ship_manifesto

Title: "I Should Tell You ..." An Exploration of the Relationship Between Mark Cohen and Roger Davis in Jonathan Larson's RENT
Author: emilystarr1
Fandom: RENT (musical)
Pairing: Mark/Roger
Spoilers: For RENT, and a little bit of the NYTW version.
Word Count: About 7,500 words.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. No lyrics, characters, nothin'.

Notes: All quotes, unless otherwise noted, are from the Libretto of RENT included in the book “RENT by Jonathan Larson”, HarperCollins 1997, hereafter cited in text. Text references are to act, scene, and line(s) of the Libretto in this edition. Thank you to everyone who read this (you know who you are :)), and thanks to allfireburns and starletfallen for the information regarding the Pyramid club. :)

This little manifesto is image-heavy. I used different casts throughout the years, but kept the same Mark and Roger - Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal - for simplicity's sake. (What? And because of my love of Adam? Shhhhh. >>)

One last thing - I read and loved harmonyangel's Mark/Roger manifesto here. I thought it was incredible and so enjoyable. (Obviously! :D) I just wanted to focus more on defending my belief that Mark/Roger actually is canon. I write about the libretto and pairing chronologically, presenting my evidence. There are fanfic recommendations at the end, but there's no focus on why I love it or a specific background of the characters, or any talk of specific performances. (More's the pity! :p) So, yeah, the point of this particular Manifesto? Check the icon. Their love is so canon!




( the music ignites the night with passionate fire )