Just imagine that painful blow and the disappointment for those desperately seeking lore from the newest injection: The original Tomato Head skin is now in Chapter 6! Is this the return of the iconic Season 5 mascot? According to a leaker named @FN_Assist through ShiinaBR, giant Tomato Temple is now increasingly appearing on the current map from a rift. Half the community appears to be either lost in excitement, confusion, or outright disorder.
Now why is this so important? Tomato Head is not just any mere skin. It was a throwback to the wonderful good old days of Fortnite, from the wicked storyline in Season 1. Seeing it arise in Season 6 is more than just nostalgic; it is a possible storyline lead tying old and new lore together. Players such as @lightShadow116 say that this is the “absolute peak” storytelling, while @famksm_W just guffaws: “Man fuck the storyline I guess 💀.”
Now the minefield of theories, memes, and salty sentiments begins. Some, like @rubygirl8306, throw out wild “what ifs” (“Imagine if instead of the cube, a spire comes out of the rift in OG”). Others, like @TheTicklerOfAll?, are done: “Enough already with the OG shit.” Still, some are holding to their planks of Creative demands: “@SkutlerYT is just here to demand Blue Beetle in the next Battle Pass (#BlueBeetleforFN, apparently).”
And the best part? This might not be a one-time thing. Dataminers led by @NotGrammyNorma also found footage of the Tomato Head being rifted out of the OG map mid-game, hinting that this may be a live event teaser. And from the history of Fortnite, if rifts ever happened, it meant that something bigger was about to go down. The Visitor’s rocket, the Zero Point collapse— stuff like that. @BSK37270312 thinks it could be a hint toward the Visitor’s return, considering the similarity in the red rift to the last time around.
Now, the OG purists are just going crazy. @VinceBro35 fears the OG map might get “changed” forever: “If they don’t let me play original season 5,7,8 then imma be pissed.” But @Fn_tradition drops something interesting: what if this ends up leading to players in Chapter 6 building a new Tomato Temple only for it to get rifted back to OG later? Scrambled time-loop shenanigans-just good christmanese!
More so, there will always be those who want to chill. @Beomseokk19 wants to mute the boss fight music, whereas @sonny_melia is pumped for the “badass-looking Drift” skin. Then there’s @ojohnnyboi, who may be completely right: “That’s not where you belong, you silly goose.”
So what’s next? No one knows. But if Fortnite is putting OG assets into the new map, it’s either for a ginormous crossover event…or it’s just for trolling. So all that remains is to sit back with a tub of popcorn. Rift shenanigans have just begun.
