Born in Helsinki,
Eastern Sweden, to a mother and father who were poets and authors by profession, Fredrick Edrick has rather humble beginnings. He was given that rather
stupid "unique" name by his poet parents, who insisted that it rhymed. His uncles, aunts and grandparents fought against it, pointing out how Fredrick would be bullied in school and such, but they didn't listen.
And boy, did he get bullied at school.
Not only because of the name, but since he was getting bullied because of the name, Fredrick's social life went down the drain and he took solace in his studies, and so he got bullied for being a nerd too. High school was not a fun place to be when your name was Fredrick Edrick. However, Fredrick did manage to get through this horrible time by excelling in mathematical studies, and dropping Art and Music as soon as he had the chance. Fredrick won many awards in the subject, proving his worthiness his more respectful peers, and proving his geekiness to his less respectful peers.
High school was also when Fredrick developed his OCD, but the seed for the disorder to sprout was planted when he was much younger, after looking at one of his mother's shoddy replicas of Picasso's 'The Weeping Woman' and asking "Why doesn't the face line up properly?" His mother's reply was that "Art is just like that.". Fredrick didn't like that comment one bit. Why did art get to be like that, but his name couldn't? Art could be outlandish and non-repetitive, but his name had to be rhyming and easy to make fun of.
And even though one could say that Fredrick must like his name because it caused his repetitive and symmetrical nature, Fredrick would disagree, and say that the reason for the OCD is instead because he hated that comment his mother made about 'The Weeping Woman' and that he resents everything about it.
So yeah, instead of becoming liked, Fredrick became smart. But his ability to solve any mathematical problem in seconds didn't just rise from years of study. In fact, almost none of it did. For, you see, the ground upon Fredrick was born was once a site for ancient rituals, and the remnants of magic left over from those rituals easily penetrated the mind of a newborn, defenseless baby. Fredrick's father and heavily pregnant mother were out on a romantic trip one day when - GASP - His mother's water broke in the middle of nowhere. Rushing out of the car and onto the side of the road, where there was a small, pure water lake, Fredrick's mother proceeded to give a natural water birth to the boy.
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