Basically, if you always perform criticism using 'agency' as your primary framework you're going to have issues with Zero because it presupposes their situation. Sans Saber, the question is how they identify - and for the most part, they over-identify with the situation as a coping mechanism. Sympathy is a task for the reader.
And for Saber the idea that her being held account for her own actions is somehow a bullying misogyny is pretty ridiculous.