#MonteRosa

[classicvirus]

Another one: 1955 Fiat 600 Coupé by Monterosa

If we come across one for sale, we can’t help but post it, almost as if it were a moral duty. In reality, the reason is simple, or rather, there are two reasons: the first is that we are fascinated by the small Italian cars built by master coachbuilders of the last century, the second is directly related to the first: since these cars were handmade, not mass-produced and only built by order,…

[coffeenuts]

[swissbedslo]

Video predstavitev Swiss+Bed vzmetnice Monte Rosa

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Time for a revamp!

An awesome 1898 map of the Mount Rosa from the collection "Carte du versant italien des Alpes 1899 - 1902".

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[italiancarssince1946]

1958 Viotti Fiat 600 Monterosa

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[softcatmemoirs]

Ok, so we've covered optimal tail/body ratio, but what about optimal wingspan/body ratio? Imo this is a much harder question to answer. So many factors to consider...!

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a proper wingspan needs to be IMMENSE

part of having wings is being able to unfurl them and appear LARGER. it's important for so many reasons. a wingspan of at least twice your height is SO IMPORTANT. you keep them folded in so you can spread them massively. it is totally fair to use magic to "mask" how big your wings are by making them itty bitty looking with a glamour for cute reasons, but it's so important your wingspan is at least two of you long

yes this means my wings are MASSIVE

[les-belles-mecaniques]

1961 FIAT 1100-103 TV Monterosa

[interact-if]

I checked the rec list but didn't see this...

I'm looking for IF's where an RO has a crush on the MC right off the bat?

Hi there Anons!

ROs with a crush on the MC coming your way!

Completed:

Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance by Heather Albano and Adam Morse

All-World Pro Wrestling by David Monster and Jim Dattilo

Oscar in Asteroid Run: No Questions Asked by Fay Ikin

Marco and Shawnie in Blood Moon by @barbwritesstuff

Firebrand in The Hero Unmasked! by Christopher Huang

Demos:

Sailor in Checkmate in Three Moves by @checkmatein3moves

Raymond in Crimson Rose and White Lily by @manonamora-if

Fields of Asphodel by @asphodelgame

Wesley in Hollowed Minds by @shai-manahan

Sinners and Saints by @sinnersandsaints-linwrites

Rory in Speaker by @speakergame

Watson in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: An Affair of the Heart by @doriana-gray-games

Emerson in The Masked Defenders by @ian-lythe

Silas in The Moonless by @moonless-if

The Numbers Game by @thenumbersgameif

No Demo:

Weber in Monte Rosa by @monterosa-if

[transformation59]

Ali Monterosas

[eddy25960]

Benji Poirier by Eric Monterosa photography

[classicvirus]

Two tone era: 1958 Fiat 600 by Monterosa

More than three million Fiat 600s were produced in ten years, but very few were dressed by famous coachbuilders. And of those few made, very few have reached us, including this beautiful two-tone specimen which still has the scent of originality in many of its parts which, in fact, are not perfect. In fact, the car bears the signs of time, but it is precisely these scars that give it a…

[drchenquill]

Friday Kiss Tag~

Thank you for the tag @theink-stainedfolk and @the-inkwell-variable!

Here a kiss from my story "The Monterosa Mansion" Enjoy~

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His eyes studied mine. His hand found my cheek. He moved closer until his nose brushed mine again. His eyes flickered from mine to my lips. I moved closer until our breaths mingled. Then, finally, he pressed his lips to mine. The flame inside me that burned for him grew so big that it blazed through me until only his name was written in ashes. I moved closer. Our lips studied each other, slowly and tenderly, while his hand cupped the back of my neck. My hand wandered between his beautiful black strands. I pushed away slightly to catch my breath. He took my arms and pulled them over his shoulders. Millimeters from my lips, he whispered, "Respira dal naso…" breathe through your nose…

Our second kiss was deeper, more urgent. Silently, he asked permission to explore my mouth. Shyly, I parted my lips. I tried to breathe through my nose, but it was all too much for me at the moment. My arms were around his neck while his hands caressed my hips. My whole body was shaking with excitement and my heart was pounding in my chest. This time he parted. His lips roamed over my face, leaving butterfly kisses. Then, without warning, he pressed his lips to his mark on my neck. I jumped at the sudden contact. He stayed still, not moving. "Vale?" I called to him uncertainly. His arms wrapped around my body as he fell backwards. I was now lying on top of him, on his bed. I looked into his eyes as they looked back at me. His hand caressed my cheek as he slowly pulled me down to give me a kiss. My hands moved to his cheeks, which I slowly stroked with my thumb. Our lips parted. I smiled down at him. I didn't want to question anything, I didn't want to break the peace, so I laid my head on his chest and closed my eyes as I felt his fingers running through my curls. "Buona notte, Leroy."

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tagging with no pressure @inseasofgreen , @kaylinalexanderbooks , @laureleavess , @yourpenpaldee , @illarian-rambling and open tag~

[fitgof]

Amy lay across her mattress trying to will herself to crawl under the covers and go to sleep but those eyes that saved her danced before her again. Those eyes that apparently belong to the most useless, aggravating person she has ever met, and she was once acquainted with Myrtus Rosebottom. Unfortunately, if she was going to rely on Thames Pond’s help, she had to tolerate his blockheaded sidekick too. 

She tried to remember what her parents had ever said about the Monterosa family but they lived so far away she wasn't sure if they did ever actually meet. Not being spellcasters, they weren’t important enough for the van Asters in any case. And Detective Agent Milas Monterosa certainly isn't important now.

[aleheartilly]

Calculated distances between cities in Final Fantasy VIII

So, since I needed some consistent references for some stories of mine, I thought "why not ask ChatGPT to calculate the distances between places in FFVIII?" I did, and I'm sharing the results for anyone who may be interested!

So, first off, the AI tried to guess the scale of the map and first it was a little too small (only 1000 km between Deling City and Esthar City). I tried with a planet diameter similar to Mercury's, and it got too big (like, 7 hours between Balamb City and Garden with a car running at 150 km/h). In the end, through some research and wild guesses, we managed to determine a planet diameter of 3052 km, similar to Europa's, one of Jupiter's moons. Of course, this was done just for fun, and I share it just for fun, so feel free to ignore it. Also, if you want specific calculations you can just ask and I'll try to provide them :) And if I forgot something just let me know!

Please note that distances are in km because that's the system I use.

Results under the cut!

So to do this, first I asked the AI how we should do the calculations. Then I used this map and to avoid uploading it since I didn't like the idea of the AI scraping it, I followed the AI's instructions and measured the distances in pixels. Then I asked it to calculate also the time needed for travels between places, telling it if it was to be done by foot, car (and if it was, for example, through a desert), train, or boat. For this calculation, Gardens have a diameter of 10 km, similar to the city of Florence, in Italy.

So here's what I got. Note that I tried to give some order to these results, but if you notice something strange just let me know.

Balamb Garden → Fire Cavern: 35.15 km; a car running at 60 km/h would need 35.15 minutes for this route.

Balamb Garden → Fire Cavern: 35.15 km; walking 25 km/day you'd need 1.41 days for this route.

Edea’s House → Deep Sea Research Center: 2464.57 km; a boat running at 30 km/h would need 82.15 hours for this route.

Balamb Garden → Trabia Garden: 278.67 km on land (I considered the docking points at Balamb City and the beach nearest to Trabia Garden); a car running at 60 km/h would need 4.64 hours for this route.

Balamb City → Trabia Garden: 1694.57 km by sea; a boat running at 30 km/h would need 56.49 hours for this route.

Balamb City → Timber (via underwater tunnel): 2072.47 km. For this one, I gave it the entry and exit points of the tunnel on the map. A train running at 250 km/h would need 8.29 hours for this route. The entire tunnel is 1182.34 km. For reference, the Channel Tunnel underwater part is about 39 km!

Balamb Garden → Balamb Town (via Alcaud Plains): 12.84 km; a car running at 60 km/h would need 12.84 minutes for this route.

Dollet → Timber (via East Academy, following the train lines as close as I could when giving it pixel positions): 1281.94 km; a train running at 250 km/h (which would be a typical high-speed train) would need 5.13 hours for this route. I think I also asked it to consider a 15-minute stop at East Academy (yeah I don't remember if I did).

Galbadia Garden → Its nearest train station (forgot if it has a name in-game): 82.85 km; a car running at 80 km/h would need 1.04 hours for this route.

Galbadia Garden → Deling City (following the train line across Monterosa Plateau): 1467.91 km; a train running at 250 km/h would need 5.87 hours for this route.

Deling City → Tomb of the Unknown King: 124.40 km; a car running at 50 km/h would need 2.49 hours for this route.

Dingo Desert → Deling City (following the visible train line): 1394.25 km; a train running at 250 km/h would need 5.58 hours for this route. I figured this one would be the route used to bring the party to D-District after the end of Disc 1.

Dingo Desert → Timber (via Lallapalooza Canyon): 1094.17 km; a train running at 250 km/h would need 4.38 hours for this route. I figured this would be the route followed by Squall's party when they split up for the Missile Base/Balamb Garden missions in Disc 2.

Dingo Desert → Missile Base (via Great Plains of Galbadia): 851.11 km; a car running at 150 km/h (because Selphie would drive that fast!) would need 5.67 hours for this route. Fun fact: when we tried the calculation with Mercury's diameter and the distance was enormous, I wondered if Selphie could drive at the Indianapolis 500 pole position speed - and it was almost 378 km/h for the 2024 pole sitter.

Fisherman’s Horizon → Balamb Garden (by sea with a boat moving by inertia with favourable wind): 159.75 km; the calculated speed for drifting was 10 km/h (which seems a little too fast for me), so it would need 15.98 hours for this route. I asked this for the drifting phase at the beginning of disc 2.

Trabia Garden → Shumi Village: 330.73 km on a straight line

Winhill → Edea’s House (by sea, circumnavigating Poccahari Island and Humphrey Archipelago; this was specifically done like this for a story of mine): 3224.10 km; a boat running at 30 km/h would need 107.47 hours for this route.

White Seed Ship → Fisherman’s Horizon: 207.60 km; a boat running at 30 km/h would need 6.92 hours for this route.

White Seed Ship → Edea’s House: 264.48 km; a boat running at 30 km/h would need 8.82 hours for this route (probably more to find where those *** are hiding).

Fisherman’s Horizon → Great Salt Lake (through Horizon Bridge): 2010.59 km. This is the distance Squall walked. It would almost 17 days of non-stop walking at a speed of 5 km/h! The entire Horizon Bridge spans over 3721.57 km.

Esthar City Center → Esthar Airstation: 47.19 km; a car running at 60 km/h would need 47.14 minutes for this route.

Esthar City Center → Lunatic Pandora Laboratory: 78.65 km; a car running at 60 km/h would need 78.65 minutes for this route.

Esthar City Center → Great Salt Lake: 1157.87 km; a car running at 50 km/h would need 23.16 hours for this route.

Esthar City Center → Tear’s Point: 188.76 km; a car running at 55 km/h would need 3.43 hours for this route.

Esthar City Center → Sorceress Memorial: 227.37 km; a car running at 50 km/h would need 4.55 hours for this route.

Esthar City Center → Esthar Medical Facility: 98.67 km; a car running at 60 km/h would need 98.67 minutes for this route.

Esthar Airstation → Lunatic Pandora Laboratory: 101.53 km; a car running at 60 km/h would need 101.53 minutes for this route.

Esthar Airstation → Great Salt Lake: 1122.55 km; a car running at 50 km/h would need 22.45 hours for this route.

Esthar Airstation → Tear’s Point: 138.71 km; a car running at 55 km/h would need 2.52 hours for this route.

Esthar Airstation → Sorceress Memorial: 181.61 km; a car running at 50 km/h would need 3.63 hours for this route.

Esthar Airstation → Esthar Medical Facility: 112.97 km; a car running at 60 km/h would need 112.97 minutes for this route.

Lunatic Pandora Laboratory → Great Salt Lake: 1075.36 km; a car running at 50 km/h would need 21.51 hours for this route.

Lunatic Pandora Laboratory → Tear’s Point: 211.64 km; a car running at 55 km/h would need 3.85 hours for this route.

Lunatic Pandora Laboratory → Sorceress Memorial: 284.57 km; a car running at 55 km/h would need 5.17 hours for this route.

Lunatic Pandora Laboratory → Esthar Medical Facility: 177.32 km; a car running at 60 km/h would need 2.96 hours for this route.

Great Salt Lake → Tear’s Point: 968.11 km; a car running at 50 km/h would need 19.36 hours for this route.

Great Salt Lake → Sorceress Memorial: 956.67 km; a car running at 50 km/h would need 19.13 hours for this route.

Great Salt Lake → Esthar Medical Facility: 840.84 km; a car running at 50 km/h would need 16.82 hours for this route.

Tear’s Point → Sorceress Memorial: 94.38 km; a car running at 55 km/h would need 1.72 hours for this route.

Tear’s Point → Esthar Medical Facility: 233.09 km; a car running at 55 km/h would need 4.24 hours for this route.

Sorceress Memorial → Esthar Medical Facility: 221.65 km; a car running at 55 km/h would need 4.03 hours for this route.

And that's all folks! Hope it was interesting enough.

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Another piece join the collection: the topographic map of Monte Rosa. The original title of this map series is " Carte du versant italien des Alpes 1899 - 1902." and we have chosen some maps from this series to represent some of the most beautiful places on the Italian border that we have seen and would like to visit!

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