#maureen x joanne

[moowithmidnight]

Maureen Johnson

[notcorrectrentquotes]

Maureen: I love Joanne dearly, but I have never met anyone who could benefit more from smoking a little weed.

[tangoboheme]

Shipping both snowbaird and mojo… somebody please find me a therapist

[sabeedraws]

"Sisters?!" "We're close."

here's the SIX x Rent crossover that no one asked for! you can't tell me that Anne and Catherine don't have Maureen and Joanne energy

[musical-couple-tournament]

Welcome To The Broadway Musical Theater Couple Tournament!

Through extensive decision-making, we have brought to you 32 different couples. All these couples are canon and from a Broadway musical. It's up to you to decide who is the best!

This tournament is just for fun! Any questions can be submitted to the ask box.

All polls can be found under this tag: #musicalcoupletournament

Created By:

@killercatsfromouterspace @elephantsatsea

The full list of couples and shows is under the read more.

Albin x Georges - La Cage aux Folles

Tom Collins x Angel Dumott Schunard - Rent

Aida x Radames - Aida

Maria x Tony - West Side Story

Cosette x Marius Pontmercy - Les Miserables

Roger Davis x Mimi Marquez - Rent

Golde x Tevye - Fiddler On The Roof

Motel Kamzoil x Tzeital - Fiddler On The Roof

Bea x Nick Bottom - Something Rotten

Nigel Bottom x Portia - Something Rotten

Elphaba x Fiyero Tigelaar - Wicked

Joanne Jefferson x Maureen Johnson - Rent

Vanessa Garcia x Usnavi de la Vega - In The Heights

Benny x Nina Rosario - In The Heights

Natalie Goodman x Henry - Next To Normal

Alyssa Greene x Emma Nolan - The Prom

Christine Daae x The Phantom of the Opera - The Phantom Of The Opera

Christine Daae x Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny - The Phantom Of The Opera

Eurydice x Orpheus - Hadestown

Hades x Persephone - Hadestown

Marvin x Whizzer - Falsettos

Mendel x Trina - Falsettos

Alexander Hamilton x Eliza Schuyler Hamilton - Hamilton

The Baker x The Baker's Wife - Into The Woods

Johanna Barker x Anthony Hope - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Jack Kelly x Katherine Plumber - Newsies

Brad Majors x Janet Weiss - The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Audrey x Seymour Krelborn - Little Shop Of Horrors

Ogie Anhorn x Dawn Pinkett - Waitress

Maria Rainer x Captain Georg von Trapp - The Sound Of Music

Curly McLain x Laurey Williams - Oklahoma

Amalia Balash x Georg Nowack - She Loves Me

[thebohoblog]

Little rent asks made by @fezzle

Here we go lol ~~

1. Favorite song?

One Song Glory

2. Favorite character?

maureen

3. What do you think your fave's best quality is?

i feel like her confidence and outspokenness is great

4. What do you think your fave's biggest weakness is?

i mean, prob the constant cheating. she can also be selfish and self absorbed

5. Favorite lyrics?

How'd I let you slip away

When I'm longing so to hold you

Now I'd die for one more day

6. Favorite cast member from any production?

They’re all great but prob, Idina Menzel, i grew up with her

7. Original Broadway Cast recording or movie soundtrack?

that’s pretty hard, i started with the movie BUT i’ve recently listened to the obc more. prob obc (but i prefer rosario and tracie, daphne and fredi are still amazingly talented)

8. How did you discover Rent?

i first listend to the hope mill theater because of millie and maiya, and then got into by that.

9. Song that makes you laugh?

over the moon, hands down

10. Song that makes you cry?

i’ll cover you reprise

11. Song that makes you happy?

la vie boheme

12. Favorite canon pairing?

roger and mimi

13. Favoring non-canon pairing?

i’m not the biggest non canon shipper in rent for some reason, but roger x mark is pretty cute

14. Do you have an interesting/favorite headcanon?

collins started up a bakery named ‘angels’, mark and roger have matching tattoos (the only tattoo mark has), and mark maureen and roger were all childhood buddies.

15. If you could be roommates with any of the characters, who would it be?

mimi, i feel like we’d have a lot of fun

16. If you're familiar with the NYTW version of Rent, what's something that you like or dislike about it?

not really familiar with it, but i heard somewhere that marks kinda a jerk in it, dunno if that true or not but i like good friend mark

17. If all of the characters were alive today, what do you think they'd be doing?

Mark - a small filmmaker in his community, maybe picked up journalism.

Roger - tattoo artist, idk why lol i feel like he’d enjoy it. also songwriting for people and released some music here and there.

Mimi - she’d be a dance teacher! she loves kids and dancing so it’d be the perfect fit.

Collins - after his teaching gig is gone he’d become an activist. pretty big on twitter.

Angel - an influencer, gets TONS of pr packages. has a clothing line.

Maureen - she’d be a drama youtuber 100% with some activism with collins here and there too.

Joanne - a lawyer! she’s also maureen’s manager for her channel.

18. If you could swap lives with any of the characters, not accounting for HIV status, who would it be?

maureen hands down, i think we’re pretty similar already and i relate to her a ton. i also won’t cheat on joanne.

19. What part of the show gives you chills/makes you totally overwhelmed?

goodbye love, all the fighting, not to mention it was right after angels funeral.

20. In what way(s) did RENT change your life?

helped me understand what lots of people did and are going through, and to be more mindful and kind to others. o and to live like everyday is your last, you never know when you’re going, NO DAY BUT TODAY FUCKAS!!

BONUS: Most under appreciated character?

EVITA!! poor lil guy

[hidesinhisarchived]

half asleep group dynamics thoughts: grump x sunshine edition -

pre-musical - the sunshines: maureen ( dangerously so ) collins april roger

the grumps: mark ( light grump, more realist ) benny ( m a j o r grump. claims to be a realist, is just more of an ass )

during musical - the sunshines: maureen ( not quite as dangerously, still way too much ) collins angel mimi

the grumps: joanne ( has taken mark’s place as realist grump ) mark ( more sarcastic sad grump, attempts to pretend to be slightly sunshine ) roger benny ( less ‘grump,’ more manipulative asshole )

[nightskymuses]

I watched RENT last night bc I have had the songs stuck in my head for weeks. Now why do I want a Maureen x Joanne based ship? One muse overly flirtatious and the other all jealous and insecure. Fidnjsnduand pls.

[catboyrichardkarinsky]

yoooo i just saw you make a company reference. so maybe for your hc thing paul and amy from company. or if you don't feel like it do like idk chardelia or smth

The thing is while i do sometimes listen to company and have seen it live i don't consider myself to be a person who's too familiar with it so I'll just do chardelia if you don't mind

Charlotte

Sexuality Headcanon: lesbian obvi

Gender Headcanon: i like the non binary Charlotte headcanon. I'm not like crazy about it but i think it's neat.

A ship I have with said character: Cordelia obvi. Unless we go with the crack theory that she changed her name to Joanne and fell in love with Maureen. I'm kidding obviously.

A BROTP I have with said character: i am a basic Charlotte-Marvin appreciatior like so many of us. She's basically his impulse control because oh boy would Marvin be getting into Situations without her. I just got a fic idea i probably won't end up writing.

A NOTP I have with said character: because it appearantly needs to be said Charlotte x any man ever why would you ship a lesbian character with men

A random headcanon: you'd think she's the responsible mom friend at first glance but that doesn't mean she doesn't have a dark side.

General Opinion over said character: she's the absolute best. Also i stand by this i get that we didn't have time and the musical focuses on Marvin first and foremost but i somewhat wish we got a deeper look into what Charlotte was feeling after Whizzer's diagnosis since we do know she can't handle faliure and knowing he's one of her close friends and how frustrated she already was from the AIDS crisis even before anyone she personally knows. I just wonder.

Cordelia

Sexuality Headcanon: lesbian obviii

Gender Headcanon: i don't know any specific but girl. Not in the real world definition of girl but in the abstract tumblr definition of girl.

A ship I have with said character: once again Charlotte obviously

A BROTP I have with said character: let's be basic again and say Whizzer

A NOTP I have with said character: men because WHY does it need to be said

A random headcanon: similar to what i said for Charlotte she seems really sweet at first but she can snap and you don't want to see that. Also she just seems like the type of person who'd be into astrology.

General Opinion over said character: she's too good for this world

[angstisgoodiloveangst]

THEM 😩

[moowithmidnight]

Since some of you are apparently stupid, let me spell this out for you.

Benny was not correct, justified, or anything other than a horrible person for demanding the rent.

His reasoning for him doing that has NOTHING to do with money. HE DOES NOT NEED THE MONEY. I doubt he even wants it- however, what he DOES want is for Maureen to back down.

He knows what Maureen is planning, and he knows what she’s like. She explicitly hates him for being a class traitor and is stubborn as all hell. If he had blackmailed her directly, it would have just made her even more determined to protest what he was doing.

Blackmailing Mark by saying “you’ll get Maureen to cancel her protest or else” is his best option, because he knows Mark at least stands a chance.

He is blackmailing them for his own selfish endeavors. That’s it, theres no convoluted reasoning or any ways to justify him for asking for the money.

Benny sucks ass, and if you didn’t understand that, you need to rewatch Rent.

[come-see-our-show]

One of the only changes I liked in the Rent film is how they handled Maureen and Joanne getting back together after Goodbye Love.

After this very somber moment, all of them realize Angel is what kept them all together. This is really goodbye. In this moment of vulnerability, Joanne and Maureen tell each other that they missed each other and they hug. And it’s really sweet. That is until Joanne says, “I missed your mouth.” She then accidentally bites Maureen’s tongue, who brushes it off. They bicker about how Maureen shouldn’t lie, but then they get back together. It’s cute and funny, but to me it felt like their relationship was just going to be how it’s always been. They lie, fight, and continue to lack trust, and then make up until the next fight. Or maybe I’m just overthinking it.

Here’s how they handle it in the movie.

Instead of having this loud embrace, Maureen goes up to Joanne and just wipes her tears. Then they hold hands and walk off together. It’s much more subtle, and to me that feels like a big change in their relationship, which was once based on passion and drama. This is a turn in Maureen’s character, who doesn’t explicitly have an arc. I interpret this as her refusing to accept that they need Angel in order to stay together. For the first time, she’s choosing to be there for Joanne, not just out of convenience. She’s finally ready to fight for their relationship. 

[notcorrectrentquotes]

Joanne: Once, while we were having sex, Maureen stopped and told me she loved me.

Joanne: And then she slapped my ass and said, "Back to business!"

[makingflowerscreek]

Normal people’s friendship group they wish to be a part of;

VS theatre kids friendship group they wish to be a part of;

[musical-couple-tournament]

[thebohoblog]

RENT AFTER 10 YEARS

Mark

I like to think that he still lives in the loft and then gets a golden retriever named Cooper to keep him company

His film did really good and he continued making more, the second one is him following Roger and Mimi through the process of withdrawal

He also takes up photography in his spare time

Where he meets a girl named Alexia (one of the models) and he falls in love with her

They eventually get married and have two kids, a girl named Natalia and a boy named Nathan

Mark lived a long life and died of old age with his family around him

Roger and Mimi

I imagine that Roger moved in with Mimi into her apartment

Mimi quit her job at the Cat Scratch and got a job as a dance teacher

Roger also got popular for Your Eyes and he started up a new band

After RENT ended Mimi had to go through the battle of withdrawal and it was tough but she eventually got through it

To celebrate her getting clean they had a party at the Life. Roger took her out into the snow, like in “I Should Tell You” and he proposed

While they were engaged they found out Mimi was pregnant and decided to keep the baby and raise them with all the love they had

They had 2 baby boys born in February that they decided to name Angelo and Marcus, loosely named after Angel and Mark

They were both HIV positive but they decide to enjoy the time they had with them and still love them unconditionally

They later had another baby girl in March and they named her Musetta, she ended up being HIV positive as well

Mimi died after Marcus and Angelo graduated highschool, Roger was devastated but he continued to raise Musetta as a single dad

He died after she graduated and was just happy he gets to be with Mimi again

Collins

Collins never really got with anyone after Angel, for him Angel was the only one

He opened up a restaurant called Angels and it’s doing pretty well

He adopted a boy, named Alex and raised him to be a kind and generous person. Teaching him to live for today

He died before his son got into college, who was taken in by Maureen and Joanne

He died happily knowing his son was in good hands and he’ll see his Angel after so long

Maureen and Joanne

Maureen continued protesting for the homeless and Joanne stayed a lawyer

They both got married a little after RENT ended and adopted a girl named Olivia

Maureen stoped cheating and their relationship wasn’t as rocky as before (of course they still had their rough patches)

After Collins died they took in his son and raised him, telling him things about both his late parents

They both died in a car accident in September

Alex had graduated, Olivia moving in with him

Benny

He and Muffy got a divorce after she found out about him cheating on her

He got kicked out and he started to turn his life around

He went back to the bohemians and eventually everything went back to normal

He stayed single but was still a businessman

He helped the others out with money issues and later bought the building

He didn’t charge them for rent this time

He died due to a heart attack