The Real Hustle: Ivalice

[rionaleonhart]

Looking through my old notebooks, I have stumbled across a bizarre snippet of a Real Hustle/Final Fantasy XII crossover. The Real Hustle, for those unaware, is a BBC Three series that demonstrates various scams, refunding the victims afterwards, and gives advice on how to avoid them; here is an example. The figures who actually perform the scams

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[negativefish]

and get arrested by Sherlock Holmes
Well now you've got a whole different Sherlock to play around with if you ever decided to try that complicated plot again!

[rionaleonhart]

An excellent point! I love how easy Sherlock has made Sherlock Holmes crossovers with media set in the present day.

Probably best not to return to that particular plot, though. It combined Torchwood, Doctor Who, Top Gear, Silent Hill, Life on Mars, Final Fantasy XII, The Real Hustle, Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes, and I think I had plans to bring in Stargate SG-1, Final Fantasy VIII and Supernatural as well. It was, not surprisingly, convoluted to the point of incomprehensibility.

[misskass]

... this crossover works remarkably well. Perhaps too well. Are you any of the people involved? The citizen of Ivalice? Did this happen to you, Riona? I'm beginning to suspect that it did.

[rionaleonhart]

The absurdity of the licensing system does rather lend itself to scams.

Are you any of the people involved?

I am almost certainly not Mr Alexis Conran, having set up a Livejournal in order to gain the trust of readers before stealing their bank account details. What a ridiculous thought.

[captlebubbles]

“Excuse me, sir,” Paul says, “I couldn’t help noticing that you were breathing.” AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THAT IS HILARIOUS.

[rionaleonhart]

Hee, thank you!

I wish The Real Hustle would show failed attempts at scams on occasion. They can't always go smoothly, surely.

[eclective]

...I don't even know either of the canons, per se, and that is brilliant.

I hope that's a blanket licence for any and all buckles you might have on your person, though. In modern FF games, I worry that character would immediately become bankrupted upon coming into existence if they had to buy a licence for every individual buckle they're wearing.

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you!

I was actually thinking about the general proliferation of buckles in the world of Square as I was writing this. An unscrupulous scammer (as opposed to the many scammers who are clearly in full possession of their scruples?) could make millions by claiming that a licence per buckle is required.

[suthnoli]

REAL HUSTLE FIC! You're splendid, dear.

[rionaleonhart]

You're interested in Real Hustle fic! I like you. I always wondered why there wasn't more of a fandom out there for the hustlers.

[suthnoli]

Oh, definitely! And you WROTE some! I like you too. I think the 'fandom' so far is just creepy guys leaving youtube comments about Jess...