Bob should. Stop. Talking. About. Comics. As said before, the reason why the All-New, All-Different X-Men worked was because the X-Men were a dead property at the time as well craftsmanship of Len Wein (who wrote their introduction in "Deadly Genesis"), Chris Claremont as well as Dave Cockrum and John Byrne. It should be worth nothing that much of that run happened under Jim Shooter's tenure as editor-in-chief and it was Shooter who handed down the order that Jean Grey die in "The Dark Phoenix Saga." Despite the man's reputation, Shooter was very focused on story and the business side of comic books and Marvel Comics flourished in a way not seen since the days of Stan and Jack.
Fans love Storm, Rogue, and Kitty Pryde (to name a few) because they were fleshed out characters fans that loved. Storm carried a regal air because she was a freaking goddess in Kenya who grew into a natural leader when Cyclops left the team. Similarly, Claremont and future writers gave Rogue a great deal of pathos because of the nature of her mutation and despite that, she was a fun character in the animated series. Bob cannot understand this because they are not characters to, but extensions of his own ideology meant to espouse his beliefs. Take a look at Iceman, who Bendis turned into a gay character (in the least convincing way possible by making it look like Teen Jean used "reverse" conversion therapy on him) for no real reason other than to make the character "relevant" though the X-Men have had LGBT characters on their team like Northstar, Karma, Rictor, and Shatterstar.
Yeah, I know Rictor and Shatterstar were X-Force/X-Factor and Karma is associated with the New Mutants, but it was not like the X-Men mythos were hurting for LGBT characters.