The Host: Mind, Body and Soul

Colors the Sky · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject: Character Recycling

Okay, it may just be me, but has anyone else noticed that characters from Twilight have been slightly altered and used again in The Host? A few obvious ones were...

Wanda. She looks suspiciously like human-Rosalie.
Ian. He's a little softer in The Host, but does anyone see Emmett?
Also, Wanda and Ian end up together just like Emmett and Rosalie... Rolling Eyes

Sharon is Victoria, with no real change.
Jamie looks and acts a LOT like Jacob.
The Seeker's physical description is practically identical to Alice.

Those are the only ones I caught. Can anyone else think of others?
Anyone have any other thoughts?

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Pet · Seeker Joined: 28 Jul 2008 Posts: 295 Location: the origin

wow thats real observant. i would have never really noticed that lol.

Jed and Charlie? with the whole, my house my rules thing...?

thehostwriter · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject:

I hadn't noticed and I don't really want to... but honestly, i don't want to have resemblance's. The Twilight series is honestly to big a part for Stephenie and I think she probably doesn't want people to think of the characters as Twilight ones. So, i'm gonna go on thinking they're new characters. ^^
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IanRoxMySox · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject:

I agree
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Colors the Sky · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:18 am Post subject:

Haha, that's true I guess. By the time I realized it though, I'd already assigned the characters different faces in my head. So I didn't get confused (luckily). x]
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Leah · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:58 am Post subject:

I never got confused, it just annoyed me how she seems to put all the characters from Twilight into the Host. It's like she can't come up with any new ones. But the pairs I saw are way different.
Jeb = Aro, cause he's freakishly curious and clever.
Ian = Edward because of how gentlemanly he is, and protective.
Jared = Jake + Jasper Jake is similar to Jared's personality, with a mix of Jasperish.
Wanda = Bella Do i really have to explain this one?
Doc = Carlisle one word: compassion.
Wes = Quil they are young, flirty, persistent... hey, wes is kinda like jake too.

The Seeker is kinda like Alice... I never noticed that one. There's no one who's way funny though, like Emmett.
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thehostwriter · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:28 am Post subject:

Stop saying it please... I don't give a flying f about who appears to be who in the books. They're all their own characters. Stop trying to put the two together. If there's one thing that annoys ME, it's people comparing characters.
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EMMETT CULLEN IS MINE!!!

IanLover · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:47 am Post subject:

yeah i agree with Kayla (thehostwriter) I dont really want to compare characters. It is interesting but they are characters from two different books.
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Colors the Sky · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:55 am Post subject:

That's very true. :]
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Max · Soul Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 152

Wanda/Melanie together kind of reminded me of Bella. Ian was the one who reminded me of Jacob. Dunno why. Now that you mention it, Jamie is a lot like more like Jacob than Ian is. The Seeker and Alice? I don't see any similarities other than being small. I'd hardly count the black hair since it's not spikey and black hair is common in that part of the US.

So anyway, no. I don't think she recycled any characters. It's obvious that she has certain character styles she likes to repeat, but I don't think she reused anybody.
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Colors the Sky · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:58 am Post subject:

I see what you mean. It's more of a character style, not the actual characters.
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katzen · Host Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 145 Location: wandering...

I think a lot about Seth when I read about Jamie. They're both adorable XD
About the rest, I don't see much of the similarities though. Maybe I'm too used to thinking they're different people

MaddieMudpie · Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:20 am Post subject:

You guys are reading into the characters way too much, sure there's similarities but thats cause there are so many physical attributes Stephenie can use before having to use some again.
you only see similar characters because you want to.
That being said, I totally see some of the connections

Summer Song · Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject: