for me, it's the fact that he was such a paradox of things, like I am. On the one hand, he was like a sweet, shy little boy which is a adorable and makes you want to hold him and hug him while he bares his soul...then on the other hand there was the sex god confident Michael he becameon stage that set my hair on end (Come Together is the sexiest video segment that I have ever seen in my life outside of p.o.r.n, lol.)
I'm the same way; You're just as likely to see me laughing and crying to "The Little Mermaid" and daydreaming as you are to find me in full glamour sexy mode with cleavage bared and wink ready.
I loved his gorgeous eyes and beautiful smile...I loved him during the BAD era and honestly most of my boyfriends were me trying to get someone who looked like him in the Speed Demon video. (failed miserably, lol, there is no other MICHAEL)
I liked the dancing, the singing, the HUGE charitable heart, the ambition....but I also wanted to just wrap him in my arms because he seemed so sad and surrounded by the wrong people...and his dad scarred that poor boy for life; I was always so sad that someone so GORGEOUS could end up pretty much disfiguring himself. I loved him because I wanted to heal him someway, make him see how beautiful and wonderful he is. Typical woman right, always wanting to heal the world and change a man? lol.
In a world of supreme jerks, it was refreshing to know OF a guy who it seemed like you could talk to who would listen, who was sensitive and artistic, who was GORGEOUS yet humble (most gorgeous guys are jerks who know it, right? ugh), who you could date/take home to parents and they would love him and YET take home to bed and he'd be a beast, lol. There was just something very charismatic about him and the fact that he was multifaceted made at least ONE part of him completely attractive to someone.