stages. Initially, a bright yellow 'core' appeared within the orb, consisting of pure energy. Next, tendril-like structures were emitted from the core, slamming into the outer glass of the orb. At the final stage, the core grew bigger and brighter, and the tendrils grew larger and stronger.

At this point, some of the tendrils managed to breach the outer casing, although they were channeled and rerouted back into the orb.

While this happened, No Sweat Insurance built themselves a new office in Lazy Lake and insured Pleasant Park, Sweaty Sands, Frenzy Farm, and Holly Hedges against a flood scenario, with dozens of No Sweat Insurance signs being placed on those POIs.

The Device

On June 13th, the countdown for Midas' plan appeared above The Agency.

When the countdown for The Device event reached zero, the storm had already closed in around The Agency during the later stages of a particular loop.

Five pylons emerged from the five hatches surrounding the Agency. Once the five pylons completely rose out of the hatches, an energised bubble appeared around The Agency, which violently contracted and exploded, completely decimating The Agency.

As the dust settled, The orb machine emerged from the ruins of The Agency. It rose high up on an elevated platform and stopped once it reached a high height. This was followed by a large shockwave, causing all the loopers to levitate into the air. The Device activated, and the orb machine hooked up to the five pylons using energy beams.

Then, the pylons collectively hit The Storm barrier and started to push it back. This seemingly contradicted the structure of a normal loop, in which the storm closes in until the entire island is consumed.

In this case, the storm was being pushed back, which partially damaged The Loop, transporting a particular looper to The Bridge, located outside The Loop.

Inside The Bridge, the looper was spawned in Agent Jones' office, containing a desk, computer, and three filed labeled 'TOP SECRET', containing the images of Midas, Lynx, and Jules. The Looper did not spend a long time in Jones' office though, and soon, the loop seemingly repaired itself and returned The Looper back to the island.

Back at The Agency, the device seemed to have malfunctioned, as the energy supplied by the orb to the pylons diminished with every second. Eventually, the orb machine completely switched off, but not before seemingly breaking the storm barrier.

Without the barrier and nothing to stop it, The Storm began to rapidly close in on The Agency, threatening to kill everyone there.

However, right before The Agency was swallowed, the orb machine rebooted, quickly hooking up to the pylons and slamming the storm once again.

This action restarted the storm barrier, and the machine began to push back at The Storm once again. However, this time, The Storm resisted and closed in on The Agency. In the ensuing battle between Device and Storm, The Device emerged victorious, and The Storm was quickly pushed back before it completely vanished.

As the pylons began retracting back into their hatches, The Loop started to collapse. A single bolt of energy slammed into the orb machine from the sky, disabling and rendering it unusable.

The orb machine then proceeded to retract back down underneath the destroyed Agency, as the loop collapsed and returned that particular looper to Jones' office.

There, Agent Jones could be heard talking in the hallway outside about the problem facing The Imagined Order. Jones could be heard saying; 

''(to phone) Uh no. E-everything is NOT stable over here. We are act- (to Janice) Uh, Janice! Janice! Uh, dial the Resonance Actuator to 7.2. Now, please. Yes! Right now." Janice replies "I'm on it!" Through the closed curtains, Janice could be seen rushing down the hallway towards the presumed 'Resonance Actuator', one of the devices that is likely used to control The Storm.

Jonesy starts talking to his phone again after hearing something from the other end. 

"(to phone) Wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on, hold on... "It's not just a storm?" What does that mean? Must be connected to the loop, but there's no way that we could have predicted that it would react THIS way. At this-". 

Jones has just found out that The Storm is not simply a storm, as The Loop depends upon it to function. He appears to have been stunned that The Loop completely collapsed in the storm's absence and that they had not predicted that kind of event. However, the above conversation is not finished as the looper is transported back to the island.

Upon return, it is revealed that The Storm reacted to Midas trying to destroy it, creating a giant tsunami, held by the barrier of the Storm.

"(to phone) And that worked? How long do you think it'll hold?" 

That brief conversation suggests that The Imagined Order managed to contain the wall of water for some time. Jones asks how long the storm barrier will hold before it fails and unleashes the wall of water onto the island.

After getting an unknown answer, Jones states that everything is starting to stabilize, and enters his office.

He is stunned to see The Looper, and asks whether they can hear him or not, as it seems like a Looper has never managed to break out of The Loop and enter The Bridge without traveling through The Zero Point.

Before The Looper could reply, they are transported back to the island in the battle bus, as the loop reset is now complete. With the battle bus flying towards the center of the island with the now destroyed The Agency

After the Device live event, Midas shows his true affiliation with SHADOW (it is later revealed that he is the founder as well as the true leader of SHADOW), he likely handed over The Agency to Jules to turn into SHADOW's new HQ as anything related to GHOST/EGO is removed from the location.

SHADOW seized the opportunity and takes over The Agency ruins, removing all E.G.O flags and placing their own. SHADOW henchmen now patrol the area instead of the usual GHOST henchmen.

Device TLDR: When his device was activated on June 15, 2020, his voice and several other henchmen's voices could be heard. Midas successfully rose the Device up from his underground base. The Device's plan, unfortunately, failed, turning the Storm into a giant Wall of Water instead of destroying the loop as he planned. While trying to repel the storm, the loop destabilized several times. However, during the event, files of him, Jules, and Lynx were spotted in Agent Jones' office, meaning that they had been investigating him for a while.

You can see a replay of The Device event below, I personally prefer it since it's more cinematic. But there are plenty of other videos of the event!

Midas's Stolen Chair

In Chapter 2: Season 2, in the meeting room of The Agency, Midas had a chair that stood out. It was made of gold, which made it desirable to some.

Eventually, a thief, or a group of thieves, (possibly siding with SHADOW) broke into The Agency and stole the golden chair. It appeared that there was a full plan set up to steal the chair.

Interestingly enough, no other chairs appeared golden in the agency after the only golden chair was stolen. Over the course of weeks, once it was stolen from the meeting room, it was taken to a boat the thieves had likely rowed to the island with.

The thieves then rowed west where a truck would be waiting, housing stolen rope from The Yacht. Once the chair made it to the truck, it reappeared later in Salty Springs and was hidden inside the blue building, with the rope being placed near the top of the staircase, and Midas' chair replacing an old desk chair with it.

The thieves also appeared to have removed a GHOST recruitment poster off the wall in the process and threw it into the trash. Unexpectedly, the golden chair must have been so heavy, as it crashed through the ground and onto the bottom floor, creating a large mess. In the end, the blue house was repaired, but the golden chair was put away into a storage boat that would soon float around the island.

However, the gold chair was eventually found again in Chapter 2: Season 3. It could have been found inside No Sweat Storage, but was later in the custody of SHADOW after the storage boat went away from the island.

Soon, it became a key part of the return of Midas in Chapter 2: Season 4, as a ritual occurred on the top floor of The Authority.

A shrine was made to honor Midas, and appeared to have been used in a resurrection or summoning of sorts. This shrine had originally meant to honor Brutus by having his helmet as well as images of him set up, but was now also honoring Midas using his chair.

The shrine exploded and in the aftermath, a dark form of Midas appeared, called Shadow Midas.

After Fortnitemares 2020: Midas' Revenge, Midas' golden chair suddenly went missing. Again. At first, it was unknown who or what may have taken it until it was later found out that the valuable golden chair was secretly taken by The Imagined Order beneath the island.

Their intentions with the chair are unknown. Occasionally, the chair could have been seen in an IO Elevator during Chapter 2: Season 5, which rose from under the ground and had a chance of housing Midas' Chair. The Golden Chair reappeared in Cuddle Cruisers, alongside the plans used for the Doomsday Device built by Midas.

After C2 S2/3/4, Midas never made an exact "super duper" lore-important appearance, even in Fortnitemares 2020 and his various snapshots (Midsummer, icebound, Golden Gear, Rex, Shadow - not in order) Apart from mentions from Marigold, Jules a short appearance in The Batman comic, a trailer, and golden objects that were presumed to be teasers of his return.

Also, I forgot to mention this in my original lore dump post for you but in The First Shadows trailer; Yes, this is Midas's voice. You may now swoon.

Placed during C2S8, Midas' original three operatives reappear after being hidden for a long time. Midas narrates the first animated comic series for the Fortnite Crew, this being for The Burning Wolf. The Burning Wolf Trailer also reveals that Midas is in fact the one who formed SHADOW. Midas is shown once again as SHADOW in the Chaos Origins trailer, this time with SHADOW Henchmen by his side at Hydro 16. However, it is difficult to know when the events of this trailer take place.

In C2S2, In Midas' cutscene and room, several golden heads of characters from the Island could be seen, and a few statues of characters could be seen and Midas was seen having defeated the Black Knight and placing his golden helmet on his wall. Interestingly enough, Chaos Agent's mask was on the wall, which leaves many questions as to the fate of SHADOW.

 In the Chapter 2: Season 3 trailer, Midas was eaten by a Loot Shark. Many assumed that this was "the end of Midas" and the death of him, but that is not the case as Donald Mustard confirmed he was "in the loop" when that occurred, therefore not permanently killing him.

In C2S5, Marigold arrived on the Island. Just like Midas, she is cursed with the Golden Touch. In her quests, she mentions that someone is "spending Midas' gold" and her pickaxe description mentions that her daggers are a treasured gift from Midas, hinting they have a positive relationship with each other. This is further evidenced by how The Yacht was named "Marigold", linking the connection between the two even further.

In Chapter 3; Many traces of Midas's whearabouts could be found on the island. The golden items in Cuddle Cruisers restaurant, The golden pillows at The Joneses (😏) and the secret hideout inside the walls of Covert Cavern with the golden llama. Golden Look Board's description suggests that he is watching from the shadows. In each teaser trailer for Chapter 3: Season 4, a golden object could be seen in the background - many assumed this would be the return of Midas, to be the one to stop the Chrome once and for all! But that never happened.

[libbecnoir]

I WAS FUCKING RIGHT ABOUT THE RED CRESCENT MOON HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHADHFCVSBHGJFDKSCDNVJBEHFKWDCDNVJBRHEFKELKDVM<NBJHGEKFJLKWMDV<NBJFHKJCMS<DNVHKj I KNEW IT!!!!!! I FUCKING KNEW IT WASNT A COINCIDENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(for reference: see this post. and specifically the last bit of it. dude im freaking the fuck out oh my godfijhvneghfkdscnvjfhgfeksddnv)

[catlokis-blog]

Nobody asked but here's my very complex headcanons & theories about how the cube species works within The Last Reality. Essentially, it's based on the idea all the members you see during the Cube invasion are part of one species at different evolution stages. (Think Pokemon evolution.)

So the literal cubes, like Kevin, are functionally the babies. They have very basic needs - energy consumption. They prepare for mass consumption by placing their runes, and more minor consumption by killing life forms. They can create corrupted versions of said lifeforms as a result of this, who work similarly to the next of two phases;

The Husks are sort of battle troops, and that's it. They're primarily for stifling all forces of resistance from the reality that's about to be dominated, and they're easily discardable due to a lower level of consciousness, primarily operating on the instinct to kill and harvest. They can also harvest energy, but it's less effective, and they cannot create Corruptions.

The Anthropormorphics, such as Cube Assassin and Geometrick, are what bring in the societal aspect of the species, having their own language and societal norms. Most will wear a little bit of clothing, or none at all. Most clothing is reserved for those of higher status, like Royalty, since they don't really need clothing, it's just there for aesthetics. They may ascend to royalty if chosen by a lone Royalty if their partner is no longer in the picture, either through abandonment or death.

Corruptions, aka the mirrored lifeforms, are similar to the Anthropromorphics except they do not have a cube-esque thing for a head, making them resemble Royalty. For this reason, they're often deployed to watch realities that have already been conquered instead of a part of the general society on the Mainland.

Royalty are ascended Anthropormorphics and are capable of creating more of the baby Cubes. They can also be created from Corruptions, but it's rare. There's normally two at a time, but there can be more if they so choose. They are the head of the hivemind created within Husks.

The reason that they collect energy is because that is what the species need to live instead of things like food, water, and shelter. There are defective Cubes, such as the Origin, that cannot hold onto their energy properly and release it in forms such as fire or electricity. They need to have a more stable flow of energy fed to them quite frequently, which is what the prison suit inside of his Seven suit is most likely for according to this little headcanon-theory, which is why he decided to keep it on instead of like... Not dressing like a prisoner everyday

[rockermazy]

A stream-of-thought essay about why Epic always misses the mark when it comes to rendering concept art - (it's deliberate)

Someone sent me this tiktok in Discord. https://www.tiktok.com/@squid3363/photo/7400670204356791582 It is a common gripe in the Fortnite player community: Epic seems to have a hard time rendering community concept art into in-game skins. Some renderings are spot-on - many are not. The first skin that ever made me go "WTF?" was Lorenzo from the Chapter 4: Season 3 Battle Pass  (not in the TikTok). The final render is on the left. The original is on the right.

I wasn't thrilled with the render. I would have liked gray skin. It would've matched better. But then again, I never squinted at the concept art hard enough. I deadass thought - hoped - Lorenzo would have cat ears.  To be fair, much of the concept's flair relied on that money-shot - seemingly with strategically-placed fans-in in the studio during the photo shoot.

I mean, I wouldn't mind having my coattails and tie ever defying gravity during a match. (My main is an anime skin - I know I'm seen from across the map. I've accepted my fate u.u ).

But I understand if Epic anticipated that most players would not appreciate gravity defiance.

Moving on...

The next WTF? moment I felt was with Medusa. I wasn't head over heels for the concept, but she was passable. But I knew a friend that was. The final render... made me feel bad, even for said friend :/

So I thought "Maybe it's the poly count?". I mean round corners = more faces, right? Epic manages to break something new with each update, we can't afford a buggy battle pass item, no?

Aphrodite? Maybe it's the polycount and they want to stay on-brand as Fortnite. Maybe they don't want to be confused with League of Legends? Maybe fantasy-esque drip isn't allowed?

And the parade of misses go on. It's all in the TikTok slide. I tried to look for a pattern. For some of them, it seems to be the face meshes. Namely the sausage lips.

Maybe it takes research to re-rig a new facial mesh for all of the emotes to work properly. As someone whos dabbled with animation in IMVU, which has a jillion different head meshes as far as the eye can see, I can concur - making the same "move this around instructions" look good on "everyone" is a royal pain in the ass. Virtually possible without making unique animations for each skeleton/mesh)... ...or maybe the department head just really likes sausage lips. I'm not one to judge. Some like 'em older and milfy, I dunno. Except some heads seem to have smaller lips, to negate that... And then there was Vikora.

She is from a summer quest - the same season one of the Lorenzos came out, (there's a couple of those). I can't recall which, but I have her. Something always seemed off about this one, Like, it was unique. It was fun - but in the OC-unique in the way that you sort of felt half of the flair was tamed. Maybe the proportions? I dunno. Whatever. I just wanted her set's wrap. I'd never seen her concept before seeing the tiktok today, and now, I want to fight someone. W.T.F. The hair. Just the hair. The original artist had made sure to put the bigger tuft on her left so that it would not interfere with aiming down sights. There was no reason to remove her hair. And why change the stockings? What was wrong with her stockings? Fortnite has multiple female outfits with fishnet stockings - "PG" arguments will fall on deaf ears.

And her belt chain? Changing the chain links from hoops to squares seems arbitrary AF. It was the chain that gave me the passing thought: "This is the behavior of an artist that got smitten by someone else's design, but doesn't want to get accused of stealing... but also really really doesn't want to give credit, either".I'm not against those that get smitten. I have gotten smitten. You cannot fight the smitten - you can only crawl for months - if not years - making changes that you will only ever 70 percent comfortable be with until you just...get used to your abomination, to the sacrilege you've committed against someone else's perfect design, just to make it "your own" and avoid cancelation, (Or in my case, I just didn't know how to 3D mesh, but IMVU allows what's essentially crude kitbashing. I know what my global PFP was supposed to be)... ...But those are little artist problems. It's just weird that a big company would do this while little artists are literally throwing their designs at you to be rendered. Then the possibility struck me: All of Epic's misses are deliberate, but for entirely legal reasons. Possible reasons:

1. Fear of Future Royalty Demands

Artists are human. Sometimes, those humans want money. Sometimes, even when humans agree on how much money should be exchanged for a good or service, (even if it is no money at all), some of those humans still want more money. They will take you to court to get said money.

In a somewhat related tidbit, I vaguely remember VivziePop, the creator of Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, was once quoted as saying that she won't allow cameos of her fan's OCs in her shows specifically for this reason.

Legal issues can be an annoying little thing that can dismantle an empire. Epic is no different.

Epic might be "missing" the mark on purpose with its concept art in order to meet some nebulous" internet common law"  "30% Rule" in order to protect themselves later down the road.

The laws around art are changing, which bring me to my next proposed reason for missing the mark:

1. Fear of AI

Now, please hear me out: I am not accusing any community concept artists of doing anything. I'm just saying that in the age of AI, the possibility of this happening is becoming more likely.

It is entirely possible that some of the concepts presented to Epic could be AI-generated. I am not saying the concept art themselves are AI, mind you - I'm guessing by the consistent art style used in the surveys, that these images are all rendered in-house by the same team at Epic (But hell - someday, I could be wrong on that assumption).

I'm suggesting the general designs could be AI generated.

Is design separate from the art depicting that design? I dunno. I'm not a lawyer. IMO, seeing as how most AI models at the time of writing struggle to create a consistent character sheet, I would think not. Design requires consistency, which most models seem to lack.

In the US, AI-generated images cannot obtain copyright protection - not without some human element.

If Epic makes the mistake of accepting a concept from the community that turns out to originate from an AI generation, they run the risk of losing the rights to said character.

Epic HAS to make human changes to the concept art, in order to cover their arses from bad actors in the future.

I just wish they were visually "good" changes.

Ok. That's the end of that theory-essay. Time to go shower and gently pet my plants

[epsilonzolton]

Unlikely.

Kit is their son but we have no confirmation of a mother as Meowskulls is Kits aunt not his mom.

My theory is that both Meowscles and Meowskulls were genetically engineered by Lynx and then Kit was later made at the request of Meowscles.

If anything the character that has had sex is most likely Midas.

fortnite characters who have canonically had sex

meowscles

[lixwankenobi]

[piepiepiemag]

ok but seriously where is montague. no there’s no joke here where the fuck is he. where is he. i cant do this anymore without him, where the FUCK is he i need him im losing my mind. they brought everyone back where is he i cant wait any longer where is he im so serious i need him it’s not a joke anymore WHERE IS HE

[ladyofdecember]

And I love you, it's ruining my life

I love you, it's ruining my life

I touched you for only a fortnight

I touched you, but I touched you

[moonlightrift]

theory time

If Kinetic Ore glows the same way as the CUBEs when struck, and they're using it to power the Rift Gate, which thanks to AMIEs test, we know leads to The Last Reality in some way.. Is this proof the CUBEs are made from Kinetic Ore?

[loop-loremaster]

im typing this while im in the middle of a fortnite match but

I was on Reddit earlier (terrible, I know) and there were two hot posts regarding;

"What's up with those drones that turn you into a bunch of pixels when you die?"

&

"What are those weird arm things on most skins from Chapter 1 to 2?"

And I thought I'd share the answer with you guys as well! [The two people seated in the audience clap awkwardly.]

(Mainly so I have another excuse to talk about Fortnite lore, and most of this information is referenced/copied from u/All_Skulls_On and the Fortnite Wiki + my private lore doc so I don't have to directly rewrite it ^^)

The drones and arm gear have to do with the original Fortnite story - which was centered around Save the World before they branched to create a Battle Royale.

The premise in STW is that you are a Commander, safe at Homebase, sitting in a control room while hooked up to a Vindertech interface. The little robots; Ray, Lok, Pop, and Kevin are all Vindertech "robot friends" and "assistants". You're sent to assist/control a hero - who is a real person - that is stationed out in the real world fighting the husks/storm. (Apart from when you are required to do a Storm Shield defense, I believe. That's you directly engaging in the mission.)

The hero has a Vindertech module equipped to their right forearm, and since most of the skins in the first chapter came from STW, most of the early outfits have this piece of gear. The module combined with your assistance is what allows for the interface to facilitate building, storing of materials, ammo, weapons, etcetera.

The idea was originally translated to Battle Royale, making the Island's at-first little lore at first seem like a giant war game where Commanders would all battle against each other for training and recreation. The hero, which is you, would be transported to the island by the bot, and then retrieved when defeated or when the game is over.

That was the original lore/premise of the game before what they built upon was scrapped and altered for the Zero Point and the Island that was controlled by the Imagined Order - and anyway, the two game modes were split into two different realities. (BR being Reality Zero, STW residing in a different one.)

In the Save The World reality, Vindertech's original goal was to prevent The Storm from ever happening, but the goal ultimately failed. Leading the little robot, Ray, to take leadership and forming Homebase to rescue Survivors from the Storm. And then Vindertech created the Storm Shield and ATLAS to fight against it the best they could.

But now, the drones are used to transport the Looper in and out of the loop so they can continuously fight, with the arm gear likely to be used just as before; an interface to facilitate building, the storing of materials, ammo, weapons, and so on. And still in STW, the drones are used to "respawn" and pull out your hero in case of emergencies.

RIP the remnants of STW lore in BR, I suppose. 😭

Bonus Fun Fact: V-BUCKS is short for Vindertech-Bucks.

[snakesinsocks2005]

I feel like if Odin was mortal he'd be one of those dads thats addicted to candy crush and plays it on full volume

[thegreygamer]

Question: In the Weapon X lab, we see Slone and Jones on the screens. What are they doing there?

Luckily, I have a theory. I believe that Slone made Weapon X out of a Snapshot of Logan, before the adamantium enhancements, and made him into something that could help her reclaim the island for the IO. However, Peely was also being experimented on (via the banana peel in one of the test chambers), causing Jones to recruit Magneto to free his friend, inadvertently releasing Weapon X upon the island. Doesn't explain why Jones is on the screen, but I believe Slone is on the screen because she directed the experiment on both Peely and Logan.

[theoryify]

(BET YOU CAN MAKE A THEORY FOR THIS IMAGE!)

Game Theory: Fortnite's Default Skins are Taking Over the World, OUR WORLD (Fortnite ARG)

[snakegills]

is there a particular reason you hate montague or do you just have a grudge against the french? /gen

So i know I'm a hungry hungry hypocrite when I talk about Montague considering I wrote 71k words detailing a story in which he gets a happy ending and then say I hate him because it's true. I didn't write YAKATT (damn did not expect that acronym to look good) because I like Montague. I wrote it because I had a story to tell and that story involved a villain getting a happier ending than he deserves because people generally contain multitudes and there is always something about someone that you can understand. Even if I choose to make it up for fortnite man

That being said, i dislike Montague because he is a yuppie who uses his power to oppress what he considers the lower class. As a native american woman who grew up in poverty,  it leaves a certain distaste in my mouth that will never go away or change. I think the society needs more haters, especially in the fortnite Fandom bcs I find the love of the society and general ambivalence to the underground odd considering it is SUCH a cut and dry story of evil vs good. Not that we have to love heroes for being heros but yknow, grew up poor can't respect a yuppie yadda yadda. At the end of the day tho it is fortnite and I really don't care if others like Montague/the society, hell *I* like the version of Montague i made up in my fic. It's fun to hate on a guy who deserves it and is not real and is also French

Tl;DR: its fun to be a hater and ive chosen Montague. Sorry for the long winded response