Yeah. As a narrative device, I loved the privileged jerkiness and failures of Charles' character; a thing that I really enjoy about the X-men universe is that there is no single comfortable place to let your moral sympathies rest.

I get the impression from various interviews that McAvoy, at least, was well aware of Xavier's failings.

There's a good Darwin story here, which was nice to read after being disappointed by his fate in the film.