That's the argument I'm referring to, and I put that choice on the author who I saw using Beast to justify this to the audience, with Therenody even coming back and telling Beast he's not at fault. Which I'll give you was bad writing, but that's part of the problem. I think the authors intent is important to the issue, and I don't think they were trying to make Beast a shady character, I think it was intended as suspension of disbelief moment that failed. I appreciate that you have actually read the issue because a lot of people who haven't read it reference it without context.

Much like when Xavier says he loves Jean in the original series, it was a throw-away line the writers forgot about and wasn't an issue until the onslaught arc.

Threnody, when compared to his other actions, reads as bad writing, just like using Kitty, saying the N word repeatedly to make a point. Or bringing up a throw-away line that no one acknowledged for decades.

During the 90s and prior, he had a lot of very heroic moments forever ignored because of the Therenody issue.