The Semi-Corporeal Explained - How Ethereal Phases

[Ether3al]

Personally, I love discussing this thing about my character, who has many abilities that could be accurately referred to as "spectral."

There is no scientific explanation for how he switches between the physical and spiritual worlds - but "phasing" through a solid object does not, in reality, require magic or an innate unnatural ability.

It's been scientifically proven time and time again that when certain particles vibrate at a fast enough speed (typically a form of radiation), they are able to phsyically pass through most solid material.

Now, this might be deemed truly impractical by simply observing the speed at which particles similar to these - like light - travel. 299,792,458 meters PER SECOND. That's uber fast, in case you couldn't tell. I justify this with the kinetic theory, applying the same principles that apply to gases to the particles in Ethereal's body when he phases. The reason that gas spreads throughout the space which it is contained in (diffusion) is because its particles have much more kinetic energy than either liquids or solids. We're unable to tell when a gas might be particularly energetic based off of the sheer force with which these particles move, because it's simply too insignificant to feel. However, a gas particle, when contained, may move at great speeds without ever moving more than a few inches from its initial position. Therefore, when Ethereal phases, his atomic bonds take on especially strong properties that allow the radiation-like particles in his body to vibrate at unreal speeds without requiring a physical container. Since the elements that compose his scales and skin are not indigenous to Earth, there is no matching element in existence that shares these properties.

Please, challenge any weakness you find in this theory - honestly, I just refined it a great deal and am eager to go further if I have erred.

[pommie]

I studyed Physics throughout school (thus making me an expert - surely! ), and to me this sounds...er... sound. Of course, it is a little 'ow my brain', but yeah, all seems feasible. All very interesting too. I like it when people use science to explain stuff, especially to do with dragons. All to often it's just waved away as 'yeah, magic does it'.

[Ether3al]

It helps that I'm taking Chemistry right now - I despise the subject, but this makes it easier to swallow, I guess you could say.

[Feral dragon]

lol phasing through stuff is possible, we worked this out in physics, though there might be different ways, but the simplest way would be to diffract through what ever u wanna go through, though this would involve movin at impossibly slow speeds and ur wave length is sooooooo small cos u is VERY big (well compared to say a photon or electron). but this would involve u being split up as u pass through shizz, and really that would be it, i'd pass through it and ur atoms out all spread out fun......me thinks another way needs to be invented

[Ether3al]

Yeah... I spent that huge speech explaining how it is possible. >,=,>

As for the moving at slower-than-sloth speeds, that kinda defeats the purpose...

[Feral dragon]

ah but laws need to be obayed

[pommie]

Our understanding of the laws of science is constantly changing. Things are possible now that could not have been conceived a decade ago. In a decade, things thought impossible now could well be the norm. It's hard to say exactly what's possible and what's not, because something could always come up tomorrow to prove/disprove something! So in that sense, laws are made to be broken at some later date!