ForeverKOP
Proud Member
<style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; }</style> If you ever met Michael's family members – his mother, father, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, cousins, and most importantly, Prince, Paris and/or Blanket – how would you describe to them exactly how much MJ means to you?
I ask this because I feel like the word “fan” gets thrown around very loosely and easily and doesn't really describe the depth and intensity of our love for Michael.
For the sake of example, I know that with Justin Bieber and One Direction fans, the words “Belieber” and “Directioner” are synonymous with “hardcore fan” and are mainly used by dedicated fans only. As Michael's fans, we don't really have a term like that – some people call themselves “Moonwalkers”, but I don't think that ever really caught on. The words “Belieber” and “Directioner” are lone words with the power to convey the exact depth and intensity of love that hardcore fans have for Bieber and One Direction.
So as I was saying, we are very, very different from casual fans of Michael Jackson (those who generally admire Michael and his talent, but don't love him as strongly as we do). A lot of “casual fans” may go up to Michael's family and introduce themselves as “big/huge fans” of Michael. But how would you differentiate yourself from them? For example, while having a discussion with a friend, the topic of Michael somehow came up. At some point during the conversation, I mentioned how incompetent and careless Murray was with Michael's life. To this, my friend said, “Yeah, I'm a huge Michael Jackson fan too. Can you remind me how he died? I'm not really sure about what happened to him”. This again convinced me that terms like “big fan”, huge fan”, “hardcore fan”, etc. do not have much value and do not hold much meaning at all.
Also, if you ever met Michael's family members, how would the words you say to them change based on the situation you were in? Some examples:
Would you react differently with different family members (meeting Prince vs. meeting Paris vs. meeting Blanket OR meeting Jackie vs. meeting Jermaine, OR meeting Janet vs. meeting Rebbie OR meeting Jaafar vs. meeting Austin Brown)? And how would you be able to say EVERYTHING you want to say about how much Michael means to you if you only got to meet them in passing for 10 seconds on a crowded street filled with paparazzi and other onlookers?
How would your words change if you actually got to sit down with one of them (Prince, Paris, Blanket, Jermaine, Marlon, etc.) for 10 minutes?
How would your words change and the way you introduce yourself change if you met them as a group (Prince, Paris, and Blanket walking on the street with their cousins) vs. if you met them individually (just Prince, or just Paris, or just Blanket)?
How would your words change if you met them at a place they came to for personal enjoyment (at a restaurant, an amusement park, a mall, etc.) and probably would not want to be bothered by people coming up to them?
How would you explain the love you have for Michael to his mother, the person that probably loves him the most in this world?
So again, how would you react to meeting Michael's family members and how would you explain to them the exact depth and intensity of your love for Michael? Sorry for the long length of this post! Thanks for reading!
I ask this because I feel like the word “fan” gets thrown around very loosely and easily and doesn't really describe the depth and intensity of our love for Michael.
For the sake of example, I know that with Justin Bieber and One Direction fans, the words “Belieber” and “Directioner” are synonymous with “hardcore fan” and are mainly used by dedicated fans only. As Michael's fans, we don't really have a term like that – some people call themselves “Moonwalkers”, but I don't think that ever really caught on. The words “Belieber” and “Directioner” are lone words with the power to convey the exact depth and intensity of love that hardcore fans have for Bieber and One Direction.
So as I was saying, we are very, very different from casual fans of Michael Jackson (those who generally admire Michael and his talent, but don't love him as strongly as we do). A lot of “casual fans” may go up to Michael's family and introduce themselves as “big/huge fans” of Michael. But how would you differentiate yourself from them? For example, while having a discussion with a friend, the topic of Michael somehow came up. At some point during the conversation, I mentioned how incompetent and careless Murray was with Michael's life. To this, my friend said, “Yeah, I'm a huge Michael Jackson fan too. Can you remind me how he died? I'm not really sure about what happened to him”. This again convinced me that terms like “big fan”, huge fan”, “hardcore fan”, etc. do not have much value and do not hold much meaning at all.
Also, if you ever met Michael's family members, how would the words you say to them change based on the situation you were in? Some examples:
Would you react differently with different family members (meeting Prince vs. meeting Paris vs. meeting Blanket OR meeting Jackie vs. meeting Jermaine, OR meeting Janet vs. meeting Rebbie OR meeting Jaafar vs. meeting Austin Brown)? And how would you be able to say EVERYTHING you want to say about how much Michael means to you if you only got to meet them in passing for 10 seconds on a crowded street filled with paparazzi and other onlookers?
How would your words change if you actually got to sit down with one of them (Prince, Paris, Blanket, Jermaine, Marlon, etc.) for 10 minutes?
How would your words change and the way you introduce yourself change if you met them as a group (Prince, Paris, and Blanket walking on the street with their cousins) vs. if you met them individually (just Prince, or just Paris, or just Blanket)?
How would your words change if you met them at a place they came to for personal enjoyment (at a restaurant, an amusement park, a mall, etc.) and probably would not want to be bothered by people coming up to them?
How would you explain the love you have for Michael to his mother, the person that probably loves him the most in this world?
So again, how would you react to meeting Michael's family members and how would you explain to them the exact depth and intensity of your love for Michael? Sorry for the long length of this post! Thanks for reading!