History Fanfic / AfterTheFallOfOlympus

* BigBrotherMentor: It doesn't matter what iteration Nightwing's from, he's always been some sort of role model and mentor figure for his brothers. Here, however, he plays a even bigger role in this area for his siblings since Bruce isn't around anymore to train them. Instead it fell on Dick's shoulders to teach them how to properly be crime fighting vigilantes and sometimes shares advice on any internal strife they're going through while growing up. He also serves as this for the younger an less experienced members of the Titans.

* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: If one thing is for certain after the Invasion, it's that the world learned a harsh and brutal lesson and that's '''''no one's''''' invincible no matter how strong they are or appear to be. It's why even years later the Titans are [[CriticalStaffingShortage struggling to get new recruits]] when before there was an abundance of hero teams and local heroes popping up all over the place. It's because now people are much more aware of how ''dangerous'' being a hero can be- that even the smallest of mistakes can have '''deadly''' consequences. In response, the public scrutiny is nowadays ''much'' more critical towards the heroes actions moving forward since they now know ''they can lose.''

-->'''Bart:''' "Wally was always like that. He ''liked'' to teach me things. He taught me the periodic table before I turned one. He taught me about my speed, how to find food. He was ''everything.'' ...I miss him. It's been years now and I really, ''really'' miss him."

** Dick and Donna Troy have this in spades. They've started out as simply teammates but it didn't take long for then to blossom into best friends after fighting and training along side each other. So much so the WordOfGod had to point out often that the love they hold for each other is purely platonic and is in no sense romantic. [[spoiler: She was also the first one to figure out that Nightwing [[FakingTheDead faked]] Robin's death to the world so he could [[TheMole infiltrate]] Sypral for him ''just'' based off his reaction to his "death" which seemed ''off'' to her somehow.]]

* PromotionToParent: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Kara's orginal mission after being sent to Earth was to watch out for her younger cousin Kal-El aka Superman. However, something went wrong with her ship going haywire and ended up frozen and lost in space for decades. To make matters worse when she ''did'' finally make it to Earth, she was quickly captured by Luther and put onto [[HumanPopsicle ice]] for several more years only to reawaken again to find out her cousin's long been an adult who died protecting the planet he was raised on.
* PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage: [[spoiler: Billy loses his ability to transform into Captain Marvel after he used his other form to survive being vaporized during the invasion. He assumes this is because the magic abandoned him for being too afraid to return to the life a hero, and he no longer met the Wizard's requirement of being pure of heart, but Dick later theorizes that Billy himself subconsciously sealed his powers away because he felt unworthy of them. He's ultimately proven right when Billy finally regains his powers in time to help seal Trigon away.]]

* SurvivorGuilt: '''Yeah.''' There's no doubt in anyone's mind that Dick Grayson was hit '''''hard''''' with this ''and for good reasons too.'' Grown men and women have a difficult time dealing with situations like this and for a ''thirteen'' year old boy to come up with a plan that's basically amounts to a glorified SuicideMission with his friends where he's the sole surviving member? ...Yeah, there's no easy way to rationalize that it's not his fault because if he didn't follow through with it, everyone would have been dead anyway. It shouldn't be surprising that he still blames himself for his friend's deaths years down the track.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: {{Downplayed}}. After the Invasion, Dick decides to create the Titans to counter Luther's League which consists of mostly teenagers. Something Jay Garrick ''strongly'' disagreed with after losing ''everyone'' close to him to the Invasion. He believes that children- teenagers or not- shouldn't be heroes so they could stay safe and leave it to the adults instead. He even went as far as to reform the JSA and vocally oppose the Titans. The tension's gotten so thick between them newer heroes are surprised they were considered close allies in the beginning.

* ActionMom: ''Ha,'' there's no one who fits this bill better then Jade Nguyen. Not only is Cheshire one of the founding members of the Titans, she's a master at weaponry, poisons, and a former ProfessionalKiller to boot so she's more then experienced in the underworld. You can bet even after giving birth to Lian she hasn't given a single thought to retirement as she's content raising Lian and later Roy with Will.

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Tragically, the way Beast Boy attained his powers is ''much'' more traumatizing then just getting a blood transfusion from M'gann after getting hit by an explosion. Here he got into a car accident caused by Queen Bee and was kidnapped and [[PlayingWithSyringes expirmented on with Martian DNA]] by the Light. Then he was periodically [[HumanPopsicle iced]] whenever they couldn't find a use for him. So, it's hardly a surprise when the Titans come across the hidden laboratory and find him, he's quick to bond with and join them.
* AdaptationalBadass: Raven was already a [[PintsizedPowerhouse powerhouse]] that even ''[[TheArchmage Zatanna]]'' acknowledged had overwhelming potential that could eventually surpass her one day. On top of all of that [[spoiler: when she put on the Helmet of Fate to help fight Trigon, she became the new Dr. Fate and the only known person that could ''put on and take off the Helmet at will.'']]

** Another change is Beast Boy's famous romance with Terra never happened in this continuity considering Garfield wasn't apart of the Titans when Terra was a teammate and therefore had zero interactions.
* AdultsAreUseless: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since the world got so use to letting the heroes handle everything from deadly criminals that kept cropping up all over the place to major disasters. After the Invasion killed off all the heroes in the Justice League, the world was desperate for ''anyone'' to come and help them in their time of crisis again. It's why the Titans received so much support when they first debuted depite only being teenagers themselves. Especially considering the only adults left actually capable of doing anything or supporting them are the JSA, who are all retired and vocally opposing the Titans operating, and ''Lex Luthor'' who's the '''''last person''''' anyone wants running the show.
* AlternateUniverse: One might wonder how it's even possible Bart Allen still exists in this continuity considering his grandparents have long been dead without any living descendants. Well, the answer is simple as he came from a different dimension altogether. To be clearer, he came from a world similar to the [[{{Canon}} YJ universe]] where the Invasion never happened but the Reach takeover has. In any case, something went wrong with the time machine and while Bart ''time traveled'' correctly... he somehow managed to switch different dimensions by accident and since it was a one-shot trip he's now stuck there.

** '''''Hoo boy''''', it's been noticed multiple times already that Dick has a ''bad habit'' of constantly comparing himself to Batman when the going gets really rough and he can't help but wonder [[WhatWouldXDo "What would Batman do in this situation"]] or if he'll ever hold a candle to him. This is mostly because of how young Dick was when he lost Bruce whereas if he had grown up with him, he would have eventually recognized while Bruce was still a good man... he ''certainly'' had flaws too. As such, he now puts him on a golden pedestal and has a much harder time seeing any fault with the man. Though, Dick's gotten better about this in recent years, making decisions Bruce obviously wouldn't have agreed to.

--->'''Bart:''' "I'm not like them. I know I'm not. I know what people talk about when they see the Flash. Wally, Grandpa Barry... they were hope. They were a light in the dark. I'm... I'm just the dark. I can't be the hope for people if I'm still trying to find it myself, Dick. That's just the truth."

* AssuranceBackfire: Whenever the team brings up Deathstroke's [[EvilMentor strange and outright weird relationship]] with Nightwing out of concern, Dick always reassured them in even ''more'' concerning ways why they shouldn't be worried about Slade... which always ends up distressing everyone ''even more'' then they were already much to his own confusion.[[spoiler: This is most notable when Nightwing tries to persuade the team to work with Slade temporally against Trigon much to the Titans disbelief and horror.]] It's no wonder why all his attempts to convince them otherwise has gone nowhere considering his arguments usually end in:
-->'''Nightwing:''' "Relax, if Deathstroke really wanted to kill me, he would've by now."
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: {{Discussed}} between Zatanna and Nightwing. She's known for years ever since the Invasion, the world's balance has been out of wack. It's because of that, evil Primordial beings like Trigon have been able to gain more power in recent years while she's been gradually losing her's. [[spoiler: It's because of that she decides to break of from the Titans along with a few other members to form Titans Dark, a branch specially dedicated to fighting chaos magic and restoring Order back to the world making her stronger as well.]]
-->'''Zatanna:''' [[spoiler: "I hate to say Constantine's right. I really, really, really hate to say that so I'm not going to. But, magic has been out of balance for years. Before the Invasion. Trigon was a result; but, he's not the only one. And just because we have a Doctor Fate again, just because we're starting to get magic back together again, doesn't mean it's not going to be work.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: It doesn't matter what iteration Nightwing's from, he's always been some sort of role model and mentor figure for his brothers. Here, however, he plays a even bigger role in this area for his siblings since Bruce isn't around anymore to train them. Instead it fell on Dick's shoulders to teach them how to properly be crime fighting vigilantes and sometimes shares advice on any internal strife they're going through while growing up.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: Oh, Nightwing gets affected with this '''''Big Time.''''' Dick is ''well aware'' of all the pressures that come with being a leader. ''Especially,'' after the Invasion leaving him the sole surviving member of Young Justice and [[SurvivorGuilt survivors guilt]] can be ''nasty.'' Unfortunately, with the world falling apart and in desperate need of heroes, he had to step up as leader for the Titans as he was the most qualified one to do so.[[spoiler: Later on after the world gains more heroes and the world regains its footing a little bit, the team encourages Nightwing to take a break from being leader if be really needs it. Despite the temptation, he decides to stay the leader, finally making this his own choice.]]

* ChildSoldiers: Jay Garrick labels the Titans as this when vocally opposing the Titans and the sad thing is Nightwing doesn't entirely disagree. He ''knows'' they're too young to fight and agrees but [[TaughtByExperience having been in their shoes]], he ''also'' knows that there's no use stopping them. If they want to help people, they'll do it with or without anyone's help. Nightwing's only two option are to support them in the best way he can so they don't get themselves accidentally killed or let them help people on their own terms and risk them getting into something they can't handle by themselves.
* ClonesArePeopleToo: The Titans are all ''huge'' believers of this philosophy which shouldn't come as a surprise as some of their good friends and teammates are clones themselves. Something they've learned over the years, no matter how much one might try, it's impossible to clone someone to be a perfect copy personality wise since they have free will and their own anatomy. It's why Superboy and Superman turned out to be polar opposite personalities from each other despite half of his DNA belonging to him.

-->'''Zatanna:''' "You know, Dick, one of the reasons the Justice League was so effective is that they had the numbers. They could ''delegate.'' They had smaller groups and contacts. Young Justice and the Justice Society, yeah, but they also had others. Local heroes. International bases. What I'm saying is they didn't ''need'' to be everywhere, they had help."
-->'''Dick:''' "They did."
-->'''Zatanna:''' "We don't have their numbers, But... we do have more than we did. There's some local heroes starting to rise again."

** Despite the multitude of villians in the DC universe, there's '''''no one''''' in the ''universe'' that's not terrified of the deadly robot aliens from the Invasion. They were strong enough to wipe out the whole ''Justice League'' and most of Young Justice in one fellow swoop. Worse yet, ''no one can figure out where they came from.'' [[spoiler:To make matters even more dire, Earth wasn't even their first stop as they [[{{Genocide}} wiped out five other more advanced planets]] along the way with not even a speck of dust remaining. Not even the Lantern Corps could do a single thing to stop them and they only know just as much as the rest of them.]]

** Deathstroke ''also'' counts as this as he's not your average run-of-the-mill villain. Even on a bad day, he's ''extremely dangerous'' with his meta healing abilities, mastery of weapons, hand-to-hand combat skills, and years of experience. It's not helped that he often takes jobs that openly conflict with the Titans since he's known for working for the Light. Thankfully, after he's made the decision to [[EvilMentor forcefully train Nightwing,]] he's become a slightly less of threat as Slade's grown an attachment to him and Nightwing also started holding his own by slowly getting stronger over the years and more experienced in fighting him. Despite this however, even the ''League of Shadows'' respects his skill and body count. He's certainly made it clear while fighting the Titans, he's known as the world's deadliest mercenary ''for a reason'' and ''should'' '''not''' be taken lightly.
* EasilyForgiven: In spite of Cheshire being a former assassin, her connections to the League of Shadows, and all the bad blood between her and Young Justice, Dick barely put up an argument about her sudden [[HeelFaceTurn transformation into a good guy.]] Regardless of all the crimes she's committed over the years, he handwaved them all away. This is mainly [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] though because he trusts Red Arrow's judgment regarding her and with nearly ''all'' the heroes sudden deaths, they were strapped for heroes and rather [[CriticalStaffingShortage desperate for help.]]

* ExpertConsultant: Due to Zatanna and Omen's lack of experience and there being no one else around to help them anymore with supernatural matters, they're occasionally forced to ask advice from John Constantine who's had years of practice handling magical types of threats. [[spoiler: Later, when Zatanna created the Titans Dark, a branch specially designed to deal with protecting and restoring the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil and supernatural threats, she offically recruited Constantine onto her team. WordOfGod says he acts as second in command now with him dragging Boston into the role of the consultant now.]]
* EvilMentor: Unsurprisingly, Slade took an interest and forms this relationship with Nightwing who was hardly thrilled about it. Despite his offers to join him for an official apprenticeship, something Dick doesn't hesitate to shoot down, he still took time out his busy schedule to pop by and forcefully train him every once in a while. It's gotten the point that Nightwing's completely given up on trying to fight it and just takes advantage of the extra training, much to his teammates' and families' concern.
* FailedASpotCheck: Jade had always prided herself on being a professional assassin back in the day and knowing her stuff. So, when it's revealed her husband had been a [[TheMole undercover sleeper agent]] for the Light with her father being his handler, she wanted to kick herself for not seeing the signs earlier. She's ''seen'' Sportmaster gain intel from him in the past but only assumed it was a one-time hypnosis trick instead of something more dastardly. In any other scenario, she would have looked into it so she knew what kind of job she was dealing with. However, due to her [[AbusiveParent dysfunctional relationship with her dad,]] she let her emotions get the better of her and refused to look into it deeper just so she could end the mission as quickly as humanly possible. Something, she'll clearly come to regret in the near future.

** It's no secret that Jay Garrick cares for and deeply loves his family- blood related or not. It's why he took the aftermath of the Invasion especially hard since he lost '''''literally everyone'''''. His wife Joan, Barry who he thought of as his own son, and Wally who was like a grandson to him. It's because of their deaths, he reformed the JSA and tried numerous occasions to shut down the Titans out of worry that they would also get themselves killed. Despite his current strained relationship with the Titans, as soon as Bart showed up, he didn't hesitate to take him in and think of him as his new grandson regardless of the kid's refusal to leave hero work behind.

* HeelFaceTurn: Despite the constant hostility from being on the opposite sides, after Artemis' death, Cheshire decided to quit her job as an assassin and join the Titans as a way for her to honor her sister's death showing she truly cared and loved her sister in her own way.

* HomelessHero: [[spoiler: After Nightwing met Billy again, who he learned managed to secretly survive the Invasion, quickly picked up on the fact that he couldn't have had a easy time of it these past few years based on how dirty and ratty his clothes were and how ''tired'' he looked. He was proven right after Billy admitted while ''he'' was lucky enough to survive the onslaught of invaders, his foster uncle Dudley ''wasn't'' and he's been living on the streets homeless and [[DePower de-powered]] the last seven years.]]
* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Barbara ''loves'' to tease Dick over his terrible sense of fashion and rightfully so since he was considering getting a [[ContinuityNod mullet originally from the 80's]] was a good fashion choice. Not to mention, [[ContinuityNod his original designs for Nightwing included neon yellow and a collar up to his ears.]]
* InSpiteOfANail: The classics are sure hard to beat sometimes as proven here. Despite Batman not being in the picture anymore, Jason gets a "brilliant" idea to steal the tires off of Nightwing's Wing-cycle which triggers Jason and Dick to meet for the first time. Just like Bruce, it eventually leads to Dick taking in Jason who discovers his SecretIdentity and becomes Robin not too long after.
* InsistentTerminology: {{Downplayed}}. At first after Robin changed his name to Nightwing, he tried to stop his friends from calling "Rob" all the time... to absolutely no avail seeing as it's a ingrained habit of their's. He eventually just gave up and accepted his fate.
* TheLeader: The reason both Donna and Red Arrow were so determined to push Boy Wonder in being their leader despite him litterly being the youngest person on the team? ''His experience''. Both Donna and Garth didn't know enough about the outside world to be effective in leading anyone in battle and Red Arrow hasn't had any experience working in a large group before. In fact, the only partnership he's had was with Oliver which... didn't end on a pleasant note to say the least. Later, however as Nightwing grew older he turned into a mix of the Mastermind, Charismatic, and Level-headed type of leader. He's become so trusted that he's now the most looked-towards hero in the world.

-->'''Garth:''' "If the heroes have fallen, someone must stand."
-->'''Roy:''' "What comes after heroes fall?"
-->'''Robin:''' "What about... the Titans?"

** It shouldn't come to ''anyone's'' surprise that Terra turned out to be a spy working with Slade against the Titans given her [[ItWasHisSled track record in other media.]] However, here she takes it a step beyond by encouraging Starfire's the real traitor to the team and nearly gets away with it if it weren't for Nightwing's gut instinct and detective skills.

** It shouldn't come to ''anyone's'' surprise that Terra turned out to be a spy working with Slade against the Titans given her [[WalkingSpoiler track record in other media.]] However, here she takes it a step beyond by encouraging Starfire's the real traitor to the team and nearly gets away with it if it weren't for Nightwing's gut instinct and detective skills.

* TheMole: Sadly, it was discovered even later that Red Arrow's secretly been a sleeper agent unknowingly and a clone of the real Roy Harper at that. News he understandably ''did not take well whatsoever'' and soon underwent a full blown [[IdentityBreakdown identity crisis]]. Thankfully, the blow was slightly lessened with his original handler Sportmaster dying in the Invasion, along with half of his triggers becoming inaccessible to the Light. He soon picked himself back up earlier with the Orginal Roy already being found and Jade and the team's continous support and assurance that they don't blame him in any way for this debacle.

** In a strange twist of fate, [[spoiler:''Earth'' soon gained this reputation around the universe after the Invasion solely because they managed to destroy the dangerous robot aliens where five other more advanced plantets and even the '''''Lantern Corps''''' couldn't succeed. On top ot all that, they have always played a key role in every major interstellar conflict within the last few decades and the planet is home to ''60 percent'' of the universe's meta-gene population. As such, civilizations started fearing the threat Earth could become in the future and to try to manage that fear, the Corps decided to cut off connections with the planet and label it a non-restricted zone.]]

* AdultsAreUseless: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since the world got so use to letting the heroes handle everything from deadly criminals that kept cropping up all over the place to major disasters. After the Invasion killed off all the heroes in the Justice League, the world was desperate for ''anyone'' to come and help them in their time of crisis again. It's why the Titans received so much support when they first debuted depite only being teenagers themselves. Especially, considering the only adults left actually capable of doing anything or supporting them are the JSA who are all retired and vocally opposing the Titans operating and ''Lex Luthor'' whose the '''''last person''''' anyone wants running the show.

** '''''Hoo boy''''', it's been noticed multiple times already that Dick has a ''bad habit'' of constantly comparing himself to Batman when the going gets really rough and he can't help but wonder [[WhatWouldXDo "What would Batman do in this situation"]] or if he'll ever hold a candle to him. This is mostly because of how young Dick was when he lost Bruce where instead of growing up with him, he would have eventually recognized while he was still a good man... he ''certainly'' had flaws too. As such, he now holds him up to a golden pedestal and has a much harder time seeing any fault with the man. Though, Dick's gotten better about this in recent years making decisions Bruce obviously wouldn't have agreed to.

* ArtificialLimb: After the Orginal Roy was discovered with a missing arm, Dick asked Cyborg if his dad, Silas, could make a replacement for him to help him adjust with his new reality. He ends up agreeing and in the end it functions just as well as a real arm does and now he has no problem using a bow again.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: Oh, Nightwing gets affected with this '''''Big Time.''''' Dick is ''well aware'' of all the pressures that come with being a leader. ''Especially,'' after the Invasion leaving him the sole surviving member of Young Justice and [[SurvivorGuilt survivors guilt]] can be ''nasty.'' Unfortunately, with the world falling apart and in desperate need of heroes, he had to step up as leader for the Titans as he was the most qualified one to do so.[[spoiler: Later on after the world gains more heroes and the world regains its footing a little bit, the team encourages Nightwing to take a break from being leader if be really needs it. Despite the temptation, he decides to stay the leader making his own choice finally.]]
* CharityBall: Dick, honestly ''loathes'' attending galas and Wayne events but unfortunately with him being the heir to Bruce's fortune and the eldest of his siblings... it doesn't give him a choice ''but'' to go to these events on occasion. Thankfully, he's learned to take some enjoyment out of them by managing to sucker one of his friends by going with him.

* ClonesArePeopleToo: The Titans are all ''huge'' believers of this philosophy which shouldn't come as a surprise as some of their good friends and teammates are clones themselves.. Something they've learned over the years, no matter how much one might try, it's impossible to clone someone to be a perfect copy personality wise since they have free will and their own anatomy. It's why Superboy and Superman turned out to be polar opposite personalities from each other despite half of his DNA belonging to him.

* CriticalStaffingShortage: An ongoing issue the heroes have all been dealing with ever since the Justice League and most of Young Justice have been vaperized in the Invasion as discussed between Nightwing and Zatanna. While the Titans have been getting stronger in that respect, they still have a obvious shortage of allies and heroes to help them. Its why Nightwing didn’t argue too much about letting Cheshire- a former assassin who he once fought against in Young Justice join the Titans and [[spoiler: it's a part of the reason Zatanna goes off to create Titans Dark. So they could divide and conquer between the magical and the foreign threats.]]

** Despite the multitude of villians in the DC universe, there's '''''no one''''' in the ''universe'' that's not terrified of the deadly robot aliens from the Invasion. They were strong enough to wipe out the whole ''Justice League'' and most of Young Justice in one fellow swoop. Worse yet, ''no one can figure out where they came from.'' [[spoiler: To make matters even more dire Earth wasn't even their first stop as they [[{{Genocide}} wiped out five other more advanced planets]] along the way with not even a speck of dust remaining. Not even the Lantern Corps could do a single thing to stop them and they only know just as much as the rest of them.]]
** In a strange twist of fate, [[spoiler: ''Earth'' soon gained this reputation around the universe after the Invasion solely because they managed to destroy the dangerous robot aliens where five other more advanced plantets and even the '''''Lantern Corps''''' couldn't succeed. On top ot all that, they have always played a key role in every major interstellar conflict within the last few decades and the planet is home to ''60 percent'' of the universe's meta-gene population. As such civilizations started fearing the threat Earth could become in the future and to try to manage that fear, the Corps decided to cut off connections with the planet and label it a non-restricted zone.]]
** Deathstroke ''also'' counts as this as he's not your average run-of-the-mill villain. Even on a bad day, he's ''extremely dangerous'' with his meta healing abilities, mastery of weapons and hand to hand combat, and years of experience. It's not helped that he often takes jobs that openly conflict with the Titans since he's known for working for the Light. Thankfully, after he's made the decision to [[EvilMentor forcefully train Nightwing,]] he's become a little bit of a smaller threat as Slade's grown an attachment to him and Nightwing also started holding his own by slowly getting stronger over the years and more experienced fighting him. Despite this however, even the ''League of Shadows'' respects his skill and body count. He's certainly made it clear while fighting the Titans, he's known as the world's deadliest mercenary ''for a reason'' and ''should'' '''not''' be taken lightly.

* EvilMentor: Unsurprisingly, Slade took an interest and forms this relationship with Nightwing who was hardly thrilled about it. Despite his offers to join him for an official apprenticeship, something Dick doesn't hesitate to shoot down, he still took time out his busy schedule to pop by and forcefully train him every once in a while. It's gotten the point that Nightwing's completely given up on trying to fight it and just takes advantage of the extra training much to his teammates and families concern.

* FamilyOfChoice: The Titans and the bat family are a perfect examples of this where even outside of heroing, they regularly spend time together having movie and game nights. While their predecessor, the Justice League, were co-workers and at best- friends, the bond developed between the Titans are much closer. After all the hardships they've been though saving the world countless times and being there emotionally for each other though out the highs and lows of their lives growing up. There's no better way to describe them then this. That being said there's a few special mentions below that stand out:
** It's no secret that Jay Garrick cares for and deeply loves his family- blood related or not. It's why he took the aftermath of the Invasion especially hard since he lost '''''litterly everyone'''''. His wife Joan, Barry who he thought of as his own son, and Wally who was like a grandson to him. It's because of their deaths, he reformed the JSA and tried numerous occasions to shut down the Titans out of worry that they would also get themselves killed. Despite his current strained relationship with the Titans, as soon as Bart showed up, he didn't hesitate to take him in and think of him as his new grandson regardless of the kids refusal to leave hero work behind.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: Before, Earth barely managed to scratch the basics of interstellar communication and doesn't possess any kind of interstellar defense which is why no one expected them to survive the onslaughter of the robot aliens much less destroy them. After all, the Earth was originally only considered to be "promising" but nothing more. However, the Invasion happened and Earth's reputation drastically changed. Both the Lantern Corps and other alien civilizations around the universe started to consider Earth to be TheDreaded and quickly started to fear how powerful they'd become after Earth somehow manage to destroy a threat ''not even the lantern Corps were able to defeat''.]]

* TheLeader: The reason both Donna and Red Arrow were so determined to push boy wonder in being their leader despite him litterly being the youngest person on the team? ''His experience''. Both Donna and Garth didn't know enough about the outside world to be effective in leading anyone in battle and Red Arrow hasn't had any experience working in a large group before. In fact, the only partnership he's had was with Oliver which... didn't end on a pleasant note to say the least. Later, however as Nightwing grew older he turned into a mix of the Mastermind, Charismatic, and Level-headed type of leader. He's become so trusted that he's now the most look-towards hero in the world currently.

* LongDistanceRelationship: After Garth decides to join the Titans to honor Kaldur's sacrifice, he and Tula kept up a long distance relationship with him visiting Atlantis every two weeks. However, after three years Tula ends up breaking it off because she couldn't handle the separation anymore much to Garth's grief.

* TheMole: Sadly, it was discovered even later that Red Arrow's secretly been a sleeper agent unknownly and a clone of the real Roy Harper at that. News he understandably ''did not take well whatsoever'' and soon underwent a full blown [[IdentityBreakdown identity crisis]]. Thankfully, the blow was slightly lessened with his original handler Sportmaster dying in the Invasion, along with half of his trigger becoming inaccessible to the Light. He soon picked himself back up earlier with the Orginal Roy already being found and Jade and the teams continous support and assurance that they don't blame him in any way for this debacle.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: After the Invasion, the Lantern Corps decided the best move available to them was to cut all ties with Earth in an attempt to control the other alien civilizations growing [[TheDreaded fear]] of the planet. The only Gurdian against it was Ganthet who tried to reason with his brothers and sisters but was only able to get them to agree to label Earth as a non-restricted zone and setting up a patrol to guard against entry. However, at best it only stops low level threats and on top of that the Corps are forbidden to send out aid ''or'' warning if a threat gets through. While Ganthet's intentions were noble, he in fact made matters worse because labeling Earth as a non-restricted zone will only ''encourage'' otherworldly threats that'll consider Earth as a challenge. Plus, due to the patrol he recommended being set up around the sector makes it ''really difficult'' to gain new allies along with a new information network since the Corps aren't feeding them intel anymore. Not even mentioning, they need a better reputation so other planets don't consider Earth to be TheDreaded anymore.]]
* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: If one thing is for certain after the Invasion it's that the world learned a harsh and brutal lesson and that's '''''no one's''''' invincible no matter how strong they are or appear to be. It's why even years later the Titans are [[CriticalStaffingShortage struggling to get new recruits]] when before there was an abundance of hero teams and local heroes popping up all over the place. It's because now people are much more aware of how ''dangerous'' being a hero can be- that even the smallest of mistakes can have '''deadly''' consequences. In response, the public scrutiny is nowadays ''much'' more critical towards the heroes actions moving forward since they now know ''they can lose.''

* TheOneThatGotAway: A tragic example of this unfortunately concerning Dick and Wally. Even years down the road after his death he can't help but wonder if he and Wally could ever be a "thing" if it weren't for his untimely death. WordOfGod confirmed this by saying Wally will be Dick's forever ''maybe''.

* ParentalSubstitute: It's been ''heavily implied'' Wally use to be this for Bart while he was still alive. According to Bart, he was one of the few remaining heroes in the Reach invasion and so he took it upon himself to look after him. Wally taught him how to ''survive'' in a [[BadFuture post-apocalyptic]] Reach infested wasteland and eventually even [[HeroicSacrifice gave up his own life]] to protect the kid. Looking back, Bart only had fond memories of him and still to this day believes he had to be the kindest person in the universe.

** Dick and Donna Troy have this in spades. They've started out as simply teammates but it didn't take long for then to blossom into best friends after fighting and training along side each other. So much so the WordOfGod had to point out often that their love they held for each other for each other was purely platonic and was in no sense romantic. [[spoiler: She was also the first one to figure out that Nightwing [[FakingTheDead faked]] Robin's death to the world so he could [[TheMole infiltrate]] Sypral for him ''just'' based off his reaction to his "death" which seemed ''off'' to her somehow.]]
** Dick admits that whatever feelings he held for Zatanna fizzled out immediately after the Invasion. Not long afterword, they became close friends understanding their grief and helping each other through it.
* PosthumousCharacter: This refers to a ''crap ton'' of characters since the story revolves around the Titans rebuilding the world from the ground up after the Invasion took the lives of the Justice League and most of Young Justice. It's hardly surprising given the effect they had- both personal and unpersonal- on the surviving heroes lives and the holes they left behind that they would often be referenced by them.

* RecoveredAddict: Will admitted to Dick a few years later, he didn't handle the aftermath of the Invasion well as well as people thinks. He used to drink himself silly and even tried heroin once unbeknownst to anyone except Jade who managed to snap him out of it by threatening to slit his throat open if he didn't get clean. Suffice to say, the threat worked and he pulled his act together not long after.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: After John Constantine initially refused to help Nightwing with the serious matter of Trigon's seal breaking, he teleported him right in front of [[spoiler: Billy who shortly revealed he clearly wasn't as dead as people once thought. While he was "vaperized", he didn't disintegrate like everyone else since Captain Marvel's magic protected him even if just barely. He temporally lost his form and was terrified of the thought of rejoining the battle upon reawakening after seeing all the destruction the aliens wrought against the planet. Later the combination of being wracked with guilt about his former cowardice and [[{{Depower}} inability to turn to Captain Marvel]] convinced him keep his survival a secret from anyone.]]

** One of the main reasons Nightwing became one of the most look-towards heroes in the future was because of his accomplished history to date. Not only is he the member with the most experience with superhero work and teamwork but he's also the only survivor that directly fought in the Invasion. Not to mention, ''he's'' the guy responsible for coming up with the plan to wipe out those deadly aliens- a enemy might I add, the teams predecessors orginally died trying to defeat. Suffice to say, Nightwing has ''more then'' earned his impressive reputation and he's suffered for it too as his whole team lost their lives fighting those creatures.
** Just like her cousin before her, Supergirl has to now live with the fact she's the last remaining person from Krypton. Even made worse with the thought where unlike Superman, she ''knew'' what her homeworld was like before it was destroyed including all the people she personally loved there. Someone give this poor girl a hug...

* SuicideMission: Dick confessed to Red Arrow and Donna in a desperate attempt to explain why he'd be a terrible pick for team leader that he ''knew'' how likely Young Justice's chance of survival was and still went through with it. Though, he admits he didn't know they would ''all'' die, he knew that not everyone would and it was a sacrifice he was willing to make even disclosing that the only reason ''he'' survived was Wally's quick thinking. It's something [[SurvivorGuilt he still deeply blames himself for years down the road though.]]
* SurvivorGuilt: '''Yeah.''' There's no doubt in anyone's mind that Dick Grayson was hit '''''hard''''' with this ''and for good reasons too.'' Grown men and women have a difficult time dealing with situations like this and for a ''thirteen'' year old boy to come up with a plan that's basically amounts to a glorified SuicideMission with his friends where he's the sole surviving member? ...Yeah, there's no easy way to rationalize that it's not his fault because if he didn’t follow through with it, everyone would have been dead anyway. It shouldn't be surprising that he still blames himself for his friends deaths years down the track.

* UniversallyBelovedLeader: {{Downplayed}}. As soon they announced their plan to establish the Titans to replace the recently deceased Justice League and Robin was going to be leader with Red Arrow and Troia as members, they received near instant popularity and suppport. So much so one newspaper even went as far as too call the new teams formation the "New Dawn in the Age of Heroes”. However, there were some groups unhappy about this change such as Jay Garrick who believed the kids shouldn't out risking their lives on the field and Luthor who hoped to create his own League.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: {{Downplayed}}. Afterward the Invasion, Dick decides to create the Titans to counter Luther's League which consists of mostly teenagers. Something Jay Garrick ''strongly'' disagreed with after losing ''everyone'' close to him to the Invasion. He believes that children- teenagers or not- shouldn't be heroes so they could stay safe and leave it to the adults instead. Even going as far as to reform the JSA and vocally oppose the Titans. The tension's gotten so thick between them newer heroes are surprised they were considered close allies in the beginning.

* FamilyOfChoice: The Titans and the bat family are a perfect examples of this where even outside of heroing, they regularly spend time together having movie and game nights. While their predecessor, the Justice League, were co-workers and at best- friends, the bond developed between the Titans are much closer. After all the hardships they've been though saving the world countless times and being there emotionally for each other though out the highs and lows of their lives growing up. There's no better way to describe them then this.

* SoleSurvivor: One of the main reasons Nightwing became one of the most look-towards heroes in the future was because of his accomplished history to date. Not only is he the member with the most experience with superhero work and teamwork but he's also the only survivor that directly fought in the Invasion. Not to mention, ''he's'' the guy responsible for coming up with the plan to wipe out those deadly aliens- a enemy might I add, the teams predecessors orginally died trying to defeat. Suffice to say, Nightwing has ''more then'' earned his impressive reputation and he's suffered for it too as his whole team lost their lives fighting those creatures.

* BigBrotherMentor: It doesn't matter what iteration Nightwing's from, he's always been some sort of role model and mentor figure for his brothers. Here, however, he plays a even bigger role in this area for his siblings since Bruce isn't around anymore to train them. Instead it fell on Dick's shoulders to teach them how to properly be crime fighting vigilantes and sometimes even sharing advice on any internal strife they're going through.