SHareCon 2008 Panel Survey

Please vote for as many panels you are interested in. The survey is anonymous, so go ahead and vote for your guilty pleasures. The Panel Survey will be up until July 12.

Why the fandom is still humming along after thirty years?

Keeping It Lively: There's no new source, there's no new releases, but the fandom is forever. How to keep things fresh and lively over the years.

Old Fandom, New Avenues: Are there new avenues where the SH fandom can get into to spread the word? LJ, Podfics, Challenge Communities, etc.

Favorite links, LJs, websites to wallow in, all that is S&H.

Have you ever seen a slashier pair on TV? Favorite moments in the show.

Which episodes have the fewest fics written about them and why?

Keeping your fics in the '70s. Slang, fashions and happenings of the disco era. (preferably with handouts of resources).

Forever Young: Reinventing the 70's S&H as Characters in the New Millenium.

Medical writing in fanfic 101--Making sure the medical jargon in the fic is accurate; ideas on how to hurt the guys.

Roundtable discussion with the fanfic writers regarding "behind-the-scenes" aspects of their work: why choose this setting or that issue, what was enjoyable (or not) about writing a particular story, or their favorite and least favorite stories, etc.

What are your favorite Starsky and/or Hutch "hero" moments?

What do veteran fans need to know to make newbie fans feel welcome? Ideas on mentoring, recruiting, and welcoming new fans.

Cross-overs? Which ones work, and why, or why not? Do they bring people to new fandoms?

Did the '70s define Starsky and Hutch--or the other way around?

Love Ages Well: The boys age and we're along for the ride. Conversation about our favorite older boys.

You Look Like Someone I Know: Crossovers of the lookalike kind. Crossing SH with fandoms of other David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser characters (Magnum Force, Yellow Rose, Here Come the Brides, Fiddler on the Roof, Third Watch, etc.)

You Can't Do That In Starsky and Hutch!: What are some themes in SH that haven't been seen before and how can we explore them? Additionally, what are some ideas you thought could never work in SH and then were proven wrong?

Inclusion, Not Exclusion: Does our fandom exclude certain people/ideas because they're outside the "norm"? How can we work on making sure this doesn't happen?

It's Not Canon, But It's Mine: Are there certain bits of fanon that you've made your own personal canon? Is there something in the show that just screams "this is the way it is!" for you?

Indexing the Past: Are there ways we can record our fandom history and make it accessible to everyone?

Canon vs Fanon: What's really canon and what's become so well-known that we think it's canon, but it's not?

Places For Everyone: Is there room in the SH fandom for all the off-shoot fannish loves (like DS/PMG fans, other DS/PMG shows, etc)? How can we make all these avenues more welcoming under the umbrella of SH fandom?

Frankly, my dear, I *don't* think they were doing it during the show! The fandom's first fic had a tendency to see the guys pairing up after Sweet Revenge. Today's fans often see the potential for them going at it from the Academy on. Are fans who don't see slash in the show a minority?

Gen Panel: What made the guys work so well together? Was it their opposite natures? Their tendency to temper each other? Or is it that Starsky sees the details (most of the time) while Hutch has the amazing computer memory for every felon in Bay City and the Jazz musicians, too?

BDSM Panel: The Bound Series: why we love it, and is the fandom ready for darker BDSM fic?

SH Pod Fic: what is it, why do we need it, and how can we get some?


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