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Fluidology

Fluidology has nothing to do with the science behind the flow of rivers, nor does it have anything to do with the study of bodily fluids.

What Fluidology does focus on is the science of The Book of Fluids. In concept, design and execution, any mythos, any belief system, any scientific evidence that finds its way into The Book of Fluids will sometimes warp in the fabric of our story. Therefore, Fluidology exists to explain these warps, comparing what we know as fact to what we know as fact in the Book of Fluids universe.

Fluidology As A Science

For example, space travel. Common knowledge tells us that light years are REALLY long distances, and that we, as humans in this universe, can't possibly comprehend traveling at the speed of light--barring Einstien theory, time standing still and whatnot. Even if we were to achieve light speed travel, it would still be take a good chunk of time to traverse the galaxy--so much so that our destination may no longer even exist once we've arrived.

That's why, in Fluidology, distance and time are relative things. We don't concern ourselves so much with where some place is and how long it takes to get there because it's not practical. We merely create plot devices to help the story along. Slipgates, shortcuts, missing moments in time that you can't account for and the ever so slight plothole that we fully intend on mending but haven't the gumption to do so at this point.

Fluidology As Retcon

In a way, Fluidology was born out of necessity, because at its inception, The Book of Fluids was not the serious piece it's come to be--and you can tell by reading Book I that we had no idea where we were going with this. Fluidology helps to explain away inconsistancies.

Let's look at another example: take our wiki entry for the fae. We first explain the current collective understanding of the term fae and what it represents, a spirit or supernatural being common in folklore. Then we explain the concept of the fae as it relates to Fluidology, in this case, a massing of many different races (dokkalfar, dryads, and elves) which were born of condensed Telluric Waves. Fluidology comes into play when our misinterpretations of fae, elves, dryads and dokkalfar force us to tie up the loose ends presented by our writing errors.

Fluidology As Mythology

As the science of The Book helps us to describe the fae, thus Fluidology also serves as a kind of prescribed mythology of the universe. It's clear by the story that many of the events unfold in a future version of our world, but it can also be inferred that the story takes place in an alternate dimension--perhaps one that exists in a quantum state; perhaps not.