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A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

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Rubeus Mendes

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Shannon Larratt

I can’t have something so miserable as the butchered piercing sitting at the top of ModBlog overnight, so I want to share this great portrait of Brazillian stretching master and nerd extraordinaire and now beard king Rubeus Rafa Mendes Hagrid to ring in the evening.

rafa

Comments

7 responses to “Rubeus Mendes”

  1. Nixiie Avatar
    Nixiie

    Glasses+facial blackwork+big nostrils+beard… Oh yes!

  2. Awful Avatar
    Awful

    Shannon take BME back. Please. For all of us that loved this site. Send me an autograph? Email me. I was 13 when I started coming to this site. You’re one of the people I want to meet in my life.

  3. Dannie Ximenes Avatar
    Dannie Ximenes

    Love him!

  4. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    Shannon’s the general of this army. That’s it. It never changed for the old guard. But bringing up that shit’s just gonna open old wounds and cause shit for everyone. So yeah. Nice pic by the way. His labret looks DOPE and I love the septum plug.

  5. aka queijo Avatar
    aka queijo

    agree with awful.
    shannon is the king!

  6. Ace K Avatar
    Ace K

    Is this the Rafa from previous ModBlog posts? Has he downsized his labret considerably, then?

  7. -.- Avatar
    -.-

    “stretching master”?????

    I’m sorry, but it’s ridiculous. This champs can’t be called “stretching master”. He needed sergery to reconstruct his mouth after all bad technic stretch he did.

    He is just a dumbass.

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