Reviews for Ursus Arctos
Smiling Seshat chapter 1 . 12/21/2015
Nicely written!
Loopy777 chapter 5 . 11/11/2015
Wow. It isn't often that prose makes me imagine music, but during the Fetusbending scene, where you describe Park's blurred POV, I got General Grevious' theme from the 2003 Clone Wars cartoon in my head. (You can search youtube for "REMAKE - Clone Wars (2003) Soundtrack: Grievous Introduction" for a synthesized reproduction.) Horror surgery was clearly in the cards with this story, but as gruesome as it was, it makes a logical sense. Bosco doesn't have Frankenstein stitches, and seems to be well-adjusted enough that he wasn't subjected to anything that would have been agonizing for him. Nice that you left both the actual 'stitching' and the resultant 'production stages' to the reader's imagination, though. Few writers would have been able to describe something that lives up to the implications in the rest of the scene, and it definitely would have pushed the rating beyond what this site allows.

Your choice of implications- if exploding bears could be called implications- were suitably messy considering everything that's been built up in the story thus far, but I like that it wasn't just a gore fest, it was a key character moment for Sun. She's fully revealed as a kind of monster, but she truly does command power and was able to make a cute bear that we all enjoyed in the cartoon. That, more than anything, is kind of horrifying. It makes you think about all the stuff around us that's the work of monsters with monstrous methods.

Park's perception of Sun was rather interesting, seeing her full majesty in both good and bad lights. It was a nice follow up to how he was the one to bow before her and offer her respect in the previous chapter. And it's good to see that even with the horror, though, the humor stays intact. Park and Kim continue to be good clowns, and you have a nice touch for adding in those little comedic moments at the right points.

And next up, full on Frankenstein homage with Kim providing a connection to a Lightning-bender? If Sun doesn't shout, "It's alive," it has to be for an even better line. ;)
megamegaturtle chapter 4 . 3/3/2015
Can I say I love all the characters and this story? It is so twisted but so funny! I love it. It's such a maddening tale but glorious.
Avatar Vyakara chapter 3 . 1/1/2015
YOU write this! And much more! Thank you, Djinni, you have given me my wish. And your abilities have, if anything, only grown with time. Keep going, friend! On into the new year!
Obvious Ghost chapter 2 . 1/8/2014
Three things really stuck out to me about this. First, you're taking a sorta-queasy topic and making it funny, which is awesome. Second, the dialogue is brilliant. Finally, your sense of pacing and timing makes this just plain fun to read. Stuff like:

"Problems ensued."

Short sentences, long paragraphs, combinations of the two- you get it. I know that's not an easy thing to practice, let alone be good at, but you absolutely have it. And you have a really great story going here.
Lolcano chapter 1 . 11/27/2013
Haha, it's brilliant! XD XD A fitting origin story for Bosco.
Carrot-Bunny chapter 1 . 11/25/2013
Yikes. The woman's dead scary - and you're dead genius! Thanks for writing this! :)