I would personally be intrigued with him as a mentor. I think it was in the characters bones pre-reboot. As the leader of the Titans, he arguably mentored many of them, and he worked so well as a mentor for Damian (that picture gave me a bad case of the feels as well).
I'd personally love to see one of the missing characters be introduced through the means of Dick taking them on as a protege. I'd love to see Cass or Steph in this role. I know that these are perhaps the two characters that Dick had the worst relationships with pre-n52, but hey, its a reboot.
Cass would provide the Dark/Light contrast that Damian did. Shiva is already supposed to be a Nightwing villain, so Cass reintroduction to a younger (maybe 14 y.o. ish state) would be interesting, maybe as Shiva's niece or cousin or sister rather than her daughter.. I'm not super familiar with this character, but have read she was mute early on in her characterization, and thus was socially stunted. I think this relationship could really show Dick's protective older brother instincts, not to mention his compassion. Plus, pairing the talkative acrobat with the mute ninja seems like fun to me.
Steph wouldn't provide as much dark/light contrast as Cass. I'd imagine an older brother/ annoying kid sister dynamic between the two. They could also have some great team-up-make-fun-of-super-serious-dark-villains. Or team up to make fun of Bab's or Bruce or something.
I think Dick having a protege or sidekick could show his competence, which would be neat.
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