#Luo history

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Exploring the Rich History, Culture, and Language of the Luo People

The Luo: A Journey through History, Culture and Traditions The Luo  are an ethnic group with deep roots and rich traditions in East Africa. Their history spans centuries and combines elements of migration, cultural preservation and resilience. In this article, we delve into the fascinating world of the Luo, exploring their origins, traditions and…

[tempo-takoyaki]

"It would be my pleasure to give you a proper tour and introduce you to everyone."

Here is my full illustration for @svsssbigbang for the fanfiction Night at Cang Qiong Museum by @adventure-waffles! An incredible Night at the Museum x Scum Villain AU! Don't hesitate to also check out the other two artists incredible pieces for this fanfiction: dustmeadowx and qiye!

And since I know that tumblr tends to destroy the quality of my illustrations, here are some close-ups under the cut:

[transmigrationisunderrated]

Luo Binghe 🤝 Shen Yuan

I need to save my best friend from the toxic environment he's in and ensure he lives a happy and fulfilling life- oh, me? What about me? I'm just happy if he's happy

[rhiangalaxy]

I want to give you many kisses for your art and requests doodles, but like, platonically 😘

For the MXTX main couples, modern au, what would each study in college?

I got a little carried away- anyways, I don't think any of these are solidified just what I felt fit their vibes! Thanks for the rq!! :D

[ID: An MXTX Crossover Doodle. From left to right is Shen Yuan, Luo Binghe, Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji, Xie Lian, and Hua Cheng. SY, dressed in a hoodie and holding his phone, looks up at LBH with an amused questioning look. A caption above him says "Lit. grad student, Has a mythology minor." LBH with his hair pulled into a ponytail with a scrunchie, looks down at SY with a soft flustered smile with his hands held together in front of him. He is wearing a v-neck t-shirt and has a messenger bag slung over his shoulder. A caption above him says "Culinary major, Lit. Minor." WWX, wearing a crop top, bracelets, and baggy pants; laughs with a hand on his hip. A caption above him says "Biomed or Education Major, Music Minor." LWJ looks at WWX with a blank look (with his ears flushed) he is dressed in a dress shirt and pants with a guqin case on his back. A caption above him says "Music Major, Religious Studies Minor." XL looks up at HC with a flustered smile, both hands holding onto the bag strap he has slung across his body. He has a small ponytail whilst the rest of his hair hangs down and is wearing a cardigan. A caption above him states "History Major, On Fencing Team." HC with his arm around XL and the other on his own hip, looks down at XL with a soft smile. He is wearing a tank top that has various smudges on it. His eyepatch has a butterfly design on it. A caption above him states "Art Major" End ID]

[platos-babygirl]

sorry but i keep remembering that in the pidw nobody knew about sj's past. and disregarding all of the other tragic shit that comes to mind i cant help but think.

sj died with his fear and hatred of men being so deeply ingrained into his being it was probably all he could think of. he died with his body being used without his consent, tortured in part anyways for his actions that lead to his freedom (the fire). how every single one of the ways he was hurt only reminded him of his true status- as one seen as less than dirt- and how one of his few reliefs in the world- the Red Pavilion where he could finally rest and his fondness of Ning Yingying- were used to damn him to a fate worse than death.

and its the way he could never show true kindness to his disciples because he didn't truly know what it was. He only knew of foolish innocence that led to pain, the cruelty of a broken promise that led him to his worst nightmares and of the sick sadism of men who put their twisted desires above all else.

its the way he couldn't even deny them, because he was so deeply hurt to the point where his trauma was the only think he truly recognised about himself- it was the foundations of his personality- but he had also hurt others so deeply and badly.

do you think that's why he never defended himself? because deep down he truly thought he deserved all that pain and suffering?

[dodginglife]

Average distance between bros in bromances

Average distance between that two main ✨bros✨

[gaywarcriminals]

AU where Shen Jiu and Luo Binghe have a mutual restraining order, but then Shen Yuan tries to bring his new boyfriend home for dinner.

“A-Yuan he can’t come in the house.”

“Ge, I know you don’t like me dating, but-“

“No, he legally can’t come in the house. Or within 200 meters of me.”

[doubledaybooks]

Chinese Miners at the head of the Auburn Ravine, c. 1852.

As the number of Chinese miners grew, ugly episodes of racial violence became increasingly common. (Source: Huntington Library)

Learn more in STRANGERS IN THE LAND: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America by Michael Luo (Now available for preorder | on sale 4/29/25)

[coffeesleep-ooc]

This is going to be a bit fucked up but hear me out

CW: im talking about cannibalism and related stuff here

so i was mindlessly scrolling thru tumblr and saw art of moshang looking at bingqiu being all smoochy and MBJ chomping SQH’s cheek

and suddenly thought, what if eating each other was part of demonic lore like hitting your crush is?

So I remember part of some indigenous history, and how in Latin America until recently most books were saying that indigenous ppl were cannibals before the colonization, but the actual thing wasn’t that indigenous ppl ate each other but more like, if they were enemies and one of them was defeated, it was a belief that eating that warrior’s heart would make you absorb the beat qualities of said warrior (which to me is still eating someone but with a whole different context ig?)

So my thought process went from aww cute moshang, to, what if demons complimented each other with biting? Like, in the: you are so strong, so capable, so good that i’d like to eat you? To integrate you with my own being????

we all know that LBH originally was biting SQQ like there was no tomorrow until SQQ taught him not to bite, but what if that was hiw own way of saying ‘i admire Shizun the most, you are the person i’d like to absorb into myself to always be with you. To have the strengths you have is to be complete, superior, etc etc’ ???? like MBJ hitting SQH was a way of saying he would be a strong partner, LBH biting SQQ could be directing him the top praise he could think of in demonic terms

also, lore wise, demons that fought and defeat strong opponents could symbolically (and literally) consume their strength to enhance themselves and honor the life the other demon/warrior lived…

and for demons that ate human flesh???

well, that could still be them disregarding humans because they never fought and defeated them, human flesh would be distasteful to consume for stronger demons and a sign of weakness!

now, im not saying that eating each other would be commonplace or anything, just that it could become a highly regarded ritual

and a tease-chomp that leaves marks would make other demons know how highly regarded one is to their partner or even family-clan

now im imagining a feiend demon of SQQ asking him if he could bite him and SQQ being in shock (TM) while LBH is between smug and jealous bc NOBODY TOUCHES SHIZUN! Same with SQH honestly

SQQ n SQH: why our husbands like to bite so much 😭😭😭

demons: wow, the consorts of Emperor Luo and Mobei-Jun are truly treasured!!!

also, i think LBH would be regarded as a truly strong and altive leader bc he refuses to do said ritual (maybe abyss ptsd? Maybe his human sensibilities??) but when he gets together with SQQ and bites him like there’s no tomorrow his subjects end up appeased in that regard despite their leader marrying and giving the honor of the bite to a human jejeje

also just…worshipping someone in such a bloody and messy way is hmmm, interesting to some parts of me

maybe I’ll put this in one of my fics idk…maybe the abo one since bites are a thing there too…? Idk but wanted to get this out of my head into the wild jaja

Edit: WAIT

Wasn’t it canon that MBJ had to kind of eat his father to receive his bloodline's power and become the actual regent of the northern desert??????

So my made up lore could fit in with sv lore, especially regarding the MBJ clan...

Now im imagining MBJ biting LBH and SQH only, first as a sign of respect, of a close bff relationship after some time knowing each other and trying to offer advice/one up each other with their human consorts, and the second one as a 'i need to integrate your whole being in my bones even though you are human and that would make me weaker instead'

But also MBJ only wanting to consume his father bc of power and not completely respect has me salivating in daddy issues -gets smacked-

You can't tell.me that MBJ is not a neglected child, look at his backstory!

[galahadenough]

Sooo.. how hard is Shang Qinghua avoiding eye contact with the fact that his protagonist has very strong, previously hidden, masochistic tendencies and what that might or might not say about him as the writer of said protagonist

[cautiouslyyyoptimistic]

Vaguely thinking about an Ace Attorney-esque bingqiu au where shen yuan is a tired but talented prosecutor feeling down on his life, questioning his hopes and dreams, and maybe considering a career change so he can spend his time reading webnovels all day. Followed by a young, up and coming defense attorney luo binghe who became a lawyer in the first place to meet shen yuan again and maybe, possibly, sorta get to know him after shen yuan left a lasting impression on him by helping him out somehow during his childhood. They meet again in court with shang qinghua as the defendant, who is definitely the larry butz-like character of the au. Hijinks, court drama, and not exactly mid-life crises ensue.

[czikpisia]

In light of the recent skinzun debacle that went down on twitter, I offer 1890s Mädchen in Uniform AU

[bl-bracket]

Deserved Better Round 1: Xiang Haoting (HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count) vs Luo Fumeng (Word of Honor)

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Xiang Haoting: "Xiang Hao Ting is a himbo with a heart of gold, started off on the wrong foot with Yu Xi Gu but fought to earn his trust and love, fought to be together with him and stay with him, earned his way into a top university (from being one of the worst students) just because that's the only way his parents would approve of his relationship, went from being completely wild to being in domestic bliss with Yu Xi Gu just for Yu Xi Gu to die and in a random accident just as their lives together started, right after they overcame all obstacles. Xiang Hao Ting did all the right things, grew to be someone deserving of Yu Xi Gu's love, was unwavering in the face of wave after wave of the world against their relationship, just for his love and happiness to be ripped away from him. All because of a bag of sugar and a forgotten wallet. He definitely deserved better than that."

"They deserved happiness, damnit"

Luo Fumeng: "betrayed by her lover and then framed for the murder of her whole family, her hair literally went all white from grief. and then she goes to the Ghost Valley and manages to make a name for herself as the Tragicomic Ghost, head of the Department of the Unfaithful, whose whole shtick is protecting women who are fleeing from abuse and then killing shitty men. anyways she has to go through the pain of being forced to remember all of the horrible things that had happened to her. and when she's made peace with it and is planning on settling in the Ghost Valley once the doors will be shut forever, an attack happens and she watches her most rusted servant and friend get killed and then she gets killed. for what? teaching shitty men to not attack women? she never gets a happy ending or a break. she spends like a third of the show in extremely poor health on account of the trauma and being close to a qi deviation. also had to watch a lot of her women in the department get killed."

[a-personiftranslator]

overburden

A child once lived here.

She was not of Jing’an. She held no part of him. Jing’an had no reason to treat her as anything but a cell of a foreign organism. She has been put away. Where to, the city cares not; she is a matter for his upper avatar to suffer.

That is what he tries to tell his son, his demiavatar, standing in the center of her room, but Jing’an’s control over this area is newly established. He cannot blind the demi’s eyes with smoke and dust to the details of the girl’s life as he could if he was in the downtown, or the mines. He cannot stop the demi from examining the embroidered eyes of a man on the hood of a thing like a cheset she left unfinished on a stool and knowing they’re the same as his, even if the women of Jing’an use metal needles instead of bone. There is smoke here like a faint trace of the smell in the mines, from a fire still smoldering.

But it is far too warm here for the thick coat the demi wears, to protect himself from the descending winter outside. His nose wrinkles at the greater stench of the meat left hanging on the ceiling. He self-consciously traces the curves of the black tattoos running from the delicate skin under his eyes to the beginning of his ears, so unlike the sharp Vs he remembers the girl’s brothers sporting from mouth to chin. The bend of the wall, her space separate from her family’s by a woven curtain, is alien.

And the silence.

Jing’an is never quiet. In the mines, he deafens with the sound of saws on ancient bone; in the downtown, he cries in the competing cadences of eight different languages and music mimicking the sound of the La’gut River running through his center. The creatures in the taiga on his outskirts gladly supplant him as his influence wanes. But here, in the chaos of the eviction, they have all fled, and the demi hears nothing.

Her embroidery loses its color to him when he glances back at it. What does it matter that they have the same folds?

The demi wipes sweat from the nape of his neck and strides out of the house, out of the village, if it can even be called that. Jing’an may be able to repurpose the men who once lived here, but the structures they left behind are only overburden.

[astramachina]

Those saying the 3 Body Problem trilogy is one of the best science fiction works in recent history are correct, I can say near the end of the second installment. But hear me out.

This is as much a horror as it is science fiction. The number of times I have experienced heart seizing terror and nausea have been frequent enough that I had to put it down to watch an actual horror movie in order to recover.

10/10 no notes

[doubledaybooks]

Before the discovery of gold, fewer than a thousand hardy inhabitants occupied the windswept settlement of San Francisco. (Source: California Historical Society)

Learn more in STRANGERS IN THE LAND: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America by Michael Luo

(Now available for preorder | on sale 4/29/25)