Fragmented tales from the frontlines, starring or about Sergeant Reckless.
My tribute and gift to an oft unsung hero.
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NorrisThePony
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Good fic, yes? Best fic!
Ah, about time someone did something like this, very interesting! I look forward to seeing more of this.
yay!!! sergeant reckless!!
Very nice. Am happy.
This wasn't the direction I was expecting this fic to go, but it's a lot better than any way I thought it might
Good story, curious. More, yes?
Feel like Reckless would've been honored by this, which is kinda weird, considering
Taciturn sort isn't she? Makes sense, Reckless was never one for long speeches.
Truly this site needs more Reckless, cheers for delivering on that.
If anyone wants it, here's SGT Reckless's story.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Reckless
Alright. This one is definitely going to be watched to see where it goes.
When I first found out about Reckless I thought she was just a cute pony OC. And then I found out her history.
I was so impressed I had to give her a spot in my own story. Right down to her love for poker chips.
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To add to this: Norris is going to pay a lot of tribute to Reckless’ real-world counterpart, so the stories you’ll read here will definitely give you more than just a taste of what she was like, and why she’s the sergeant she is.
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Yeah. There's a reason the Human tag is there and why I chose a loose anthology format to tell this story. My aim is for this story to be both a respectful and informative tribute to Reckless and her friends
That was a good story goodluck with the rest of it.
MFW I remember that Sergeant Reckless’s given name in Korean was (depending on how it’s translated) “Sunny Morning.”
I’m loving this already. 11/10, moar please.
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‘Morning Flame’ is my favorite way to interpret it, for obvious reasons. But ‘Flame-of-the-Morning’ rocks, too.
Great read, I look forward to more. Her personality is really neat to behold~
I can’t think of anything good or funny to say, but please know that I am delighted to see this updated
Truly a pleasure to roll out of bed and see this updated!
Please, keep up the good work, Norri!
The good, the wise, the just.
Hauling beer, very important.
Ha! Yes, beer is a very important supply for soldiers! And with her carry capacity, she might be able to carry back a few kegs!
i quite enjoy this story
D'aw, I really like that Reckless is quietly sociable.
And I like her take on humans, too. Of course they all loved her, but each other... not always.
That was a good chapter.
She's been through too much. Equestria is good for her.
That was a good chapter.
I don’t know what it is that hits me so hard. There’s just something about this that makes me happy and sad at the same time and I can’t help but laugh at myself a little. Here I am reading a story a Horse who was dead for 27 years before I was even born and I’m just so happy the She gets to live a good life in Equestria. Huge props to your writing skills in that regard. I look forward to what you come up with next.
Is this referencing any particular incident? On the one hand, I can’t imagine Reckless’s marines tolerating “pranks” with firecrackers or what have you, but on the other, this has been exceptionally well researched and written thus far, and I have no reason to think that might have changed.
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No specific incident. That quote was inspired by a short couple of lines from Art Sickler, who was her handler from 1956 to 1958.
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Thank you. I think now I'm curious as to how they'd "tease" her (since, you know, these are marines), if only so I know whether or not I need to get defensive or upset over a War Horse that died when my now-retirement(ish)-age parents were toddlers.
For the last few lines of that quote: why would Reckless have particular trauma associated with having to be quite, instead of, say, the command for to be still so they could patch her up, or the one associated for when they used her to carry wounded GIs?
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Bombs, artillery fire, etc. Part of her training would have involved her having to know when to lay low and flat against the ground while they were being fired on. A big fucking horse in a battlefield is a dead give away for your position, so she was taught how to lie as low as possible and make as little sound as possible. Less of a target. It would happen even when they were safe in camp, so she had to be ready to hit the deck at any time.
After the war, it's really no surprise that the same verbal cues she'd been given in the heat of battle would take her right back to it. This chapter in particular was kinda meant to touch on that.
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Thank you for the answer, and, my apologies: I asked that question because what is reading comprehension, and misread the excerpt to mean that Sergeant Reckless got like that only after being told to be quiet, which struck me as odd. Her having that reaction to being told to lie down and be quiet, which she would've been while under fire (for the reasons you stated), is very much not puzzling to me.
Little surprised nobody was interested to study her at least a little. I mean, GIs getting "Battle Fatigue" is one thing, but a horse? Feel like there at least could have been something to learn there, least in the 50s and 60s.
Anyway, thank you very much for the answers!