Longtime Marvel/X-Men writer Chris Claremont discussed what disappointed him about Scott Summers' (Cyclops) story arc.

For nearly two decades, Claremont wrote for Marvel's X-Men comics and is credited with co-creating some of the most long-standing and recognizable characters and concepts in the X-Men universe, including Rogue, Kitty Pryde and the Phoenix Force. As such, a Reddit user asked Claremont, "Why does everyone think Wolverine is the bee's knees when Cyclops is the best X-Man?" and the writer didn't hold back.

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"Logan [Wolverine] is cool, Scott is not," Claremont wrote before unpacking what he found to be the major problem with Cyclops, which was the moment the longtime X-Men leader left his wife Madelyne Pryor with whom he shared a son Nathan Christopher Charles Summers. While this may not be the most common reason fans of the X-Men might prefer Wolverine over Cyclops, Claremont gave the opinion that "Logan wouldn’t do that. He’d kill you but he’d do it for the right reasons," implying that Scott's choice to leave Madelyne Pryor for Jean Grey may have been for the wrong reasons.

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The good-cop/bad-cop dynamic between the unlikely comrades of Wolverine and Cyclops frequently puts their two very different natures in conflict. Both characters have also been rivals for the affections of the psychic power-house that is Jean Grey. Cyclops often has to take the cool, level-headed approach to counter Wolverine's aggressive and impulsive style. However, Claremont believes Cyclops betrayed his own character by leaving Pryor. "Scott was the base, the foundation of the team," he wrote. "He's the core around which everything orbits, which is why with Madelyne, it meant so much to me to give him a happy ending to resolve the whole Jean conundrum. To get that death out of his system, and get on with real life. And for me, for Scott, it was all about real life." Logan, meanwhile, was often written as the more reckless, lone-wolf of the team.

Claremont found it important to have Scott's character development rooted in real-world stakes, not just fantastic ones, and felt the decision to the contrary derailed his character. He concluded, "it took away the opportunity for Scott to be a father, and it just remade him as tropes."

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Source: Reddit