History YMMV / ARoyalAffair

* TearJerker:
** When Caroline reveals she's pregnant with Struensee's child, they both realize they will have to persuade Christian to sleep with Caroline to pass the child off as his. Struensee is extremely reluctant but Caroline stoically insists its the only way, even though she is also repulsed by the idea. Afterwards, Struensee comes to see Caroline, who is sitting on the bed with a ThousandYardStare and refuses to look at him. She tells him not to come near her because she stinks of Christian and that they must avoid each until the baby is born so as not to arouse suspicion. Struensee clearly wants to comfort her but is unable to do anything, while Caroline is visibly filled with disgust and shame. Overall, the whole situation is horrible for everyone.
** The scene following the birth of Caroline's daughter. She and Struensee have an emotional moment, where Caroline tearfully tells him [[spoiler: "Now we are a family"]]. It's incredibly bittersweet, because, [[TragicDream due to the circumstances, they can never truly be]] [[spoiler: a family]].
** [[spoiler: Struensee's]] execution and [[spoiler: Caroline's]] reaction to it.

* JerkassWoobie: Christian. It's strongly implied he's got mental health issues which are misunderstood and not treated properly. Struensee is the only one who truly believes in him and helps him (and even he manipulates him to an extent, though his motives are benevolent). Everyone else writes Christian off and takes advantage of his mental state. Christian [[spoiler: finds out his wife is having an affair with his best and only real friend, but actually agrees to keep it secret, forgiving them]]. When Struensee is arrested, Christian attempts to have him released, not wanting to lose his friend, but [[spoiler: the council got ahead with the execution anyway]]. Christian actually seems a halfway decent guy when he's hanging out with Struensee and it's implied that the way other people have treated him, not addressing his mental illness and indulging him, hasn't helped him in the slightest.

* JerkassWoobie: Christian. It's strongly implied he's got mental health issues which are misunderstood and not treated properly. Struensee is the only one who truly believes in him and helps him (and even he manipulates him to an extent, though his motives are benevolent). Everyone else writes Christian off and takes advantage of his mental state. Christian [[spoiler: finds out his wife is having an affair with best and only real friend, but actually agrees to keep it secret, forgiving them]]. When Struensee is arrested, Christian attempts to have him released, not wanting to lose his friend, but [[spoiler: the council got ahead with the execution anyway]]. Christian actually seems a halfway decent guy when he's hanging out with Struensee and it's implied that the way other people have treated him, not addressing his mental illness and indulging him, hasn't helped him in the slightest.

* JerkassWoobie: Christian.

** The scene following the birth of Caroline's daughter. She and Struensee have an emotional moment, where Caroline tearfully tells him [[spoiler: "Now we are a family"]]. It's incredibly bittersweet, because, [[TragicDream due to the circumstances, they can never truly be]] [[spoiler: a family]].

* JerkassWoobie: Christian

** The scene following the birth of Caroline's daughter. She and Struensee have an emotional moment, where Caroline tearfully tells him [[spoiler: "Now we are a family"]]. It's incredibly bittersweet, because, [[TragicDream due to the circumstances, they can never truly be [[spoiler: a family]].]]

** The scene following the birth of Caroline's daughter. She and Struensee have an emotional moment, where Caroline tearfully tells him [[spoiler: "Now we are a family"]]. It's incredibly bittersweet, because, [[TragicDream due to the circumstances, they can never truly be [[spoiler: a family]]]].

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