If you could be any element, what would you be?

[Anime Jedi]

Well I know those are the four classic elements, but what about lighting, or just "electricity?" It can cause fire, and can really whoop the ass out of anything in the water. Conductivity (is that a word?) is cool

I'm pretty sure you can get Electricity with the combination of WIND and WATER. Think about the way a storm is created. I won't go into the details mainly because I can't remember. But just think about it.

Anyways, I just liked the idea of the 4 main elements. We could go into the others, but these are the ones that evryone knows. BTW, WIND for me!

[Vazor]

I always thought of lightning as a combo of fire and wind, but I guess that's just me... About my element, I'm gonna hafta jump on the bandwagon and go with water. It fits me more than any of the others do.

[The_Squall]

I'm pretty sure you can get Electricity with the combination of WIND and WATER. Think about the way a storm is created. I won't go into the details mainly because I can't remember. But just think about it.

Anyways, I just liked the idea of the 4 main elements. We could go into the others, but these are the ones that evryone knows. BTW, WIND for me!

ummm, I think you mean a combo of Wind, Water and Earth. Lightning is created when a charged Atmospheric disturbance (a storm) and the ground extend their charges. I cannot remember which is positive and which is negative. But living in lightning ally for years has gotten me some awsome pics of people and objects giving of leaders right before a lightning strike.

Wind is nothing and never settled. I've always what can actually harm wind. Because it eitehr augments or dystroys the others. While nothing can really be done to wind. Other than the occasional time when someone breaks wind.

I'm so pathetic.

[Vazor]

Wow, very scientific response. I was more thinking of what base elements it would be comprised of (a character in a story of mine is a mage who works by using and combining 3 elements: water, wind, fire, to make various spells. Wind and fire making lightning as mentioned earlier, wind and water making ice, etc.)

[Anime Jedi]

ummm, I think you mean a combo of Wind, Water and Earth. Lightning is created when a charged Atmospheric disturbance (a storm) and the ground extend their charges. I cannot remember which is positive and which is negative. But living in lightning ally for years has gotten me some awsome pics of people and objects giving of leaders right before a lightning strike.

Wind is nothing and never settled. I've always what can actually harm wind. Because it eitehr augments or dystroys the others. While nothing can really be done to wind. Other than the occasional time when someone breaks wind.

I'm so pathetic.

Well, I actually meant what I said, but you've given us a better and more detailed description. So mine can become void, and your explanation shall be used.

[Anime Jedi]

Hmmm... more explanations. Seriously though, I'm not too sure what right anymore.

[The_Squall]

hmmm, I see the wind+water=ice thing. wind chill and cold weather can freeze water. Maybe the fire+wind= lightning because lightning causes fire? maybe it's just about the amount of energy needed is like fire? Damn, you got me thinking now! I have 3 research papers to write. Oh well, I'll think about this for awhile.

[jonmartensen]

Or you could just look at the scientific explanation of...

Electricity is merely the flow of electrons via any conductiong material.

Solid materials are either atoms in a lattice structure or tightly bound molecules. Liquids are molecules in an excited state and are not bound to each other. Gases are highly excited molecules that are moving so fast they push off of each other and anything containing it. Fire is the break down and or combining of molecules which result in an exothermic process. And finally Plasma is super excited molecules, in fact, they are so excited that all molecular bonds are broken and it's just a jumble of atoms bouncing around unable to form into any coherent moleculs.

Electricity can not fit into any elemental classification, the classic elemtents are only the conductors of electricity.

Plasma does fit the elemental choice though, it follows all the other elements standard of being in a specific state of basic atoms and molecules that it is composed of.

[The_Squall]

True jonmartensen. But I think Jedi is reffering to the classic elements. the sun was combosed of fire, not plasma. Lava was also fire, not plasma.

[SpinningDarkness]

If it were an element... Darkness/Evil. Not because I am evil, but the raw power of hatred has always held sway over me ! It also seems tragic in what may have caused a person to surrender to the demon within their soul.