History YMMV / Charite

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Did Behring cheat Ehrlich out of his fair share of recognition and money for his contribution to the diphtheria serum just to tend to his fragile ego, or was it the money he wanted, not the fame, to offer the woman he loved the chance to study and build a life for them?
* JerkassWoobie: Emil Behring suffers from psychological issues that are not recognized in his time and age beyond being called "periodic insanity" and people avoiding him and belittling his work, and he tries so hard to deal with it, do a good job anyway, and build a life for himself and the woman he loves. That doesn't change that he's giving the children of rich people precedence over poor proletarian kids when it comes to treating diseases, is constantly rude to everyone around him, and has betrayed his colleague so he'd be the only one who gets famed for the diphtheria serum.

* ShipToShipCombat: Ida/Tischendorf vs Ida/Behring, although the former [[AbandonShipping quickly lost steam]] when Tischendorf revealed [[spoiler:his sexist attitude about Ida's wish to study being merely "a female whim", and that he's quickly becoming a raging anti-Semite]]. Ida/Therese is even more popular, although it didn't stand much of a chance in-series.
* TheWoobie: Therese just can't seem to catch a break. First she falls in love with someone she doesn't stand a chance with, seeing as her orientation would only get her in trouble in her time and age, then it throws her down a spiral of religiously motivated {{Gayngst}}, then [[spoiler:she gets tuberculosis and already thinks God has sent it to punish her, and when there seems to be a chance of saving, the Tuberculin turns out to be ineffective, and she dies a slow death]].

* LesYay: Ida/Therese, obviously, but Ida also has a moment with Hedwig, pulling away her face veil and caressing her cheek to wipe away a tear.
* ShipToShipCombat: Ida/Tischendorf vs Ida/Behring, although the former [[AbandonShipping quickly lost steam]] when Tischendorf revealed [[spoiler:his sexist attitude about Ida's wish to study being merely "a female whim", and that he's quickly becoming a raging anti-Semite.]] Ida/Therese is even more popular, although it didn't stand much of a chance in-series.
* UnfortunateImplications: Ida's wish to be "more than a nurse"; it's okay for her to want to be a doctor, but her poor phrasing makes it come across as if she's disregarding the nurses' hard work and their medical knowledge. Somewhat toned down because she's actually called out on that attitude in-universe.
* {{Woobie}}: Therese just can't seem to catch a break. First she falls in love with someone she doesn't stand a chance with, seeing as her orientation would only get her in trouble in her time and age, then it throws her down a spiral of religiously motivated {{Gayngst}}, then [[spoiler:she gets tuberculosis and already thinks God has sent it to punish her, and when there seems to be a chance of saving, the Tuberculin turns out to be ineffective, and she dies a slow death.]]

* {{Woobie}}: Therese just can't seem to catch a breath. First she falls in love with someone she doesn't stand a chance with, seeing as her orientation would only get her in trouble in her time and age, then it throws her down a spiral of religiously motivated {{Gayngst}}, then [[spoiler:she gets tuberculosis and already thinks God has sent it to punish her, and when there seems to be a chance of saving, the Tuberculin turns out to be ineffective, and she dies a slow death.]]

* JerkassWoobie: Emil Behring suffers from psychological issues that are not recognized in his time and age beyond being called "periodic insanity" and people avoiding him and belittling his work, and he tries so hard to deal with it, do a good job anyway, and build a life for himself and the woman he loves. That doesn't change that he's giving the children of rich people precedence over poor proletarian kids when it comes to treating diseases, is constantly rude to everyone around him, and has betrayed his colleague so he he'd be the only one who gets famed for the diphtheria serum.

* JerkassWoobie: Emil Behring suffers from psychological issues that are not recognized in his time and age beyond being called "periodic insanity" and people avoiding him and belittling his work, and he tries so hard to deal with it, do a good job anyway, and build a life for himself and the woman he loves. That doesn't change that he's giving the children of rich people precedence over poor proletarian kids when it comes to treating diseases, is constantly rude to everyone around him, and has betrayed his colleague she he'd be the only one who gets famed for the diphtheria serum.

* UnfortunateImplications: Ida's wish to be "more than a nurse"; it's okay for her to want to be a doctor, but her poor phrasing makes it come across as if she's disregarding the nurses' hard work and their medical knowledge. Somewhat toned down because she's actually called out on that attitude in-series.

* JerkassWoobie: Emil Behring suffers from psychological issues that are not recognized in his time and age beyond being called "periodic insanity" and people avoiding him and belittling his work, and he tries so hard to deal with it, do a good job anyway, and build a life for himself and the woman he loves. That doesn't change that he's giving the children of rich people precedence over poor proletarian kids when it comes to treating diseases, is constantly rude to everyone around him, and has betrayed his colleague to be the only one who gets famed for the diphtheria serum.

* ShipToShipCombat: Ida/Tischendorf vs Ida/Behring, although the former [[AbandonShipping quickly lost steam]] when Tischendorf revealed [[spoiler:his sexist attitude about Ida's wish to study being merely "a female whim", and that he's quickly becoming a raging anti-Semite.]] Ida/Therese is rather popular, too, although it didn't stand much of a chance in-series.

* JerkassWoobie: Emil Behring suffers from psychological issues that are not recognized in his time and age beyond being called "periodic insanity" and people avoiding him and discrediting his work, and he tries so hard to deal with it and build a life for himself and the woman he loves. That doesn't change that he's giving the children of rich people precedence over poor proletarian kids when it comes to treating diseases, is constantly rude to everyone around him, and has betrayed his colleague to be the only one who gets famed for the diphtheria serum.

* ShipToShipCombat: Ida/Tischendorf vs Ida/Behring, although the former [[AbandonShipping quickly lost steam]] when Tischendorf revealed [[spoiler:his sexist attitude about Ida's wish to study being merely "a female whim", and that he's quickly becoming a raging anti-Semite.]]

** Also Rajani.

* {{Woobie}}: Therese just can't seem to catch a breath. First she falls in love with someone she doesn't stand a chance with, seeing as her orientation would only get her in trouble in her time and age, then it throws her down a spiral of religiously motivated {{Gayngst}}, then [[spoiler:she gets tuberculosis and already thinks God has sent it to punish her, and when there seems to be a chance of saving, the Tuberculin turns out to be ineffective, and she dies a slow death.]]

* JerkassWoobie: Emil Behring suffers from psychological issues that are not recognized in his time and age beyond being called "periodic insanity" and people avoiding him and discrediting his work, and he tries so hard to deal with it and build a life for himself and the woman he loves. That doesn't change that he's giving the children of rich people precedence over poor proletarian kids when it comes to treating illnesses, is constantly rude to everyone around him, and has betrayed his colleague to be the only one who gets famed for the diphtheria serum.

* ShipToShipCombat: Ida/Tischendorf vs Ida/Behring, although the former [[AbandonShipping quickly lost steam]] when Tischendorf revealed [[spoiler:his sexist attitude about Ida's wish to study being merely "a female whim".]]

* UnfortunateImplications: Ida's wish to be "more than a nurse"; it's okay for her to want to be a doctor, but her poor phrasing makes it come across as if she's disregarding the nurses' hard work and their medical knowledge.