Warning for cultural ignorance.
Fritz Johann Kaiser (34) was Claire’s therapist and still does therapy, having done so for five years. He’s NYC-based but born in Liechtenstein and moved six years ago. Prior to doing therapy, he was a preschool teacher the first year he lived in America. He only did this for one year, not because he didn’t like the kids, but because he didn’t like some of the rude parents. One mother accused Fritz of “letting his daughter have more time on the playground than her daughter”. Fritz said this wasn’t possible, every student goes on the playground and leaves the playground at the same time and showed the mother what the daily schedule was. He also added that he doesn’t have any children so he doesn’t know what she’s talking about. She pointed to him a then 4-year-old Arwen and said, “Don’t say she’s not your daughter. You both are dirty blondes with blue eyes and even have the same slightly-pointed chin. You’re in denial.” Fritz said, “I’ve truly never seen her prior to this year. I was in Liechtenstein 4 years ago.“ the mother angrily took her daughter out of Fritz’s class, not because she thought he was a deadbeat dad but because she refused to have someone not born in America teach her children.
Despite people being ignorant towards him, he knows other people have it worse and he’s helped out them as well. He applauded Claire for her hard work in school but believes she mentally forced herself to overwork. He believes that her parents had been hard on Claire and her siblings for different reasons but knows the hierarchy that her parents used is toxic and counterproductive. Fritz is one who doesn’t talk as much as he listens and he is liked by people because he will let people talk without interrupting or judging. While Fritz has discussed several serious topics and has helped manage how people have dealt with this, he still converses with them casually about how their day is or what they’re into, talking to them like people and not just clients. Outside therapy, he’s an avid reader and writer. He adores coffee and loves pumpkin spice more than he’ll ever admit to anyone. He is a nerd for Mario Kart and his fave track in every version is always Bowser Castle, his least fave item is the blue shell, and he always plays as Toad. Whenever his sister is around, they play together and she loves Rainbow Road best, mains as Yoshi, and she jokingly loves the blue shell. Fritz‘s younger sister doesn’t live in New York though, she lives across the country in Los Angeles and is ironically the female friend of Claire’s older brother.
Arwen was created by @kitkatcookie.