I just hated her. Not a lot, she just seemed like a damsel in distress as you put it. She I know you said that they are all like that, its just she seemed to scream "I'm a damsel save me!" more than the others.

OF course I didn't like Aeris either for the same reason, though I dislike Rosa more. And FF IV was my first FF, and she's really the only character I didn't like.