#benjamin coffin

[ticktickmoonn]

Since it's christmas eve, I offer you a Rent headcanon as a gift

NARCOLEPTIC MARK COHEN

In the prime of the loft, when Roger, Mark, Maureen, Benny and Collins still lived together, they all go out to have dinner on christmas eve. On like a crappy bar or something.

They're all used to the joke that Mark has a tendency of "restarting". He'd be doing anything (ANYTHING) and then just bend his head foward and knock out. They always attributed it to him going to work at 6AM and coming back home 8PM. It became a punchline for them, just a little quirk to mess around with and embarass their favorite filmmaker.

Before this christmas eve, he has been complaning about headaches, muscle pain, poor sleep, hearing/seeing things, ears ringing. They all think is a combination of stress, cold and overworking. So they all decide to spend their economy to have a christmas dinner.

So they're all sitting at an old plastic table, in this very loud bar full of people with no families for christmas just like them, all talking and drinking and laughing. Then suddenly Mark's head bangs against the table as he "turns off".

(They weren't just silly naps.)

(My boy has a neurological disorder.)

[stametsculberr]

DECEMBER 24TH 9PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME

[ticktickmoonn]

I'm watching the Rent movie in my native language for the first time (long story short: the dubbed version is almost a lost media), so here are a few headcanons bc I miss them (but my english progressively gets worse bc I'm thinking in both languages at the same time);

–I think Benny and Collins were the oldest in the friend group, so they used to be really protective (cheers to Collins getting money from Angel and going straight to hand food to his hungry friends). I feel like whenever they call Mark and Roger "boys" it's (or used to be) more of an affectionate way than anything else.

–The main reason everyone teases Mark so much about his break up with Maureen it's because they ALL warned him they weren't going to work

–I think people ignore a lot that Mimi said at Angel's funeral that they were close friends. Imagine the way Angel felt towards her. She saw a younger person (let's bsfr, Mimi's a BABY compared to the rest of them), having to quite literally sell her body to survive, while also battling against the disease that's killing her too. I like to think Angel felt like supporting Mimi so she at least didn't felt alone.

–Mimi and Joanne bonded a little over getting used to the bohemian, fighting for rights life. Mimi because she never got inserted in the world of protests and movements, just got used to being stuck in her life. And Joanne never got actually invested in THIS TYPE of call for social justice. So sometimes Angel, Collins, Roger, Maureen and Mark (who were probably members of student movements at some point of their lives) talk about very specific things like try to recognize the dressing code of plainclothes cops, they just look at each other very very confused

(That's it for now. I might bring a Rent one-shot soon bc I LOVE writing about them <3)

[ticktickmoonn]

Moodboards for this little modern/college Rent AU that I have inside my head + their majors yayy!

Mark – previously english (dropped out), currently film (duh), works part-time as a barista

Roger – music, works part-time as a cashier

Collins – phylosophy, works part-time as a tutor

Benny – business

Angel – fashion, works part-time at a flower shop

Maureen – political/social science, part-time waitress

Joanne – law, part-time assistant at her parents' friends law office

Mimi – history, part-time dance teacher

[chylerleigh]