Broken ice still melts in the sand
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Broken ice still melts in the sand by Lord_potato
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
22 Sep 2025
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After an assignment, Kukui sets for homework, a week or so after Ash moves to Aloha, he realises a troubling reality - Ash struggles to spell, is borderline illiterate, and is lacking in six years of education he should have received. This is troubling for Kukui, so he plans to fix it with Ash with some extra lessons.
Or, an exploration of the effects of leaving home at 10 years old has on a child. In which leaving home at 10, with no support means that learning and education become less of a priority when you are trying to survive on the roads at age 10, with other children and teenagers.
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- Part 1 of Broken ice still melts in the sand
- Part 2 of Pokemon
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Ash doesn't know how to do basic life skills, like using an oven mitt, and Kukui teaches him.
or, an exploration of the effect of leaving home as a ten-year-old and missing crucial developmental and educatioonal milestones has on a child.
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- Part 1 of Pokemon
- Part 10 of Whumptober 2025
- Part 2 of Broken ice still melts in the sand
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Tomorrow, today, and yesterday by Lord_potato
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
29 Sep 2025
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When Kukui realises that Ash is having nightmares, he needs to do something. After bonding and talking, Ash agrees to go to therapy, but that doesn't fix all of Ash's problems, and healing is a journey.
Or, an exploration about the effects that leaving home at 10 years old and getting no real support has on a child, and maybe the real friends are the nightmares you get cursed with along the way.
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- Part 3 of Pokemon
- Part 3 of Broken ice still melts in the sand
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In which Ash sews, and the aloha gang watches.
Or, when you leave home at 10, with limited financial support, sewing clothes is more important than you think, especially when money goes towards food or shelter.
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- Part 4 of Pokemon
- Part 4 of Broken ice still melts in the sand
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When I'm bent over, wishin' it was over (makin' all variety of vows I'll never keep) by Lord_potato
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
14 Jan 2026
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When Ash starts drinking during his time with Kukui, he doesn't think about it, and he doesn't see the signs that this is a problem bigger than either of them are willing to admit.
Or, an exploration about how when kids leave home at 10 years old and are left unsupervised, they'll drink, and how sometimes it's easier to deal with life if you're drunk, and sometimes it's easier not to acknowledge the fact you're slowly turning into a functional alcoholic.
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- Part 5 of Broken ice still melts in the sand
- Part 5 of Pokemon