FMA in the future?

[gandy]

I have to do this project where I take some topic we discussed in class, and talk about it in the past, present, and future. I'm thinking of doing alchemy. I don't want to do film, entertainment, or sports like everyone else, and we talked about alchemy briefly. For the past I can find enough, and for the present I figure I can talk about legends (meaning I can show clips from FMA ).

The problem is, I'm not sure what to do for the future.
I suppose I could design a machine that looks remarkably like Ed's and have it transmute things. XD

Well, any suggestions that could spark ideas of my own would be welcome. I guess instead of a writer's block I have a project block.

[older_gohan]

woah....

Alchemy in the FMA world is way different than what alchemy was in the real world.

[gandy]

I know that, that's why I could talk about how present myths have almost transmuted (ha, couldn't resist) the meaning of alchemy. Which makes me think. Maybe I could talk about how the future will even further alter the meaning.

[Yunacat]

The only similarities there are in 'true' Alchemy and 'FMA' Alchemy are the transmutation circles and the idea of understanding a substance, breaking it down, and recreating it. That's literally it.

The transmutation circles don't actually do anything themselves except for serving as a code so that anyone who couldn't read them can't create what the creating alchemist has done. The symbols represent ingredients, lines represent time, and the quote is a hint to understanding the circle.

For your idea of future, maybe you could write about how the understanding of Alchemy could help further scientific developments?

[bobbarker31]

Ever see a replicator on Star Trek? And they didn't need transmutation circles to make things with it either.