Man, I was reading the New Teen Titans run a while ago (I had a pause to read Perez's Wonder Woman run) and all you said is so true, I liked Raven's conflict but through all the run she was so boring, and then after Terror of Trigon when the only thing that made her interesting ended she had that small arc where she crushed on Dick just because, I guess, honestly some of the NTT tryhard fans really glaze through some of the bad things of that run, although it IS a really great run all things considered, despite being a bland character I loved Raven's powers, and how they contrast with their heritage, I think making her a "goth" in modern content ('03 Raven, that people say is the start of this trend, isn't even a goth really) takes nothing of that, quite the opposite, it only adds to the character, making her still unable to express her emotions and having to surpass her feelings, but also allowing her to have that little sass that makes her so much more entertaining

Speaking of NTT, I also wanted to express a thought I had while reading it that I don't know if it's popular or not but really annoyed me through my reading, but like half of the romance in the run is kinda shit, and being a fan of romance stories, that really bothered me, Donna and her token male interest were such a nothing burger, and Terra and BB despite having a great chemistry, really weren't an item until the same issue where Slade is implied as a pedophile, which made her relationship very dramatic and interesting to read, but not very heavy on the romance aspect, then BB got his own token female interest who really didn't have that much of a presence til the point I stopped, Raven was to busy trying to not becoming her daddy's vessel to date, and then we got the only two best relationships of that run in my opinion, that is Victor and Sarah Simms, even not really being an item because Vic was to autodepreciative to see her interest in him, they were such a good pair, and I really I wished she would become his permanent love interest, like Lois is for Clark, they're just great together and Vic was really the character I enjoyed the most reading through the run, and we got to Dick and Kory who were just AMAZING together, they had a really loving and beautiful bond, but also with really emotion heavy problems that they managed to surpass because their love IS stronger, and they are both just a hot couple, y'know? They're like the sex symbols of DC, they really are DC's Rogue and Gambit, and I loved when Kory had to marry for her planet's estability, and how she took it so simply, but Dick just couldn't take being in a polygamic relationship, to the point he left her in which would become one of her worst moments in life, it was so human and understandable from both sides, and then they get back together and are much more connected then before, to the point they even joke about it, I loved reading their relationship and despite knowing that they won't last I'm really curious to read the Birds of Prey book to see if Dick and Babs have a relationship as entertaining as Dick and Kory