I was just reading the "The Woobie" article on TV Tropes when, to my astonishment, I discovered none other than these two girls listed amidst the anime section of examples. For those of you unfamiliar with the site and its terminology, a "woobie" is basically a character who suffers and, through that suffering, earns audience sympathy. The entry specifies that this applies solely to the anime incarnations of the Amazon and the Crossdresser, noting that the manga versions of them are far less (emphasising those two words) sympathetic, but still: does anyone really think that these two girls fit under this trope?
Here is the link for the disbelieving: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWoobie (They're between Kagura Tennouzou of Speed Grapher and Tails of Sonic X.