MSTie

MSTie

"MSTie", rarely spelled "MiSTie", is a term for a fan of the show "Mystery Science Theater 3000". It is generally pronounced "misty".

It was coined by analogy to the term "Trekkie", however, unlike that term, it is almost never considered derogatory. MSTies wear the label as a badge of pride, and it gained Best Brains' seal of approval with the 1996 publication of the "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Amazing Colossal Episode Guide".

"MSTie" lead to the creation of the verb MSTing (or "misting") in the fanfiction community. MSTing is the practice of writing a meta-fic (a fanfiction about a fanfiction) in which the author's characters comment on a fic written by another. MSTie fics imitate the style of the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" programs: the commentators are usually three in number (sometimes they are "MST3K" characters), the fic opens with an introductory dialogue or situation which continues as a mini-plot during several "intermission" sequences (between blocks of the riffed fanfic), and comes to a conclusion at the end. MSTie fics are written in transcript format.


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