The emote has been taken away and brought back, and here is a wide spectrum of opinions. The Fanciful emote had a good 800-day hiatus from the item shop, and now it is back along with another new emote that is either a point of excitement or confusion for the players. A tweet from ShiinaBR, a very famous Fortnite leaker, announces this drop, giving a fiery emoji and a direct link to get the goods and flirtingly ask everyone to use their code for support: an approach that any classic influencer would have taken.
Let the pandemonium start. The replies? They are golden. Some players lose it over nostalgic moments, with one LuvChromakopia screaming, “EPICCCC I HAD IT OGGGGG,” while others are unimpressed. BN_OTAKU says that the new emote is “boring,” and BeanChronic slammed it for looking like “free rewards for the summer event.” Ouch. Then FearAndDisgust decided to go full drama and added, “I didn’t want to do this… but you’ve forced my hand bc wtf is this sushi garbage in the shop…” Like, what even is sushi garbage? We will probably never find out.
Then the requests get weirdly specific. OGBlackWidowFan asked for Ronald Reagan (??), ryuuplus went for Tom Holland (Spidey fans always winning), and theclownaround is now three days deep begging for Hawkgirl. Meanwhile, ZerfanatorFNBR is just here wondering when Squid Game skins are dropping in Australia. Priorities, folks.
That new emote is actually divisive, with the unoffical name “Hot Tubbin'” being given to it by the community. IIISK1TZIII stated it sounded like the Dexter opening theme (dark, but okay), whilst Rave the Ravenous went with an…interesting comparison: “hubtub topless scene” with Hayley and Morgan. We’ll just leave that one there.
Now for the real scandal: some players don’t even have shop access. ttvqueenryu said it’s down for them, and yukito954 couldn’t even find the emote being sold separately. Epic Games, you really need to fix your stuff.
Speaking about bringing back Fanciful? Soulbound_TV got it right: “Fortnite bringing back relics like it’s a museum now.” So true. It’s been 800 days now, so one can say, “It’s not a comeback anymore, it’s an archaeological dig.” But then, you do have happy players like BMs who just casually said, “I might get it.” That excitement is loud.
So what’s the verdict? Depending on who you ask, it’s either the nostalgia win or a total flop. In any case, people are talking about it, and that’s all that really matters. Now, we really have to start digging into why somebody wants Ronald Reagan in this game.
