User blog comment:Thegreatone1/First the Avengers, then Spider-Man, now the X-Men/@comment-1538701-20111223151511

Ok, maybe I should have rephrased that differently. I meant on they had a negative effect on the heroes. Civil War lead to Iron Man making some pretty bad moves that put him squarly into supervillainy, Spidey made a deal with the devil, and Cyclops has been so focused on Survival that, as another person has said, has caused him to become so militant he's not acting like himself.

What I was saying is that, those respective stories, while you can argue on the quality, they changed the characters and how readers view them. Tony got a lot of backlash for the amount of war crimes he committed, Peter's recieved a lot of criticism, and Scott's popularity is at an all time low. What I was saying is that, events like Siege and Spider-Island helped fix that, as it brought Tony Stark back to his senses and how he was before Civil War and made Peter finally use his brain, which following OMD he seemed to forget he had. But, Cyclops is still acting more and more like a Nick Fury clone. He's making questionable descisions and alienating his allies. I was arguing that I think its time for them to do something about it before the little fans he has left start hating his guts. I agree that they do lead to great stories, but a lot of the ideas would have worked better as AU stories. The current X-Men stories, what with decimation and