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The Archive Tapes: Michael Jackson by wannabebarcawag
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In 2015, 23-year-old Tara Reyes is just an overworked intern at the New York Restoration Society - until one late night in the archives changes everything. Hidden among a collection marked for restoration, Tara discovers dozens of private video diaries recorded by Michael Jackson himself, spanning from 1975 to the months before his death in 2009. But these tapes were never meant for the world to see. Far from the rehearsed smiles and public spectacle, the recordings reveal a different Michael entirely: funny, lonely, brilliant, frightened, angry. He speaks openly about the pressures of fame, the abuse he endured under his father, the people who exploited him, and the dangerous secrets surrounding the powerful figures he encountered - including ties that reach disturbingly close to Jeffrey Epstein. As Tara becomes consumed by the tapes, she realizes she isn't just uncovering the hidden life of the world's biggest star - she's uncovering the truth he was terrified would die with him.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧  by Katie_KatJack
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𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟒... 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. 💿 ─── ✦ ─── 💿 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬: 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐲, 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧? 𝐎𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬? 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭
(We'll Be) United / Michael Jackson. by soraloveslain
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Fresh as a Daisie. ✎ . . . IN WHICH, a young girl is thrust into the spotlight when her mother dies and her father forces her and her brothers into a band. Unbeknownst to her and the rest of the world, her entire life would change forever after she locks eyes with the quiet boy in the corner of the studio. Original / Reality, 1968 ━ 2009 Michael Jackson メ Fem!OC ©-soraloveslain / 2026 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀; ongoing ✔︎
Forward | Rewind to Tomorrow [Michael Jackson] by dagreatreader
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"It causes your immune system to turn against you," I explained gently. The color terrifyingly drained from his face as he stared at his knuckles. "I have a spot," he whispered, his voice scraping like glass. "Right here." He let out a strangled noise as the stadium footage buffered. "Riley!" he shrieked, covering his burning face while peering through his fingers at his future self. "Those pants leave absolutely nothing to the imagination!" He went so unnaturally still I thought his heart had stopped beating. His charcoal-stained fingers curled into tight fists. "Fifty," he whispered, scanning the fatal summary on the glowing screen. "I am... I am gone at fifty." What if the only way to save your future was to completely abandon your past? In 1982, Michael Jackson is suffocating. Trapped behind his family's compound gates and drowning under industry pressure, the rising star just wants a life of peace and normalcy. The universe answers-violently ripping him from his timeline and dropping him onto the bedroom rug of Riley, a freelance graphic designer in the year 2025. Stranded forty-three years in the future, Michael must face a world that already knows his tragic history. But Riley fiercely refuses to let that history repeat. She offers him the anonymous, ordinary life he always craved, rebuilding his shattered confidence brick by brick and teaching him the radical concept of self-love. More importantly, she arms him with the ultimate weapon: the brutal truth. She gives him the exact names of the snakes hiding in his 1982 backyard, the upcoming betrayals, and the devastating tragedies he is destined to face. When the universe inevitably pulls him back, Michael is no longer the timid pop star terrified of his shadow. He is a king preparing to claim his throne, knowing exactly how to rewrite music history and what it takes to survive. But armed with the future, changing his fate might cost him the one person who taught him how to live.
PRIMADONNA // michael jackson by -wonderIand
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❝ YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLE ❞ ❝ I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE ❞ : ̗̀➛ IN WHICH, Marianne Love desires to be known around the world, and Michael Jackson can help her get there. May 21st, 2026 - june 25th, 2026 @-wonderiand 2026
A love written in Vinyl  by moonkissedqt
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Before the fame, before the headlines, before the world knew their names together, there was a chance encounter that changed everything. When Ophelia meets Michael Jackson, neither of them expects their lives to become intertwined. As fame, family, and the spotlight threaten to pull them apart, they discover that some love stories are written differently. Some are written in the stars. Theirs was written in vinyl.
Heaven Can Wait | a Michael Jackson fanfic by bibleinachanelbag
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He was ready to leave the world behind. Until one woman reminded him there was still something worth living for. So when the angels called him home, he told them no.