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Epic Games has disabled a Fortnite emote based on the HBO show Peacemaker after the second season finale cast the dancing animation in a potentially different light.
The remainder of this post contains spoilers for Season 2 of Peacemaker.
The "Peaceful Hips" emote, which was first introduced to the game on September 15, mirrors the dance motions that John Cena's character Christopher Smith makes during the opening credits sequence for the show's second season. In the dance and the emote (which can be applied to any character in-game), the dancer briefly flails their arms at opposing right angles before shaking their hips seductively.
Some are seeing the dance in a different light after the show's season finale "Ignorance is Chris," which revealed that the alternate universe featured throughout the season has been controlled by swastika-brandishing Nazis. With that knowledge front of mind, the arm movements in the dance emote could be seen as a winking reference to the arms of a swastika.
"[In] season 2 there's a lot more of the story of the season in the intro, [in] the first season there wasn't as much of a reference to the story," choreographer Charissa Barton said in a video interview posted by Warner Bros. last month.
The opening dance sequence to Season 2 of Peacemaker.
The arm motions mean what?
Fans have been picking up on hints of the show's eventual Nazi-related reveal (including from that opening dance) as the second season has aired over recent weeks. But the confirmation of the link in Sunday's season finale had Epic quickly re-evaluating the emote by Sunday night.