#Montecristo posting

[lafcadiosadventures]

Bandits you say?? insert hearts eye emoji hete

[syrups-against-enver-gortash]

If I had a nickle for every famous fictional 19th century french man who had a happy family, was sent to prison for unjust reason which led him to lose said family, became bitter and angry and a completely different man once he got out of prison, was mentored and changed by an old man with religious education who deeply impacted his life, had an ennemy described as « the law personified », with whom he gets shipped a lot, who ends being defeated via suicide, and also had a basically canon couple of gays roaming around the same novel as him I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[pasdetrois]

— And if I do not return? — If you do not return, I would go with you, for there would be only one way left.

Elina Colomer as Haydée and Jorge Mistral as Edmond Dantès in El conde de Montecristo (1953) dir. Léon Klimovsky

[inlovewithaspiderguy]

je vais pas mentir les chiffres de ce soir m’ont mis très mal mais je compte pas faire de conneries, en tout cas pas avant d’avoir voté la semaine prochaine… partir en laissant le monde mieux qu’on la laisse ou un truc du genre

[rootspiral]

Oh I gotta know your opinion on the covens fave books, with bonus questions: do any of the older witches have absurdly strong opinions on very old books, and does Lilia prefer to read in her native language?

Fascinating question! Let's start with Lilia, because I've also been wondering if she ever came back to Sicily after emigrating – however far back that was. When was it, actually? Did she wander Europe covenless and sad for a century or so before catching the first ship to the new world in the 1600s? Or did she join the wave of 19th/20th century southern Italian immigrants? How involved was she in the Renaissance art circles? Did she ever meet the greats? Did she model for any of them? I hope she had time to cozy up with Artemisia Gentileschi at some point, they would have been a match made in heaven.

I think it would have been difficult for her to travel back once she moved, with money being such a big issue for her, and she'd have lost contact with her roots for a while. Until she discovered how easy it is nowadays to get ebooks in Italian! I imagine her as the most technological of the coven after Jen, so you know she got her hands on a second hand e-reader (NOT a Kindle, thankyouverymuch) and started pirating Italian recentish literature like crazy, with special emphasis on female authors, she read and loved Deledda, de Céspedes, Maraini, Ginzburg, Morante, Murgia. She thinks Elena Ferrante is overrated.

(It goes without saying that you shouldn't pirate books and use your library card instead, but Lilia is a witch and by extension a rule-breaker.)

Despite her recent forays in modern literature, Lilia's favorite author has always been and always will be Boccaccio. As a teenager she would write racy Decameron fanfic – I mean, even racier than the Decameron itself. She used to save copies from church bonfires.

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I headcanon Jen as being born in the late 1800s and I think that as a young adult she was somewhat part of the early 20th century Black cultural scene (when she had the time in between work and studies), she definitely partook in the Harlem Renaissance even if she was critical of some aspects of it. She was more into music and fashion but also read plenty, her favorite author being Zora Neale Hurston.

After Boston she stopped doing most of the things that brought her joy, including reading. But ironically enough, nowadays she has constructed a bit of a #booktok persona: it all started when she posted a picture of Normal People next to her morning matcha (someone had forgotten it at the organic coffee shop and she snatched it for the aesthetic). That seemed to interest her followers, so she started publishing biweekly videos reviewing all the buzzworthy new books. She doesn't actually read the books and the reviews are written with chatGPT (yikes). Hopefully that'll stop now that she doesn't need to scam people for a living.

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Alice only ever reads for pleasure. 1980s fantasy holds a special place in heart because she grew up with it, she loved Terry Pratchett, Diana Wynne Jones, Tamora Pierce, Brian Jaques, Terry Brooks and Margaret Weis (in this exact order.) Today she still reads mostly fantasy and romance, her current favorites are the Locked Tomb series and Baru Cormorant.

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Billy lately has made it his mission to inhale all Wizard of Oz lore and is making his way through the fourteen books, he's on Patchwork Girl right now and loving it very much. So far Ozma has been his favorite.

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Agatha used to be a Goodreads top five user until she got kicked out for breaking basically every community guideline. She runs a literary blog called "The Cunt of Montecristo" and has been a controversial celebrity in the online reading circles for at least 30 years. Despite being mostly into nonfiction she has reviewed thousands of novels and has very specific beef with long-dead writers that don't make any sense unless she somehow knew them in person. She also claims to know which authors were queer and which were boring and hetero. Her pinned page is a list of all the female authors she hypothetically, definitely not for real fucked, with notable mentions like Eliot, two Brontë sisters (Anne thwarted her), Zelda Fitzgerald, Fannie Hurst, Austen of course (took her v card), and Alcott (she's the reason Jo didn't end up with Laurie).

Regrettably (or luckily) she never met Woolf. Dickinson wouldn't give her the time of day. Mary Shelley was too straight and too into pale-ass moody idiots, Agatha never forgave her and indeed Frankenstein isn't at all her favorite book and she doesn't cry every time she reads it.

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If you try to give Rio a book she'll read it under a minute at Sonic the Hedgehog speed then toss it back like, ahaha yeah that was a good one. She'll never mention it again.

[theworseshitpostcalligrapher]

Getting back into posting and being more active.

I'd like to step up a bit the quality of posts so I'm not back on doing the requests until I figure out how to do so (also I'm very anxious so I need to ease back into activity).

I've been re-reading one of my favourite books, the Count of Montecristo and I'm obsessing over these men and their fate.

Ink is Diamine wild strawberry.

[furious-rogue-stuff]

A Feral Interlude

An X-MEN Origins: Wolverine Universe-inspired Series

*Post-Origins movieverse

Pairing: Victor Creed x Isabela Montecristo | Sabertooth x Vipress

Disclaimer: This series will have canon-accurate and heightened levels of violence, adult themes, slight dub-con/non-con overtones and undertones, descriptions of bloody gore and sadism, and graphic descriptions of sex.

Rating: Mature/Explicit 🔞

Series Summary: Victor Creed's reputation as the Sabertooth proceeds him. He clashes with a mysterious feral woman, an enigma and anomaly to everything he knows. What began as a hunt becomes a dance between like-minded predators.

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 |

Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 |

Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13

Series is complete.

*Moodboard image was assembled from several sources and made by yours truly.

[lafcadiosadventures]

And another thing I think is very interesting/perhaps distinctive* of Dumas (at least in MonteCristo) is his penchant for scary and grotesque children. (Benedetto and Edouard Villefort)(their scariness is partially due to being spoilt by their mothers, but they both seem to carry a predetermination for evil in their physical features-> benedetto’s red hair, villefort’s huge, thin lipped grin)(that being said, dumas looking at spoilt children and finding them scary and disturbing is pretty valid)(is this self biographical ??? but it’s giving Diderot/Hobbes’ puer robustus,,,,)

*feels different from hugo and balzac’s children who never feel intrinsecally evil?? even in balzac who is a big determinism fan, society seems to have a heavier hand in molding people than biology,,, hmmm. this all definitely needs more research

[syrups-against-enver-gortash]

Les mis and The count of montecristo really is an awesome pairing. Same premise of a guy who’s unjustly put in prison. Same concept of an antagonist symbol of the law. Same idea of two generations overlapping. Homosexuals. Exactly the same time period of post Napoleon France, although completely different social classes, with les mis exploring all of the lowest while tcomc explores all of the highest. Truly peak crossover material. I wanna put Albert and Enjolras in a room and see how long it takes for the latter to try to strangle the former to death.

[weirdesplinder]

Ricordiamo Richard Chamberlain e i ruoli letterari che ha interpretato nella sua carriera di attore 

-I tre moschettieri, di Alexandre Dumas

Link al libro: https://amzn.to/3tn6wYR

Link al film I tre moschettieri: https://amzn.to/4jjhjs5

Link al film MIlady: https://amzn.to/3EbSD5B

Trama: Il giovane d'Artagnan va a Parigi in cerca di fortuna. Divenuto amico dei moschettieri Porthos, Athos e Aramis, entra con loro al servizio del re. I quattro devono combattere le trame del cardinale Richelieu e della perfida Milady de Winter. Salveranno l'onore della regina che imprudentemente aveva regalato al duca di Buckingham, come pegno d'amore, una collana di diamanti avuta in dono dal marito Luigi XIII. Giustizieranno Milady, che aveva fatto uccidere il duca e una cameriera amata da d'Artagnan. Questi, riconciliatosi col cardinale, verrà promosso luogotenente, Athos si ritirerà in campagna, Porthos si sposerà e Aramis si farà abate.

-Vent'anni dopo, di Alexandre Dumas

Link al libro: https://amzn.to/3YaP5au

Link al film Il ritorno dei tre Moschettieri:https://www.vecchio-cinema.it/il-ritorno-dei-tre-moschettieri-dvd-1989-myork.html

Trama: Il romanzo ricomincia vent'anni dopo le vicende raccontate ne I tre moschettieri. Il cardinale Richelieu è morto nel 1642 ed è stato sostituito dal cardinale italiano Giulio Mazarino, “odiato” da gran parte del popolo; era morto anche il re Luigi XIII, lasciando Luigi XIV, il Re Sole, ancora bambino, che regnava sotto la reggenza della madre Anna d'Austria. A Parigi, inoltre, dopo un aumento delle tasse da parte di Mazarino scoppia la Fronda, che porta scompiglio nella città e preoccupa il cardinale. D'Artagnan ha ormai quarant'anni, è tenente nei moschettieri del re, non vede i suoi amici da molto tempo e si mette sulle loro tracce. Per primo, ritrova Aramis, o meglio cavaliere d'Herblay, fattosi abate, che non nasconde di appoggiare la Fronda. Poi D'Artagnan va da Porthos, che ha acquistato molte proprietà ed è divenuto il signor du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds, con lui c'è anche Mousqueton.

-Il visconte di Bragelonne, di Alexandre Dumas

Link al libro: https://amzn.to/3G1NiOM

Link al film L'uomo dalla maschera di ferro: https://amzn.to/4j7t0BS

Trama: l visconte di Bragelonne è il terzo e ultimo romanzo del ciclo dei moschettieri. Tra l'epopea e il romanzo picaresco, il dramma e la commedia di costume, si svolge nella Francia 'radiosa' di Luigi XIV. I quattro moschettieri - d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos e Aramis - ormai avanti negli anni, si ritrovano su sponde diverse, ma il saldo vincolo dell'amicizia non viene meno anche nei momenti di più forte intensità drammatica. Sullo sfondo, intrecciati con le loro vicende, si sviluppano avvenimenti importanti per la storia europea, a cominciare dal perfezionamento dello Stato assoluto in Francia e la restaurazione monarchica in Inghilterra, mentre fioriscono le avventure galanti nella corte francese. È famoso l'episodio della Maschera di Ferro, che si svolge lungo diversi capitoli dell'opera e di cui sono state fatte numerose versioni cinematografiche.

-Il Conte di Montecristo, di Alexandre Dumas

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Link al film: https://amzn.to/43vH2J2

Trama: Nel febbraio del 1815, a Marsiglia, il marinaio Edmond Dantès viene falsamente accusato di bonapartismo e arrestato nel giorno delle nozze, alle soglie di una brillante carriera navale. Durante la prigionia nel castello d'If, uno scoglio in mezzo al mare, affina un odio feroce per gli autori della sua rovina e, quando l'amicizia con un altro prigioniero gli procura l'evasione nonché un favoloso tesoro, ne farà lo strumento di una vendetta grandiosa e spietata.

-Shogun, di James Clavell

Link al libro: https://amzn.to/4axOkMs

Link alla serie anni '80: https://amzn.to/4jyubL5

Link al mio video dedicato alla serie tv anni 80': https://weirdesplinder.tumblr.com/post/752372135608107008/vi-parlo-del-romanzo-shogun-di-james-clavell-e

Link al post dove approfondisco il ciclo letterario di cui fa parte questo romanzo: https://weirdesplinder.tumblr.com/post/752372082984222720/il-ciclo-asiatico-di-james-clavell

La serie tv del 2024 è su Disney +

Trama: 1600. Partito alla volta dell'Oriente per il monopolio olandese del commercio con Cina e Giappone, John Blackthorne, comandante dell'Erasmus, si ritrova costretto da una tremenda tempesta al naufragio in un villaggio di pescatori nel Giappone feudale del XV secolo. In quel mondo sconosciuto e lontano, Blackthorne deve trovare il modo di sopravvivere. Grazie al suo coraggio, che lo condurrà sulla via dei samurai, con il soprannome di Anjin (il navigatore) diventerà il fido aiutante dello Shōgun e nella sua ascesa al potere conoscerà l'amore impossibile per la bella e ambigua Mariko.

-Le miniere di re Salomone, di Henry Rider Haggar

Link al libro: https://amzn.to/3XD2AQa

Link al film Disponibile su Prime video:

Trama: Quando Allan Quatermain, famoso cacciatore di elefanti nel Sud Africa coloniale, viene avvicinato da Sir Henry Curtis perché lo aiuti a trovare il suo fratello minore scomparso, Allan è titubante, perché sa che Curtis intende avventurarsi alla ricerca delle "Miniere di Salomone", dove in molti hanno perso la vita. Quatermain alla fine accetta, e seguendo una mappa vecchia di trecento anni si ritrova in una terra sconosciuta, abitata dal popolo di guerrieri Kukuana, guidati dal sanguinario re Twala...

-Uccelli di rovo di Colleen McCullough

Link al libro: https://amzn.to/42o3GC1

Link alla serie tv: https://amzn.to/42bUdwf

Link al video dove vi parlo del libro: Libri vintage che spopolavano negli anni 70’ e 80’: https://youtu.be/ZcAkSsIuCVo?si=4adwLuxEIuhxsIto

Link al  secondo post dove vi parlo del libro: Romance con protagonisti non proprio simpatici o proprio cattivi: https://youtu.be/_ytDrPfCbRY?si=ra53vj4iI0ON2OQc

Trama: La storia dei Cleary inizia ai primi del ‘900 e si conclude ai giorni nostri, nel grandioso scenario naturale dell'Australia. Gli anni consumano le vite in una vicenda di sentimenti e passioni, di fede e amore, sulla quale si stende grave e inesorabile il senso della giustizia divina. I personaggi - soprattutto memorabili figure femminili, tenere e orgogliose - vanno incontro al destino come gli uccelli di rovo della leggenda australiana, che cercano le spine con cui si danno la morte.

-Ritratto di signora, di Henry James

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Link al film: https://amzn.to/42qdOKx

Trama: Un romanzo psicologico che porta il lettore nella sofisticata e pericolosa alta società dell’Europa dell’Ottocento attraverso le vicende di Isabel Archer. La vita della protagonista, giovane e ricca donna americana, rischia di perdersi dentro un fitto intrico di relazioni umane e amorose. Dopo aver rifiutato la corte di uomini affascinanti, il suo viaggio passa dall’Inghilterra all’Italia, dove s’illude di aver trovato l’amore e un matrimonio felice.

-Il padiglione sulle dune, di Robert Louis Stevenson

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Link al film: https://www.ebay.it/itm/145396218517

Trama: Cassilis e Northmour si trovano a difendere loro malgrado il padre della ragazza che entrambi amano, il disonesto banchiere Bernard Huddlestone, in fuga con i soldi sottratti ai carbonari italiani. E così, mentre quel remoto angolo della Scozia in cui si compie la vicenda va man mano infittendosi delle apparizioni sinistre e minacciose degli italiani in cerca di vendetta, il racconto di Stevenson diviene sempre più un bellissimo apologo sul coraggio e sulla viltà, sulla sete di ricchezza e sul bisogno di amore. E proprio quest’ultimo sarà all’origine del riscatto finale di tutte le vite in gioco.

-Lo sciame, di Arthur Herzog

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Link al film: https://amzn.to/4cbFAxD

Trama: FAMIGLIA ATTACCATA DALLE API: DUE UCCISI MARYVILLE, N.Y. 26 settembre (AP) — Una famiglia di cinque persone in gita in un luogo isolato vicino a un ruscello è stata attaccata dalle api. Il signor e la signora William Peterson sono morti a causa delle punture di api. Anche i loro tre figli sono stati attaccati, uno, Karen, di 12 anni, in modo grave. Il medico legale locale, il dottor David P. Znac, ha ipotizzato che entrambi gli adulti fossero allergici alle punture di api, che possono essere fatali.  Questo notizia passa quasi in sordina solo su quotidiani locali, ma poi gli strani attacchi di una nuova e feroce specie di calabroni iniziano a diffondersi in tutti gli Stati Uniti a macchia d'olio e a sembrare addiruttura frutto di pianificazione. Spetterà a un gruppo di scienziati attingere alle proprie conoscenze per combattere un nemico che comprendono solo in parte in una disperata corsa contro il tempo.

[zoyalannister]

Since in my country not just one, but two adaptations of The Count of Montecristo, I listened to an analysis of the book to refresh myself some details I'd forgotten.

"All very interesting, but why are you posting this?" you may be (rightfully) wondering.

Well, it's because I realized how much I leaned on Edmond Dantes to write Thule!Christopher in Endless Sunlight.

Does it make sense to flag "spoiler" for a book that came out 180 years ago? Just in case someone complains, SPOILER from The Count of Montecristo.

The book is a story about Edmond Dantes, a kind and optimistic young man, who becomes a cynical and cruel man. Edmond is unfairly imprisoned for years, and a part of him "dies" in the cell from where he escapes pretending to be dead.

Reminds you of something?

I wish the similarities ended here.

After escaping the prison, Edmond goes back home where he finds out what happened while he was imprisoned, and he finds a treasure that makes him hire everyone he needs to work for him and buys a noble title to be recognized by the society. Edmond will enjoy the luxury his money makes him buy, and he also uses it to plot his revenge.

Edmond will therefore present himself in front of the people who betrayed him and sent him to the cell as someone completely changed from the man they used to know, both physically and psychologically, and he will act upon his revenge plan presenting himself as an agent of the divine justice.

I swear I didn't realize how much I've taken from The Count of Montecristo, except for the escape from jail, and I was shocked to notice all the similarities between Thule!Kit and Edmond Dantes.

[montecristos-broken-back]

Haiiiii! I’m MonteCristo! (like the book not the sandwich)

Transfem,

I will reblog all sorts of shit, like fandoms I enjoy (I’m looking at you RdR2-) I might post links to my short stories, which I’ll tag Mywriting, and if I ever decide to post some art I’ll tag that Myart!

Very much a vampire fucker (if you look pale and scary hmu)

[itz-bennaminute]

Hii! I'm new here! Still learning how this site works lol

I'm Italian! I also speak english and I'm currently learning french and spanish. (I also study latin but I don't think anybody here speaks it as their first language XD)

My name is benna/benny/franz but you can call me however you want (even if it’s not close to my name), my pronouns are they/he/any (xeno and neopronouns are okay too).

My artfight is benny225225 :D.

I'm mostly gonna post my art and other fun things! Don't be scared to follow me, dm me, ask me a question or anything else, I don't bite :3 I might seem a bit annoying at first but I swear I’m actually pretty nice!

I'm also currently looking for moots so if you like any of the following things don't hesitate to follow me! I don't really have a DNI but I don't want any pedophiles, toxic, bigoted people or weirdos in general following me.

--_--_--_--_--_--<3

Here’s some stuff about me!:

I post a lot on Twitter (my username on there is N0t_b3ny), I have an artfight (Benny225225), A discord (Homeless3swife). I also have a cool strawpage for twitter you should definetely check! ( benny225.straw.page )

I like: the count of montecristo, gravity falls, drawing, playing the piano, video games, greek mythology, musicals, operas, markiplier lore (WKM, on a date with markiplier, on a heist with markiplier, Damien etc), learning about composers' lives, writing and a lot of other things!

My favourite video games are Dsaf and Dialtown (I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE these two), Fnaf, Ddlc, Yttd, All the studio investigrave ones, Danganronpa, Mouthwashing, a Date with Death and Undertale.

I love musicals! Like Hamilton, Les Mis, Warriors, The Count of Montecristo, The Phantom Of The Opera, Notre Dame De Paris (I like the Italian version way more then the French one though), Mozart l'opera rock, Cabaret, Penelope (Or How The Odyssey Was Really Written), Ride the Cyclone, 1776, Heathers, Epic, In the Heights, 21 Chump Street, Chicago, Six (not a big fan though, but I have watched it so I’m putting it in the list), I Promessi Sposi (L’Opera Moderna),

I've watched a few operas! Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Cavalleria Rusticana, Carmen, La Cenerentola (Rossini). I’ve probably watched more but I can’t remember :,)

I love learning more about the french and american revolution!!

My favourite anime are hetalia, BSD, MTP, VNC, WEP and Sk8 (I’ve watched A LOT more though). I’ve also read the bsd manga and some JUNJI ITO ones (Fragments of Horror, Shiver, and Gyo).

I love greek mythology! I've read The Iliad, The Odyssey, Argonautica by Apollonius Rodius, Helen and Medea by Euripides. I'll also read the Eneid soon (before you say anything, yes, I know that one's roman mythology).

Other books I've read: The first 3 PJO books (I’ll continue soon!), The count of Montecristo (who'd have guessed !!), Notre Dame de Paris (Victor Hugo), If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino), Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories and poems (LOVE those), The Song Of Achilles, De Brevitate Vitae (Seneca), Giovanni Verga’s short stories, Pollyanna, Anne Frank’s Diary, and others I don’t remember!!

I really like music! I mostly listen to Will Wood, That Handsome Devil, and a lot of Jazz (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Benny Goodman…). Sometimes classical music (Mostly Mozart and Chopin but others too), songs from musicals (a LOT of those) and Games OSTs (Mostly Dialtown and Dsaf’s ones, DDLC’s, Danganronpa’s [I’m not a really big fan of the game anymore for obvious reasons but the soundtrack is SO good], YTTD’s, etc).also FNAF songs omg i love those

I play the piano and you should definitely listen to Samba do Beethoven by Jean Kleab because it’s so good!

I love learning about music history, especially composers’ lives, in particular I’m really passionate about Mozart, like, really like the guy, so if someday I randomly post some mozart things it’s normal, my PC didn’t get possessed by demons (YET). And ofc also other composers!!

[misscrawfords]

Everytime a 'The Count of Montecristo" post shows up on my dash, I think "Rose would probably like it, must send it to her" and lo and behold you were the one putting it on my dash. :D

Well, I should hate to be predictable, and yet...

[qranta]

Diaz caóticos...

Estos dias estuve tan fuera de esto. Ni redactar quería, entonces me escondí en los libros mientras hacia mi rutina diaria y fue uff... Empecé tres libros distintos "el solitario", "el conde de montecristo" y "tuneles" (un triplicado golpe del bueno ). Al menos con esos titulos me volvió algo de inspiración. Ahora toca escupir letras y empezar a relatar post en lo que Kaelkoth se pone lindo.

En fin también pensé qué hacer con está cuenta, si hacerla personal o qué. Supongo que tendrán que tener paciencia con está cabecita alterada.

[andreabaideas]

¡Hola!

Veo que tienes varios posts sobre El Conde de Montecristo. Acabo de terminar el libro la semana pasada y no he encontrado a nadie para hablar al respecto. Hay un punto de la trama en particular, sobre el envenenamiento de Valentine Villefort que no entendí al 100%. ¿Está bien si hablamos al respecto?

Btw, mi libro favorito es Los Tres Mosqueteros y justo estoy leyendo El Vizconde de Bragelonne, ¿también te interesa esta saga?

¡Saludos!!

Si claro! Es uno de mis libros favoritos.

La saga de los tres mosqueteros me gustó en su momento, pero no me acuerdo mucho.