 The construction which gives the main characters different backgrounds provides a subtext of religious and ethnic discussion relating to issues of co-operation and conflict in current events.With the issue of "Endless Wire", Townshend opened a website called The Lifehouse Method which makes musical portraits for "sitters" through a software application.A musical team including composer Lawrence Ball expects to further develop some of these portraits into larger compositions for a concert or series of concerts, resembling the "Method" described in the novella.