Fortnite fans have been speculating on who voiced The Foundation, a character who appeared in the cinematic and in-game event that started the games season 6. The going theory is that its Dwayne The Rock Johnson, but there are competing ideas too. None of this matters much, but its Fortnite players doing what they do best: speculating wildly.
Lets look at the facts. On March 16, the day before Season 6 launched, Johnson posted a cryptic Instagram video talking about the importance of March 16 in a certain culture and how there is connective tissue between that world and my world. The video ends with him saying, This is all done to strengthen and evolve and grow the power and the force known as…The Foundation before raising his eyebrow meaningfully.
This seems like pretty clear proof for many Fortnite fans. Others have pointed out that The Foundations armour bears a resemblance to Johnsons tattoos. Others note that rock and foundation have similar meanings. Eurogamerreports that The Foundations voice lines are in a folder called DJ inside the games code. On Reddit, players pointed to Epics Chief Creative Officer Donald Mustard liking Johnsons Instagram video as further proof of the theory.
Johnson isnt the only possible voice in the running, though. Players have also speculated that The Foundation is voiced by Keifer Sutherland or even Donald Mustard, trotting out various evidence for and against their preferred candidate. As one player on Reddit succinctly sums things up, This is stupid.
It is stupid! Who cares who voiced the character and who the next celebrity to be sucked into Fortnites maw will be? But Fortnite has always been great at being a creation engine for wild theories, with players pinning metaphorical red strings between every map change and Twitter teaser to speculate what will happen next. As more and more crossovers have encroached into the game, Ive found the fan theorizing less fun, depending more on pop culture knowledge than spinning theories thoroughly untethered from any reality except the one created by people who have too much time to spend playing Fortnite. This feels like some good old-fashioned Fortnite player weirdness, the kind Ive been missing.
My current favourite Fortnite Season 6 theory is about a new skin called Raz, who has tattoos that are similar to the runes on Kevin The Cube from past seasons. This dovetails with another theory that Season 6s spires are in locations similar to the runes Kevin left when he was rolling around the map. Its the kind of granular stuff YouTube videos are made for, and Im here for all of it. Screw The Rock. Bring back the cube, and let players creative juices flow.
(The Rock, if youre reading this, please dont beat me up.)