MSTing
MSTing /ˌɛmˌɛsˈtiː.ɪŋ/ or MiSTing /ˈmɪstɪŋ/ is a method of mocking a show in the style of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and, in particular, is a form of fan fiction in which writers mock other works by inserting humorous comments, called "riffs", into the flow of dialogue and events.
Style
In MSTing, the author picks a badly written piece of text—usually a Usenet post, web page, or some other source such as a rant, spam or fan fiction—and inserts mocking comments from fictional readers of the text, essentially writing a script as if the MSTing were a movie. While "standard" MSTings attribute these comments to the three main characters of the MST3K cast, others might use characters - usually (though not always) from the universe of the story being mocked. Often a prologue, epilogue, and intermissions are added in which the characters discuss a topic on the same theme as the original text, although intermission segments are usually dropped if the original work is short. Over time, the term MST has also been used to describe general fan fiction mockeries, without the use of the MST3K character-based joke format.
Podcasts:
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by Nada Surf
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by Five For Fighting
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by Mike Mcclure
Mustang
by: Nada SurfThis is not a lie, there's no double-side If the world you wish for is in my mind But we destroy the sky by doing what we like The moon's gonna watch the world go
Barely there and white, can't hold it in my eye Still It's all I think about and all the time A promise is forever but forever doesn't know Even that will fade and then go ※1 Sheets come down, they fall by chance They drop but they don't complain They got to float and now they have to rain
Who are you today? Galileo Galilei? Do you live in a world that nobody can paint No matter who was right, no matter what you know The moon's gonna see the world go
This is not a lie, there's no other side Sometimes when we joke about it doesn't feel right I stuck to promise hardly anyone has made It's the only thing that's saving my pride
Sheets come down, they fall by chance They drop but they don't complain They got to float and now they have to rain
Sheets come down, they fall by chance They drop but they don't complain They got to float and now they have to rain
Oh oh I lost something and I know I know it'll swallow me whole Like a shell that's swept away Stolen by the waves
Oh oh I lost something and I know I know it'll swallow me whole Like a shell that's swept away Stolen by the waves
Barely there and white, can't hold it in my eye Still it's all I think about and all the time A promise is forever but forever doesn't know Even that will fade and then go
You are so bright, you filled my mind Like a vision in a frame I'm about to lose that too 'Cause your picture's faint
Sheets come down, they fall by chance They drop but they don't complain They got to float and now they have to rain
Oh oh I lost something and I know I know it'll swallow me whole Like a shell that's swept away Stolen by the waves