>>149228321
Well Claremont didn't want to kill Jean in the first place and the original ending had the Phoenix taken away from her but then the whole anecdote over her destroying a planet and that misdrawn panel meant editorial said to kill her.

There definitely was some degree of annoyance at the time. It didn't help that early X-Factor was also a messy odd one out compared to the other books because the outfits and "pretending to be mutant hunters" was an odd hook for the book and X-Factor took a while to become interesting.

I don't think people lost their mind I just think narratives become concentrated and people repeat the same stuff over and over again because we are dealing with weird stuff here. I do think some criticism is warranted.