brightbriar
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Never Far Away (Prologue) by brightbriar
Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)
21 Sep 2025
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A fifteen year old girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders lies in the dark.
The smooth surface of the Millennium Puzzle refracts the light, turning it golden, as it sits unassumingly on the clean linen next to her.
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- Part 1 of Not Guilty 2025 One-Shot Revival Tour
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,132
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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Bas les Masques pour un Soir by zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, HOTGUY COMICS Zinethology
04 Sep 2024
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Cuteguy and Hotguy have agreed to keep their identities from each other, in order to keep them both safe. After all, it’s not like they’d ever meet as civilians in a city as big as Hermitopia, right? Nah, that wouldn’t ever happen.
On a completely unrelated note, there’s something about this guy who calls himself “Scar Goodtimes” that’s familiar to Grian in a way he can’t quite put his finger on.
Written for the Hotguy Comics Zine!
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- Part 8 of desert duo short fics
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running around in circles, finding my way home by zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP
26 Feb 2024
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In the wake of the worst Valentine's Day Date(?) Cuteguy has ever been on, he stumbles across a familiar face.
Written for a zine application, set within/inspired by Doody and Maruu's DDVAU!
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- Part 7 of desert duo short fics
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the moon will set by zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
26 Nov 2023
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grian returns to hermitcraft after 3rd Life and is comforted by the soft embrace of home
For the Hermitcraft Fanzine #8!
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- Part 3 of desert duo short fics
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silly euphoric glowing thing by zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
Fandoms: 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
14 Oct 2023
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Grian is panicking, and panic is familiar.
Written for the 2023 Trafficzine! Based on Grian's quad TNT minecart kill.
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- Part 5 of desert duo short fics
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Not Guilty 2025 One-Shot Revival Tour by brightbriar
Fandom Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)
21 Sep 2025
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Fics set in the New And Improved (revised) timeline for my old yugioh longfic, Not Guilty! More to come for sure <3
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- 1,132
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desert duo short fics by brightbriar, zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
Fandom 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Hermitcraft SMP, HOTGUY COMICS Zinethology
04 Sep 2024
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I'm gonna write more one-shots!! Eventually!! Sometimes connected to each other, sometimes not.
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- 30,356
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- 9
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- 63
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the scarian wingfic duology by zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
Fandom 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Hermitcraft SMP
17 Mar 2023
- Words:
- 14,571
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- 2
- Bookmarks:
- 16
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Scar walks over to The Swaggon, pushing the covers up and revealing the various watches displayed both neatly and haphazardly in little containers and shelves. They glimmer and shine, reflecting the sunlight and each other—a fantastical treasure trove.
“Why don't you have a good time? On the house!” Scar winks, “family discount.”
Jimmy gulps. Right. Good times.
He was informed of this. Back when Grian first told them of the mysterious man he met on the side of the beach. The man who also happens to possess these magical powers that can somehow transport you into one of your happy memories—a good time.
Grian has recounted the experience so vividly, explaining how, yes, he really did get to see his memories again like it originally was, and no, Scar is not a hypnosis artist. He asked.
Even though Grian had explained it to him over and over again, Jimmy was still skeptical.
It just sounded too crazy.
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Collection of encounters with different people as Grian and Scar travel around to sell good times, direct sequel to 'We'll Prescribe You a Good TIme'
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- Part 2 of We'll Prescribe You a Good TIme
Bookmarked by zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
23 May 2026
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“Scar.”
“Yes?”
“They're all watches.”
Indeed, inside The Swaggon are lines and lines of different kinds of watches.
There are aviators, luxury, smart, and even pocket ones. All of every color and design, from expensive to cheap, from antique to modern.
They're organized in a way that has no rhyme or reason, arranged like people in a crowd, with their own stories and characters that mixed beautifully in ungrouped chaos. A cheap children's watch with a popular cartoon character printed crudely on its plastic strap sits snugly next to a luxury one in stainless steel, both of them having the same value in the haphazard tidiness Scar has created.
The oddest thing, however, is the fact that none of these clocks are ticking.
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Magical realism scarian yaoi with a sprinkle of Japanese cat lit genre. They visit happy memories and make even more happy memories along the way.
(spoilers: not every time is a good time)Series
- Part 1 of We'll Prescribe You a Good TIme
Bookmarked by zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
23 May 2026
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Midnight Strangers by Mitos (SeriouslyCalamitous)
Fandoms: Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series, Hermitcraft SMP
20 May 2026
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The man hovering over him leaned back, releasing Grian completely. Cold night air rushed in to fill the void.
“I guess it’s out in the open now,” the stranger hummed. “Shame. I wanted to avoid this.”
With the additional glow occupying the space between them, Grian was finally able to catch features that were lost in the prior darkness. His curiosity outweighed all else, and he drank them in greedily. As soon as he saw who sat across from him, alarms blared in his mind.
This man wasn’t a civilian, wasn’t even a hero.
“Hello, Doctor,” the villain mused. “You were quite the help today.”
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Grian is a vet. After a chance encounter in the dead of night, during which he accidentally saves a villain from the brink of death, he suddenly finds himself entangled in a world beyond anything he could've ever imagined.
- Language:
- English
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- 284,119
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Bookmarked by zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
21 Jul 2025
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Bookmarked by zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
27 Apr 2025
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Mumbo and Scar try to make amends. Despite everything, it goes better than expected.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,862
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 6
- Kudos:
- 64
- Bookmarks:
- 4
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- 551
Bookmarked by zipzapzooooooom (brightbriar)
03 Jan 2024