1. There isn't too much of that "mutant culture" left since there are only 198 (199? 200 if you count the rugrat Cable's lugging around?) left.
B. I agree with you that they need to get rid of the retcons of Xavier. He's gone from someone who'd NEVER mindrape someone, no matter how important that might be to a bald Mussolini.
$. I kind like angsty-soap opera moments, just not in the quantity that appear in each and every issue (it seems). After all, most of the Roque-Gambit interaction was a decent use of angst.