And Raven was a villain who's still a villain who only did good things because Remender exorcised the bitch out of her body for 2 minutes and Greg Pak had a Smurfette fetish.
You already know they're not gonna put Rachel on the cover when they already have "Better Rachel" on it.
"Cable was right!"
anti-hero, not villain. She hasnt been the X-men's antagonist in awhile, meanwhile, she's been working alongside them as a morally gray character for years
Dark Beast was their captive. He was working for them, not the other way around. There was nothing equal about that arrangement nor did he have much agency. Besides the X-men were psychically suggested to ally with him by Emma and Sinister. All their actions are questionable
To be fair, Mystique has been oftenly written in the past as some kind of anti-hero fighting for mutantkind (especially during CC's run, Freedom Force years). It was after Irene died that she became unhinged. Forge tried to help her but it was done. She became a sociopath who would always have a personal agenda.
I... er... doubt Rosenberg's promotes anti-vaccination just because he stopped mutants from extinction via meds.
"Cable was right!"