{"id":456517,"date":"2025-12-18T23:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/456517\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T23:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:14:14","slug":"fortnite-leaker-spoiled-harry-potter-due-to-rowlings-transphobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/456517\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite Leaker Spoiled Harry Potter Due To Rowling\u2019s Transphobia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fortnite\u2019s crossover slop has now spread to engulf the Wizarding World as Epic\u2019s inescapable battle royale is gearing up to add cosmetics based on Harry Potter<\/a>. The game has become such a worldwide phenomenon that there are plenty of leak accounts on social media routinely posting about upcoming collaborations, but the account that leaked the Harry Potter skins had a different motive than simply informing people, as they have stated they \u201cspoiled\u201d the surprise in protest of it inclusion because of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling\u2019s transphobic rhetoric.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rowling has been a vocal figurehead in the fight against trans rights over the past few years<\/a>, and it\u2019s made buying and supporting Harry Potter and its various movies, video games, and spin-offs harder for fans and trans supporters, though it hasn\u2019t stopped Hogwarts Legacy<\/a> from racking up over 40 million sales<\/a> since its launch in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So when it was confirmed that Harry Potter content was coming to Fortnite, some fans of both Harry Potter and Fortnite had to wrestle with whether or not they want to support the crossover, or the game more broadly. Fortnite Underground, a Fortnite leaker who leaked the Harry Potter collaboration<\/a>, has posted a lengthy explanation on X about why they chose to post about it ahead of its official announcement, saying they wanted to \u201cruin\u201d the surprise in an act of protest and that Fortnite once \u201cstood for what was right.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people won\u2019t care,\u201d they wrote. \u201cThese Outfits will probably sell pretty well, most people will be happy to see one of their favorite childhood franchises come to the game, and Epic Games and J.K. Rowling will make plenty of money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m not okay with that, and I hope you\u2019re not okay with it either.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Opinion \u2013 I was the leaker who spoiled Harry Potter coming to #Fortnite<\/a>. Here’s why \u2b07\ufe0f <\/p>\n

Last year, Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling claimed that Imane Khelif, a female boxer, was actually born as a man. There’s just one issue: they weren’t. There’s been a sentiment around this\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/tzKv18jYeK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fortnite Underground (@FNBRunderground) December 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Fortnite Underground signs off saying they wanted to spoil the collaboration in hopes that \u201cless people would buy it,\u201d but many of the responses argue that any kind of discussion promotes it in some way. Maybe their bringing attention to Rowling\u2019s views could start some much-needed conversations in the Fortnite community, though you also have a bunch of transphobic nonsense in the replies, with people claiming they\u2019ll buy the Harry Potter cosmetics as a counter protest. Do yourself a favor and avoid the responses to their post.<\/p>\n