Originally posted by bluewaterrider
Thanks.Say, P.R., can you direct me to where I might quickly find the answer to my X-Men question, posed earlier in the following thread?
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f77/t569002.html
(Your name was specifically mentioned as go-to person, which, given who you say your favorite character is, makes considerable sense ...)
I'll try to keep it brief, as it's a Wonder Woman thread.
For the breakdown of the Cyclops and Jean marriage, your best bet is to read New X-Men 114 - 154.
Link to first issue: http://marvel.wikia.com/New_X-Men_Vol_1_114
Bullet points:
After the arc "The Twelve" Cyclops is lost out in the world with Apocalypse's consciousness inside his mind, fighting for control. He spends weeks/months alone, but is eventually saved by Jean and Cable, but not without lasting damage being done. Apocalypse's influence left Cyclops more... Realistic, and more honest, in a way.
Fearing that Jean wouldn't like the "new him" Cyclops withdrew from her, and Jean's either inability or unwillingness to confront the issue led to them growing apart.
When Genosha is wiped out, with millions of mutants wiped out, Emma Frost comes to live at the school.
Over the course of the run, Cyclops begins getting therapy from Emma Frost. She falls for him, and the two begin a "psychic" affair (though it should be noted that at around the same time, Jean (who was beginning to manifest the Phoenix again) made a move on Logan only to be rebuffed).
Jean finds out about Scott and Emma, flips stuff, and Cyclops is made to choose between both women. Before he can reveal his choice, Magneto attacks New York (I think it was New York), and the X-Men battle him. Jean is killed. At her funeral, Emma tells Scott that they need to rebuild. Scott says no, and quits the X-Men.
In the future, a bunch of stuff basically culminated in the world going to hell, all because Cyclops didn't stay with the X-Men. So White Crown Phoenix Jean changes history, and at the grave, where Cyclops had told Emma he quit, he is instead mentally "nudged" in to staying with the X-Men, and of course, staying with Emma.
That's as brief as I could make it, and tbh, I left a lot out. I really do recommend the series though. It's excellent.