Originally Posted by
SiegePerilous02
I'm in the camp that firmly thinks the "Titans" name should belong to one set of characters, and that's Dick's generation. The "Teen" has been dropped since the 80s, and even in-story they would frequently just refer to themselves as just "Titans" and not always "Teen Titans." There is no reason for them to graduate from anything, the name can be used for a cast of young adult characters.
Slapping "Teen" back onto the title with the YJ crowd for some shallow synergy with the cartoon resulted in some short term success, but reinforced the wrong notion that it's only a team for teenager, or adults who are only there to train the teens. And now the Fab 5 and those of their age group look pathetic for keeping the name when they had already gone through the process of making the name grow up with them, and now they have nowhere to go. But yes, other fans would think they need to move on have Tim or Damian's generation bear the name, or even have all the generations have it. And personally, I can't think of anything more boring than a team comprised mostly of current and former Robins, Wonder Girls and Kid Flashes. The goal should be for the Titans to mostly be comprised of members (beyond the original 5) we cannot see in other, bigger properties. Keep Tim's crowd separate as YJ. They need to stop having it both ways and just power on through.
I do agree that giving it a rest is better than putting out bland products, but...
I have to agree with this a bit. The reunions featuring Dick, Donna, Wally, Garth, Roy, Vic, Kory, Gar and Raven were not bad plans and they generated interest. So clearly people want to see those characters together again. But they fizzled out quickly because of the talent involved. Like the one before Abnett was Judd Winick, who slaughtered a bunch of red shirts and had Starfire get attacked by a giant worm while she was naked as his opening salvo. No wonder it crashed and burned. Geoff Johns, Mark Waid or Grant Morrison on a Fab 5 + NTT reunion would have killed it because they could balance the nostalgia with new ideas effectively. Similarly, Hickman's setting up a story where tons of faces across the various X-eras can show up, but he's still putting Xavier, Magneto, Scott, Jean, Logan, Storm and the other big names at the forefront. His big new direction still keeps the core cast. I think a Titans relaunch should either have all 9 of those characters as the core or as many of them as possible, because that's who people want to see.
DC just shouldn't think they can put just anybody on the title and think it will hold peoples' interests. Either an already big name or a fresh up and coming talent is needed, not workmanlike mind.