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Jul. 16th, 2023 04:54 pm
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Welcome to the home of Stolen Breeches on Dreamwidth! This community is focused on the pairing of Benjamin Davidson and Felicity Merriman from the American Girl books and the movie adaptation. It began on LiveJournal in July 2010, and the affiliated tumblr was created soon after. I imported the original LJ community to Dreamwidth in 2023.

If you're looking for fic, fandom, fellowship, or are craving a trip down memory lane, check out the following:

Fanfic

• The Ben Davidson/Felicity Merriman tag on AO3

• The American Girl (books) tag, filtered for Felicity on fanfiction.net. You'll have to dig and Ben doesn't have a character tag, but there's a bunch of Felicity/Ben fic in there. Also check out the American Girl tag without the character filter.

• This FFN Ben/Felicity fanfic masterpost on tumblr. And here's the post for AO3.


Other sites

• The original stolen_breeches LJ community.

• The stolen_breeches tumblr (currently being redesigned)

• Some tumblr tags to keep an eye on: Felicity Merriman, American Girl, Ben Davidson, benicity, Felicity x Ben, and Felicity/Ben (try the names reversed, too.) A few these tags will have content from the unrelated TV show "Felicity" mixed in, as is tradition.

• I've stumbled across discussions on the American Girl subreddit (and affiliated Discord server), AG podcasts, historical costumers on Instagram, YouTube comments, random tweets, etc. These conversations are usually pretty fleeting, but it's worth keeping an eye out for likeminded fans.


Canon

• If you're feeling nostalgic and would like to revisit the books but no longer have your copies:
- support your local library by borrowing them
- purchase them new or used. Be aware that editions may vary
- search archive.org for the title of the book you're looking for. They have a great selection of the books in multiple editions, available to borrow with a free account.

• For the movie:
- borrow, rent, or buy it
- YouTube


If you'd like to be added as an affiliate, have a question, or just want to chat, please comment on this post!
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Title: When They Are Both Full Grown
Author: [archiveofourown.org profile] lesspopped
Link: AO3
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,191
Warnings: past parental death
Summary: "It was the Year of Our Lord 1784, though not for much longer, for it was the seventh day of Christmas, New Year's Eve. There were no letters, which came as no surprise but as a disappointment anyway."

Notes: The oldest fic for the pairing on AO3, and it's a gorgeous one. Beautiful winter atmosphere, a believably weary Ben, and a softly grown-up Felicity all ring true.
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Vid Title: Felicity & Ben. [With Old Illustrations.]
Vidder: Bookseller-Kun
Song: At Rest - Romance by Kevin MacLeod
Year: 2018
Warnings: canonical loss/mourning of family member
Comments: This is really soft! It's rare for a fan edit to incorporate the original book illustrations, and this one does with a unifying sepia-tinted nostalgia that feels like a slightly melancholy camcorder montage. I don't know, there's just something very special about the tone of this.
[identity profile] aimmyarrowshigh.livejournal.com

[livejournal.com profile] yalit100 [livejournal.com profile] yalit100 [livejournal.com profile] yalit100 [livejournal.com profile] yalit100 [livejournal.com profile] yalit100


Love YA lit? Love writing fic?  Love writing fic for YA lit and wondering why there doesn’t seem to be very much for most books?

Join the YAlit100 challenge!

  • You MAY claim more than one table at a time.
  • You MAY do crossovers, fusions, and AU fic! If you intend to write crossovers and/or fusions, claim the table for the MAIN WORK (so, for example, if you want to write 100 godly-parent-fusion fics, your claim would be “Percy Jackson,” unless all 100 fics would star characters from Anna and the French Kiss or something. SOME ASPECT of all 100 fics must be constant for the book/table you choose!)
  • Fics can be ANY LENGTH. You may write 3-sentence fics, drabbles, one-shots, six-word-ficfests, whatever. The whole point is just to encourage more YA lit fic! :)

So far, there are just the first few tables up, but I will be adding my usual amount of ALL THE YA BOOKS.  :P  Join and/or Watch the
comm on LJ for updates, and make sure to suggest any book(s) that you may think I’ll miss or that you want to see sooner!

[identity profile] moondoggiesgirl.livejournal.com
Title: Firelight
Author: Argentus
Link to Fic: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3897758/1/
Rating: K+
Summary: He fights, and he bleeds...and he writes to her by firelight.
What makes this fic worth reading: It's beautifully written.  
[identity profile] mrstater.livejournal.com
Title: Furlough
Author: [livejournal.com profile] mrstater
Characters/Pairings: Benjamin Davidson/Felicity Merriman
Rating & Warnings: rated PG-13 for mild sexual tension and war themes; age appropriate pairing for historical setting
Format & Word Count: ficlet, 998 words
Summary: April, 1780: A springtime furlough should bring hope and comfort, but instead Ben finds his old friendships and old dreams turned as topsy-turvy as the weather.
Author's Note: First American Girls fic, written for the [livejournal.com profile] day_by_drabble multifandom drabble community.

(Furlough)
[identity profile] quamquam20.livejournal.com
We are now officially affiliated with the Stolen Breeches tumblr made by [livejournal.com profile] sariza! It's full of clips, gifs, caps, and scans AND it's really pretty so go check it out, follow, and spread the word!
[identity profile] ammelockheart.livejournal.com
I was browsing on deviantart and found this pic of a colonial couple kissing and it immediately reminded me of felicity and ben.
heres the link: http://comic-chic.deviantart.com/art/First-Kiss-turns-One-82329600?q=meta%3Aall+boost%3Apopular+kiss&qo=108&catpath=&order=0&offset=108
[identity profile] sariza.livejournal.com
The Stolen Breeches Ben/Felicity tumblr.

http://stolenbreeches.tumblr.com/

If you have a tumblr make sure you click the little "+ Follow" button on the top right corner and if you don't have a tumblr, what are you waiting for!? Make one and follow. We take submissions, so send them in. And always remember to reblog and spread the world of Benicity.

Cheers!

Caitlyn.
[identity profile] sariza.livejournal.com
Hey everybody! I'm Caitlyn and I'm new to this community but not to Ben/Felicity.

I'm been wondering if I should make a Ben/Felicity tumblr and I wanted to see if anyone on here would be interested in that, willing to co-moderate with me or maybe even make the tumblr an add on to Stolen Breeches.
[identity profile] quamquam20.livejournal.com
My current obsession is making remixes of A Softer World comics. The text isn't mine: I just add the pics, which also aren't mine.
Some are sad, angsty, etc, and a lot of the ones on the site are NSFW. These are all SFW though :)
Screencaps by [livejournal.com profile] blancwene .

There are six Felicity remixes behind the cut, and three of them are B/F.
asofterworld

HERE )
[identity profile] elysiastump.livejournal.com
Okay so here are the pictures of Ben that I scanned from my books.

http://pics.livejournal.com/elysiastump/gallery/000013a2

And I hope that I did that cut correctly.

Edit: 8/24:  Silly me hit the link for my manage, not the album..  oi.....

Icons!

Aug. 16th, 2010 07:29 pm
[identity profile] erikssiren.livejournal.com
A while ago I made Felicity icons for [livejournal.com profile] icons100 and figured I should share them with you all.

Teaser:



Fake cut is fake

Ben Pic

Aug. 16th, 2010 06:03 pm
[identity profile] elysiastump.livejournal.com

I am actually going to scan the pictures from the books once I get a moment, but this is one I took with my cell phone for a wallpaper on it. I hope you all enjoy. =)

Also.. umm..it's been a long time, can someone refresh me on how to do a LJ cut? Please?


[identity profile] elysiastump.livejournal.com
Okay, so how many of you knew about this game?

www.americangirl.com/fun/games/agcn/felicity/penny.php

You have to help Felicity and Penny save/find Ben. You need to pick up food along the way, jump over things all in order to find Ben. I must say, the jumping things is hard! Everytime I do and looks like I clear it, it tells me I didn't. =(
[identity profile] elysiastump.livejournal.com
Okay PansyBunny :) I'll give your interview questions a try here! lol

1.)What is your favorite Felicity/Ben scene in the books?
Okay, um, so many, well I would probably have to say that my favorite scene is from my favorite book. The scene where Felicity rides out into a storm to try and talk Ben into coming back before the bounty hunters find him. I LOVE the pictures of Ben in that book the best. To the point that I have snapped apic with my cell phone and made the one from the scene I am talking about into a wallpaper. ...I'm so lame....

2.)Do you agree with the choice of Kevin Zegers play Ben in the Felicity movie? Who would you have liked to see portray Ben?
I'm not very good at remembering names of actors. I think that Kevin did a good job, but I do not fully feel that he looked that part or that he acted as much as Ben from Book Verse. I think that Kevin did good with what he was given as lines and scenes. I would have preferred someone that looked more like Book Ben (6ft, brown hair pulled back, brown eyes) and acted more like him. I would have also liked more of the Ben Scenes from the books. Ben 'scolding' Felicity for wanting to to go the Ball, my favorite scene from Saves the Day, although I did love the line 'You'll not see me again Felicty Merriman.'

3.)What do you imagine Ben and Felicity looking like 5 years atfer the latest book?
That is a good picture there girl. ;) Hmm.. I see them married of course, with children, Ben running his own store or perhaps Mr. Merriman giving Ben his store. Felicity helping to run it.

4.)Was there something you wish had been put into the Felicity movie that wasn't?
haha I think I already answered that earlier.

5.)Do you think American Girl should let Ben go to war?
I think it would be interesting to see it actually take place.

6.)What kind of life do you see Ben and Felicity having together?
I would hope a happy one. Many more adventures.

7.)Do you imagine Ben and Felicity having children? If so, how many and what genders?
But of course! Scary part to this is that women are fairly common to die in childbirth. Or even the child themsevles. I sadly, would see them losing one child very young, perhaps in birth. Probably because of how common it would be back then, also to see it pull them closer together. Children in total? Oh my, given age, time, umm.. maybe 4-5, a mixture of boys and girls, perhaps the last two could be twins!

8.)What do you think would be a good story for the next Felicity book?
Ben going to war and him and Felicity starting to show their feelings, since we have heard that mrs. Tripp herself saw them getting married.

9.)Should AG eventually age the historical girls, or do you believe that's best left to the fans' imaginations?
I think so, I mean if they could do that to Rugrats ( and even give the teens their own show) and Simpsons could so episodes of adult children, I think AG could age them. I mean, Felicity has been 12 since..what...1991/1992?

and lastly, 10.)Is there a song or piece of music that automatically makes you think of Ben and Lissie? (For me, it's "Spend My Lifetime Loving You" by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena, from the Mask of Zorro film, among others)If you have more than one, list them!

Hmm.. I need to listen to that!

1) Collide: I heard this is a Ben/Felicity vieo on Youtube
2) Say When-The Fray I just think of them.
3) All the right moves- OneRepublic- I think this may be because of the video they made, all the dancing and costumes.

I'm sure that I have others, but I can't really think of them...

oh!! 4) Cosmic Love- Florence and the Machines ( though I think of alot of couples with this, so I would call it my multi-fandom song)
5) my Love- Sia ( yes yes I know, it's a Twilight song, but it's so beautiful)
[identity profile] quamquam20.livejournal.com
I found a great fic on ff.net. Posted with permission.

Title:
A Year To Live  
Author: P.B. Fluff
Rating: K+
Word Count: 3,401
Summary: Before Ben leaves for war he contemplates his feelings for the Merrimans as a second family and Felicity develops a childhood crush. Somewhat AU and somewhat angsty

www.fanfiction.net/s/6076163/1/A_Year_To_Live
[identity profile] quamquam20.livejournal.com
To kick things off, I figured we could talk about the American Girl books and how we became interested in this pairing.

Here are my 2 cents:

A few months ago, I was trying to remember my first OTP. Not my first realization that two people were in love (thanks, Disney), but my first experience of really enjoying a pairing and wanting them to be together. And I decided that it was Felicity & Ben.

I was really, really into the books as a kid and I know they've played a huge role in my life, particularly my love of history. Part of what made them so enjoyable was Felicity herself- likable but flawed, as well as the other characters. Valerie Tripp didn't talk down to her readers and the world she created is believable.

I think that's why I still think about this pairing. I'm a sucker for friends who turn into something more, and I was always sure that Ben and Felicity would end up together.

Your turn! Feel free to share embarrassing stories about how you dig guys in ponytails because of Ben, still want to go to Colonial Williamsburg every year for your birthday, or how you had an imaginary friend that was a thinly veiled homage to said apprentice.

Or was that just me? omg

Welcome!

Jul. 28th, 2010 07:38 pm
[identity profile] quamquam20.livejournal.com
You have stumbled across LiveJournal's best and, as far as I can tell, only Ben/Felicity community :) 

There is an unfortunate lack of representation and organization amongst B/F shippers and this is an attempt to remedy that.

So if you ship it, please join! Feel free to post vids, icons, polls, fanmixes, graphics, discussion questions, fanart, fics, and anything else that relates to the pairing, both in the books and in the movie. Remember, as always, to give credit where credit is due.

If you have any questions or would like to affiliate, please comment here.

Have a lovely day!

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“I imagine you miss your family and friends back in Yorktown,” said Felicity. “And I’m sure they miss you, too. If I loved someone, I could never let him go away from me. I would be too miserable and lonely.” She glanced over at Ben. Maybe he was lonely. “You’ll be happier here when you have some friends,” she said.

“Aye,” said Ben. And he hid his face behind the sack of oats again.

– Meet Felicity, by Valerie Tripp

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