Whomever is simple a lover of Avatar: the Last Airbdender who has grown tired of all the bad ATLA fanfiction. And after much conspiring with Booter-Freak, Avatard: the Last MiSTer was created! If you'd like to contact me, take a look at the Contact page.
And in need of an honorable mention is the fabulous Booter-Freak. She doesn't own the site, but had she never told Whomever about MiSTing, this site wouldn't've been thought up. And as well as doing most of the MiSTing on the site, Booter has made most of the graphics and pages.
What is a MiST?
MiST (aka MST and MST3K), stands for Mystery Science Theater 3000, a show that used to mock terrible movies by having a group of comedians make quips/jokes about it while it played. Sorta like the guys who sit in the back of the movie theater. We do the same thing, only we mock bad fics by interjecting our own commentary.
As for why we use "MiST" over the other two, this site was based off of The List, which uses "MiST", and so it became the default.
Isn't that kinda like flaming?
Yes and no. Yes in that it's not helpful to the writer, and mostly is there to make fun of the fic. No in that it's all meant to be in good humor. Just joking around. We're not here to earnestly hurt anyone-this is all done in good humor. Unfortunately, not everyone takes it that way.
Although, unlike flamers, we have sections on the site for helping writers improved.
YOU GUYS SUCK!!1 HOW DARE YOU INSINUATE THAT MY/MY FRIEND'S FIC IS NOT AKIN TO SLURPING THE SWEET ELIXIR OF LIFE FROM GOD'S MIGHTY, RIGID SHAFT!!!11 *$%# YOU!!!!oneone.
I'm sorry you feel that way. But, please realize: Not everyone will like you/your friend's fics. If you are too much of an immature wuss that you can't handle your fic being made fun of, then you have no business posting your fic on public domain, where it can be seen by all.
You guys are complete bastards. You might not realize it, but your MiSTings hurt authors. Do you know how painful it is to see your fic being made into a laughing stock?
As we said before, if you can't take the heat, don't post your fic. Look, in the real world, authors face rejection and ridicule ALL THE TIME. Really, you can't expect to post your fics on the internet, where it can be seen by everyone, and actually *expect* them ALL to be showered in praise. Especially if what you wrote was crap. Blow your nose and get over it.
But these writers AREN'T "real authors"! They're just kids trying to express themselves! Do you want ficcers to stop writing?
WE'RE just kids expressing ourselves too! And anyone who stops writing just because a bunch of nerds with too much time on their hands had fun with their fic should have never started writing in the first place. Get over it.
I still think you guys are total assholes.
Great. You're entitled to feel that way. It's a free domain. Just keep in mind we're entitled to the option of mocking you and posting it for the world to see.
You guys are awesome! I love your MiSTs. Can I contribute my own MiST?
ABSOLUTELY. The more the merrier. Just send it to our address.
Do I have to html/code my own MiST?
When you send it in to me, yes, it has to be coded. If you don't know how to, then you're in luck. I've written a guide to coding which shows all the basics for what's needed in the code. And because of which, if your MiST isn't coded, you will be sent an email kindly requesting that you do so, or else I won't post your MiST.
Hey! How come you turned down [Story B] by Author X when you already had their [Story A] up in the DNS section?
The point of linking to the author's homepage in the DNS section is so that readers can check out the author's other works. Linking to multiple stories by one author would clutter up the section, and possibly annoy the author because of all the emails they would get.
