I was explaining to my boss, who was an X-Man fan from way back but hasn't read comics since the first Crisis, how Byrne and Claremont have gone insane. His response to Claremont, though he lacks the fandom terminology to have said it this simply, was essentially, "but... does he at least still slash the hell out of everybody? Because no matter how bad his writing may have gotten, surely that's still worth reading for."