Meanings
plural MSTers
- slanglifestyleA person who parodies a fanfic by inserting satirical commentary.
Those guys were funny and a lot more decent than many MSTers I've read.
2006 December 31, Elizabeth Helena, “Re: NEW TNG All Wet [PG-13] (Marrissa Stories)”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet)2 more examples
If the MSTer never gets a responce^([sic]) then they shouldn't do it. It' s a matter of politness.^([sic])
1995 February 5, leahw...@delphi.com, “Re: MSTied fanfic (long)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)Most MSTers confine their "riffing" to original fan fiction rather than scripts from corporate-owned entertainment properties, which renders such twice-removed MSTing somewhat toothless: the cannibalizing parody of a patische.
2011, Michael Dean, “Frame work, resistance and co-optation: How Mystery Science Theater 3000 positions us both in and against hegemonic culture”, in In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000: Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology, and the Culture of Riffing, →ISBN, page 126
Origin
From MST (“to mock a work by inserting commentary”) + -er.
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