"Epic Games has now pulled the cosmetic over concerns about its "creative intentions." In plain English, Epic is worried it might be intended to look like a Nazi Swastika. "We're disabling the Peaceful Hips Emote in Fortnite as we inquire into our partner's creative intentions in this collab emote," the battle roayle's official account announced over the weekend. "Assuming it's not coming back, we'll issue refunds in the next few days. Sorry folks.""
"Chris Smith, AKA Peacemaker, doesn't want to leave the alternate dimension where things seem "perfect" despite that menacing suspicion that something is very, very off. It turns out that this Earth-2 the mercenary's been hanging out in is actually Earth-X, our planet in an alternate timeline where the United States lost to Hitler's Germany in WWII. In case the lack of any non-white people didn't give it away already, the big reveal comes when Chris realizes there's a Swastika on the American flag."
Fortnite added the Peaceful Hips emote as a 400 V-Bucks DC Series cosmetic referencing a dance from HBO's Peacemaker season 2 intro. Epic Games disabled the emote while investigating partner creative intentions after concerns arose that the motion could resemble a Nazi swastika. The game's official account announced the emote removal and said refunds will be issued if the emote does not return. The controversy followed a reveal in Peacemaker season 2 episode 6 showing an alternate Earth-X with Nazi imagery, prompting comparisons between the emote's motion and historical references.
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