I understand that writers change things. I understand stories have to be told.
I know these things. Alpha Flight isn't the first series I've read.
Going from what Byrne did, though, to what Mantlo did (or is doing, as I'm still reading his run) has been a difficult transition. I, personally, do not like it when characters are ruined to build other characters or to build other stories. However, I DO understand it to a degree because I know there are stories to be told.
I understood when Claremont did it to Captain Britain and Meggan so he could build Nightcrawler and others in Excalibur. I didn't like it, though, but I was still able to enjoy Excalibur.
But not only, imo, is Mantlo seemingly ruining EVERY character in AF, but his stories are off-the-wall even for comics, and even though, to me, it's OBVIOUS that he tried to build Heather into some awesome leader at the expense of every single character on the team, he even failed at that. He seemed clueless. At least so far. I am open to that changing, if it does. And IF it does, I'll be the first to admit it.