Originally Posted by
dr237
In response to your question, I am a Jott fan/loyalist, we do exist. And also a Cyclops fan. Scott and Jean's relationship has been bogged down by the stupid love triangle with Logan, which was introduced and has persisted because readers care about Scott and Jean together. It has led writers to repeatedly design scenarios for strife (most notably Inferno and Grant Morrison's run) between Scott and Jean, which provides an opportunity for Jean's attraction to Logan to be expressed (and in Morrison's run Scott's relationship with Emma). When stories remove that element or separate Scott and Jean from Logan...they are happy, functional and loving partners--Phoenix/Dark Phoenix saga, the X-Factor run, The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, and the vast majority of Duggan's X-Men run (yes there was the angst over the Brood in issues 21-23 but that was addressed/resolved maturely and lovingly in 24)
Your preference for Scott and Emma is understandable given the era of comics that served as your entry point. Three quick points about that era...First, it was the 2000s, during which comics and society as a whole have been more open and direct about sex, so Scott and Emma had the benefit of being depicted as having a much more mature/sexual/intimate relationship than Scott and Jean (this was intention beginning with Morrison, who had Scott describe himself and Jean as high school sweethearts, ignoring much of their relationship and the fact that they raised a child together for 12 years in the future). However, beginning with the Phoenix saga and continuing until the Morrison run there are references/dialogue/scenes establishing Scott and Jean had a happy physical relationship. Second, the era you read was committed to establishing Scott and Emma as the primary couple...with Scott stating he chose Emma (over Jean) on multiple occasions, and Emma frequently disparaging Scott's relationship with Jean with little or no response from him. Finally, the period you read was one of change for Cyclops, as he moved from field commander of the X-Men to Mutant Leader, filling the void left by Xavier and Magneto. Emma was an essential partner in that growth...influencing how he evolved. I believe he still would have evolved into the leader (maybe differently) if Jean was alive and with him at the time.
Anyway...that is long a reponse to your question.