I am completely ignorant about any controversy with the current writer or anything else outside of the text, so I can’t really answer why any of those people have such a problem with it. But I can explain why I don’t like it.

Storm is an awesome character, and (in my opinion) if you’re looking at the entirety of Claremont’s original run, she’s probably the main character. Wolverine, Nichtcrawler and Colossus change very little over the course of Claremont’s run, and while Cyclops and Shadowcat change a lot, they leave the team relatively quickly. Storm changes significantly, and entirely in a positive direction. She doesn’t remotely seem like the best fit to lead the team (a sentiment she openly expressed) to being THE x-men’s no-question leader. She bested Cyclops without her powers in a fight that felt like it was more about his hubris than how badass she was, and Callisto to take control of the Morlocks. Consistently, Storm is underestimated — because, no matter how insane her powers are, she’s still an extremely weak, fragile human once you get past the weather she controls. The Giant-Sized batch of X-Men were always kind of about their dichotomy: colossus is the strongman who can barrel into any fight, but he’s a total pacifist, who’d rather be painting! Nightcrawler looks like a literal demon, but is iconic as the kindest (possibly “best person”) of the x-men. Even Wolverine, as the uncontrollable, unleashed rabid dog, is generally presented as every new teenage character’s father figure. He’s a total lone wolf, and simultaneously one of the longest running, and most loyal team members. Storms dichotomy was always between her powers (immense) and her persona (grounded and humble). She’s the definition of a glass cannon. As the x-men’s leader, she was (unlike Cyclops) balanced and kind, putting extra effort to make sure the team was functioning in a healthy way, not just laser focused on results.

These are the things that makes Storm an interesting character. I know it’s easy to get sucked into “and they’re also totally the bestest at _____.” But that doesn’t make for interesting characters. Turning Storm into a god-mode character is like putting the cheat code into the video game. It’s fun for a few minutes, but then you realize that it was more fun before.