Re: great scene, awful storyline
I wondered if it would've worked to use Dick/Babs to introduce the all-important stress. As you said, it would've been a lot more organic than Mirage, and given how many of Dick's relationship issues with Kory have to do with her alienness, I could see him being drawn to a "friend" that's just an easy Earth girl. Was she in Suicide Squad around this time or Birds of Prey? Either would've been a good excuse for her to be a recurring Teen Titans cameo.