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I'd also argue that it's not always dark. After the death of Captain America there was Cap Reborn, after Siege was Age of Heroes, the heroes succeeded at the end of Fear Itself, AvsX created a unification of the Avengers and X-Men. I would say that the storylines themselves offer a lot of hope in the end, while the world changes and some heroes go bad, villains also go good and the heroes ultimately prevail.

Also, characters ultimately go full circle to redeeming themselves. Take a look at Iron Man in Civil War, he had redeemed himself for all the bad he did by Age of Heroes, ditto for Speedball, the Hulk from World War Hulk has come full circle as well. I would say that eventually Cyclops and other characters who have "fallen off the apple cart" will eventually come full circle and go back to their roots. That's how Marvel works, eventually the status quo comes back.