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*Ik not all pics are thriller era they’re for vibe setting*
Parings: Thriller! Michael x bsf! Reader
Synopsis: You had gone over to the Hayvenhurst home with plans to hang out with Michael and get into your usual antics until you see how upset he is about something. The two of you get into a deep conversation about emotional things and you act as a comfort and are clearly very close for just being friends…
Warning/content: Angst w/ fluff at the very end (gotta end on a high note!), No use of y/n, mentions of the Pepsi commercial (all event of the take place before that commercial), mentions of J*seph, mild descriptions of abuse, discussion of deep loneliness(from Michael), kissing.
a/n: All uses of “sometime” are intentional. I had to make it longer and therefore sadder so the ending would have a bigger payoff, sorryyyy. I don’t actually know the exact month Joseph told Michael he’d be doing the Pepsi commercial this was just a wild guess, but the exact date wasn’t relevant to this fic.
*This fic is influenced by my personal opinions of Joseph and real things Michael had said about him. If you like him or support how he treated his children plz dni this is not the fic for you. *This is not me endorsing ppl being disrespectful to the Jackson’s abt Joseph bc at the end of the day his children forgave him ever if we don’t agree with such decisions.*
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A Friday evening in Hayvenhurst, December 1983
“What’s wrong Peter Pan?” You ask using your affectionate nickname for him.
“I’m so sick of it. I’m so sick of him always having to have control of everything, of me.” His voices wavers as he speaks from behind his hands covering his face. You walk over to him as you sit next to him on his bed, scooting close and placing a hand on his shoulder.
“Joesph?” You ask, shifting your tone more seriously now.
“Yeah.” He whispers, barely audible. “I just- I don’t understand. Why does he do this to me? I love my family, I really do, but I’m my own person… I’m grown, I’ve been grown for a while now. I- I just he’s ’the man of the house’ and it always has to be his will, every time. If I want to do one thing for myself then I’m selfish and ungrateful.”
“How can he even begin to call you selfish? You’ve been the lead singer for The Jackson 5 since you were a little child, you’ve given your entire life to your family since then. That’s the opposite of selfish.”
“I wish he were dead.” He whispers in confession.
“Michael!” You gasp instinctively.
“Okay maybe that’s too far, but let’s just say if he had a heart attack tomorrow and was in the hospital, whatever, I wouldn’t feel bad.”
“I can understand that, he treats you very poorly.”
“That’s the nice way of putting it.”
“What’s currently bothering you?” You ask gently, treading lightly.
“I don’t want to do that damn commercial.”
“What commercial?”
“This stupid Pepsi commercial he wants me to do with my brothers.”
“Why does he want you to do the commercial, what’s so special about it?”
“I honestly don’t know. It’s just promotional BS. He just wants to make more money off me, prove he still has control.” His words come out defeated like he’s had this conversation a hundred times before.
“Why does one silly commercial got you so upset?” You rub circles on his shoulder attempting to comfort him.
“Because it’s not the one commercial. He doesn’t love me.” Tears begin to form in his eyes as he leans his head on your shoulder.
“That can’t be true. What makes you say that?” You ask grabbing a hold of his hand and lacing your fingers with his.
“He never showed us love as children and still won’t. Always a firm hand, never loving ones. Always Joseph never daddy. I was a little boy, I just wanted to call my father daddy I just wanted to be loved.”
“Oh Michael.” You said, voice breaking. He looks you in the eyes and that’s when you loose it breaking down completely heavy sobs leaving your eyes.
“Applehead it’s ok, I’m ok.” He offers.
“No, no, no. It’s not ok I’m supposed to be comforting you, not the other way around.”
“It’s ok I can handle it, I’m strong.”
“You don’t have to be strong, not with me. Tell me more about everything.”
“Well I-“ his voice gets caught in his throat. “I can’t I’m gonna start crying, I’m sorry.” His eyes leave yours head hanging low towards the floor.
“Hey” you wrap your arms around him bringing his head to your chest. “You don’t have to talk about if you don’t want you.”
“No” his voice comes in quietly. “I wanna tell you.”
“I’m listening.” You gently pet his hair as he begins talking. “When I was little he’d um hit us if we messed while practicing. I was terrified, horribly terrified he’d sit there belt in hand and I just- I had to get everything perfect. I worked myself to the bone so I wouldn’t mess up…I still do I guess. Sometimes I got away. If I knew a good whooping was coming, which I always did I’d take off, runnin’ away hid under my parents bed. Then I don’t know maybe half the time by the time I came out he’d be calmed down and wouldn’t hit me. Aside from the beatings he was always stoic, kind of cold- still is. I suppose he’s not very affectionate … very business minded not a warm person the type of father I wanted as kid is not who I got…” He trails off burying his face into your chest letting tears soak into your t-shirt. You cradle him close to you as possible, letting the tears flow freely from your own eyes as the two of you sit there in silence together, not a single word needing to be spoken.
Several minutes pass and you’re still holding
each other close. You sit there listening to the sound of his breathing as he lets himself be vulnerable in your arms. Without noticing at first, you find yourself humming, starting out softly then slowly grow louder till he notices. “I know that one.” He whispers.
“I know.”
“Would you sing it?”
“I will, but no making fun if I cry again.”
“Never.”
“Ok.” You clear your throat. “Bennn the two of us need look no moreeee. We both found what we were looking forrrr. With a friend to call my own. I’ll never be alone and you my friend will see, you’ve got a friend in meee.” You quietly sang to him, voice breaking as you swallowed the lump in your throat.
“Applehead”
“Yes?”
“I love when you sing, your voice is so beautiful.”
“It’s really not that good.”
“It brings me comfort… can you sing some more?”
“Of course Peter Pan, of course.” You tell him drawing in a breath. You continue softly singing warm melodies to him and he quietly joins in on and off.
Eventually midst the quiet singing Michael chirp up again, “Sometime I wish I was anonymous person in the world.” He says almost to himself. You play with his hair again as you listen. “Sometime I think I’d trade all the fame and fortune just to be able to go out and not have a million people swirling around me constantly. The fans, most are lovely, but the press… they treat me like a circus animal and I’m not quite sure why… do you know why?” He looks up at you hoping you secretly have the answers.
“I wish I knew Michael, I wish I knew.” You sigh wishing you could offer more.
“It’s just not fair. I’m not ungrateful for my success and my fans, I’m not, but how can I be so famous that everywhere I go someone knows who I am, yet still I feel like the loneliest person in the world… aside from my family and you, I have no one… how is that possible?”
“It’s not fair, it’s not. How are you the kindest most loving person I’ve met yet also the saddest?”
“I can’t be the saddest it’s not like I’m depressed or anything.” He attempts to defend himself but his true feelings are thinly veiled behind the brave face he’s putting on.
“Michael.”
“Yeah?”
“How long have you been my best friend?”
“Mmm ‘bout five years I think.”
“Don’t you think I know you well enough to know how to read you?”
“M’not lying. I have lots to be happy about… honestly, forget what I said it doesn’t matter…”
“Peter Pan, please don’t lie to me, please.” You plead with him. “It does matter, you just told me you feel like the loneliness person in the word and I’m supposed to just ignore that?”
“I dunno, it’s not so bad. It’s been like this since I was a kid. It only sometime bothered me now. I’m used to it.”
“I don’t even know what to say… that’s not normal you shouldn’t be ‘used’ to feeling like that, you deserve to feel seen and wanted.”
“Well, I guess that’s just the price of fame, I mean I asked for that didn’t I? When I wanted to become ‘the greatest artist in the world’ I guess I asked for everything else too right? I should just be grateful for what I have, shouldn’t I?” You couldn’t believe at this point how dismissive he was being of his own pain. With each word he let more anger seep through, but he was still holding back like he was afraid to take up space with his true feelings.
“Who told you that? Why would you ever think you deserve to feel this way just because you got famous?” You ask, but you’re already afraid you know the answer.
“Joseph-“
“-Joseph?! Of course it was him. I wish you’d just let me tell him off. He needs to be put in his place, he’s hurt my Michael one too many times by this point.” You feel anger start to take over your body and you have to take deep breaths to avoid screaming and scaring Michael. You had seen it before, you had seen him get yelled at and just freeze unable to do anything besides standing there stunned like if the person got close to him he would start shaking. You knew it had to be some form of a trauma response and based on his body language you had observed with him around his father you figured that was the source but he has never truly opened up till now.
“You know I can’t let you do that, he, he, you can’t, no. Please don’t do that to me.” You hear his voice waver again this time with more than sadness, but genuine fear as well.
“Oh no, no, no Michael, no I’m so sorry. Please believe me when I say, I would never actually do that, oh god I shouldn’t have said anything, I wouldn’t I promise.”
“It’s ok, honest, I forgive you. You just can’t I can’t handle- keep that promise forever please, please.” A single tear falls down his cheek, he looks up at you begging with his gaze that you never betray him.
“I could never Michael, I could never I care for you too much. Oh I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry.” You lovingly rub his arm with your hand as you continue holding him.
“I’m so glad I have you.” He whispers blinking slowly with heavy lidded eyes. You don’t say anything else and let the silence wash over the two of you once again and he
eventually drifts off to a slumber. You sink down lower on the bed, bringing him with you before letting yourself fall asleep as while still holding him close to you.
Every once in a while the two of you would find yourself like this, asleep holding each other after you had exhausted yourself discussing something, usually something vulnerable. You never minded this happening as Michael always had a soft welcome presence that made you feel safe, like you could sit with him forever, letting the world go by. Unfortunately for you, Michael was a very busy person and the world had to keep spinning with you and him in it.
When you wake up you realize Michael is playing with your hair.
“Good morning sleepyhead.” He cheers.
“What? Hmm? It’s morning already?”
“Yeah silly goose we both feel asleep after all that talkin’”
“Yeah but l thought I’d only like nap a little.” You say rubbing your eyes, still heavy with sleep.
“It was actually pretty late, I got the chance to glance at the clock before sleep took over me, and it was like 1 in the mornin’”
“I hadn’t realized… what time is it now?” He cranes his neck up to look at the clock on his nightstand.
“Mm it’s ’bout eight o’ clock.”
“Oh. You seem in an improved mood.” You point out.
“Hmm I guess I feel more at peace after last night.” He explains.
“That’s good, I’m glad.” You admit.
“Me too, having you helps a lot.”
“Aw, that’s so sweet, I’m glad I have you too.” You go to kiss him on the cheek but in that moment he accidentally turns his head causing you to accidentally lock lips. You go to pull away and apologize, but to your surprise he grabs your face and kisses you back. You won’t pretend you hadn’t been secretly hoping for this moment for years, but you never thought the day would come, and certainly not like this.
“Oh Michael I-“
“-you’re so good to me. I love you.” He confesses, catching you off guard.
“Wait… like in a friend way, like ‘oh you’re my best friend I love you’? Or you love me, love me?”
“Oh, I hadn’t realized… the second one I suppose.” He says casually.
Synopsis: After coming home from an electric party celebrating the release of Michael’s Rock With You MV you get the devilish idea to lick the sweat off him…
Warnings/contents: No use of y/n, fluff, smut,MDNI 18+, sub and soft dom! Michael (he switches bc I said so),handjob,oral (fem receiving), fingering, p in v, no use of condom (plz wrap it before you tap it in this economy), size kink if you squint.*I don’t wanna exclude ppl but reader is intended to be close-ish to be his age (roughly 18-25) bc he was only 21 here.
a/n: I was quickly inspired by the 2nd pic and just how delicious he looks drenched in sweat(sweat is generally gross why does he make it so attractive??) Ik him picking you up might be unrealistic but shh just go with it. Had to add some fluff bc otw mj is so cute I might die. Michael and reader are veryyy lovey dovey so buckle up.
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After an electric party celebrating the Rock With You music video release you and Michael finally found yourselves back at your apartment. Michael found his way over to kitchen pouring himself a large glass of water, chugging it in about 30 seconds. He sighed when he was finished with the glass, immediately opening the fridge to search for his favorite drink, orange juice.
“Baby, do you not have any oj? I can’t find any.” He pouts
“You must be tired. It’s always in the fridge.”
“Well, I can’t find it, can you come help me?” He whines. You walk over to him and peer into the fridge, quickly spotting the orange juice behind a carton of milk. “It’s right here, see?” You point.
“Ohhhh, thank you baby.” He grabs the carton and pours himself and tall glass before heading to the couch. He finds a spot on the couch next to you, his body slumping down like a rag doll.
“Michael, you were amazing tonight.” You praise him.
“Yeah, it was fun.”
“No seriously, you were magnetic, the way you sang I wanna rock with you allll night, dance you into sunlightttt” you sang. “The crowd was glued to you the whole time!”
“Thanks baby. It was fun, but I’m so tired and sweaty I must look gross.” He responds
“Gross? You’re never gross to me Mikey.”
“That’s sweet baby, really but I’m still all sweaty, I need to shower.”
“Why do that when I can lick the sweat off you.” You suggest bitting your lip.
“Babyyy you’re nasty.” His eyes go wide in shock as covers his mouth with his hand.
“God forbid I wanna rock with you all night.” You waggle your eyebrows.
“I- baby.”
“Baby.” Your voice dips to a sultry tone.
“You really wanna do that?”
“I’ve had dreams about it.” Your eyes darken as look at him pulling your bottom lip between your teeth.
“Baby you’re bad.” He responds his beautiful eyes dropping to your lips. You take that as a sign and lean into him, kissing him sweetly your lips meeting his soft plush ones. He kisses you back greedily gently bitting your bottom lip, then slipping his to tongue in your mouth to deepen the kiss. You weaved your fingers through his curls leaning forward to gently push his back down onto the cushions of the couch. He wraps his arms around your waist to pull you closer as you hover over him. You move your hands to cradle his face brushing your thumbs over his now flushed cheeks. “You’re so beautiful my lovely.” You coo.
“You’re too sweet to me angel”
“You deserve all the love in the world, you radiate kindness.”
“Baby” is all he can manage to whisper back as a tear drips down his cheek and he cranes his head up to meet your lips again.
His heart was now fluttering in his chest, he couldn’t believe a girl like you actually loved him, he couldn’t believe anyone loved him as much as you do.
You trail you your hands down him to his chest, slowly working the buttons on his shirt. After pulling the shirt off his damp body you start at his neck laying kiss down till you get to his collar bone. As you kiss him you leave red lipstick marks in your path. You make your way to his chest looking up at him. “Baby open your eyes, I want you to watch me.” He obliged opening his eyes to watch as you began moving your tongue over his defined glistening chest. You keep making your way down him to his stomach but stop when he starts laughing.
“Hehehe that tickles!”
“Oh, sorry should I stop?”
“No.” He says abruptly starring at you lustfully.
“Oh!” You raise your eyebrows in understanding, before continuing. You love the salty sweet taste of his perspiration on your tongue and the warmth of his skin. You make your way to his happy trail before hovering over his pants.
“Oh!” You bit your lip seeing the tent in his pants. “Does this turn you on baby? Me being nasty like this, licking all over your sweaty body?”
“Mmmmm” he hummed in response.
Michael couldn’t believe that you acting so filthy like this would leave him in such a state of arousal, but after all why should he be surprised? You were the thing he loved most after music, and the object of all his desires. How could he ever contain his craving for you. You made his head spin and heart fly as all his rational thought left when you were near. He was a love sick fool for you.
You unzip his pants sliding them down his thighs. Your eyes land on his growing tent, and if at all possible the outline of his cock looks larger than last time you saw it. The palm of your hand starts rubbing circles on his clothed tip, and he bucks his hips while letting out a small moan. You and Michael hadn’t been being intimate for very long, but you already felt you knew exactly how to get him going and how to get him to melt under your touch. You tease him a bit longer before fully pulling away his boxers, revealing his length.
“God Mikey I don’t remember you being quite this big last time.” You gulp.
“Well it didn’t shrink.” This causes you to immediately erupt in loud uncontrollable laughter. “AHAHAHAHA MICHAEL! I can’t focus on what I’m ‘bout to do if you’re gonna be saying stuff like that hahahahaha!”
“I wasn’t tryin’ to be funny.” He admits. “I was just makin’ an observation.” You take a deep breath trying to compose yourself.
“Ok I’m uh gonna focus now.” You say quietly, exhaling. You gingerly wrap your hand around him stroking down once to test the waters. He let out a small whine from the contact and it was hard for you to hide the excited smile growing on your face. You used the slick of his precum to move your hand along the shaft with ease and he began rolling his hips up to match your pace. You use your thumb to rub his tip, and he starts to whimper.
“God baby that- ohhhh feels so good!” His breath shutters. You continue pumping him mercilessly as he keeps jerking his hips desperate to keep up with your steady rhythm.
“You’re such a good boy for me Michael. Are you gonna cum for me soon?” Your voice comes out in a deep sultry tone. He doesn’t answer but his breathing gets more shallow as he struggles to keep up with your hand. You bend down and experimentally lick a long strip from the base of his cock to the tip and that maneuver is what does him in.
“Mmph fuck! Angel I’m gonna- fuckkkk!”
“Good boy cum for me baby, right on my hand.”
His head was currently swirling as he was coming down from his orgasm, but he greedily wanted more. He wanted to be inside you but first he wanted to taste you. Anything Michael did was never half-assed and it was in his own opinion not eating you out was half-assed.
“Mmm baby you’re so good at that.” He praises you.
“Thank you handsome.”
“I wanna taste you angel.” He admits.
“Taste me where? Use your words.” You prompt him.
“That…” gulp. “Pretty pussy of yours.” He nervously answers.
“Hmm I suppose that can be arranged.” You stand up in front of him and pull your dress off, leaving yourself completely bare.
“You-you’re not wearing a bra or panties.” He remarks, eyes wide.
“Just for you baby.”
“D-did you have this in mind the whole night?”
“Maybeee.”
“You should um, sit down again so I can ya know.” You made your way back to the couch laying your back against the cushions. He sat down on his knees in between your legs before cupping under your thighs and pulling them up onto his shoulders.
“Woah this is new.” You giggle.
“Tryin’ somethin’”
“Mm I think I like it.”
“God, you’re so beautiful.” He breathes out.
“Thank you.” You hum. He looks up at you with his big doe eyes and you almost loose focus, until you feel his hot breath hovering your clit and your own breath hitches in anticipation. His mouth lands on your clit with a burning passion and starts sucking it fiercely. His tongue then swirls circles on your clit and you can help but to fill the room with loud moans of his name. His mouth leaves your sensitive bud, and his tongue teases your entrance before he suddenly plunges two fingers in at once and a gasp of pleasure escapes your lips. His fingers work at a steady pace as his mouth finds its way back to your clit leaving you to desperately cling the cushion below you.
“Mmmm fuckkk baby, how did you get so good at this?”
“Been studying’”
“With what? Another woman?” You tease.
“No, uh Jermaine leant me a magazine and gave me a few pointers.” He veers his gaze down shyly before continuing to finger fuck you into oblivion. He curls his fingers inside you and the cushion no longer being good enough for you, your hands reach up to the nape of his neck, your fingers gripping his hair. He scissors his fingers inside you and you try to hold back the tears forming in your eyes from pure ecstasy. The pace at which his fingers are pumping inside you, paired with his tongue working your clit, you are already approaching your peak.
“Angel is it good?”
“Is it good? Is it good?! I’m gonna fuckkkk! Sorry!”
“Don’t be sorry sweet girl. Go ahead cum all over my face, I wanna taste it gorgeous.”
“Are you sure?”
“Positive.” The tension in your stomach finally snaps and you cry loudly in pleasure. He continues with his fingers and tongue and he laps up every drop from your orgasm. Then, as if licking your clit wasn’t enough, after he finally pulls his fingers out of you he put them in his mouth, making direct eye contact with you as he licks them clean.
“Taste so good baby.”
“I- oh- wow!” You respond still catching your breath. You sit up lips crashing into him, with more hunger than before as your hands roam his body unable to stay in one place. He pulls your legs to wrap around his waist his hands landing on your ass, kneading the soft tissue. He grips you firmly to stand as he hold you.
“Where are we going?” You whisper in between kisses.
“Bedroom.” He smiles at you. He carries you the short walk to the bedroom and throws you onto the bed and you let out a small yelp in surprise. He crawls over you, in between your legs.
“Spread them legs beautiful” he commands lining himself up. You open your legs as wide as you can for him. He picks up some of your slick on his cock and teases your clit with his tip, before slowly entering you, filling you up inch by inch. Once fully seated a panicked look spreads across his face.
“Baby what’s wrong?”
“I- I forgot a condom.” He responds.
“Don’t worry Mikey I got on birth control after our first time.”
“Ohhh thank god.” He lets out a sigh of relief.
Michael hoped to eventually have kids with you, but his mother would tear him a new one if she found out he got a girl pregnant out of wedlock. Not to mention you were both so young and there was no reason to rush things.
He starts off at a quick rhythmic pace that gives almost no time for you to adjust to his size, but you don’t mind as the stretch is wonderfully delicious. He grabs your wrists and moves your arms above your head lacing his fingers with yours. You loved when he took control like this. Since Michael was so shy in public many people would never expect him to have this side, but you loved when he had his way with you. He sweeps down to lay kisses all over your face and whisper sweet nothings in your ear.
“Baby you’re so beautiful like this. All mine angel, all mine. My gorgeous, gorgeous girl.”
“Mm I- ahh can… we…try…somethin’…new?”
You mange between thrusts.
“What… would… that… be…baby?” He pants out.
“I’ll show you but you have to pull out for a sec.” He pulls out of you, which despite being the one to request it you still whine at the feeling. You then position yourself so you’re sitting on your knees and your ass is in the air facing him.
“Ohh goddd.” He groans seeing you at this new angle. “Is it still gonna fit?”
“It should, the book um said you could get deeper this way.” You explain.
“Book?”
“I did my research too baby.” You crane your head to smile at him.
“Ohhh goddd.” He repeats himself, mind fuzzy now.
“I’m all yours Michael, this dripping pussy is all for you.” As he sinks into you again the two of you groan in tandem from pleasure. Each snap of his hips has your eyes rolling back in your head and his tip keeps hitting right in the spot, pleasure takes over your body.
“Mmm fuck angel you’re so deep and tight. God, squeezin’ me so good.” He praises.
“Mmmmm gahhh” you cry out but your voice is muffled by the mattress. You can feel your walls clench around him and each time his cock pumps into you the feeling of being filled so completely overwhelms you and can feel your second orgasm quick approaching. Michael must’ve been reading your mind because one of his arms snakes around your middle and his finger finds your clit drawing circles.
“Mmm so close pretty girl cum with me please.”
“I- ahh right there Michael, right there!”
“Can’t… hold… much… longer!”
“Yes! Yes! Oh godddd!” You scream as the two of you hit your peak at the same time. You feel his hot seed fill you up and he pants heavily trying to ride out his orgasm. You reach down between the two of you getting the aftermath of what you just did and put your finger in your mouth looking back at him as do so.
“Baby… that’s nasty.”
“Nasty? You eating me earlier wasn’t.” You counter. “Here you should taste it for yourself.” You bring your finger back down between you getting them wet again before bringing them up to his mouth. He opens his mouth letting your fingers in then sucks them clean.
“You’re a freaky little thing.”
“I’m your freaky little thing.” You respond back.
“Ahaha you’re right.” He laughs. “Ok I gotta get up now to draw us a bath.”
“Mm why?” You whine.
“Can’t stay like forever, and won’t a bath make you feel relaxed?”
“Mm fine. Will you use the lavender bubble bath?”
“Of course beautiful.”
Michael had made it a habit of his to always clean you up someway after sex. He loved to take care of you and he felt it should be standard for being a good boyfriend. Taking a bath was your favorite choice as you could continue the closeness while being relaxed and comfortable.
You step into the warm bath sitting down in front of him. He starts by slowly massaging your shoulders and you melt from his touch. He then wraps his arms around you bringing you flush with his chest he just holds you close in that warm embrace for a while.
You fall asleep against him in the tub, and you wake up finding yourself in your robe carefully tucked into the bed. You look over and see Michael dead asleep next to you quietly snoring. You lean over and whisper “I love you” to his unconscious body before kissing him on the cheek and drifting back to a peaceful slumber.
I’m so honored and appreciative of the support! Thank you all and in honor of this here is a pic I love from MJ in every era since my non MJ friend couldn’t appreciate them enough 😔
Alsooo I’ll hopefullyyyyy have my next fic out soon, but it’s gonna be angst so buckle up 😔
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Also, idk why yall constantly feel the need to be so hateful towards black people?, I truly think THOSE people tend to forget we are the blueprints always have been forever will be. I don't even wanna cuss his loser ass out because he know he deadass wrong and that's why his bitch ass went anon on every request. So go block that racist bitch I cannot stand THOSE people sometimes, and no offense to the people that don't attack the black community but please get yall people in check. It's beyond sickening and disgusting, and pathetic and I'm so tired of it. Now please REPORT that page. I truly think THOSE people forget that michael Joseph jackson was a BLACK man, so why wouldn't black people write about a black man?, yall don't want a toxic community but YALL make it toxic. Then wonder why the community is dying because we have people like @writing5ever attacking black authors with his pathetic stank oatmeal pie smellin ass, bitch so miserable and mad. But yall wanna talk about mj being a "predator" what about ELVIS presely?, oh okay cracka.
Have yall a wonderful blessed day, make sure yall report this WHITE MAN attacking my beautiful black authors, with our beautiful brown glorious sexy glamorous ethereal skin, with our beautiful asses😇. @writing5ever
With all the talk about Michael’s sex appeal lately… I gotta tell y’all why Michael being liberated in his body as a Black man, and how even his “crotch grabbing,” is so powerful to me. And to understand this, we have to discuss how Black men’s bodies have been shamed throughout history as something taboo or evil.
(Loooong read ahead lol)
Black male bodies have always been a site of white supremacist control. During the era of chattel slavery, white men asserted dominance over black men’s flesh to dehumanize/emasculate them by violating and owning their bodies. Sexual and physical violence was forced on them, along with their bodies being used as property for labor. Every form of human degradation and domination was enacted to strip them of their autonomy and manhood. Black bodies were treated as a commodity meant only for white consumption.
There is also a caricature created by white supremacy, called the “black brute,” that was forced onto Black men to keep them controlled after the Civil War. Black men were painted to be hypermasculine “animals” with large genitalia who couldn’t control their sexual appetite. Eurocentric standards defined Black men very rigidly, leaving no space for their full range of humanness- physically and emotionally.
Black men have also been lynched throughout American history for white ritualistic entertainment, over made-up offenses and false social “violations.” They were violently mutilated as part of these lynchings. Removing their genitalia symbolized the white fixation on their bodies and the fear of white women becoming their “prey.” There were even medical articles written with ways to "cure" Black men of their “barbaric” sexual urges through castration. This racial violence stems from white supremacist insecurity, wanting control over Black men, while creating terror around their sexuality. These dehumanizing fixations and biased stereotypes are present in many areas of Michael’s life.
Michael’s existence as a Black man under the world’s spotlight made him the target of racist, intrusive attacks. His soft voice and sensitive nature attracted media speculation about his body and masculinity. Rumors about faking his voice, taking hormones, and childhood castration were just some of the speculations around his biology. There was also the intense social pressure for him to remain a cute child, making his puberty experience under white beauty standards (and a self-hating father) exceptionally traumatic.
While white conservative media initially praised him for being a "safe" Black idol, this endearing perception shifted over time. As he aged, Michael was criticized heavily for not conforming to the media’s idea of Black hypermasculinity. This conditional acceptance demanded conformity for white comfort, yet also denied his autonomy as a man outside of entertainment. The infamous New York Post headline, "Peter Pan or Pervert?," shows that the mainstream media would eventually only accept Michael as either a stunted adult or a sex criminal.
Throughout adulthood, he was infantilized by media outlets for not being traditionally masculine or “sexual” enough based on their racial standards. This attitude allowed audiences to consume his talent while denying his maturity, intelligence, and reality as an adult Black man. Interviewers would pry about his sex life and appearance, rather than his art and humanitarian work, framing him as an odd specimen. The public’s failure to understand Michael created room for biased suspicion. This was evident when Bashir weaponized Michael's childhood trauma and emotional vulnerability to portray him as a strange, unstable pedophile.
Once media couldn't paint him as a child prodigy or an untouchable pop god, it became lucrative to market him as eccentric and disturbed. Michael was not given the space to express his quirks, emotions, or inner child freely without biased opinions. Michael was forced to constantly defend his psychological maturity and personal life choices on camera, more than his white peers.
His interests, hobbies, and demeanor were sensationalized and used to portray him as a “weird" spectacle. The media felt entitled to deconstruct every aspect of his private life, turning interviews into interrogations. A well known instance of this is when Michael uncomfortably closed his jacket after Barbara Walters claimed he was eccentric and invited attention...a human reaction to being on display. His existence was pathologized as a strange anomaly. Headlines scrutinized Michael’s clothing, makeup, and hair choices that would be praised as “androgynous” or “groundbreaking” on a white performer.
His skin condition added to the prejudice against him. This phenomenon has historical parallels: Black individuals with vitiligo or albinism were often used as attractions in sideshows or by white scientists for racist theories. The European term “white negro” viewed them as a medical oddity and a different human species. For example, Henry Moss, a 17th century enslaved man with vitiligo, became a paid exhibition for white amusement, and the subject of research experiments. The stigma that treated Michael’s body as bizarre and contaminated with sin was already embedded into our culture.
The social panic around Michael also shows in the hysteria around his dancing. It reflects the colonial white gaze towards Black culture. It treats hip movements as something inherently hypersexual or “vulgar.” Pelvic, bottom, and hip movements are major parts of Afro-diasporic cultures, using the entire body as an instrument rather than confining dance to feet and a rigid, straight spine. Black dance throughout many genres (jazz, blues, soul, modern hip hop, etc.) represents liberation and autonomy. Dance has been an ancestral outlet for the soul throughout centuries of racist oppression.
However, Michael’s dancing was criticized by white media platforms for being too promiscuous and corrupting the youth. While dance does express Black sensuality, Western culture has historically viewed it as abnormally provocative and strange. This racist view traces back to minstrel shows mocking Black dance, as well as when enslaved individuals had to dance for white entertainment. Black dance has socially been seen as lewd and sinful when compared to Eurocentric dance standards.
The judgement Michael received shows the discomfort around Black sexuality, especially as a former child star facing racial double standards. White popstars and rockstars did not face the same systemic anxieties that Michael did, regarding bodily expression. While Oprah wanted to imply a sexually deviant reason for his crotch grabbing, Michael stated it came from the power of the music. Michael’s eroticism was subconsciously intertwined with the rhythm; his sharp pelvic and fluid hip movements became a physical embodiment of the drum itself. His creative, musical energy went hand-in-hand with his sensuality. These movements were always central to his choreography in the 1970s, yet outrage developed as his vitiligo progressed and he drifted from his commercialized “safe” Black superstar image.
His deliberate pelvic touch, zipper closeup, and slow hip grinding in the Black Panther dance was such a powerful way to reject the endless puritanical criticisms against him. The raw emotion in the video was also an animalistic, unfiltered reaction to racism, but was interpreted as promoting mindless public destruction. Consequently, the video faced immediate mainstream backlash and network censorship for alleged sexual and physical “aggression.” The public felt compelled to sanitize Michael’s image, viewing Black sexuality and emotion as dangerous. The objectification of Michael’s body was not exclusive to the stage and music videos; it bled into the dehumanizing legal battles he faced as well.
The world’s most famous and powerful figure being a Black man, loved by women of all races, challenged the racial hierarchies that America is founded on. It was a recipe for racial injustice and a curated enemy for the public. The 2005 trial was a modern-day lynching that degraded his image for the sake of greed and manufactured panic. The 1993 allegations were the calculated result of a vengeful extortionist seeking to humiliate him through the caricature of the sexually dangerous Black man. Tabloid malpractice profited off this moral hysteria, circulating baseless speculations and buying out fictional stories that portrayed Michael as a monster.
The 2005 trial was a dehumanizing witch hunt, at the hands of the white DA Thomas Sneddon who had a vendetta to prosecute Michael, even if it meant falsifying evidence. Michael's incarceration would have been a trophy for Sneddon, making an example of a beloved icon and supporting his professional reputation. That trial violated Michael on every level: subjecting him to an invasive strip search, documenting intrusive images of his private areas, forced court appearances while injured, raiding his safe space, and the destruction of his overall health. This public spectacle and media frenzy created an ignorant stigma around his legacy that still stands. The violent arrest and intrusive body search echo the centuries-old pattern of authorities robbing black bodies of basic human dignity.
I don’t believe it’s a mere coincidence that the first worldwide Black heartthrob was falsely accused of sex crimes, with white men leading the attack. Belittling a Black man through abusive media and mob mentality heavily mirrored the painful past of legal and physical violence inflicted on Black bodies. A racist, narrow cultural framework created the media circus of fascination and fear around Michael’s anatomy.
These themes are obvious in the media slur “Wacko Jacko” (which Michael was very aware of), reducing a complex, brilliant human being to an eccentric animal. Even immediately after passing, that name continued to follow him in the tabloids, alongside invasive images of his body. There was also an instant, hypocritical switch to falsified sympathy and celebrating his legacy once he passed, but it was superficially done just for the nostalgic bandwagon. The media economy exploited Michael to no end, by destroying him and then capitalizing on his memory.
But Michael's spirit and strength always proved to be Invincible, refusing to be victimized by bigoted judgement or compromise his art. This is why I view Threatened as an autobiographical anthem that plays on the narrative of Michael being a savage “monster.” It flips that haunting dynamic to intimidate the biased media systems, while recognizing Michael’s mass appeal and inescapable status. It tells the white patriarchal establishment, “Every time your lady speaks, she speaks of me. Threatened.” It directly targets the fragile egos of Michael’s critics and how institutions felt threatened by his refusal to submit to any boxes. “Half of me you'll never be, so you should feel threatened by me.” The song counterattacks anyone who has tried to take away Michael’s pride and manhood. It reclaims his power, despite the social campaign to label him as a “freak.”
Michael was catapulted into a world eager to shame his body and capitalize on racist, gendered panic. Abusive journalism demonized his sexuality and skin condition, portraying him as a “weird” criminal for tabloid profit. Additionally, Thomas Sneddon relentlessly pursued Michael for over a decade to prosecute him as a sexual predator. Tabloid Junkie strongly exposes how the obsessive press wanted to, “speculate to break the one you hate" and "circulate the lie" they confiscate. Michael was vividly aware of the systemic goal to "assassinate and mutilate" his character and legacy. The media manhunt around Michael mirrored the publicized, coordinated pursuits of black men for public spectacle in American history.
The historical fixation on Black biology and autonomy laid the foundation for the media attacks and weaponized sexuality used against Michael. His private, complex humanity was treated as a freakish anomaly that the media sought to brutally deconstruct. There was a permanent racialized lens observing his expression of Black masculinity, turning nonconformity and difference into a tabloid minstrel caricature. Deeply rooted social phobias and fabricated narratives stripped Michael of his presumption of innocence from the general public. The historical biases fabricated around Black men and their sexuality were triggered in hopes of his publicized downfall.
Despite these pressures, the way Michael ruled a stage or captivated the audience remains generationally sacred. Performance was the ultimate sanctuary for a self-proclaimed, painfully shy man...whose traumas and pain were transmuted into an electrifying force of self and cultural emancipation. His artistic legacy and transcendent performances are immortal archives of his Black resilience and identity. With every smooth body roll, hip thrust, or defiant "crotch grab," he exuded Black sexual liberation and somatic freedom. Michael’s showmanship was an authentic expression of a Black man reclaiming his space, breaking the chains of his own dehumanization and the centuries of oppression against Black bodies.
i love reading y’all’s fanfics cs u guys make me feel so hot. like yes i am the most famous, beautiful, and powerful woman in the music industry alongside my beautiful, hot, sexy, kind husband who is the king of pop and treats me like im the only woman in the world capable of receiving his unconditional love.
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Story synopsis: It is fall of 2008(szn 4) and Rose is a 22 yr old determined and passionate hunter, unfortunately for her on one of her hunts a werewolf gets the best of her. After recovering from her injury she eagerly heads out to hunt again and that’s when she meets the Winchester brothers. From there she starts to build a friendship with the two of them but maybe there’s something more developing with Sam…
chapter summary: Rose hangs out with Bobby as she recovers from her injury.
Warnings/content: 18+ This ch is fine but eventually the story will have more mature themes. No more warnings necessary.
a/n: I'm gonna try and post another ch. really soon bc this one is so, so short😭. Truthfully I started this fic ages ago and had no concept of chapter length😔
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“So, checked out the news lately?” I ask before taking a bite of pancake.
“Yeah why do you ask?” Bobby questions me.
“Nothing. Uh no reason just was wondering if there was anything strange or unusual you saw.” I tell him.
“Rose, no you’re not hunting yet.” He says firmly.
“Whatttt nooo I was just curious” I say smiling innocently.
“Do I look like an Idjit to you?” Bobby asks in a frustrated tone.
“No I- sorry Bobby I was just thinking about the girl with her throat ripped out, seems like our kinda thing…” I say trailing off.
“I know, and it’s great that you care but you have to be stable to hunt and right now you need to rest. I’ll put someone else on the case. Now, what do you wanna do after breakfast today?” He replies to me.
“Huh!” I gasp. “Can you finally teach me to play poker?” I ask with a giddy smile.
“Yes, sure I’ll teach you.” Bobby agrees as he rolls his eyes. “Yippee!” I exclaim.
Later on we’re sitting at Bobby’s round table attempting to play poker when it’s my turn. “Umm I don’t know go fish!” I say with my innocent smile.
“Now if you’re not gonna take it seriously..” Bobby starts.
“No. Sorry I will. What do I do?” I interject.
“Okay, what cards do you got?” He asks.
“Umm I have a 4, 8, and three 2s” I tell him.
“Very good that’s three of a kinda.” He tells me. “But, I have a small straight” Bobby says as he lays out his fanned out cards.
“Which means?” I ask confused.
“That I win!” Bobby exclaims.
“Ugh! Just as was getting the hang of it you confuse me again and I loose. Humph!” I whine.
“It’s a tricky game and I’ve been playing a lot longer than you but you’ll get the hang it. It’ll be okay.” He says reassuring me.
Later on I eventually go bed secretly hoping tomorrow I magically will wake up feeling good as new.
………………………………………………………………..
5 weeks later
This morning I wake up with an extra dash of excitement. Bobby said if my wound was looking good today that I could finally be free to go a hunt again. As much as I’ve hated having to take time off work, I actually enjoyed spending some downtime bonding with Bobby. Two weeks ago I even got good enough at poker I think I could win a game or two against him. I run downstairs and when I don’t see him I call out his name, “Bobbyyyy!” Silence. “Dammit he must be at the store or something”. I decide I can eat breakfast and drink some coffee while I wait, hopefully he won’t be gone for long.
Hmm what should I have for breakfast? Pancakes sounds good but I don’t wanna make too many… I don’t think he has cereal let me check, nope no cereal hmm… after a bit more pondering I finally settle on an egg and cheese sandwich. Once my sandwich is ready, and coffee is brewed I take my food over to the couch and sit down to watch tv while I wait for Bobby to get back. Around 30 minutes later I hear the door open.
“Hey Bobby, you’re back took you long enough!” I say.
“Yeah I just went on a milk run, what’s with all the excitement?” He asks.
“Did you forget? Today you’re gonna look at my stitches and tell me I can hunt again.” I remind him.
“If your stitches look good but yes I can do that let me come over there and see.” He tells me.
“Okay I’m gonna lift the bandage and look” Bobby then carefully peels back the bandage. “Let me see here. Oh wow interesting…” he starts. “Interesting? What? What does that mean please tell me that’s a good interesting Bobby I really wanna hunt!” I say interrupting.
“Well umm they look… fine I’m just messing with you everything looks really good, as long as you promise to be careful I think you’re clear to hunt again.” He says smiling.
“OMG are you being serious? Let me see! Yes! It looks good yay I’m gonna go get ready!” I say full of excitement.
Bobby furrows his eyebrows with confusion, “you’re going right now? Do you even have a case?”
“Yes! I found one last night in hopes I could go today!” I say as I practically run up the stairs.
“Of course you did. Okay just drive safely.” He tells me.
I just wanted to let you know that it breaks my heart how black people are treated in this fandom; the comments that are made, the straight up racist statements, I can't stand it anymore.
As a white person, I get that I can’t fully understand how much it hurts the black community. But I hope you understand and realize that I fully support you guys!
We’re all here for the same reason; our love for MJ and let that love be the strongest, not only to him but also to each other cause that’s what he would’ve wanted.
I love you, no matter if you’re black, white, male, female, straight, gay or anything in between! <3
I was gonna post smth similar but this is worded perfectly.
This disrespect and literal racism Black ppl in the MJ community have been facing lately has me sick! Over what?? Fan fics?? Some audios? Just existing?? Racism is always wrong and ppl leaving anonymous messages should be ashamed of themselves. Michael would be heartbroken to see this, also he was literally Black himself!!
Just like this user said you are always loved and welcome by me 💕
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♱ summary: you answered a phone that wasn’t supposed to ring. somehow, it connected you to michael jackson. except… it’s 1982 for him. and 2026 for you.
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tags: @goldennpalimpsest @hilslovesbyler
december 2026 .
the phone wasn’t even supposed to work.
it had been sat in the back of your grandmother’s closet for years, tangled in old, dusty christmas lights and old chargers that didn’t even fit anything anyone owned anymore.
“vintage!” your friend called it.
“nope, electronic waste.” you corrected.
still, you plugged it in.
suddenly, it rang.
you answered it because it was 2026, an old piece of junk phone wasn’t actually ringing, it was probably just malfunctioning.
“hello?”
static.
“..hello?”
a young man’s voice, definitely not a malfunction.
“who is this?”
“i was about to ask you the same thing.”
you should’ve hung up, but you didn’t.
“tell me who you are first!”
“michael.”
“…michael?”
the line crackled slightly.
“jackson.”
you laughed.
“pfft, yeah right, that’s ridiculous.”
you carried on.
“and i’m rihanna.”
“..who?”
“you don’t know rihanna..?”
“no?..”
“right..”
maybe he was commited to the bit.
“so you’re michael jackson.. right?”
“yes.”
“the michael jackson?”
“i don’t know what you mean by the michael jackson.”
he sounded genuinely confused.
“you sing.”
“yes..”
“billie jean, right?”
“i haven’t.. i haven’t released that yet.”
silence.
you blinked, “excuse me?”
“i said i haven’t released that yet.”
“no i heard you.”
you grabbed your laptop from your bedside table and went to google.
michael jackson “billie jean” release date.
1983.
you frowned.
“wait.”
“what?”
“what did you say your name was again?”
“michael jackson.”
“and.. what year is it?”
“1982.”
you stopped typing, your fingers hovered above the keyboard.
you nervously laughed.
“that’s— that’s not funny.”
“i’m not joking?”
“no.” you shook your head.
“if you’re gonna prank call, atleast use a year after smartphones.”
“smart.. what?”
you went silent for longer this time.
“okay.” you laughed nervously.
“if this is one of those ai voice things, it’s really scarily convincing.”
“.. what’s ai?”
your stomach dropped.
you were slightly whispering now.
“can you.. can you tell me todays date?”
“december 5th.”
“..and the year?”
“1982.”
you looked down to the calender on your laptop screen.
december 5 2026.
44 years, exactly.
neither of you spoke.
until michael broke the silence.
“are you.. still there?”
you swallowed.
“yeah..”
another pause.
“what year did you say it was for you?”
you looked back at the glowing numbers on your screen, then at the old phone in your hand.
“you wouldn’t believe me.”
“i have a feeling.. that i might.”
you stared at the phone.
“2026.”
silence stretched between you.
“twenty.. twenty six.”
he said it like he was just learning numbers for the first time.
“yeah.”
“44 years?”
“yeah.”
“if this is a joke..” he laughed nervously, “it’s a very elaborate one.”
“i could say the same to you!”
“i suppose you could.”
you smiled.
“so.. how can we prove it?” he asked.
“i don’t know..”
“there must be something.”
you glanced around your room slightly, not sure what for though.
your eyes landed on a digital clock placed on your desk.
“i could tell you things about your future.” you suggested.
when he spoke again he sounded slightly different, cautious almost.
“i don’t know if i want to know my future.”
that stopped you, you hadn’t considered that.
you knew what happened during his life, and you wouldn’t want to know either.
“..you’re right,” you said softly. “forget i suggested that.”
“what if..” he started.
“what?”
“if you told me something that’s already happened, something i’d know.”
you frowned.
“like what?”
“i don’t know.” he laughed, “you’re supposed to be from the future.”
you laid back on your bed, staring at the ceiling. thinking.
“okay.. you released thriller in 1982.”
“yes.”
“it became the biggest selling album ever.”
a pause.
“..really?”
“really.”
“..how would you know that?”
“because.. where i’m from everyone knows that.”
for a moment, none of you spoke.
then he spoke, in almost a whisper.
“i always hoped people would remember it, remember me.”
your chest tightened.
“they do.”
you swallowed.
“they really, really do.”
all you could hear now was michael’s breathing.
“i..” he laughed nervously, “don’t really know what to say.”
“you don’t have to.”
“i’ve spent years wondering if any of it truly matters.”
“it does.”
“..how can you be so sure?”
you smiled.
“i just am.”
“thank you.”
you looked out your window.
the city was settling into evening. cars passed beneath your apartment, people walked dogs, someone somewhere was playing music loud enough to hear through the glass.
“so…” you said, “what were you doing before the phone rang?”
“i couldn’t sleep.”
“me neither.”
“i was pacing through my room.” he laughed quietly. “trying to avoid rehearsing.”
“you procrastinate?”
“terribly.”
you grinned.
“that’s actually comforting.”
“why?”
“i don’t know.” you shrugged, even though he couldn’t see it. “it’s nice finding out legends are just people.”
there was a pause.
“…legends?”
you froze.
“…forget I said that.”
“i don’t think I can.”
heat crept onto your face.
“please.”
he chuckled.
“i’ll pretend I didn’t hear it.”
“you’d better.”
“i make no promises.”
for the first time since answering the phone, you laughed without forcing it.
“…you have a nice laugh,” he said.
you blinked.
“so do you.”
another silence.
a comfortable one this time.
“so,” he asked after a while, “what do people do for fun in 2026?”
you smiled.
“oh god, you’re going to regret asking me that.”
“why?”
“because i have to explain the internet.”
“the what?”
you laughed again.
“okay… imagine if your television, your radio, your newspaper, your telephone, your mail, and every library in the world got mashed together.”
“…that sounds exhausting.”
“it kind of is.”
you both laughed.
it’s now been a couple weeks.
you find yourself on the dusty, old telephone talking to michael jackson practically every night.
surprising, you’ve become good friends.
december 29 .
it was again one of those nights where you found yourself sat in bed with the telephone, talking to michael.
“i wish i could meet you.” he said softly.
“like me, right now, with you, right now.. or in the future?”
you laughed, “what?”
“i don’t know! it’s confusing!” he laughed with you, “i just.. wish i could see you, right now.”
your chest tightened slightly.
“me too.”
michael was silent for a moment.
“..well what about me now? in 2026..”
you went silent.
you couldn’t tell him.
you wouldn’t forgive yourself if you told him.
what were you supposed to even say if you were to tell him?
“what about you?”
“can you not meet me?”
“maybe i’ll remember you!”
your heart ached for him.
“you said you didn’t want to know about your future.”
“..well.” his voice softened, “i don’t know.” he admitted.
“you made it sound..” he paused, searching for the word. “complicated.”
you stared at the cord wrapped around your finger.
“it is.”
“but you’re still here.”
“..yeah.”
“you still answer when i call.”
you smiled sadly.
“i’ll always answer when you call.”
the words slipped out before you could stop them.
michael didn’t say anything for a while.
“i think..” his voice barely above a whisper.
“i think if we never meet.. i’d still be glad i knew you.”
your eyes stung.
you laughed slightly to stop yourself from crying.
“you’re making this really difficult.”
“i’m sorry.”
“no, no.” you whispered, “don’t be.”
the line crackled.
for a second, you thought the call was going to end.
“do you think..” michael began, “that some people are just meant to find eachother?”
you looked down at the old telephone sat in your lap.
a phone that should not work.
a phone that should not connect two people 44 years apart.
“..i think,” you said slowly, “maybe..”
another silence settled between the two of you.
comfortable and sad.
neither of you wanted the call to end.
“it’s getting late.” he said eventually.
“it is.”
“i’ll call tomorrow?”
“you’d better.”
he laughed softly.
“i will.”
“..goodnight michael.”
“goodnight.”
the line clicked, static.
then nothing.
you stayed there for a long time holding the receiver to your ear, listening to the empty line, hoping he’d come back.
he didn’t.
you placed the phone on your bedside table.
outside, snow began to fall.
you glanced at the calendar.
december 29 2026 .
for some reason, you just couldn’t shake this feeling that something was bound to change.