Ok, I checked to see if this one was made or not, but I guess it hasn’t (although I’m sure someone will tell me I’m wrong).
So, have you ever gone on a date/met a romantic partner/fell in love with someone because of MST3K/Rifftrax event or because they were a fan?
Before we started going out, my partner and I went to see the Rifftrax Live event for Space Mutiny (Which happened on my birthday no less), it was her first real introduction to riffing. At some point, her and I are gonna watch some MST3K when we have time to really sit down.
I know lots of people have. Many of them because of the MSTie singles group on FB. Members of that group also do watch along and games on twitch and stuff
I at least had the sense enough one time to recognize this red flag. When I inquired about if the potential love interest heard of/liked MST3K he didn’t know what I was talking about. I was like ‘ok, ok, it’s ok, I’ll just introduce him to it and he’ll be absolutely amazed and wonder where this has been all his life’. But then he added that he didn’t think the Simpson’s were funny. “You mean the Simpson’s after season 8?” “No, I never liked it” We’re done here…
Big no. I once went on a date with a woman who told me she had no sense of humor and didn’t enjoy funny things. At first, I thought surely this is some sort of meta-level joke - but nope it wasn’t.
I live in hope, but most of the time when I show people an MST3K episode they either find it annoying or don’t get it . . .which is peculiar, as they don’t mind riffing on a bad movie with me.
Ep. 503, if you haven’t seen it. The letter at the end is this very story. It’s particularly cool because it seems much of the episode is built around the letter.
My wife and I hadn’t been to a live event together until a few years into our relationship (Rifftrax Live for Star Ship Troopers), but damn if I didn’t know I should keep her when she would verbally snark at B-movie grade scifi/horror/anime with me. We’ve had to pause movies because we’ve cracked each other up so hard because of some riff between the two of us.
If someone couldn’t at least “get” why MST3K is great and a part of my life, that would be a deal breaker, but I’ve not met someone because of MST3K. Which is maybe a mixed blessing? My significant other gets it, and has enjoyed some episodes with me on occasion, but she’s not bonkers over it like I am.
And I guess that’s okay. It makes the time spent here with my extended family of MSTies all the more special.