I find Yuffie interesting in concept.

An understated part of FF7 is how Shinra deletes history. Jessie remarks on how Midgar USED to be a collection of villages but no one remembers their names. Corel USED to be a mining village. But it was burned down for spurious reasons and Gold Saucer was built over it, sponsored by Shinra Inc. Hey anybody remember when Nibelheim burned down? I don't. Even the entire Northern Continent had its name changed

>Ifalna
>2000 years ago, our ancestors, the Cetra, heard the cries of the Planet.
>The first ones to discover the Planet's wound were the Cetra at the Knowlespole.

>Gast
>Tell us Ifalna... Where is the land called 'Knowlespole'?

>Ifalna
>Knowlespole refers to this area. The Cetra then began a Planet-reading

Yeah. It was Knowlespole 2000 years ago. But now it's "Icicle Area" and "Bone Village." Hence Yuffie. Yuffie was gathering Materia hoping to break Shinra's hold on Wutai. In OG Shinra already crushed Wutai. They're a tourist trap that entertains their conquerors. In Remake Wutai are still defending themselves. If Shinra keeps Wutai, how long will it be before Wutai loses its name too? Yuffie is a brat and an irritant but she's not wrong