#josé costa

[quincyhorst]

For no reason at all...... Here's cursed croatian Red Matador

(Credits: JustShayber on IG)

[fashionlouist]

Louis is wearing a Saul Nash Knitted Mesh Vest in Turquoise on stage tonight for FITFWT San José.

Bringing luxe sophistication, it’s crafted from a premium organic cotton knit, decorated in a solid block colour with contrasting trims and a logo on the back.

[2000ghosts]

may 28, 2005

[dreamings-free]

how is he even real...

[gothmusiclatinamerica]

"Rosa oscura" by San José, Costa Rica-based post-punk and darkwave act MOLT off of their upcoming 2024 album Estados Latentes, to be released next month

[lesbianboyfriend]

Cain, José Saramago trans. Margaret Jull Costa

[portraits-of-portugal]

Portrait of pianist José Carlos Sequeira Costa (1929–2019) — Frederico Ayres, 1948 (private collection)

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Mobilization in solidarity with Palestine in San José.

-- La Izquierda Diario Costa Rica, 20 Jan 2024

[nugothrhythms]

“Arte pl​á​stico” by San José, Costa Rica-based post-punk and darkwave act MOLT off of their upcoming 2024 album Estados Latentes, to be released this June

[quincyhorst]

HC Potpurri - Red Matador: The Defender Trio (+ END)

Pretty much the last characters to cover, José, Antonio, and Rafael. Underrated trio. And yes, there's two missing DFs too, but they belong to different cliques.

Mentioned before, but Rafa and Antonio are from Andalusia (From Málaga and Seville respectively), they became buddies during the Community Cup, blah blah. When RM was formed they were placed alongside José, who quickly warmed up to them. Or maybe he himself inserted into the friend group, who knows...

Note: Despite sharing the position neither Querardo nor Laudelino managed to become part of the group. To put it simply, Que's atitude doesn't match well with the laid-back DFs (I guess only José being almost on his terms); plus, the topic of bullfighting is something that makes the three rather uncomfortable (Albeit their position is neutral). Then again the captain himself prefers to hangout with his forward homies than the ones of his position, so...

Though they DO interact a few times during training, José being the perfect middleman between what the captain wants to do and what the other two DFs can do. (After all, remember the anime mentioned RM had its focus on the defense. There should be a way for them to cooperate, otherwise...)

As for Laudi... Yeah, he's Laudi. What else did you expect. In rare occassions he does join them in, but that'll mean being involved on some bizarre adventure.

Other optional member of this group is Juan, also from Andalusia, so 2/3 DFs are fond of him already. However he struggles to join in by himself, so unless he isn't encouraged he'll most likely won't. When Juan got benched Rafael got worried for him, but at least the keeper's new friendship with Federico was comforting to see.

With Fermín, Antonio and José are intimidated by him (Yes, even if Toni is the taller one), but Rafa is also willing to be nice to the bull keeper.

...And yes, despite his looks Rafael is the biggest sweetheart of the three (And perhaps of the whole team); disliking to see people being lonely. If possible, he tries to pursue and listen to those who do need some company. This comes mainly from his childhood, when Rafa was often left aside by other children due to his "cryptic" aspect. Nowadays on a better position thanks to his flamenco dancing, he wishes to help those who also can't fit in.

Meanwhile, the other two are a mixed bag. Antonio is too laid back and not very talkative, and José is just Pedro with slightly more energy and worse sense of humour.

In few occassions José has compared Rafa to a vampire, mostly as a harmless joke; though he has a tendency of getting annoying with it. However even then its true that the flamenco dancer has some behaviors that can raise an eyebrow at times. A very dedicated goth, or something else? Nobody can really answer (?

Curiosity: In the dub, José and Pedro share the Costa surname, hinting that they could be related. And being honest I CAN see some similarities between their designs. So in my setting, I like to see these two as family. Not sure how yet, they are just fam and that's it. They also played together for Castile and León in the Community Cup!!!

They are on different groups, but Pedro and José still talk every so often. In some occassions the little DF likes to join the other MFs on their pranks.

...For now unlike the other groups, these DFs mostly spend their time on the background, not doing much of importance. But they do have few moments here and there, and I guess the most important one would be Toni's romance with Céleste Astarloza; a french tourist we've mentioned before.

Something interesting to mention about Antonio is that even if Isaac is known in the fandom as the "girl crazy" RM player... Toni apparently likes them that much he needs one to be recruited in-game. I can see him being interested on a romance, though his tendency of being reserved is still an obstacle. Because of that, at first he tended to follow Isaac around, as to learn (and ask him tips) on how to flirt. Yet ironically, NOT following his methods gave him better results. Instead of approaching and flirting straight away, Toni preferred to befriend Céles first, mantaing a proper relationship during the eliminatories, till he was ready to try and flirt. Isn't it too risky to try and romance someone during a month-long tourney? Yeah, honestly. But don't underestimate the Inazuma logic, nor the skills of an artist (?

While they didn't become a full couple when the FFI ended, they did end up developing strong mutual feelings for one another. Céles might have to return to France now, but she promises she WILL find a way to visit Málaga and meet Toni again. And if not, she's willing to invite him and his family to her town.

(Ah, and as for Rafa and José, they did their best as Toni's wingmen (?))

...In a way or another, them being irrelevant does save them from having any discussion or discord before the final Block B match, at least :D

...I think that's all, for now. Thank you for reading this post, and all the previous ones. I think Red Matador is the team I ended up developing the most (At least when comparing it to the other FFI teams posted so far, only BW being a similar case). In my defense not even the japanese did much for these spanish kids except for like 3-4 players, so I gave them a chance myself (?

Hope you guys liked this series! Muchas gracias por su apoyo! 💪

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Extra thing, but while I'd love to add some pictures for this group like I did with the rest... José and Rafael are seen together in two animes scene, and so do Antonio and Rafael in another one. But nothing of the three together, F 😭

I did this edit of them to compare their heights, hope this makes up for it (?

[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Population: 342,188

Urban population: 1,543,000

[postcard-from-the-past]

National Theatre in San José, Costa Rica

American vintage postcard

[dreamings-free]

helenseamons instagram stories 31/5/24

[gothmusiclatinamerica]

"Falsas Apariencias" by San José, Costa Rica-based post-punk and darkwave act MOLT off of their 2024 album Estados Latentes

[lesbianboyfriend]

The history of mankind is the history of our misunderstandings with god, for he doesn’t understand us, and we don’t understand him.

Cain, José Saramago trans. Margaret Jull Costa

[oacasodaspalavras]

José Manuel Costa Alves, Mário Botas, s.d https://www.mariobotas.pt