On 9/24/97 11:24 AM, Douglas Helm at dhelm@log.on.ca wrote:

As one of the larger repositories for this kind of C&C, and a writer of a 
fair amount of it myself... well, honestly, this is one of the biggest 
reasons why I *don't* like calling them MST's. I admit, I'm a softie; 
I've only reviewed fics I generally enjoyed, and would have a hard time 
reviewing one I hated (would have trouble even finishing it, for one 
thing ^_^). I simply don't like venom, and write mine in a spirit of fun. 
Most of the reviews I've collected on my page are in the same spirit; I 
can think of only one or two exceptions off the top of my head, out of 
110+ reviews. 

See I've only just started seeing the "good" MST stuff. My general
expeirence in the past was that MSTing a fic menat it was bad. However that
sitll doesn't exuce my knee jerk reaction. MST got me to read "Bitter End"
and after reading my own review (sheepish grin) it actually provided some
interesting possibilities.

It can, can't it? :)

If you want to see more of the 'fun' MST's, check out the Fun Fanfic 
Critiques page, <http://www.tfs.net/~tbutler/FFC/>; I'll hopefully get 
Sean's review up later tonight.



Travis Butler
(The Professor, formerly of Myth and Magick!, Lawrence, KS;
 tbutler@tfs.net, now from the Wandering Powerbook;
 <http://www.tfs.net/personal/tbutler/>;
 Mac page <http://www.tfs.net/business/tbutler/>)

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