That Which Binds Us
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Food in TWBU A large part of That Which Binds Us revolves around the social experience of good food. This was largely influenced by my wife! She’s an amazing cook and has introduced me to so much in the world of flavor. Before I met her, I didn’t know what cilantro was… Now I know
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Plot structure I wrote That Which Binds Us up to the first Urball T match. It was at this point that I took time away from the book to focus on the launch of The Shadow Spinner. But I needed to take a break from TWBU – I could tell something was wrong. Below is
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Metaphors There are several key metaphors/symbolic phrases in That Which Binds Us that were really fun to play with! In fact, the title of the book is obviously an allusion to the plot. I’ve worked in three fields (and still do) and each of them is represented in some way in one of the phrases.
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Dr. Silva’s Expressions The wise Dr. Silva, combat instructor at Myer’s, always has some sage advice for Mei on her journey to grow stronger–physically, mentally, and emotionally! He is Brazilian and so I included some translated idioms so he could confer his calm wisdom even better. Check them out below! At night, all cats are
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Technology in TWBU That Which Binds Us (TWBU) is set in the near future so there had to be some cool technology. That being said, there also couldn’t be too advanced technology, otherwise, what would be the point of superstrength? Below are a handful of the things I came up! Tensegrity suit So, this is
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Names in That Which Binds Us The characters of That Which Binds Us come from a variety of backgrounds and have a colorful constellation of names. Some of their names have significant meaning, one just sounded nice, and one or two are completely made up. Put the four characters’ names together for one epic combination!
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Plot changes to That Which Binds Us The original plot to TWBU was actually quite different when I conceived the central idea of the book. In fact, it didn’t even remotely resemble the book it became! I’ll tell you how I thought of the central idea, what my thoughts on plot would be, what Mei
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Tensegrity suit The tensegrity suit in That Which Binds Us is a form of modern armor that protects them from blunt force trauma. After all, that spandex suit superheroes are wearing can’t just be all for show. I dreamed up this piece of sci-fi technology based on anatomy and how the human body deals with
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Curriculum This post comes from a question my wife had about Myer’s curriculum. They take Combat, Search and Rescue, Navigation, and then… Sport? She wanted to know why a school would make Urball T a main area of study. Read on to find out why! Combat The program at Myer’s is meant to create people
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Origin of Myer’s Mei and her roommates go to the famous Myer’s Anatomy Training Station in Hawaii. Pretty odd name for a college, right? Any clinician who works with fascia will recognize the homage immediately, though! Read on for insight into my idiotic naming methods. Fascia The point of the school is to train people
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