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Filing this one away under "questions I never expected to be asked" 😂

No, I don't. Despite being currently widespread for historically anamolous reasons (which are currently getting pushback-- some of it with intense emotional virulence, it's wild) circumcision is actually like, unusual, not at all the default. For much of history it was basically only a sign of affiliation for Jews and Muslims (I'm sure other groups used it too, I'm just not familiar with them.) Emmrich certainly isn't associated with an equivalent group, and I view uncircumcised as Thedas default (98% of Humans, if not more.)

He is, thank god, a lot better about cleaning himself than most Thedas guys. The situation is so dire out there.

Only got Emmrich Volkarin merch right now, but I plan to have other stuff in the future (FFXIV, Enshrouded, aso)

Link to my store

Say hello to Rat Jerky Emmrich Doll

I also have keychains, posters and postcards. More to come later.

And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I'd love for her to end up being one of DC's aroace characters.

Yeah, part of the reason is the lack of representation (there are fewer than ten aroace characters in DC, and most ace characters aren't even aroace or aromantic). But that's not my main reason.

If Verity is going to take Alfred's place, I'd like her to inherit the kind of relationships he had. Alfred never needed a romance to become one of DC's most beloved characters (honestly, I think most people don't even know he has a daughter or had a few love interests). He was Bruce's support, practically a father to the Batfamily, someone who took care of them, called them out when they needed it, and, like any good character, made mistakes too.

Verity is young and pretty. And if we've already seen DC do things like Barbara/Bruce or Selina/Dick... what's stopping a writer from eventually making her the love interest of someone in the Batfamily?

That's where I'd like her to be aroace.

Not because being aroace would automatically make her a better character, but because an established LGBTQ+ identity is one of the few things DC tends to respect across different creative teams. Kate Kane, for example, has never been given a boyfriend after being established as a lesbian.

And since Verity will probably become an important character because of her connection to Alfred and the Wayne family, it'd be even harder for a future writer to suddenly decide she should date someone in the Batfamily.

I just like the idea of her remaining what Alfred's successor is supposed to be: someone who supports the Batfamily, not the next romance of the month.

Some silliness inspired by @imsorrey 's "Heap Earth Upon It" Emmrook fic 🤣 Johanna and Isabela being a power couple who think Rook is hot is 10/10 entertainment.

It's estimated that around 8% of rams exhibit exclusively homosexual behavior.

To ensure that the sheep that are being taken in are actually homosexual, they'll place the rams that are assumed to be gay in an enclosure with ewes during the breed's “horny season.” If the ram refuses to mate, he says, “there is a clear indication that he's not interested.”

“So then we put him into our herd, and then a lot of action happens, if you know what I mean,” he says. “It's happening really within minutes.”

The sharp edge of an era

Images: Passing Fashions: Reading Female Masculinities in the 1920s

Image 1: Eine Frau modelt Jeanne Lanvins Version des Garçonne-Looks, 1925. Image 2: Jane Heap, photographed in Paris by Berenice Abbott, 1927. Image 3: “Garçonnes,” 1922. Paris, Palais Galliera–musée de la Mode; found on the Van Cleef & Arpels Collection.

Image 1: February 1925: British actress of stage and screen Edna Best (1900 - 1974) as Fay Collen in the play 'Spring Cleaning' at St Martins Theatre in London. Image 2: Edna Best by Dorothy Wilding, c. 1925.

Image 1 and 2: Le Grand Tailleur, No. 181 and 184; both 1926.

Image 1: Postcard of German film actress Elga Brink, c. mid-to-late 1920s. Image 2: Cover of Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, No. 46, 13 November 1927; found in Women in the Weimar Republic by Helen Boak, pg. 270. Image 3: Publicity shot of German actress Ruth Landshoff in Das Leben; November 1929.

Disability benefits: "I mean, sure, there are probably some sad sacks who are gaming the system, there always are, but hell, with the amount of taxes we pay, the government can afford a few freeloaders, right? I'd rather pay for a couple people who don't really need it than not have the system at all for if I need it, or my kids do, or whatever. I mean shit happens. What if some asshole drunk driver puts me in the hospital and it takes me a year to get back on my feet? Or Heaven forbid something permanent happens. I'll sure be glad that I can get disability then, won't I?"

UBI: "I dunno, the kind of guy who'll just sit on the couch playing Call of Duty all day if he doesn't have to work, I kinda don't want him on my job site anyway. That type is just taking up a place that you could fill with someone who'll actually get the job done, you know? You end up short-handed even though you technically have enough people because everyone else has to pick up his slack. And it'd mean that if your boss is a dick you can tell him to shove it and not worry your kids are gonna go hungry while you find a better place. We can sure as hell afford it."