crack_van | Crosswords and Stockholm Syndrome by Scarabbug (T/PG-13)

Fandom: JUSTICE LEAGUE ANIMATED
Pairing/Characters: Hawk, Dove
Length: One-Shot
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: ff.net account

Author Summary: They’re having their old pacifism versus activism argument again. These kinds of conversations never end well. Or begin well, come to think of it.

Why this must be read: Hawk and Dove (Hank and Don Hall) represent that common archetype of 'two siblings who work together using powers that represent opposite forces', but they take it to an extreme. Hawk is bent on the idea that 'the best defense is a good offense', while Dove prefers to work by believing that 'an eye for an eye, and the whole world goes blind'. So while their powers are fairly similar (increased strength and agility), it's their beliefs that make their methods complete opposites.

I'll admit that I never fell in love with Hawk and Dove as much as I have with other characters, but there was just something about this fic that resonated. Scarabbug takes a post-superhero-crisis situation uses it to create multi-leveled conversation between two heroes with antagonistic moral satndpoints, and two brothers that are trying desperately to figure each other out. Like in real life, the problem never really gets resolved, but in some ways, it feels like it has been.

I'd add a snippet in, but the whole fic is really a jewel.

So just go read it.