I've been a Cyclops fan for years.
The vast majority o that "Cyclops is corny" bullshyt comes from the Jim Lee era stuff where they basically made him the authority figure for the others to rebel against.
I remember when Cyclops was single handedly beating down entire teams of X-Men by himself. Obliterating Apocalypse with a single optic blast, and being the only person who could get Wolverine it fall in line.
As of right now nobody really knows that happend to Vulcan. At first everybody thought he was dead, but since Black Bolt is still alive there's a chance Vulcan is also.
Actually Mutant X Havok is the the same as the current Havok. And you're dead right about Cap. I'm sick of seeing he constantly just roll up and people and demand they submit because they're dangerous, while at the same time being cool with Wanda walking around freely.
Everything that Cyclops has done Xavier did at some point.
Xavier had children fight his battles. He covered up the fact that he got a group of kids killed. He enslaved Danger. He's faked his death numerous times. He did all that shyt with the Illuminati. He mind wiped and basically enslaved Wolverine during their first meeting.
Xavier got a LONG history of shady shyt.
Stop trying to spin shyt.
X-Factor was originally formed to PROTECT mutants. They posed as Mutant Hunters so they could work out in the open. That's why they had two sets of costumes.