I genuinely think Rena should come back as Jason Todd’s love interest.
I’ve been thinking about Rena from Jason’s Pre-Crisis era, and honestly, I think there’s so much potential in bringing her back.
My ideal scenario would be that Jason and Rena somehow meet again as adults. They haven’t seen each other in years, and obviously, Jason is a completely different person now.
At some point, Rena finds out that Jason is Red Hood.
But I don’t want them to immediately get back together.
I want a slow burn.
They reconnect, start spending time together, get to know each other again, and slowly develop feelings for each other as adults. They had something when they were younger, but now they have to figure out whether that connection is still there after everything that happened.
And I think that would be especially interesting because Rena knew Jason before he became Red Hood. She knew him as a normal teenager before all the stuff that happened later in his life.
I would genuinely love to see them fall in love again, but slowly and naturally.
Honestly, Rena is probably the only Jason love interest I would actively root for. I don't really feel the same way about his relationships with Artemis or Rose. They just don't feel as natural to me, whereas Jason and Rena already have an established history together.
I know asking DC for a proper slow-burn romance is basically asking them to resurrect Bill Finger :/