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==Escapade 2000==
Escapade 10 was held February 3–6, 2000.
==Programming==
 
From the program book: "You may remember from ESCAPADES past, having something like 30-36 hours of panel scheduling to choose from. Well, for our 10th anniversary we're making your life a living hell. You have more than 50 HOURS of panels to choose from. May the Force be with you. Escapade panels are free-form, often loud, and almost always intellectually stimulating, Be prepared for all of this and, in general, know that your right to your opinion is respected even if It doesn't look that way in the moment."
Friday:
* Pros: Why Should I Care?, led by Sharon, Dana Jeanne (Why we stay: Loyalty and monogamy amidst wildly sluttish behavior. Pros for better or worse, or just for fun?)
* Does Your Mother Know?, led by Derora and Anagi (Or "how out are you about your slash habit?" Do you hide your slash under your mattress, or do you tell complete strangers on the street that you're into homoerotlc acts between fictional characters? Who knows about your secret life of slashdom? Come and confess all to your fellow addicts and your friendly panel leaders: one who tells no one and one who seeks advice about the workings of foreskin from her co-workers.)
* Ethics of Business and Power in Fandom, led by Jennifer (What is the nature of authority in a decentralized, anarchistic community whose only unifying purpose Is the promotion of Illegal activities? Who has "authority" or "power", and how do they get it? What do they do with it? What can we do about it?)
* Mainstreaming and Marketing Slash, led by Maygra de Rhema, Margie (Not just how to, but should we?)
* Circle the Wagons, Jed... They've Come for Our Writers!, led by Jennifer and Pamela (They're hot and they're cool and we want them to die - they're the new show on the block and they're siphoning off our talent. Do we hate them because we fear them? The syndrome of new-fandom-phobia as illustrated by SW:TPM (this year). Sentinel & HL (last two years), all the way back to the dawn of fandom.)
* Sentinel—The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg: Is there Life After Dissertation?, led by Merry and Laura
* Bad Boys or Leather and Attitude, led by Richel, Dr. Ruthless and Carol (Methos, Spike, et al. Not the guys you'd want dating your sister, but fair game for the slash mill. What's the appeal?)
* Intro to Fan Writing - Nuts and Bolts and Other Dangly Bits, led by Melissa and Kat (Two hardened slashers share information they wish they'd had when they started. We cover basic writing concepts such as effective characterization, point-of-view, character motivation, how to work with a plot, outlining, show/tell dynamics, and the importance of kinesthetic impact in addition, we focus on some of the issues that confront the budding slashwriter the relationship between self-doubt, fear, and persistence; tips on work habits; finding and working with an editor; rewriting; and story completion. Please bring a pen and join us!)
* Sports Night: Slash in Comedy, led by Richel and Christy
* History of Fandom, led by Pamela and Sandy (Listen to old farts and old-fart-wannabes chat about the dawn of fannish time.)
* Due South Season 3/4, led by Zoe Elena and Latonya (Fraser/Kolwalski: who's really in charge here? Who's needier?)
* Is Sex Necessary (in slash)?, led by Beth, Katharine and Kathy (It's the old argument; is slash about two guys in love, is slash about two guys fucking, or is slash about two guys fucking with love?)
* Publishing Workshop, led by Jennifer (What is a zine if it's not a collection of netfic bound with a pretty cover? A long-time zine-ed discusses the theory and practice of print publishing.)
* Oz; The Appeal of Dark Romance, Or Just Plain Hard Time?, led by Melissa and Gemma (Canonical slash. Straight men falling for each other. Rape, betrayal, and survival; allegiance, violence, and power games (and that's just in the fandom - you should see what they do on the show... just kidding). But there's no question about it - it's a groundbreaking show, and there's nothing else out there quite like it. This panel welcomes both seasoned Oz fans and fresh mea- uh... that is, new fans.)
* The Bottom Line, led by Melina and Anne (What is it about a character that screams "top" or "bottom" to us? Do we, as writers, draw these preferences from the characters, or is the choice of top or bottom just a matter of the writer's own kinks?)
* Favorite Characters and Pairings, led by KC and Sue (What makes Bodie and Doyle or Starsky and Hutch so slashable, but not Picard and Riker? What makes some people see Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon as lovers where others only see a beloved student/teacher relationship? Is it the chemistry of the actors or is it how we see them? Do you need to love both of them to make it work, or only one?)
* HL: Do As I Say, Not As I Do, led by Elynross, Merry and Maygra de Rhema (Methos says it's all about survival, that he'd kill a friend in an instant if he thought him dangerous, but do his actions back this up?)
* Promoting Critique on Mailing Lists, led by Margie and Carol (How to promote critical discussion and attention to the mechanics of writing on email lists?)
* Bedtime Stories (Orchestrated by Oblique Publications, expect an interesting and arousing mix of stories and scenes, read aloud (as all good bedtime stories should be.))
* Friday Video Show (Songvids for all. The Friday showcase will feature a combination of vids new since last Escapade and a selection of older vids.)
Saturday:
* XF: Alex Krycek: Psycho Extraordinaire, or Simply Misunderstood?, led by Merry, Margie, and Emile
* Changing Power Dynamics in Fandom, led by Jennifer, Rachael Sabotini and Valentin (With the decline of zine editors and growth of the Net, what's changed, and how does it affect us and our fanfic?)
* Done to Death, led by Laura and Meg (Where have I seen this before? Repetition in slash.)
* Sentinel: Did the Fiction Shape the Fandom? Or Vice Versa?, led by Margie and Sharon (Is the disparate face of Sentinel fandom due to the fact that some online fans came to the show via fanfic some time before seeing the show? Is there a coherent fandom? If not, does it matter?)
* But My Guys Wouldn't Do That!, led by Eliz-mar Von, Richel, Ruth, and Waldo (B/D, S/M, D/S and other kinks.)
* Advanced Slash Writing Workshop, led by Joan and Sharon (Crafting complex stories, developing intricate plots and in-depth characterization, dealing with length (often short is more difficult than long), etc.)
* Crossovers: Serious Exploration of Archetypes or Just Plain Goofy?, led by Brenda, Dvorah, and Melina (Crossovers come in many varieties and in varying degrees of seriousness. This panel will explore the appeal of crossovers, from explorations of cultural archetypes to "lets get our favorite characters together and see what kind of sex they have." Which character's special powers will be stronger? Who's sexier? Which one will be the top? What motivates a writer to write a crossover, and what is the process of attempting to merge universes and create interactions between characters that never really interacted? And why do we like lo read this stuff?!!!)
* SW:TPM Point of View, led by Jo and Jennifer (The Jedi as a Force for Evil in the Universe. The Republic's "Ambassadors" are two fanatical heavily-armed religious nuts with elite commando training and the ability to invade your mind and manipulate your thoughts. They say they are here to negotiate.)
* Due South: Fraser/Vecchio: Good Cop/Bad Cop?, led by Merry, Celeste and Kathy (Softies with a hard candy shell?)
* Psychology of Slash, led by Dvorah and MacGeorge (Slash is not a casual addiction. Devotion, obsession, passion - sound familiar? How many of us have stayed up all night reading a story or pressed the reload button more than once a day to see If a page has updated? Come and discuss what slash means to you - why you like it, why you write it. Whether for post-modern gender role critique, liberation of forbidden fantasies, girl power, or plain old hot sex, what role does slash play in your psyche and your life?)
* H:LOTS: Pamela Rose Pontificates on the Best Fandom Ever, led by Pamela Rose ("Well, it is!")
* Pros: The Myth of Inevitable Tragedy, led by Beth and Kathy (Pros fanfic runs the entire angst range, from happy-happy picking out the curtains stories to shoot-yourself death stories. Pros is also more polarized than many fandoms as to the types of stories the readers will tolerate. Why do some people write depressing endings? Why do some people refuse to read an entire zine with one death story?)
* Pederasty, led by Elynross, Maygra de Rhema (What role, if any, should sexually active, underage characters have in our fiction? Is this some thing to be avoided like the plague, and if so, why? Are the reasons legal, personal, or a mix ture of both? Is it something that's blown out of proportion, and actually kind of a hidden kink for some, no better or worse than a bdsm kink or a rape kink? )
* Websites 101, led by Sandy and Laura (What does it take to create your own website? Focusing on design and concepts, this is not an HTML coding class.)
* XF: Skinner—TV's Manliest Man, or Closeted Snugglebunny?, led by Gwyneth, M. Fae Glasgow, Cynthia (Many fans have fallen for the Surly One because he's one of the most masculine and macho characters ever created on television. Yet fanfic seems to be veering in a different direction—depicting Skinner as snuggly, sweet guy in touch with his inner girlyman. Is this the way fans want to see him? Or is it character rape?)
* Dark Romance, led by Sandy, Rachael Sabotini, Richel and Awena (Desire tinged with obsession, paranoia, and self-destruction, where passion can easily turn to rape.)
* Vidding Basics, led by Stacy and Carol (Or "you want to leam how to make a music vid, huh?"—Carol and Stacy will take a group of novice vidders from the basics of what you need on your VCR, to all your hardware set ups, thru the selection of music, to actually doing some hands-on putting a dip (or two) into a music vid. So if you're interested in music videos and you want to try your hand at making one... you know what panel you need to go to.)
* HL: Duncan Never Slept with a Man Before Methos, led by Melina, Rachael Sabotini, Zen&nancy (D/M slash stories are split pretty evenly about whether Duncan was a virgin before the ROG entered his life. What do you think? Look at some clips (we hope?), hear opinions from some different writers, and tell us what you think and why.)
* Less is More: Gluttony & the Decline of Quality in Fanfic, led by Katharine and Zoe Elena
* What Makes a Slash Story Work? What Makes One Legendary?, led by Russet and Jane (What makes your basic slash story work well, and how does that differ from the requirements for a gen story? Is it just sex, sex, and more sex? What makes some stories enormous hits while other fine pieces languish in obscurity? Is it just timing, luck, and more sex? Be ready to give examples of "legendary" works from your favorite fandoms.)
* QAF: Will America Ever Be Ready for "Queer as Folk?", led by Caryl-Sue and Sandy (In a year that's given us The Sopranos and Oz, is America finally ready for this show?)
* Minotaur's How To... (Registered Gay Boy tells all.)
* Conscious Fandom, led by Katharine and Shoshanna (What, if any, dialogue, is there between our 'real' lives/selves and the ideals/passions we look for in fan stories?)
* Vids, Filking and Fan Entertainment (Join us for a retrospective of Melissa's filks, a plethora of brand-new song vids, an intermission (hurrah), fan-focused entertainment, and more vids.)
Sunday:
* Horatio Hornblower: Buddy, Daddy, or a Naughty, Haughty Boy?, led by Vicki, <dragnldy>, and Jo (Of all those who might lust after Horatio (is there anyone who doesn't?), who do you see as his ideal partners? Archie? Captain Pellew, or Lord Edrington?)
* Literary M/M, led by Christy, Maygra de Rhema and Jane (Published science fiction and fantasy that have definite "slashy" characteristics.)
* Songvid Appreciation 101, led by Gwyneth, Jessica and Kathy (Remember Art Appreciation? "Why is this painting good?" Well, we're doing the same for vids, using examples from the ESCAPADE Video Show. Let's take advantage of the fact that we've all just seen these vids, and use them to illustrate how to do cool things in a vid. We'll look at clever POV changes, appropriate choice of music to theme, skillful uses of musical changes within a vid, storytelling techniques, changes of mood, cutting on the beat vs. cutting on the lyric line, the different approaches to serious and humorous vids, or single fandom vs. multiple fandom vids, and more.)
* What is Canon?, led by KC and Zoe Elena (The shows, the books, the director's comments, opinions by actors at cons?)
* SW:TPM: A Fandom Microcosm, led by Elynross and Caryl-Sue (All the cliches, all the characterization problems in half the time or less. What happens when a fandom starts from minimal canon, strongly pushes for an AU version of that, and then inter-breeds almost instantaneously?)
* MUNCLE: Why Does Everyone Torture Illya, led by Stacy (Is he such a wimp that he deserves torture? Why not torture Napoleon instead?)
* Pet Peeves, led by Katharine and Sandy (What drives you nuts in the stories you read?)
* Critical Fear Redux, led by Maygra de Rhema, Sandy (Critique in Fandom: Why is it so rare? Should we fear it? How can those who want to avoid it, opt-out of the process? And is it different on the web? In mailing lists? In person? A follow-up to last year's panel. )
* Dead Dog Party (Join us for a last minute blow out, bring your leftovers, fill out comments forms, and generally end the weekend on a high note! See you there.)
Alternate Programming:
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Who Let Kids into Slash?, led by Kate/Dymphna (When Buffy fanfic was released on the Net, it introduced slash to a younger crowd, both in characters and authors. How has Buffy changed the demographics and style of slash?)
* Marriage of Minds: Telepathy and Bonding from Trek to Star Wars, led by Eliz-mar Von and Ruth (From mind melds to Master-Padawan bonds, the phenomenon of telepathy and 'bonding" between our guys fascinates us. Come explore what's been done and where we can still go!)
* Hypnosis for Slashers: Everything I Know About Trance Induction I Learned from Watching Forever Knight, led by dvorah (A psychologist explains good (LaCroix) and bad (Nicholas) hypnosis technique using principles of Ericksonian hypnosis and the FK episode, "Close Call". Useful for slashers who want to write realistic trance induction. You don't have to love vampires to be here, but it helps!)
* Hard Core Logo: In the End, It's Still Love, led by Mairead/Aristide (Joe loves Billy. Joe hates Billy. Joe manipulates the hell out of Billy... Billy loves Joe. Billy leaves Joe. Billy can't answer the phone 'cause he's eating chips and masturbating. Discuss.)
* Anime Selection, led by Stephanie (Two will be shown: Lesson XX - 2 young men in high school- First time (sort of)/first love-Japanese with subtitles; Fish in a Trap - High schoolers. Warning: rape scene - Japanese with subtitles; Level C - young model and young man meet - Very explicit for anime-Japanese only.)
* ST: VOY: The Men and Women of Voyager, led by Britta (Exploring why we slash who we slash. Why are some pairings are more believable or more popular than others? Does this change over time? If so, why?)
* VG: Brian Slade: Perfect Puppet or User?, led by Waldo (What was Brian's fatal flaw? Total self-absorbtion or being completely spineless?)
* BDSM 101 for Slashers, led by Eliz-mar Von, Ruth and Waldo (Leather, handcuffs, floggers, harnesses... Come and talk with those who have been in the real BDSM scene to find out what it is and isn't and how it can be used in your slash writing!)
==Vid Show==
Regarding one vid: during the vid show, an Oz vid Prison Sex disturbed some viewers with its canonical images of graphic violence. This led a few attendees to complain and later demand warnings on Escapade vidshows. It was the first time this had been requested and signaled a shift in the expectations of the viewing audience towards a more controllable and individual customized viewing experience. While media vidshows had always included movie vids which had R (and in some cases X) ratings, the majority of footage had come from primetime TV shows which were restricted by censors in terms of both sex and violence. Cable TV had however, by 2000 made significant inroads in both, and the request for warnings on vidshows illustrated that not all fans were prepared for fandom to adapt to the increased explicitness in TV and movies. Escapade eventually chose to not include warnings on their vidshows deciding that since the convention was for fans 18 years or older, that this was not necessary.
Escapade 2000 Music Videos
Friday, February 4 and Saturday, February 5 (Part 1)
Song 	Vidder 	Fandom 	Notes
Don’t You Need 	Morgan Dawn 	Starsky & Hutch 	From Friday show.
Can’t Help Falling In Love With You	Stacey D 	Wiseguy 	From Friday show.
As Long As You Love Me 	Stacy D 	Wiseguy 	From Friday show.
Love is a Battlefield 	Flamingo 	Starsky & Hutch 	From Friday show.
Living La Vida Loca 	Flamingo 	Starsky & Hutch 	From Friday show.
The Saga Begins 	Weird Al-VH1 	The Phantom Menace 	From Saturday show.
The Battle of Evermore 	Cee O’Dee 	The Phantom Menace 	From Saturday show.
Right By Your Side 	Cee O’Dee 	Multiple Fandoms 	From Saturday show.
Who Wants to Live Forever 	Cee O’Dee 	The Phantom Menace 	From Saturday show.
Love Is Strong 	Cee O’Dee 	World Wide Federation of Wrestling	From Saturday show.
So Pure 	Pam Rose/Katharine Scarritt	Homicide Life on the Streets 	From Saturday show.
You Make Me Remember 	Katharine Scarritt 	Velvet Underground 	From Saturday show.
Shades of Grey 	Waldo 	Babylon 5 	From Saturday show.
Our House 	Waldo 	Babylon 5 	From Saturday show.
Acrobat 	Gayle F & Morgan Dawn 	La Femme Nikita 	From Saturday show.
Crying Game 	Seabreez & Gloria A. 	The Sentinel 	From Saturday show.
Frozen 	Stacy D 	Oz 	From Saturday show.
From Where I Stand 	Kathy M. 	Due South 	From Saturday show.
Part 2
Shades of Gray 	Melina 	Highlander
Bridge Over Troubled Water 	Melina 	HIGHLANDER
I’m Too Sexy 	Melina 	HIGHLANDER
Don’t Fear the Reaper 	Melina, Killa, and Luminosity	HIGHLANDER
We Do What We’re Told 	Gwyneth 	Soldier
Handle Me With Care 	Media Cannibals 	DUE SOUTH
The Rest Will Take Care of Itself 	Alexfandra 	DUE SOUTH
Hair 	Media Cannibals 	Multi
46 and 2 	Jo 	Oz
Human 	Sandy Herrold & Gwyneth 	X-Files
Smooth Operator 	Gwyneth 	La Femme Nikita
I’ll Be (The Greatest Fan of Your Life)	Anna & TS Cannibals 	The Sentinel
Do What You Have to Do 	Gwyneth 	Buffy
You Got It 	Alex 	Buffy
Odd Couple Intro 	Sandy 	Buffy
Prison Sex 	Jo (On tape #4) 	Oz
Someone Keeps Moving My Chair 	Carol S 	X-FILES
Rhino Skin 	Carol S 	X-FILES
Veli 	Carol S 	X-FILES
What Do I Have to Do 	Carol S 	X-FILES
Spooky 	Jill & Kay 	X-FILES
My Generation 	Jill & Kay & Lynn (JKL) 	Buffy
==Vid Show Agenting Controversy==
Note: Originally, copies of Escapade vid shows were mastered, duplicated, and mailed directly to convention attendees on behalf of the concom by staff member Kandy Fong. At one point, she supplied some of these high-quality tapes to Mysti Frank to sell at cons Kandy herself wasn't attending, but after learning that Mysti had inflated the prices and kept the profits, Kandy rescinded any permission for Mysti to copy, distribute, sell, or in any way be associated with Escapade con tapes.
In April 2014, it was discovered that Mysti had been making and selling lower-quality tape copies without the concom's or vidders' knowledge or permission, and also without including any of the vidder credits that Kandy had originally provided. Concom member Charlotte Hill then contacted Mysti and asked her to stop distributing tapes in order to protect the quality and reputation of both the vidders and the vid show.
The original information added to this page offering tapes for sale via Mysti's website is below:
The vid show was released on a songvid VHS tape and sold by Agent With Style. From the description: "The wonderful song vids shown at the Escapade convention in Santa Barbara, CA, each year are collected and presented here for your enjoyment through the auspices of Kandy Fong. Capturing every fandom you could think of -- and many you couldn't! -- these tapes are amazing and not to be missed! Available only in VHS tape."
==Convention Reports==
==Gallery==
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==References==
Category:2000 Conventions