Interviews With Mcyt Fanfic Writers

10. AmythistStarr

This time, I interviewed a much smaller author Amythist!! They write Hermitcraft related fanfics including their most popular, Zombie Fungus. It takes place in Season 7 where an infection spreads and if they don't figure out how to to stop it, it'll consume everything.

...fun :)

Anyway, here is my interview with them!

Question 1: How'd you stumble across mcyt and start writing? I knew Hermitcraft existed a while ago(my brother watched Mumbo I think in an early season). I only started watching it mid 2020 when my friend forced me to watch Grian's s7 ep1. At that point I became hooked and binged the whole season up to the most recent part (I think around when Grumbot was built). IDK why my brain latched onto this SMP so much, but I'm glad it did, lol. I think I had read some stories before I started writing, but what got me into writing was when I randomly had the thought of "what if all the evil alters showed up at once?" (I still haven't started posting it, kinda just working on it when I think to.) From there I kept coming up with more ideas, cause I spend way too much time in my head, always have, and I just kept writing.

Question 2: Do you ever think of doing something else? Maybe writing original stories or maybe even stepping away from Wattpad and moving on with your life? Honestly, I've had very few original ideas, and they usually fade out of interest. I have one book idea I want to write someday, and I hope I can. I don't really plan on leaving Wattpad, though. I enjoy reading and writing on here, and I love interacting with everyone, and I just don't want to leave that.

Question 3: If you're comfortable with it, would you mind telling me a bit about your home life? Do you enjoy time with your family or is it hard? And do they know about your Wattpad life? heHE. It's something. It could be worse, but it also could be better. Only my parents and one sibling know I'm trans, an only that one sibling is supportive. And watching anything MCYT related becomes stressful when my mom enters the room, cause she thinks it's all mind-numbing. But I cope. I'm also getting better at not being scared (due to having to face those fears numerous times). Not to mention some family members hold some... pretty wack viewpoints on stuff. But, like I said, I cope.

Question 4: Do you share the fact that you're on Wattpad in your life, such as at school, or do you keep it under wraps? I don't usually tell people I'm on Wattpad, because them seeing my account is an instant outing (as I've learned from experience). My parents know, but kinda forgot (and I'm not gonna remind them, I don't want them stalking me). One of my siblings somehow knows I post my stuff online and I don't remember telling him??? The only people I willingly/knowingly told are a few of my close friends. One of them reads my stories, but on the google doc I write them on. Basically, I only tell people I trust to not make fun of me, and that already know I'm trans.

Question 5: Any plans for the future with your writing? Maybe any upcoming stories? I have like 3 full length story plans after Zombie Fungus. But I only want to really work on/post them once I finish that. There's another one set in s7(which I'll probably do first) and one that's more fantasy adventure sort of with lots of boats. There's also a Life Series story I'm planning, but it's not figured out enough to start, an I'd like fo rit to be after the Life Series is over. If that never happens, idk what to do, lol. (Not that I want it to end, of course.) I have a LOT of oneshots/a few short stories and I have no idea when or how they will be done, but some ideas to hopefully look forward to are a high school AU with HEX and a oneshot where Joe hunts cryptids.

Question 6: Are there any big mistakes that you regret in your life or anything you wish you can go back and change? Honestly, I don't think so. The worst experiences were bound to happen at some point, and I'm glad to have them out of the way now. And all the times I was scared or hurt all added up and make me a bit stronger each time. So even though sh*t has happened, I wouldn't be the same person without it. I'm certainly not GLAD those things happened, but I'm glad I was able to make something better out of them. If I could go back, it would be to tell people how they helped me in my journey, and how grateful I am, even if I can't remember their name.

Question 7: Are you facing any big struggles in your life right now? You don't have to share any specifics if you do not feel comfortable with it. Feeling trapped mostly. Like I can't express who I am or what I like in my own home. And people constantly trying to convince me I'm something I'm not.

Question 8: How do you find inspiration and ideas for your fanfic Zombie Fungus? Well, the idea originally came from seeing a YouTube comment at the time of the Turf War about how the HEP should have skins w/ flower crowns, and the resistance should have skins w/ mushrooms on them. It reminded me of the real life zombie fu Gus mushroom so I drew a picture of Grian with mushrooms coming from his head. That idea kinda erupted when I realized an infectious mushroom could make a really cool story. A lot of plot points and stuff came form listening to music and imagining animatics to it (the ending has been imagined and reimagined several times from this method). There's also a lot of projection, which. Really drives a lot of the emotion in my the majority of my stories. Inspiration to ACTUALLY write is difficult, but what mainly keeps me going with it is that there are chapters I really wanna get to and I want to actually finish something I can be proud of

Okay so for the next person I would want an artist on here!! Also that interview would come out in the next two weeks. I have tech week this week and need a break. I'll be busy, sorry.

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Also can I just say, wow I did not expect this thing to actually last this long. The second I posted the rules and first interview, in my head I went 'welp, this is going to be another thing to stress me out that will fail and burn and make me feel guilty about for months' and it actually hasn't.

WEIRD :/