Our Attempt To Revive The RENT fandom

Fuck yeah RENT headcanons! You can submit your own, send asks and we’ll answer, or even just talk about RENT!

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Intro Post

Name: Felix

My pronouns: English - He/they/zir/ey/e/it, French - il/iel, Swedish - hän/hen

What this blog is: Just a collection of RENT headcanons made by me and/or submitted by you, the followers. :)

What version of RENT you can talk about: Any! 1996 OBC, 2008 Farewell Cast, 20th Anniversary Tour, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Russian translation, even NYTW and demos! I will also post headcanons in different languages, depending on what I think of and what you all submit.

Angel: I tend to use she/her pronouns for Angel, as I originally saw her as trans and even original cast members agree she could be trans. HOWEVER. I will accept asks with he or they pronouns, as they/them pronouns are now more in our current consciousness, and in the show itself Angel is never shown to be averse to he/him pronouns.

Misc.: Some headcanons WILL be contradictory, because of course not everyone experiences this wonderful show the same way. If you see a headcanon that contradicts something you wanted to send, send yours anyway! New perspectives and ideas are always valuable.

-Also, as seen by the blog title, I do swear. Regularly.

Obligatory hate/homophobia/transphobia/racism will be immediately deleted.

Have fun!

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finally went through every post. quick update: hi i'm felix i'm 24 he/him but I'll except any pronouns except she/her. uhhh OH except i'm a system discovered that now so if an alter fronts then they might have she/her but most don't like rent as much as me. i'm aromantic (for now at least) and maybe apothisexual??? might be abrosexual. anyway. I still love RENT, I always will. It's my favorite musical ever. It's the 30th anniversary :)

So yeah happy 30th anniversary of RENT!!

-Admin Felix

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Which character do you relate to the most?

Oh God. All of them at times. Mark though tbh. - Felix

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I feel like if Angel stayed alive, she would have participated in balls, won a lot a trophies, and vouged the house down

CORRECT

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Maureen is a bisexual who tops men and is topped by women

this is correct i have nothing to add - Felix

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You don't need to answer this but I want to apologize for liking so many posts at once. I know some people don't like that. I really enjoy this account

To be honest, I love it! Thank you so much for your support!

-Admin Felix

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Y’all wanna do unpopular RENT opinions? - Felix

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What is every characters favourite musical

Mark - My Fair Lady

Roger - American Idiot

Maureen - Falsettos

Mimi - Cabaret

Angel - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Collins - Pippin

Joanne - Showboat

Benny - Says he doesn't like musical theatre but secretly loves Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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The anon who didn’t like Mimi with the elaboration i guess?

I mean at this point I’m questioning myself tbh. I genuinely think it’s just a remnant of the biases I was raised with. Growing up conservative will kinda make you uncomfortable when a character is both a drug addict and a sex worker.

And she’s grown on me literally in the week since I sent that in. When I said that I had listened to Rent like. Twice. I just didn’t appreciate her as a character right away and. Yeah I hate that.

I can’t say she’s my favorite but I do like her. Now. Once I actually put any thought into who this character is and what purpose she holds in the story. Funny how that works (that was sarcasm).

Lowkey i feel dumb about it now. Something in me was really eager to share my unpopular opinions I guess? I don’t even know.

Wow, that's amazing! Thank you so much for your input, and keep sending in questions and opinions. We love getting them. :D

(i love mimi btw) UPDATE from 2026: Yeah, going through these...I was 1000% right. Anyway. Glad you got to grow and learn! Hope you're doing well. :)

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Please write about anything. I want to read it all. I think a lot about what they eat. I imagine Mark does most of the cooking and I imagine simple and cheap foods. I think Jonathan Larson made a pot of spaghetti and then just ate it all week, and I imagine Mark would do something like this. Please be detailed in your thoughts ❤️❤️

Ok! Food hcs:

Mark - either vegetarian or STAUNCH vegan. Either way. Loves animals. Always buying vegan ice cream.

Maureen - vegan. Definitely staunch. Refuses to let anyone cook meat on her dishes.

Collins - vegan but chill.

Mimi - vegetarian (does love spaghetti)

Joanne - eats meat. does not understand veganism

Angel - ate a bug once to freak Maureen out

Benny - REFUSES to understand even vegetarianism

Roger - vegetarian bc meat reminds him of April. she loved ribs. could eat like 20 in a minute

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What do you think the bohos would think of Queer Eye?

I have never seen it so I don't know, lol.

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What do you think about Angel's gender and pronouns? I don't like how they made her a trans women in Rent live

Just answered this in the last post, but I'll go again: Angel is definitely not cis. Yes, the official casting says "drag queen", but many trans people used the term drag to mean not cis before transgender was really established as the "proper" term.

By the way, I am trans.

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What are your thoughts abot Angel

I love Angel, DEFINITELY trans even though she is listed as a drag queen in canon. I think the thing people often get wrong is that they say it is backwards and not progressive to call, for example, a trans woman a drag queen, but that denies the history of the queer community and the fact that many trans women used the term drag queen back then.

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I. Do not like Mimi.

I don’t think she’s a bad character, and it would be a lie to say she’s badly written, I just don’t like her. Roger is a legend tho.

Ok uhhh. I'mma need more explanation anon. Whew.

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15. Everyone is Jewish. Maureen is especially proud and loves to wear a tichel. She started when Joanne proposed, though they weren’t married yet, and melodramatically ripped it off during Take Me Or Leave Me. Now she just wears it to connect with Judaism. And also in the hopes that Joanne will propose again.

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Long hair Roger or short hair Roger? Like,, 1996 Adam or 2005 Adam

Weird ship you love?

Colour you would dye your hair given the chance?

Favourite number and why?

If you could change your birthday, which day and/or year would you change it to?

Robin this is 5 questions in one

1996 Adam voice but 2005 Adam hair

Joanne/Mimi

Benny/Mark

Mark/Maureen (is that a weird ship??? I mean like post-RENT)

Purple or pink

3, 7, 21 bc yes

No

I like Dec 5

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someone ask me my trans person thoughts about Angel

i have Things to share

-Felix