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{{a|myth|{{image|isda protocol cover 1|jpg|Original Cover of ''[[The ISDA Protocol]]'' {{vsr|1943}}}}}}{{d|Finance fiction|/ˈfaɪəns ˈfɪkʃən/|n|}} (As per the phonetics, pronounced “fience fiction”)  
{{a|myth|{{image|isda protocol cover 1|jpg|Original Cover of ''[[The ISDA Protocol]]'' {{vsr|1943}}}}}}{{d|Finance fiction|/ˈfaɪəns ˈfɪkʃən/|n|}} (As per the phonetics, pronounced “fience fiction”)  


Finance fiction, or “[[fi-fi]]”, is a post-[[Post-modern|post-modern]] literary genre combining elements of science fiction, fantasy, history, legal drafting, management theory and jurisprudence into a single amorphous, disintegrating, gonzo whole.  
Finance fiction, or “[[Fi-Fi]]”, is a post-[[Post-modern|post-modern]] literary genre combining elements of science fiction, fantasy, history, legal drafting, management theory and jurisprudence into a single amorphous, disintegrating, gonzo whole.  


It is reflexive, illogical, self-refuting, enlightened, primordial, analytical, continental, rational, impossible, anarchic, auto-erotic world-building and self-destructive.  
It is reflexive, illogical, self-refuting, enlightened, primordial, analytical, continental, rational, impossible, anarchic, auto-erotic world-building and self-destructive.  


The first universally recognised example of [[fi-fi]] was {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s 2022 opus the {{br|The ISDA Protocol}}. Barkley developed the concept in his series of short stories, {{br|The Opco Boone Adventures}}
The first universally recognised example of [[fi-fi]] was {{author|Hunter Barkley}}’s 2022 curious opus the {{br|The ISDA Protocol}}. Barkley developed the concept in his series of short stories, {{br|The Opco Boone Adventures}}. By 1950, the genre had developed into other formats. A notable early cinematic release was  Muriel Repartee’s Z-grade disaster movie {{br|The Day of the MiFID}}, its sequel just seven years later, {{br|MiFID Reloaded}} and her 2016 political horror outing: {{br|Mad Brex: Beyond Eurozone}}, culminating in this year’s Kami-kwaze movie, {{br|Tory! Tory! Tory!}}


The genre then split into so-called “[[hard fifi]]” and “[[mundane fifi]]”, in which all elements of the narrative elements were constrained by an overriding concern for juridical accuracy and a primacy placed on technical details, and [[soft fifi]] and “[[fantasy fifi]]”, where the emphasis is on the human element of the story and the technical feasibility or even possibility of the world-building is less important, and may be bent to accommodate the psycho drama.  
The genre then split into so-called “[[hard fifi]]” and “[[mundane fifi]]”, in which all elements of the narrative elements were constrained by an overriding concern for juridical accuracy and a primacy placed on technical details, and [[soft fifi]] and “[[fantasy fifi]]”, where the emphasis is on the human element of the story and the technical feasibility or even possibility of the world-building is less important, and may be bent to accommodate the psycho drama.