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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: Police officers are uniformly treated as an AlwaysChaoticEvil bunch made up solely of [[RabidCop Rabid Cops]] who love nothing more than PoliceBrutality and making every day the DayOfTheJackboot.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Tempus. For some she was one of the most popular characters from the very beginning, as she was a NiceGirl with an incredibly cool and powerful TimeMaster power, shown best when she casually defeats the Avengers during an early confrontation. As time passed however, some fans thought she develpoed into too much of a SpotlightStealingSquad, getting two entire annuals focused on her, and her abilities reached an almost StorybreakerPower level, ignoring Marvel's conventional time travel rules. She then TookALevelInJerkass, with her erasing Matthew Malloy out of existence and threatening to do the same to Cyclops before leaving the team. Still, some people saw it as appropriate character developement, seeing how much tragedy she went through in the afromentioned Annuals.
* BrokenBase: Fans have looked back on this run as either a massive DorkAge with unrealised plots and broken promises where Bendis made it up as he went along, an appropriate return to form after the horrible ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', or a SoOkayItsAverage attempt at reinvigorating the series.
* BrokenBase: Fans have looked back on this run as either a massive DorkAge with unrealised plots and broken promises where Bendis made it up as he went along, an appropriate return to form after the horrible ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', or a SoOkayItsAverage attempt at reinvigorating the series.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Tempus. For some she was one of the most popular characters from the very beginning, as she was a NiceGirl with an incredibly cool and powerful TimeMaster power, shown best when she casually defeats the Avengers during an early confrontation. As time passed however, some fans thought she develpoed into too much of a SpotlightStealingSquad, getting two entire annuals focused on her, and her abilities reached an almost StorybreakerPower level, ignoring Marvel's conventional time travel rules. She then TookALevelInJerkass, with her erasing Matthew Malloy out of existence and threatening to do the same to Cyclops before leaving the team. Still, some people saw it as appropriate character developement, seeing how much tragedy she went through in the afromentioned aforementioned Annuals.
* BrokenBase: Fans have looked back on this run as either a massiveDorkAge AudienceAlienatingEra with unrealised plots and broken promises where Bendis made it up as he went along, an appropriate return to form after the horrible ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', or a SoOkayItsAverage attempt at reinvigorating the series.
* BrokenBase: Fans have looked back on this run as either a massive
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* VindicatedByHistory: Of a sort... only a month after Bendis' last issue, the ''All-NewAll-DifferentMarvel'' initiative started, with the X-Men books being revamped with ''ExtraordinaryX-Men'' as the new flagship book, which instantly did away with a lot of what Bendis had done (the positive strives for mutant acceptance have been undone, mutants are once more hated and feared by general society, they're once more endangered, and Cyclops is once more public enemy number 1 after spending Bendis' run slowly regaining some measure of respect from most of the world). Cyclops' treatment especially has lead to a number of people to complain how they missed Bendis' run, in-spite of its controversial nature during the actual run, giving it a much more positive word-of-mouth than previously.
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* VindicatedByHistory: Of a sort... only a month after Bendis' last issue, the ''All-NewAll-DifferentMarvel'' ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' initiative started, with the X-Men books being revamped with ''ExtraordinaryX-Men'' ''ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen'' as the new flagship book, which instantly did away with a lot of what Bendis had done (the positive strives for mutant acceptance have been undone, mutants are once more hated and feared by general society, they're once more endangered, and Cyclops is once more public enemy number 1 after spending Bendis' run slowly regaining some measure of respect from most of the world). Cyclops' treatment especially has lead to a number of people to complain how they missed Bendis' run, in-spite of its controversial nature during the actual run, giving it a much more positive word-of-mouth than previously.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: To some extent. One thing that's been criticized about the run is the frequent depictions of police officers reacting to mutants with overblown PoliceBrutality (so far, Triage, Tempus, Goldballs, and Hijack have all been rescued from cops who were either falsely arresting them or, in Hijack's case, ''shot him'' for being a mutant), including one person using X-Men as an example of cops being under-written to justify protagonists who aren't sided with the law. This reaction seems to ignore the very sad reality that police officers brutalizing minority figures is an ''infamous'' issue with the police force in the Western world, and is still a problem to this day.
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* VindicatedByHistory: Of a sort... only a month after Bendis' last issue, the ''AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' initiative started, with the X-Men books being revamped with ''ExtraordinaryXMen'' as the new flagship book, which instantly did away with a lot of what Bendis had done (the positive strives for mutant acceptance have been undone, mutants are once more hated and feared by general society, they're once more endangered, and Cyclops is once more public enemy number 1 after spending Bendis' run slowly regaining some measure of respect from most of the world). Cyclops' treatment especially has lead to a number of people to complain how they missed Bendis' run, in-spite of its controversial nature during the actual run, giving it a much more positive word-of-mouth than previously.
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* VindicatedByHistory: Of a sort... only a month after Bendis' last issue, the ''AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' ''All-NewAll-DifferentMarvel'' initiative started, with the X-Men books being revamped with ''ExtraordinaryXMen'' ''ExtraordinaryX-Men'' as the new flagship book, which instantly did away with a lot of what Bendis had done (the positive strives for mutant acceptance have been undone, mutants are once more hated and feared by general society, they're once more endangered, and Cyclops is once more public enemy number 1 after spending Bendis' run slowly regaining some measure of respect from most of the world). Cyclops' treatment especially has lead to a number of people to complain how they missed Bendis' run, in-spite of its controversial nature during the actual run, giving it a much more positive word-of-mouth than previously.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: So the way to deal with a boy who suffers from {{Power Incontinence}} and has previously been brainwashed is.....erase him from existence?
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** In some cases, it borders on both HypocriticalFandom and CowboyBebopAtHisComputer as its often from Avengers fans, or at least those who [[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen sided with the Avengers]], as the accusations of him being unapologetic ignore the on-panel depictions of him apologising and claiming full responsibility for the mess, which none of the Avengers have done, despite being equally guilty of the whole mess.
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** In some cases, it borders on both HypocriticalFandom and CowboyBebopAtHisComputer as its often from Avengers fans, or at least those who [[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen sided with the Avengers]], as the accusations of him being unapologetic ignore the on-panel depictions of him apologising and claiming full responsibility for the mess, which none of the Avengers have done, despite being equally guilty of the whole mess.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's GenericDoomsdayVillain Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's GenericDoomsdayVillain new character Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The intention is to give this. Either, Cyclops and friends are put-upon heroes who're doing the damnest to save the mutants in danger regardless of the way they're treated, or they're an unstable VillainProtagonist team that are using means not justified by the goal. The tagline when advertising the reboot was literally 'Mutant Revolutionists or Dangerous Terrorists', proving that this is intentional.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The intention is to give this. Either, Cyclops and friends are put-upon heroes who're doing the damnest damndest to save the mutants in danger regardless of the way they're treated, or they're an unstable VillainProtagonist team that are using means not justified by the goal. The tagline when advertising the reboot was literally 'Mutant Revolutionists or Dangerous Terrorists', proving that this is intentional.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's new character Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's new character GenericDoomsdayVillain Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's GenericDoomsdayVillain Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's GenericDoomsdayVillain new character Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's new charachter Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's new charachter GenericDoomsdayVillain Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: Police officers are uniformly treated as an AlwaysChaoticEvil bunch made up solely of [[RabidCop Rabid Cops]] who love nothing more than PoliceBrutality and making every day the DayOfTheJackboot.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's GenericDoomsdayVillain Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's GenericDoomsdayVillain new charachter Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
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!!YMMV Tropes applying to the 2013 series:
* AccidentalInnuendo: Fabio does this several times in Issue #19 in relation to his powers.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The intention is to give this. Either, Cyclops and friends are put-upon heroes who're doing the damnest to save the mutants in danger regardless of the way they're treated, or they're an unstable VillainProtagonist team that are using means not justified by the goal. The tagline when advertising the reboot was literally 'Mutant Revolutionists or Dangerous Terrorists', proving that this is intentional.
* {{Asspull}}: A lot of Issue #22 seemed to revolve around this to wrap up the plot for that arc. One aspect would be the reveal of who is behind the plot, [[spoiler: Dark Beast]]. The problem is said character has never shown a particular affinity for technology, to the point that it's said that the difference between [[spoiler: Dark Beast]] and Beast is that Beast focuses on all areas of science, while [[spoiler: Dark Beast]] only focuses on biology.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Tempus. For some she was one of the most popular characters from the very beginning, as she was a NiceGirl with an incredibly cool and powerful TimeMaster power, shown best when she casually defeats the Avengers during an early confrontation. As time passed however, some fans thought she develpoed into too much of a SpotlightStealingSquad, getting two entire annuals focused on her, and her abilities reached an almost StorybreakerPower level, ignoring Marvel's conventional time travel rules. She then TookALevelInJerkass, with her erasing Matthew Malloy out of existence and threatening to do the same to Cyclops before leaving the team. Still, some people saw it as appropriate character developement, seeing how much tragedy she went through in the afromentioned Annuals.
* BrokenBase: Fans have looked back on this run as either a massive DorkAge with unrealised plots and broken promises where Bendis made it up as he went along, an appropriate return to form after the horrible ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', or a SoOkayItsAverage attempt at reinvigorating the series.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: So the way to deal with a boy who suffers from {{Power Incontinence}} and has previously been brainwashed is.....erase him from existence?
* MemeticMutation: [[FanNickname Magik the MagikBus]]
* {{Narm}}: Pretty much any time Bendis wants to remind readers that Eva is Australian when she's startled, he just inserts the word 'crikey' randomly. Except the way he writes it, it doesn't sound natural at all, so it's hard to take seriously and just comes off as awkward. And that's not even getting into the fact that almost no Australian teenagers say 'crikey' un-ironically, and pretty much none say it seriously.
* PanderingToTheBase: ''Uncanny X-Men #3'' is basically written as a "Fuck you, [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]]," issue for disgruntled X-fans, complete with Emma telling Tony he is the one responsible for the Phoenix 5 being born. And the irony? It was written by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis, who spent the closer part of the past decade writing ''Comicbook/TheAvengers.''
* RealityIsUnrealistic: To some extent. One thing that's been criticized about the run is the frequent depictions of police officers reacting to mutants with overblown PoliceBrutality (so far, Triage, Tempus, Goldballs, and Hijack have all been rescued from cops who were either falsely arresting them or, in Hijack's case, ''shot him'' for being a mutant), including one person using X-Men as an example of cops being under-written to justify protagonists who aren't sided with the law. This reaction seems to ignore the very sad reality that police officers brutalizing minority figures is an ''infamous'' issue with the police force in the Western world, and is still a problem to this day.
* RonTheDeathEater: Cyclops gets a lot of this from people who blame him for what's happened in recent years and those who don't like Bendis and so are just looking to criticize his run on the title. Primarily, he's been accused of being unapologetic for his actions ([[TheAtoner ignoring one of his reasons for not just letting himself rot in prison]]) or he's bashed for being an incompetent leader who's ruined his students' lives because he made them fugitives by recruiting them, especially Hijack because he kicked him out for screwing up (ignoring that he saved the bulk of his students from PoliceBrutality and, in Hijack's case, had they ''not'' done so, he would have been ''killed''; not to mention, as he hadn't actually committed any crimes, SHIELD merely process him, threaten him, then leave him alone, showing that if they want to leave, they're not going to be in any more trouble than they were when recruited) and, on top of that, puts them in dangerous situations without training them (ignoring that, in the often cited cases, those dangerous situations ''were'' their training).
** In some cases, it borders on both HypocriticalFandom and CowboyBebopAtHisComputer as its often from Avengers fans, or at least those who [[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen sided with the Avengers]], as the accusations of him being unapologetic ignore the on-panel depictions of him apologising and claiming full responsibility for the mess, which none of the Avengers have done, despite being equally guilty of the whole mess.
* TearJerker: The entirety of issue 32. With the exception of his brother (who is possibly still evil due to the inversion which was not undone), Scott is now completely alone. The students, Emma, Magik, Kitty.....all gone.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's GenericDoomsdayVillain Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
* VindicatedByHistory: Of a sort... only a month after Bendis' last issue, the ''AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' initiative started, with the X-Men books being revamped with ''ExtraordinaryXMen'' as the new flagship book, which instantly did away with a lot of what Bendis had done (the positive strives for mutant acceptance have been undone, mutants are once more hated and feared by general society, they're once more endangered, and Cyclops is once more public enemy number 1 after spending Bendis' run slowly regaining some measure of respect from most of the world). Cyclops' treatment especially has lead to a number of people to complain how they missed Bendis' run, in-spite of its controversial nature during the actual run, giving it a much more positive word-of-mouth than previously.
* TheWoobie: ''Everyone''. Scott and Emma suffer from the consequences of being Phoenix hosts, [[spoiler: as does Magik, who could be dragged into Limbo at any moment]], Magneto (like Scott and Emma) has his powers broken and mourns the loss of his friend Charles and all the teenagers, who were attacked in public due to their genes.
* WTHCostumingDepartment: More than one person has expressed disdain for the new looks. Be it Cyclops' X-shaped visor (which is apparently a filament made of ruby quartz but it still makes it questionable on how he sees with it), the fact that both Emma and Illyana are wearing almost nothing, or Magneto's bald head and white drapes, in general the costumes aren't popular.
** Dazzler's redesign into a punk rocker/Lady Gaga hybrid doesn't have many fans, if any. It seems Bendis is trying to make her more akin to her Ultimate counterpart, but readers are ''not'' responding positively to the look. It's so bad that the artist, Kris Anka, refused to discuss it further after posting it on his Tumblr ''due'' to its unpopularity, and not-so-subtly blamed Bendis for it. As most people have put it, the design is essentially the bastard child of Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga, and notably is not wearing underpants.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Fabio does this several times in Issue #19 in relation to his powers.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The intention is to give this. Either, Cyclops and friends are put-upon heroes who're doing the damnest to save the mutants in danger regardless of the way they're treated, or they're an unstable VillainProtagonist team that are using means not justified by the goal. The tagline when advertising the reboot was literally 'Mutant Revolutionists or Dangerous Terrorists', proving that this is intentional.
* {{Asspull}}: A lot of Issue #22 seemed to revolve around this to wrap up the plot for that arc. One aspect would be the reveal of who is behind the plot, [[spoiler: Dark Beast]]. The problem is said character has never shown a particular affinity for technology, to the point that it's said that the difference between [[spoiler: Dark Beast]] and Beast is that Beast focuses on all areas of science, while [[spoiler: Dark Beast]] only focuses on biology.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Tempus. For some she was one of the most popular characters from the very beginning, as she was a NiceGirl with an incredibly cool and powerful TimeMaster power, shown best when she casually defeats the Avengers during an early confrontation. As time passed however, some fans thought she develpoed into too much of a SpotlightStealingSquad, getting two entire annuals focused on her, and her abilities reached an almost StorybreakerPower level, ignoring Marvel's conventional time travel rules. She then TookALevelInJerkass, with her erasing Matthew Malloy out of existence and threatening to do the same to Cyclops before leaving the team. Still, some people saw it as appropriate character developement, seeing how much tragedy she went through in the afromentioned Annuals.
* BrokenBase: Fans have looked back on this run as either a massive DorkAge with unrealised plots and broken promises where Bendis made it up as he went along, an appropriate return to form after the horrible ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', or a SoOkayItsAverage attempt at reinvigorating the series.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: So the way to deal with a boy who suffers from {{Power Incontinence}} and has previously been brainwashed is.....erase him from existence?
* MemeticMutation: [[FanNickname Magik the MagikBus]]
* {{Narm}}: Pretty much any time Bendis wants to remind readers that Eva is Australian when she's startled, he just inserts the word 'crikey' randomly. Except the way he writes it, it doesn't sound natural at all, so it's hard to take seriously and just comes off as awkward. And that's not even getting into the fact that almost no Australian teenagers say 'crikey' un-ironically, and pretty much none say it seriously.
* PanderingToTheBase: ''Uncanny X-Men #3'' is basically written as a "Fuck you, [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]]," issue for disgruntled X-fans, complete with Emma telling Tony he is the one responsible for the Phoenix 5 being born. And the irony? It was written by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis, who spent the closer part of the past decade writing ''Comicbook/TheAvengers.''
* RealityIsUnrealistic: To some extent. One thing that's been criticized about the run is the frequent depictions of police officers reacting to mutants with overblown PoliceBrutality (so far, Triage, Tempus, Goldballs, and Hijack have all been rescued from cops who were either falsely arresting them or, in Hijack's case, ''shot him'' for being a mutant), including one person using X-Men as an example of cops being under-written to justify protagonists who aren't sided with the law. This reaction seems to ignore the very sad reality that police officers brutalizing minority figures is an ''infamous'' issue with the police force in the Western world, and is still a problem to this day.
* RonTheDeathEater: Cyclops gets a lot of this from people who blame him for what's happened in recent years and those who don't like Bendis and so are just looking to criticize his run on the title. Primarily, he's been accused of being unapologetic for his actions ([[TheAtoner ignoring one of his reasons for not just letting himself rot in prison]]) or he's bashed for being an incompetent leader who's ruined his students' lives because he made them fugitives by recruiting them, especially Hijack because he kicked him out for screwing up (ignoring that he saved the bulk of his students from PoliceBrutality and, in Hijack's case, had they ''not'' done so, he would have been ''killed''; not to mention, as he hadn't actually committed any crimes, SHIELD merely process him, threaten him, then leave him alone, showing that if they want to leave, they're not going to be in any more trouble than they were when recruited) and, on top of that, puts them in dangerous situations without training them (ignoring that, in the often cited cases, those dangerous situations ''were'' their training).
** In some cases, it borders on both HypocriticalFandom and CowboyBebopAtHisComputer as its often from Avengers fans, or at least those who [[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen sided with the Avengers]], as the accusations of him being unapologetic ignore the on-panel depictions of him apologising and claiming full responsibility for the mess, which none of the Avengers have done, despite being equally guilty of the whole mess.
* TearJerker: The entirety of issue 32. With the exception of his brother (who is possibly still evil due to the inversion which was not undone), Scott is now completely alone. The students, Emma, Magik, Kitty.....all gone.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The recent 'Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier' story featured a brief, throwaway appearance by Exodus as an agent of SHIELD and the head of its psi division. Yes, ''[[KnightTemplar Exodus]]''. And the thing is, exploring how a character like Exodus would [[HeelFaceTurn come to work for SHIELD at all]], let alone go so far as to help an organization primarily made up of humans hunt down a dangerous mutant threat, would be a story seriously worth reading. Unfortunately, though, Bennet was just there to [[TheWorfEffect get worfed]] by Bendis's GenericDoomsdayVillain Matthew Malloy and he played no further part in the rest of the story, which was so bad that it ended up being retconned.
* VindicatedByHistory: Of a sort... only a month after Bendis' last issue, the ''AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' initiative started, with the X-Men books being revamped with ''ExtraordinaryXMen'' as the new flagship book, which instantly did away with a lot of what Bendis had done (the positive strives for mutant acceptance have been undone, mutants are once more hated and feared by general society, they're once more endangered, and Cyclops is once more public enemy number 1 after spending Bendis' run slowly regaining some measure of respect from most of the world). Cyclops' treatment especially has lead to a number of people to complain how they missed Bendis' run, in-spite of its controversial nature during the actual run, giving it a much more positive word-of-mouth than previously.
* TheWoobie: ''Everyone''. Scott and Emma suffer from the consequences of being Phoenix hosts, [[spoiler: as does Magik, who could be dragged into Limbo at any moment]], Magneto (like Scott and Emma) has his powers broken and mourns the loss of his friend Charles and all the teenagers, who were attacked in public due to their genes.
* WTHCostumingDepartment: More than one person has expressed disdain for the new looks. Be it Cyclops' X-shaped visor (which is apparently a filament made of ruby quartz but it still makes it questionable on how he sees with it), the fact that both Emma and Illyana are wearing almost nothing, or Magneto's bald head and white drapes, in general the costumes aren't popular.
** Dazzler's redesign into a punk rocker/Lady Gaga hybrid doesn't have many fans, if any. It seems Bendis is trying to make her more akin to her Ultimate counterpart, but readers are ''not'' responding positively to the look. It's so bad that the artist, Kris Anka, refused to discuss it further after posting it on his Tumblr ''due'' to its unpopularity, and not-so-subtly blamed Bendis for it. As most people have put it, the design is essentially the bastard child of Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga, and notably is not wearing underpants.
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