YMMV / Teen Titans Academy

• Ass Pull: The reveal of Brick Pettirosso being Red X II felt incredibly underwhelming by both characters and readers, then another swerve is thrown immediately after when Brick calls Nightwing father, which is lampshaded as not making any sense. When that is revealed to be just a lie, the real Red X shows up, admits everything he told Brick were lies and he was just manipulating him, and then stabs Brick and leaves him to die. All in all, the revelation felt rather forced and contrived out of universe.
• Captain Obvious Reveal: The fact that the current Red X is not the first Red X, Dick was. Anyone familiar with the animated series is well aware that Red X was initially just a fake identity Robin used to get close to Slade, and that the second Red X was some thief who stole the suit for himself, and whose identity was never revealed. So the fact Dick used to be Red X before the identity was stolen was pretty obvious to most readers.
• Creator's Pet: Red X II comes across as this due to the fact his presence pretty much undermines whatever potential the comic might have as a school being run by the adult Titans since the main plot all ties back to who he is and how the other characters react to his presence. Adding onto that, he continually upstages the other characters, even the adult Titans who have years more experience than him, whoever he is.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Bolt is probably the most popular of the new characters, due to being a speedster (which tend to be fan-favourites) who's also a double-amputee, and her somewhat mysterious background and origin hint at her having a connection to the Chambers branch of the Flash Family.
• Older Than They Think: This isn't the first time the veteran Titans have been put onto the back burner in order to boost the image of a group of new, younger characters. In Titans (1999) Jay Faerber's run was manhandled by editor Andrew Helfer forcing him to focus on the DEOrphans, a new group of kid heroes who basically forced the Titans to take them in. Faerber's run was infamous for how the presence of the Orphans derailed all his storylines until he finally left the book. The only difference being that there's an interest for the new kids.
• The Scrappy: Red X II, due to being both a Creator's Pet and the Spotlight-Stealing Squad is largely disliked by the readers for being utterly obnoxious and constantly getting the better of the rest of the characters, with the mystery of his identity dominating the series instead of fleshing out the other characters, new and old. Dislike rose with the eighth issue wherein he tries to humiliate the Titans and Wally West specifically by reminding potential students of the much loathed Heroes in Crisis after fans finally thought Wally had properly atoned for the mess made by that book with The Flash (Infinite Frontier). It especially hasn't helped Red X's case that his role is built off his original appearances from Teen Titans (2003), nearly two decades after the show ended with very little attempts by DC since to expand on it besides Teen Titans Go!, and that whereas the original Red X was largely a personal enemy of Robin's and depicted as his equal which aided in him being a fan favorite, the Red X here is constantly getting the upper hand on the heroes and serves no purpose outside of the mystery behind his identity. The Reveal of him being Brick just made fan opinion worse, as many fans agreed the payoff was not worth the build-up it was given, Brick himself suffering from the same problems of being as underdeveloped as the other characters and being given a nonsensical fake-out reveal on his parentage that many found laughable. So poorly received was the character that Joshua Williamson confirmed all larger plans concerning the character in relation to Dark Crisis were dropped due to the backlash.
• Ship-to-Ship Combat: The book wastes little time to re-igniting to the age-old ship war, creating tension between Nightwing and Starfire shortly after they sleep together, and even bringing up Barbara's name into the equation.
• So Okay, It's Average: The general consensus has been that the cast of characters has a lot of potential and interesting designs, but the book itself is terribly slow and not much is done to shed light on the newer students.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
  • Literally every new character introduced in this series has been upstaged by Red X since day one, and just about any attempt to shed light on them and their personalities immediately gets tied up in the mystery of who Red X is. While the two parter concerning Gorilla Gregg and his uncle Gorilla Grodd finally put the spotlight on the new kids, it wasn't quite enough to break away from the trend of Red X's focus.
  • Roy Harper, after much emphasis was placed on him in the Infinite Frontier mini, has been essentially Demoted to Extra, which has been very frustrating for fans who are still anticipating his reunion with his daughter Lian.