1995 February 4, Roberta Chi-Woon Kwong, “Re: MSTied fanfic (long)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[1] (Usenet):
The intent may not have been deliberately malicious; but it was negligent and in bad taste not to ask the author's permission first, which in no way precludes the MSTing from being hurtful.
1998 July 27, Coolcat350, “Re: HUMOR: The REVISED X Files Fanfic Drinking Game”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[2] (Usenet):
Actually, I read a MSTing that had Servo saying that...
1998 September 26, Maureen S. O'Brien, “Re: What is Fair Use?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[3] (Usenet):
So. If a MSTing is mean-spirited, don't feed the energy creature. If a MSTing is not (or even if is), it's all publicity. And if the MSTing isn't funny -- MST the MSTing and make it so!
2003 April 4, Andrew Mitchell, “Delurking”, in alt.fan.harry-potter[4] (Usenet):
I love all the discussions and especially enjoy reading MSTings of fan fiction.
2003 April 4, OnsenMark, “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter[5] (Usenet):
It depends. A lot of MiSTings are quite funny, and the vast majority of them are done with the consent of the author; although, authors have been known to get mad at those who riff their work at one time or another(David Gonterman comes to mind).
2003 August 13, Fish Eye no Miko, “Re: Hermione in COS”, in alt.fan.harry-potter[6] (Usenet):
I once did a MSTing of the Power Rangers movie script, and there are MAJOR differences between it and what we see on screen.
2003 September 10, Petrea Mitchell, “Re: Fan fics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter[7] (Usenet):
Go to [URL redacted] and read a few of the MSTings with high ratings or awards to get an idea of how.
2004 March 29, Freezer, “Re: ATTN: Fish Eyes No Miko”, in alt.fan.harry-potter[8] (Usenet):
MSTings are essentially the fan fiction of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Instead of bad movies, the characters make fun of really dumb internet posts or really dreadful fan-fiction.
2005, Ashish Pandey, Academic Dictionary Of Fiction, →ISBN, page 202:
A MSTing that gets its material from something that someone got paid for—movie script, TV show, published book or poem, etc.
Noun: "(uncountable, fandom slang) the process of creating fanfics in this manner"[edit]
2007, Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire, →ISBN, page 43:
We learn this from looking at which authors are the most popular and which stories are most commonly chosen for ridicule, either through flaming or through “MSTing.”
2011, Michael Dean, "Frame work, resistance and co-optation: How Mystery Science Theater 3000 positions us both in and against hegemonic culture", In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000: Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology, and the Culture of Riffing, →ISBN, page 126:
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, Ron Hale-Evans, Marty Hale-Evans, Mindhacker: 60 Tips, Tricks, and Games to Take Your Mind to the Next Level, →ISBN: