History YMMV / FromAKnightToALady

* JerkassWoobie: Lucifela. She was a SpoiledBrat abusing her servants, but she was also clearly traumatized from having to watch her mother dying from a painful and disfiguring illness, while the Count was away trying to afford a cure after he spent their entire fortune on doctors. Then her mother dies just moments before her father comes back with a cure and Lucifela witnesses her father's suicide attempt. Later the Count is so wracked with guilt he tries to make up for it and their previous financial struggles by spoiling his daughter with material gifts while not really paying attention to her mental issues. There's also the fact Lucifela was bullied and ostracized by other highborn girls and saw her relationship with Temir as a way to escape their harrasment. All of the above made her completely mentally unprepared to resist Temir when he started abusing her, and eventually led to her suicide.
* NightmareFuel: Though it is tempered by knowing Lucifela (Estelle) knows how to defend herself and quickly realizes something is wrong, her being in the carriage of a serial killer is still unnerving, especially when he nearly manages to throttle her on the ground. Thankfully she is able to stop him and the knights soon arrive to help her.
** The reveal that Khalid has known for a while that Lucifela was Estelle and used various traps to make Estelle out herself to him, as well as his twisted obsession with her. It's completely understandable that she's left disgusted and horrified as he is excited by her attempts to slit his throat, even forcefully kissing her after her attempt.
*** Things only get worse in the next chapter when Prince Eozif stumbles upon a glass display case holding the skull and hair of Estelle in Khalid's estate. If his obsession with her wasn't demented enough already, this easily ramps up the creep factor.
*** During the hunt, Estelle races into the woods in order to check on Zedekiah after hearing he was injured with an arrow. On the way there, she runs into Khalid, who expresses [[CrazyJealousGuy clear disdain over hearing she came into the woods because of Zed]]. Then, after she tells him she can't waste anymore time and rides away, he's left standing there, dead silent. As he stays rooted to the spot, a hunting falcon his companions have [[EvilDetectingDog suddenly starts to freak out]], much to the confusion of the two men holding it. Khalid continues to stay quiet, a finger tapping on the hilt of his weapons, [[TranquilFury before he suddenly kills the falcon with a look of cold fury burning in his eyes]].

*** Things only get worse in the next chapter when Prince Eozif stumbles upon a glass display case holding the skull and hair of Estelle in Khalid's estate. If his obsession with her wasn't demented enough already, this easily ramps up the creep factor.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** During Episode 45, Estelle is bring brought back home by Duke Heint after the tea party when he called out Khalid for insulting his former commander. She asks Duke Heint if he defended Estelle Schubert's simply because SHE had been arguing against Louis Luke, and he responds that he defended her because truly respected her as a fellow knight, even though she was a woman, and genuinely despised Khalid for having betrayed her. Estelle is left so touched by Duke Heint's respect for her that she's brought to tears and thanks him while he's left confused and distraught at having apparently upset her.
** Episode 58 ''finally'' has Estelle and Lucifela meet together in the latter's mind. Lucifela's rather angry about being close to Melrose, the origin of much of her grief, and doesn't talk to Estelle, but it's shown that she's at least willing to let Estelle in.
** Episode 59 has a really powerful one from Estelle. She's ''hated'' being stuck in a weak body like Lucifela's and despises the noble lifestyle, but she's gradually come to empathize with Lucifela's plights and almost taken on a 'big sister' role for her. When Melrose Poer, the woman who emotionally abused Lucifela the most before Lucifela's bungled suicide, returns to harass Lucifela once again, Estelle has none of it. She sticks up for Lucifela, turns Melrose's attempts to bully Lucifela against her, and then tells Lucifela (via her thoughts, as they have a mental connection) ''exactly'' why she would go out of her way to defend Lucifela's pride against the emotional abuse of Lucifela's greatest enemy, even holding Lucifela's hand in their mental world;
-->'''Estelle:''' Strictly speaking, as Estelle, I have nothing to do with Melrose. [[YouAreNotAlone But how could I stand by and watch you suffer?]] I'm going to show you [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre that you're not someone to be despised and bullied.]] So, Lucifela, I want you to trust me and come to me in your own time. [[DeclarationOfProtection Because I... have no intention of losing.]]
** Prior to the above point, Lady Florence Loer puts her best foot forward and finally risks her reputation for the sake of her friend, 'Lucifela.' She'd spoken at length prior of becoming Jansgar's preeminent socialite purely for the sake of being a shield for Lucifela, and was even the one who saved Lucifela's life when the latter attempted suicide, but the reader finally gets to see her actually put her reputation on the line to protect someone she cares about, denouncing Melrose's attempts to slander Lucifela succinctly, subtly, and brutally.
** The entirety of Chapter 75 is Estelle paying back Florence for the latter's kindness, commiserating with her over her forced marriage to the horrid Prince Temir. Though they eventually realize they don't currently have a plan to save Florence from Temir, the love and admiration Florence has for Lucifela is plain on her face; Estelle's intercession gave Florence true, honest hope. Estelle swears to work night and day to save Florence, but not before making it clear how she feels about the entire rotten system keeping noblewomen like Florence shackled.
-->'''Estelle:''' If you don't see another way [out of marrying Temir], just say you've fallen ill. It might hurt your family's reputation, sure. But who cares about that? You are more important than your family's honor! Don't ever forget that.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments:
** Episode 59 finally has the present-day Estelle truly live up to her reputation as a knight, all without lifting a blade. A major theme throughout the story up until the moment Melrose tries to belittle Lucifela is Estelle's feelings of helplessness and inadequacy within Lucifela's body; she's lost all the strength she had, she's gone through terrible mental breakdowns as a result of meeting the man who killed her as Estelle, and has had to suffer through Duke Heint fighting all her battles for her given her inability to adapt to the lifestyle of a noble. However, seeing Lucifela's fear and hatred for Melrose lights a fire under Estelle, causing her, through grit and a desire to uplift the weak, to ''come out on top against a masterful socialite'', utterly tearing apart Melrose's telegraphed, childish, and spiteful attempts to shame the girl she helped bully into nearly killing herself. After all her criticisms of Khalid's failure to live up to the ideal of a knight, Estelle gets to show the world how it's done.
** Episodes 62 and 63 are an amazing moment for the core heroes of the story; Estelle calms and saves a horse being controlled by a parasite, all while humiliating Melrose's attempts to mock Lucifela's suicide attempt, and Dahlia Rein and Florence Loer take the advantage Estelle gives them and uses it to utterly humiliate Melrose. As an added bonus, Zedekiah puts Melrose's husband in his place for being complicit in Melrose's scheme. Estelle has truly learned how to combine her skills as a knight with her burgeoning talents as an orator, and even managed to befriend Dahlia in the process.
** In Chapter 77, Florence takes Estelle's words to heart and decides that she doesn't care one whit about her family's honor if it means allowing Prince Temir to have his way with her. Mirroring Estelle's own tactic, Florence hits the brute with a GroinAttack before running off, knowing that Estelle would shelter her. Her thoughts on the matter are especially poignant, as they follow a moment where Florence was just about ready to let Temir take her;
-->'''Florence:''' '''I AM NOT YOUR PUPPET!'''

* JerkassWoobie: Lucifela. She was a SpoiledBrat abusing her servants, but she was also clearly traumatized from having to watch her mother dying from a painful and disfiguring illness, while the Count was away trying to afford a cure after he spent their entire fortune on doctors. Then her mother dies just moments before her father comes back with a cure and Lucifela witnesses her father's suicide attempt. Later the Count is so wracked with guilt he tries to make up for it and their previous financial struggles by spoiling his daughter with material gifts while not really paying attention to her mental struggles. There's also the fact Lucifela was bullied and ostracized by other highborn girls and saw her relationship with Temir as a way to escape their harrasment. All of the above made her completely mentally unprepared to resist Temir when he started abusing her, and eventually led to her suicide.

** The reveal that Khalid has known for a while that Lucifela was Estelle and used various traps to make Estelle out herself to him, as well as his twisted obsession with her. It's completely understandable that she's left disgusted and horrified as he is excited by her attempts to slit his throat, even forcefully kissing her after her attempt.

* JerkassWoobie: Lucifela. She was a SpoiledBrat abusing her servants, but she was also clearly traumatized from having to watch her mother dying from a painful and disfiguring illness, while the Count was away trying to afford a cure after he spent their entire fortune on doctors. Then her mother dies just moments before her father comes back with a cure and Lucifela witnesses her father's suicide attempt. Later the Count is so wracked with guilt he tries to make up for it and their previous financial struggles by spoiling his daughter with material gifts while not really paying attention to her mental struggles. There's also the fact Lucifela was bullied and ostracized by other highborn girls and saw her relationship with Temir as a way to escape their harrasment. All of the above made her completely mentally unprepared to resist Temir when he started abusing her, and eventually led to her suicide.

*** Prior to this, Lady Florence Loer puts her best foot forward and finally risks her reputation for the sake of her friend, 'Lucifela.' She'd spoken at length prior of becoming Jansgar's preeminent socialite purely for the sake of being a shield for Lucifela, and was even the one who saved Lucifela's life when the latter attempted suicide, but the reader finally gets to see her actually put her reputation on the line to protect someone she cares about, denouncing Melrose's attempts to slander Lucifela succinctly, subtly, and brutally.

* JerkassWoobie: Lucifela. She was a SpoiledBrat abusing her servants, but she was also clearly traumatized from having to watch her mother dying from a painful and disfiguring illness, while the Count was away trying to afford a cure after he spent their entire fortune on doctors. Then her mother dies just moments before her father comes back with a cure and Lucifela witnesses her father's suicide attempt. Later the Count is so wracked with guilt he tries to make up for it and their previous financial struggles by spoiling his daughter with material gifts while not really paying attention to her mental struggles. There's also the fact Lucifela was bullied and ostracized by other highborn girls and saw her relationship with Temir as a way to escape their harrasment. All of the above made her completely mentally unprepared to resist Temir when he started abusing her, and eventually lead to her suicide

* JerkassWoobie: Lucifela. She was a SpoiledBrat abusing her servants, but she was also clearly traumatized from having to watch her mother dying from a painful and disfiguring illness, while the Count was away trying to afford a cure after he spent their entire fortune on doctors. Then her mother dies just moments before her father comes back with a cure and Lucifela witnesses her father's suicide attempt. The Count is so wracked with guilt after this, he tries to make up for it by spoiling his daughter senseless, which makes Lucifela completely mentally unprepared to resist Temir when he starts abusing her, and eventually leads to her suicide.