i have kind of talked about it but it is spread out over... several tweets lol so. anyways, it is NOT just dick! dick serves as the immediate reversed mentor and thus bruce's main teacher but jason, tim, and stephanie also exist to fill in roles as well! duke i have not quite figured out how i want to fit in there (been pondering on it a lot actually) and then damian is not there for... somewhat obvious reasons aha.

jason todd is a mechanic on park row, the business he works for moonlighting as an illegal chop shop. he's a civilian and serves to bring some much needed perspective about gotham reality to bruce (from the upper class with limited exposure to the lowest of the low) and dick (not even from gotham).

tim drake is the young CEO/owner of Drake Medical Industries and another civilian, though he's still a bit of a freak and has a voyeuristic obsession with true crime and something of the hots for the cities vigilante justice (namely spoiler, but later nightwing & starling as well). he is bruce's lifeline in the sea of socialites, helping him keep his head above water in the ruthless swarm of people all looking to take advantage of the young Wayne... which, uh, tim, totally isnt? right? haha.

stephanie brown is Spoiler, the lone vigilante of gotham who always seems to be one step ahead of whatever criminal she sets her sights on. nightwing & starling step on her toes initially when they start operating out of gotham (spoiler having heard of nightwing already, wondering what brought him to gotham of all places, what's with the kid, you know the usual spiel). she is their senior in crime fighting, especially the special gotham variety, and helps BOTH of them hone in their detective skills so they can start stopping crime instead of just punishing it.