Fortnite\u2019s Dr. Doom was meant to be a villain \u2013 but it turns out he saved the world Fortnite\/Dexerto\/UnsplashDoctor Doom stormed into Fortnite\u2019s Chapter 5, Season 4, cloaked in mystery, as the ominous secret skin everyone wanted but also feared. The community thought Doctor Doom was the ultimate villain, ready to wreak havoc on our beloved island. And honestly, who could blame them? If his appearance in the Absolute Doom trailer was anything to go by, he was a walking apocalypse harnessing the devastating powers of Pandora\u2019s Box. His ominous Castle Doom was a shrine to his conquests, littered with gruesome trophies like The Thing, reduced to a mere throne. I mean, the guy kept Human Torch\u2019s still-beating heart as a living furnace. But, to my and the Fortnite community\u2019s shock, while everyone was panicking about his plans to tear the Fortnite island apart, Doctor Doom was actually saving it. Press B to thank Doctor Doom Sure, Doctor Doom turned heroes into furniture, but let\u2019s focus on the bigger picture \u2013 he spared us from Megalo Don\u2019s reign of terror. At the end of Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3, Megalo Don was more than ready to delete the island with his Nitro Farms and Leviathan. That\u2019s when Doctor Doom, our unsung hero, swept in to save the day. Forget about thanking the bus driver. I want to press B to thank Doctor Doom. Doom\u2019s move wasn\u2019t about mindless destruction; it was strategic. His influence stabilized the island at a time when it could have crumbled under Megalo Don\u2019s onslaught. Doom set up shop, built a city, and even got a train running in Fortnite. Public transportation in this battle royale is a real miracle. Unlike most hostile NPCs on the map, Doctor Doom\u2019s goons are totally chill unless you pick a fight first. It\u2019s almost as if Doom was a misunderstood genius all along. Antihero? Yes. Villain? Not so much Someone in the Fortnite Reddit pointed out Fortnite\u2019s version of Doctor Doom is \u201cchaotic good.\u201d I\u2019m inclined to agree. The truth is, if it weren\u2019t for Doom\u2019s intervention, we\u2019d probably be getting gnawed on by a Nitro-hungry Wasteland Warrior who\u2019s desperately in need of vitamin D. Yes, Doctor Doom did siphon some power from Pandora\u2019s Box, but did he use it to enslave the world? No, he kept it all in check, likely hoping someone would finally free his mom\u2019s soul and give the guy a break. Let\u2019s face it, if the Doctor himself had set his sights on total destruction, we\u2019d be\u2026 doomed. Joking aside, maybe Doctor Doom isn\u2019t the heartless villain everyone thought he was in Fortnite. He saved the island in his own twisted way, and frankly, Fortnite has seen far worse. Remember The Cube Queen? She tried to obliterate the entire map with alien fleets. Even Midas, who wasn\u2019t exactly evil, caused chaos with that disastrous device of his. Doom is practically a saint compared to these maniacs. Doctor Doom entered Fortnite as a supposed villain, but his actions spoke louder than his dark persona. While the community braced for catastrophe, Doom quietly held the island together, warding off an even greater threat. Sure, he\u2019s not perfect \u2013 his taste in home decor is downright horrifying \u2013 but, in the grand scheme of Fortnite\u2019s ever-chaotic universe, Doom might just be the unexpected hero we never knew we needed. Maybe, just maybe, if someone returns his mom\u2019s soul, he\u2019ll finally leave us alone. Until then, let\u2019s cut the guy some slack. He\u2019s saved us more than we\u2019re willing to admit, even if it means sitting on a throne made out of The Thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite\u2019s Dr. Doom was meant to be a villain \u2013 but it turns out he saved the world Fortnite\/Dexerto\/UnsplashDoctor Doom stormed into Fortnite\u2019s Chapter 5, Season 4, cloaked in mystery, as the ominous secret skin everyone wanted but also feared. The community thought Doctor Doom was the ultimate villain, ready to wreak havoc on our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}