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What made Sephiroth so compelling in the OG was 1. demonstrated power that we don't see him execute but clearly puts him above anyone else we've seen (impaled Zolom, the mess in Shinra HQ) and 2. his ability to bring so much action and character out of the rest of the cast. E.g. seeing Shinra's directors quake in fear at the thought that he'd been sighted adds a lot, and so does the emotion he pulls out of Cloud ("Shut up."), or the sacrifice he compels Aerith to make. His actual presence is not that interesting.