Sadly, the tragic angsting over her powers is a HUGE part of Rogue's character. Some writers write it as if it is the entirety of Rogue's character. Take the "no touching" thing away, and too many writers are worried they will have to actually write real character development for her, so they keep her out of control of her own abilities and make her whine about it, interminably.
And with the exception of Emma, M and Siryn, ALL the X-Women have gotten the shaft recently.
Jean - Dead again, entire family wiped out.
Lorna - Driven Crazy and then shot into outer space to be tortured.
Rachel - Along for the same torture ride.
Ororo - Written off stage into a contrived marriage where she is dominated by her husband
Rogue - Driven insane, given "death touch", 'fridged for Messiah CompleX, and then written offstage.
Dani Moonstar - Depowered, stuck in Initiative
Amara - well, she always gets written crappily as crazy or whiny. No one except Claremont seems to remember when she was kick ass and cool.
Rhane - Has literally become her own worst nightmare while running with the Stabbity Squad.
Pixie - 'Fridged in Uncanny X-men
Jubilee - Depowered
X-23 - became in the X-men what she was rescued from the Weapon X program to avoid
Wallflower - Dead
Windancer - Depowered and gone.
etc.
It's actually a very scary trend when you look at the big picture. Somebody, or multiple somebodies, in the Marvel writing/editorial staff has issues with women.
And I can certainly say that every time I read Uncanny recently, I feel a great swell of pity for Fraction's girlfriends. He has some really crappy ideas about what women are (staring with the word "what" rather than "who"), but obviously the problems that beset the X-women started before he came on.
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