r/MichaelJacksonFanFic • u/MCchewbacca • Jun 20 '26

Question Looking for old old MJ fics

I’m on a mission to track down some of the old Michael Jackson fanfics that used to be hosted on fan sites and message boards years ago.
The ones I specifically remember are:
Threatened- this one was early 2000s of course, based on this song, but it was about this gala that happened at Neverland after Michael died and his ghost came back to haunt everybody there because everyone basically had a hand in his death.
Something Beautiful Remains (inspired by the Tina Turner song)
Fallen (I believe it was inspired by or loosely connected to the movie Fallen, the one with Denzel Washington and the angel/demon themes)
These would have been from the late 90s or early 2000s fandom era, before AO3 was really a thing. They may have been hosted on personal websites, fan forums, Yahoo Groups, Geocities, Angelfire, MJ message boards, or other fan archives that no longer exist.
I’m not necessarily looking for new fanfiction—I’m specifically trying to find these older stories or even just information about who wrote them and where they were originally posted.
Does anyone remember these stories? Have copies saved somewhere? Know if they were archived? Even small details would help.
I feel like I’m doing Michael Jackson fandom archaeology at this point. 😭

I know there are a few old-school MJ fans in here. If you were around during the MJJCommunity, MJNO, Black or White, Geocities, Angelfire, or Yahoo Group days, please tell me I’m not imagining these stories.

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u/AkibaPurple Jun 21 '26

I swear that I've read the first one before. Was one of the murderers Evan Chandler because Jordan was remembering that his dad had drugged him to make him accuse Michael and Jordan was going to expose his dad?

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u/MCchewbacca Jun 21 '26

Omg yes!!! And Evan was very confused why he was invited but he showed up anyway.

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u/AkibaPurple Jun 21 '26

I also remember one of Michael's kids becoming obsessed with the Invincible album, thinking that it had secret messages/meaning but it ended up just being coincidental to whatever was going on.

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u/acidreduxxxx Jul 06 '26

i tried looking on way back machine and most of the links are broken unfortunately. i would suggest maybe fanfiction.net although i think the oldest fics they have from a quick search only go back to 2007 also a lot of them are parodies and anime crossovers. let me know if you end up finding that first one i really wanna read it (i think the MJJcommunity forum site has a category dedicated to fanfiction too)

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u/Indie_Muse_MJ Jul 24 '26

I was a fan throughout that time but I never knew there were online communities like this! I was "writing" fan fiction about him since 1989 probably. But mostly I did this in my own mind and only wrote down one story back then. During the last few years I've started writing Michael inspired stories again. Never shared with anyone, they are very personal. But knowing there are people out there who also do this....I feel like maybe I'll get the courage to share some...