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Shamelessly copy-and-pasted for the most part from the last time I did this meme (my memory's good, but not that good).

Name: Leanne, but everyone I know online calls me Blue
Age: Just turned 23 today
Location: Robin Hood Country
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Fullmetal Alchemist, Star Trek: Voyager, Merlin, Primeval, Heroes, Sarah Jane Adventures, Mock The Week, Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Shooting Stars, Mighty Max, Reboot, D.Gray-Man, Studio Ghibli, The Flight of Dragons, Dragonheart, Indiana Jones, The Librarian films, The Chronicles of Pern, Final Fantasy IX, Prince of Persia (Sands of Time trilogy), Tomb Raider, Spyro the Dragon, Lemmings, Mad Professor Mariarti, Terramex.
What in fandom interests me: Alternate universes/timelines/continuity/history (I'm a major geek for it - FMA makes me with giddy with nerdish joy), crossovers, crack theories, fanfiction, TV Tropes.
What in fandom does NOT interest me: Use of the terms Mary Sue, whiny and emo, and shipping (I don't mind it, but it baffles me sometimes).
Major Non-fandom Interests: Archaeology, Palaeontology, crypto-zoology, ancient mysteries, mythology, astrophysics, quantum physics, temporal mechanics, science in general, the supernatural/paranormal, steampunk, all things mechanical, computers (and technology in general), drawing and painting, worldbuilding, ancient civilisations, alchemy, history, research binges, DRAGONS, numerous other things. They do tend to feed back into fandom though.
My LJ Contains Mostly: Anecdotes, fannish thoughts, artwork, occasional bouts of craziness, and occasional serious moments - I'm a rather scatter-brained blogger.
Other: I'm a rambling, deadpan snarker, I'm still turning the Doctors into Lemmings (see icon), and I've discovered that you can plug plot-holes via fandom fusion - fuse Doctor Who with Fullmetal Alchemist and the Master's recent resurrection suddenly makes a lot more sense.

Happy B-day. ^_^

Happy Birthday!

Doctor Who and Merlin and astrophysics and worldbuilding. Why aren't we friends?

After reading your profile, I'm now wondering the same thing (Voyager love! Yay!).

Friends? :D

Happy birthdaaaaaaaaay <3

. . . you sound like an awesome person. I mean, firstly, Dragonheart! Secondly, the Librarian franchise (which, man, I saw the other month and I was all asldkjf;asldjfs;jf WHY CAN'T I STOP WATCHING THIS FILM)! And also, also, also quantum physics and mythology and archaeology and dead civilizations and alchemy and Doctor Who and Fullmetal Alchemist and crazy crossovers and DRAGONS, most of all.

Would you mind if I friend you? I promise I'm not quite as crazy in my journal. (At least, I try to keep away from the keyboard smashes sometimes.)

Also, I will blatantly admit that I need help figuring something out in Fullmetal Alchemist that might deal with quantum physics and pretty in-depth chemistry. It's probably just a plothole, but I'm quite set about filling it in, so my lack of knowledge regarding the hard sciences is making this task difficult.

I don't mind at all! :) Crazy's pretty much default with my family and friends anyway, so that's never something that will put me off.

And you've definitely piqued my interest. Which continuity is it and what aspect? Because odds are on that I've given it a lot of thought already.

Technically, it applies to both, though possibly more to the mangaverse than the animeverse (and only because it's possible that the animeverse accounted for it . . . a little bit. Sort of. Possibly.) It has to do with the mechanics of alchemy, and how it's implied, thorough the law forbidding the transmutation of gold, that alchemists can directly transmute one element to the other without worrying about the initial composition of the object. Which brings in all sorts of problems, you can imagine. (I made a post about it in my journal and there's some very unscientific discussion there, since all of us are most assuredly not versed in quantum physics or chemistry. I think it pretty much has gotten to the point of it either being considered something Arakawa fudged up, or it being considered a misinterpretation of the text.)

Ah, I'm pretty sure I read an essay about that a couple of months ago... Ah, here it is. It goes a little into meta-physics, but I personally think that a little imagination goes a long way when it comes to science.

In my own pseudo-scientific opinion, I'd suggest that the alchemic reaction isn't a case of simply reordering atoms, but a combination of fission/fusion - the atoms are pulled apart and stuck back together again in different ways (I personally wouldn't like to balance the chemical equation for such reactions, it'd be a nightmare). The energy that fission/fusion generates is, in theory, drawn back into the reaction via the transmutation circle, so the alchemist only needs to give enough energy to start the reaction. Of course, there's the matter of keeping the circle active, so that would drain a person pretty much like how an electric shock would knock you for six if it isn't fatal. A rebound would be caused by the amount of ingredients or energy input being too high (bit like if you put a large lump of Sodium in water instead of a small pebble, or if you overheat something). By this logic, all transmutations are fission/fusion reactions and not a simple reordering of atomic structure. It also explains why there's a major light show every time an alchemist transmutes.

I'm not sure quantum physics actually applies to FMA's alchemy, since that area deals with objects existing in multiple states at once and is more suited to temporal mechanics, but chemistry and regular physics definitely come into it.

Eh. *scratches back of neck* That's probably a little nonsensical since it's nearly 2AM and I'm starting to nod off. But my inner science!geek couldn't resist.

I actually had not seen that link before! Thank you for sending it to me; it looks very interesting (to be read later when I am not in the middle of writing an essay, harharhar) and makes me wish that I were majoring in physics instead of majoring in, y'know, Learning to Live in Cardboard Box. *facepalm*

That said, I think my brother and I eventually came to the conclusion that what's happening is some sort of nuclear transmutation, though after coming to that conclusion we - didn't know what to do. Because if alchemists can transmute Element A to Element B with little enough effort (coal --> gold), then it's a throw-up into the air regarding why they have to worry about composition at all for small-scale transmutations. (The rebounds would probably explain why, as someone on my flist said, Roy's not the Guy Who Did Ishbal.) And then the quantum physics things came into play when we were hypothesizing about whether or not quarks and other smaller particles had anything to do with anything. Then we dropped the ball because he's basically a biochem major and knows squat about in-depth physics, which is the case with me, sadly enough.

Does radiation enter into this at all, do you think? Or is that absorbed by the circle as well?

That's a very good question. Of course, we're assuming that the FMA universe follows the same laws that ours does - if the Gate is the regulator for alchemic reactions, it may have something to do with the lack of it being a problem.

Although, the movie has that guy at the start creating the Uranium Bomb, which leads me to think that radioactive material has been encountered, but it's either just not mentioned since it has no bearing on the story, or it's not pursued because it's dangerous. Seeing as said guy was holding the bomb with no sign of ill effects, I can only assume that radiation has been incorporated into that world's alchemy, since radiation is a form of energy, with the circle acting like a circuit board/particle accelerator (my knowledge of nuclear reactions and radiation is a bit rusty, so half of this is me making leaps of logic). Although I'll admit I'm now wondering whether Ed and Al would register as radioactive in our universe.

Then again, I also take the view that the anime!verse's Gate is a parallel of the Time Vortex, in which case quantum physics, or what ever passes for physics in the Whoniverse, comes into play and it's a whole new ball game.

The circle as a particle accelerator makes sense, actually.

I admit to blatantly hoping to come up with a way to dose Ed with a heavy amount of radiation so that he contracts radiation poisoning. I am a horrible, horrible person, but after The End of Time, Pt. 2, y'know . . . that's the second character I've seen die of radiation sickness. I figure I need to make a trio.

I have absolutely no idea how the Time Vortex works, and I've stopped pretending to understand the physics of the Whoniverse. =|

(Also, question! Have you read the Temeraire series? I'm asking because you like dragons and history, and it's dragons in the Napoleonic era, which sounds like a train wreck, but it works surprisingly well.)

Seeing as the moment I found out that the Large Hadron Collider is a 27km long circular tunnel I went "Jesus! A country-sized transmutation circle!", it's certainly a very fitting analogy.

You're in luck, because I read, quite some time ago now, a fic where Ed does indeed get radiation poisoning (Google's a wonderful thing, but I do recall feeling a little ill reading it). I'm not sure if he dies though.

I have some sort of idea how it works (I certainly have a theory on time travel) by taking aspects from other fandoms that make sense, but then I did grow up watching Voyager so I've ended up more well-versed in temporal mechanics than some of the long time Who fans. Slightly going off on a tangent here, but I currently can't understand why there aren't more DW/FMA crossovers, because I've done the background work and the two together make an insane amount of sense.

(I know of the series and have heard good things about it, but I haven't read it yet. I got a fairly large backlog of books to get through, so it's probably not be a good idea to add to it!)

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:o It's Ten as a Lemming! I used to make little tiny lemmings out of modelling clay when I was a kid. Awesome!

Anyway, looks like we have quite a few interests in common - Doctor Who, Voyager (<3), comedy (OMG SHOOTING STARS, I adore Vic and Bob) - friends?

Sure! :D

I LOVE DRAGONS TOO! ENOUGH THAT CAPSLOCK IS A MUST!

I have never, ever run into anyone else who has ever even heard of Flight of Dragons! And who, on top of that, likes Dragonheart, Chronicles of Pern, and Spryo.

I also must admit to liking several other things on your fandom list, and your other lists make me grin. Steampunk, temporal mechanics, quantum physics, dragons, etc. ♥

Mind if I friend you?

Flight of Dragons needs more love! (and I will not rest until I own that DVD!) Honestly, not even my animation lecturer has heard of it - my sister and I looked at him like he'd grown a third eye.

What can I say, I'm a geek of everything. :)

Not at all! :D

It does! And actually... as far as I know, they have never ever released Flight of Dragons on DVD! I was most upset when I discovered this after much searching. It was only ever released on tape. And apparently the title song was never released in any form ever than on the tape, as well, 'cause I searched for that, as well. :(

There is nothing wrong with being a geek of everything! There are just too many things out there that are interesting. xD

It is out on DVD! They released it in November (not remastered, sadly, and unobtainable outside the US *shakes fist*).

Really?! That just made my night! =D

I live in the US, so it is not a problem for me. Provided shipping isn't ridiculous to go across the pond, I could probably get an extra one and send it to you. It sucks that they won't ship internationally. =/ (Not even to Canada... which is understandable, 'cause Canadian customs are a pain to deal with, but even sooo...)

Dragons, Doctors, and lemmings! *cheers*

Oh, and many happy returns of the day.

We have a ton of fandoms in common-- and "Flight of Dragons"! Squee! Friends? ♥

Hang on a minute. *checks friends* You're already on my f-list!

Well then, we're double-plus friends! X3