#rentkin

Yes, I’m/Mark is more self-serving than he wants to admit in that he is pretending his documentary isn’t just a selfish way to try to make himself known! But he also does try to use it to help people! I’m/he’s not perfect!

Roger is too wrapped up in trying to leave his own mark on the world that he allows it to eat at him and he has the “poor me, my struggles aren’t understood” attitude. He’s ALSO dealing with his own grief at being HIV+ and risking it worsening to AIDS, not to mention the stigma/serophobia the world still has!

Maureen wants to save her performance space more than she wants to actually help people, and she quite possibly cheated on Mark. She also was coming out as a lesbian (or bi? Ambiguous, but in my canon she was bi) and she was trying to raise attention for the gentrification of the East Village.

Joanne was more possessive than necessary, but she was at a point where she was looking for something serious and frustrated at Maureen’s lackadaisical take with relationships.

Benny was honestly just trying to help his friends see their dreams come true, he’d just lost sight of the true goals. Also he didn’t really get a conclusion to his story line.

Angel and Collins are perfect and I will hear nothing less about my friends.

Stop mischaracterizing me and my friends! Yes we were terrible but my god, are you all perfect? The joke was funny once and now it’s annoying!

Mark (RENT) #💡💔

So, after some debating, I’m opening up my server to people who are kin/fictive/copinglink/synpath of Rock Musical characters, not just Rock Operas! 

This includes both stage and film musicals, as well as concept album rock operas, and the like. Basically, if it’s rock music that tells a story with characters and the whatnot, feel free to join!

https://discord.gg/9BXavf7 this is our link!

"Take your AZT" said over coffee when he knew I was avoiding the little pill next to my mug.

"Take your AZT" as he held it out, watching my hand reach out from underneath the blanket I'd hidden under, depression eating at my body.

"Take your AZT" while I accepted food I didn't want to eat for a body that didn't want to live with a mind that just wanted things to stop.

"Did you take your AZT?" on days where he knew I hadn't. Days where I was up, moving around, not curled in with nausea like I was some days.

Pill bottle shoved in my hands when we'd fight about it. "I don't want my friend dying on me." The one time we kissed during the argument and you had to correct yourself awkwardly to 'boyfriend'.

Miss you, Mark. I shouldn't, I think, miss the circumstances of the relationship that we built but I do.

Roger (RENT) #💡💔

(Yes. I’m halfway to having the funds to do so. I regret absolutely nothing about this.)

Mark (RENT) #💡💔