I've written practical essays on my problem with the dark age "Cyclops" in these threads over the last few years, some just a few months ago so they're all still available. I was thoroughly disgusted with not just him but the X-Men as a whole during those days. Much of the blame was the fact that the writers and editorial were vicariously living through Cyclops and making the entire franchise revolve around him. That never happened during the X-Men's peak years. Every other character became utterly irrelevant and just wallpaper. I can understand why Cyclops fans would be nostalgic for this era (even if I don't think it was an accurate portrayal of Cyclops so I wonder why anyone could like him when he was butchered the most) but these fans don't seem to understand that if you liked virtually any other character, they were basically dead weight used to prop up the leader. Any dissent and you were branded a traitor and ordered to be burnt at the stake.