The panel cut! And mods needed!

[escapade_team]

Thanks to the 65 people who took time to let us know what you want to see on the schedule for Escapade 27. Below are the panels we expect to see on the schedule. There are a few that won’t be scheduled unless someone steps up to moderate. Panels needing mods are called out with *** and ALL CAPS notes and include the panel description. Are you the one? Email us at info@escapadecon.net

GENERAL/META PANELS

The Kids Are Not the Problem (combine with Evolution of Fandom)

Mods: Katie, Sinead, Aral, Megan

What’s new and where to find it

Mod: Tayrin

***MODS NEEDED!! Home on the Web

Description: LJ’s Russian overlords have removed HTTPS support and are moving the server activity to Russia; some say a shutdown of US services is on the horizon. Yahoo fails to make money with Tumblr. Dreamwidth is slow, and doesn’t have media hosting. Email lists are a hassle. Imzy, a startup, places branding aesthetics over design usability. Where’s the next place for fandom, or should we reclaim one or more of the platforms from the past?

Willing (but need more!): elf

The fax about fixits!

Mods: Dorinda, Megan

Fandom vs Cheeto Voldemort

Mods: Saklani, Parlance

You’re Totally Welcome on my Lawn, but I Wish You Wouldn’t Pee on the Grass

Mods: cacupid, megan

LGBTQIA+ in Slash Fandom

Mod: undeleterious

Where did the sex go in our slash con?

Mod: Dail

The Most Meta (the panel about panels)

Mod: megan

Black Jewish Superman

Mods: Dail (Willing: Aral)

***MODS NEEDED!! Wank: It’s Coming From Inside the Fandom

Description: Whether you call it fan wank, flame wars, or just The Discourse, fans continue to disagree about every aspect of fandom. Let’s gossip about the latest and greatest kerfluffles and why everyone else’s opinion is just plain wrong.

The Slash Book

Mods: ConstancePenley, Charlotte

NFAF: Non-fannish Films About Fandom

Mod: Franzeska

Representation Matters

Mod: Killa

OT3 for Me

Mod: RaineWynd

ALTERNATES (if we don’t get mods for the panels above, we may schedule one or both of these.)

We’re All Going to Hell

Mod: Elf

***MODS NEEDED!!  It’s Canon, but is it Slash?

Description: From K.J. Charles to C.S. Pacat, professional m/m writers are flourishing. But do these works scratch the same itch as slash? What do we like? What do we hate? What do we want more of?

FANDOM-SPECIFIC PANELS

Sherlock: Behind the doors at 221B Baker Street

Mods: snow, SJ Bryan

Capes and Cowls (Pixie boots optional)

Mods: bren/glacis

ST: Quite logical: 50 years of ponfarr

Mods: CatalenaMara, rhaegal

Stargate: Classic Fandom Flashback

Mods: bren/glacis

SWRO: A Woman, a Rebel Operative and an Imperial Defector Walk into a Bar

Mod: Killa

MCU: Hanging Up the Shield: Where does Captain America fandom go from here?

Mod: Gwyneth

due South: For Reasons That Continue To Need Exploring At This Juncture

Mods: ride_4ever, bren/glacis, DeniseRaymond

HP: Potter, classic and next generation

Mods: bren/glacis

Sense8: Orgies and Sing-a-Longs

Mods: Nestra, brak

Yaoi on Ice

Mods: bren/glacis

Pacific Rim: Canceling the Apocalypse Again

Mod: RaineWynd

Hannibal: Fannibal Pannibal

Mods: iesika, foxwrapped

DC CW Arrowverse Catch All

Mods: bren/glacis

The Expanse S2: In Space No One Can Hear You Kick Ass

Mod: Kadymae

Star Trek Beyond: The Spock McCoy Relationship

Mods: Dr. Beth, Saklani

Pros: It’s a Holiday

Mods: Krisser, bren/glacis, cindy

TECH/WORKSHOP

AO3 Tagging for Fun and Kudos

Mods: elf, undeleterious

Vidding 101

Mod: Lola

I want to read graphic novels, but I don’t know where to start

Mods: kadymae, DeniseRaymond

How to Threesome

Mod: Elf

Escapade the Website

Mod: Ellie

***MODS NEEDED!! Dead Fandom Museum (moved to tech from general)

Description: Time and the internet march on even as authors and archivists move on to other things. We’ve all had the experience of going back to look for an old favorite fanwork to find all links dead and the urls of once-huge archives up for sale. Or maybe the the author has pulled all their work and disappeared, but someone you know has a collection of pdfs they’re willing to share…

What’s the best way for us to preserve older works and archives without stepping on creator’s toes? Can we anticipate and plan for eventual fandom and platform death or die-back?

(Willing, but need more: iesika)

Let’s Collab! New Forms of Collective Fan Creativity (moved to tech from general)

Mod: lola

Calibre – Plugins for Fandom (write-in)

Mod: Amalthia

ALTERNATE PROGRAMMING/VIDEO

Pegging Our Boys (write-in)

Mod: Fashes

Gaming Fun

Mod: Katbear

Fandom Pictionary

Mod: DeniseRaymond

Fandom Dating Game

Mods: Franzeska, DeniseRaymond

A Wake for The Legends We Lost in 2016

Mod: DeniseRaymond

Peer-run Trauma support check-in (write-in)

Mod: Fashes