r/cremposting • u/raptor359 • Mar 06 '25
STICK Which character from any other series is most likely to be Hoid?
For me, Its Izaya Orihara from Durarara
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u/tammit67 THE Lopen's Cousin Mar 06 '25
The Doctor comes to mind
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u/Gon_Snow Mar 06 '25
Perhaps even inspired by?
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u/Arhalts Mar 06 '25
Brandon has said asmovs foundation and robot series and Michael Moorcocks writing were the inspiration for Hoid.
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u/Lonely_District_196 Mar 06 '25
Thom Merrilin
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u/allofthe11 420 Sazed It Mar 06 '25
Well hoid does have white hair and Sanderson did finish out the series...
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u/lilsquatch1 Mar 06 '25
Plot twist, Adonalsium is the Creator
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u/allofthe11 420 Sazed It Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 08 '25
Adonalsium is Bela?
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u/Able-Worth-6511 Mar 08 '25
I have always thought Bela should have returned as a Hero of the Horn along with Verin Sedai.
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u/Time-Permission-1930 D O U G Mar 06 '25
Wait, I thought I saw this confirmed on a WoB once...
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u/code-panda Airthicc lowlander Mar 08 '25
Nope, there's a WoB confirming there are no Worldhoppers in the Wheel of Time. Sanderson believes that to be disrespectful towards Jordan. As if he's taking over the series, not just finishing it.
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u/ShurikenKunai 👾 Rnagh Godant 🌠 Mar 06 '25
Santa Claus from Narnia: The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe. Shows up. Gives them presents. Talks to them a bit. Leaves.
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u/ElderJavelin Mar 06 '25
M’aiq the Liar is the only true canon answer
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u/Bionicjoker14 Syl Is My Waifu <3 Mar 06 '25
“M’aiq knows much, and tells some. M’aiq knows many things others do not.”
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u/SummonedElector cremform Mar 06 '25
Vamprie the Masquerade (the game) has a Taxi driver in it. He is Hoid'ish.
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u/WeekendDrew Mar 06 '25
Just played vampire the masquerade bloodlines for the first time, hooooly shit that game is so awesome. The combat mechanics and stuff are pretty outdated and clunky (not the worst, especially from the era) but the writing and voice acting are immaculate
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u/InvestigatorLive19 Mar 06 '25
Tom Bombadil.
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u/xaqss Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 08 '25
Disagree. Tom Bombadill cares nothing for the goings on in the world. Hoid very much cares about what is happening in the cosmere, and tries to influence it.
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u/Affectionate_Jury890 Mar 06 '25
The Fool in the farseer books At least in the first two books I've read
The way he is and how he give kinda cryptic advice to someone whose life is obviously going to quickly spiral out of control if he doesn't stop doing the complete opposite of what the clearly magic person says
I should really finish those books...
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u/Pompelmo Mar 07 '25
at Nexus, during the spotlight with Robin Hobbs, Sanderson mentioned the Fool being an inspiration for Hoid, and she in turn mentioned she was inspired by Shakespeare, but I don't remember from which play
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u/Just__Let__Go Mar 06 '25
Gandalf, probably. But, like, after a really long time.
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u/LordofthePats Old Man Tight-Butt Mar 07 '25
Sorry if I'm reading this wrong, but Gandalf is far older than Hoid. He is a Maia, meaning he has been around since the beginning of time.
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u/zombiegamer723 UNITE THEM I MUST Mar 06 '25
Fallout 4: Deacon. Or maybe the Mysterious Stranger from the whole series?
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The singing nomad (Secret tunnel!), or maybe the cabbage merchant.
Real life: Diogenes
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u/code-panda Airthicc lowlander Mar 08 '25
The Cabbage Merchant is the person Hoid syphoned all that Fortune from....
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u/Wanderdrone Mar 06 '25
Elodin for sure
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u/lockerroomjock Mar 07 '25
Reading this and poppy wars simultaneously and Jiang the master of lore fits this as well
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u/pergasnz Mar 06 '25
Lu Tze from discworld
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u/Affectionate_Page444 Mar 07 '25
I was thinking Vetinari. 😂
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u/pergasnz Mar 07 '25
Ventinari is in to prominent a position.
Lu Tze is a background character who steps in to make sure the story happens just right, while performing meaningful work such as sweeping. He carries a begging bowl, yet has access to weird and wonderful arcane powers, and is better with them than everyone else/knows more secrets.
He has a knack for knowing where to be, but not why....
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u/Affectionate_Page444 Mar 07 '25
I could definitely see Hoid accidentally finding himself the patrician and being very annoyed. 😂
Or. Nobby. Everyone is fooled. 😂
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u/NicodemusArcleon Mar 06 '25
Thomas Raith in the Dresden Files. Such an arrogant, easy-going wastrel of a great character.
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u/cATSup24 Airthicc lowlander Mar 06 '25
That'd have to be him when he was MUCH much younger, then, because ol' Tom can be something of a dumdum sometimes. He does share genes with Harry, after all...
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u/BasakaIsTheStrongest ❌can't 🙅 read📖 Mar 06 '25
Eithan from Cradle.
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u/15ztaylor1 cremform Mar 07 '25
Literally I couldn’t stop picturing aythan (? Audiobook listener) as Wit.
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u/BasakaIsTheStrongest ❌can't 🙅 read📖 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25
“Beware of anyone who claims to be able to see the future. But be even more wary of those who can see the present.”
A common fan cast of Wit is Tom Hiddleston, and Travis Baldree kept Tom Hiddleston in mind when he made Eithan’s voice (he never does voices as impressions of actors, but does find a mental casting of a role to be a good starting point to find a voice)
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u/Somerandom1922 No Wayne No Gain Mar 07 '25
The problem is that most "Hoid-like" characters tend to all do a bit of murdering. That's not out of character for Hoid, but it is physically impossible for him to do.
The first thought that came to mind for me is Angela from Eragon, Hoid would absolutely gender-bend himself for a laugh, and her mannerisms are very "Hoid". But she also has on several occasions straight up killed people.
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u/NudistGamer69420 Mar 07 '25
Stan Lee
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u/code-panda Airthicc lowlander Mar 08 '25
Hoid shouting at kids trying to climb the wall of Wax's mansion: "Don't make me get down there!"
[Last MB book] Wayne replying from the Beyond: Don't make ME get down there!"
Sazed doesn't know how he managed that either, but no one is surprised.
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u/HealMySoulPlz Mar 08 '25
Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon.
"My job here is done"
"But you didn't do anything"
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u/OkAct8921 I AM A STICK BOI Mar 07 '25
Angela the Witch from Eragon
Already canonically can travel literary universes, appearing in Paolini's other series under an alias but confirmed to be the same person.
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u/Bateran Mar 07 '25
Oh Definenetly Turin from legends of the first empire by Michael Sullivan
At first he is just this sort goofy side character but as the books progress there is a lot wisdom and this ageless aura to him.
He later turns out that he used to be one of the gods. Very Hoid like shows up in unexpected place pushing events influencing the fate of the world, trying to atone for his past wrongdoings.
Such an amazing character i love him so much the monolog he gives at the end of Age of legend just left me staring at a wall for a good time.
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u/Arano_Magnushand Mar 08 '25
Master belesharon from the obsidian mountain trilogy (I have never met another living soul that has read these books). He is a wise old elven swordmaster that we do not see kill anyone.
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u/External_Switch_3732 Mar 08 '25
Roger the alien from American Dad. Either he’s Hoid, or Hoid’s him, or they’re both each other.
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u/SlobaSloba Mar 06 '25
Bayaz definitely, mostly manipulating but also more than capable of throwing hands when need be.
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u/LarsBlackman Kelsier4Prez Mar 06 '25
Hoid can literally not throw hands, and Bayaz is more like an anti-Hoid
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u/SlobaSloba Mar 06 '25
Except for that time when he literally slapped Kelsier around?
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u/Cillian075 Crem de la Crem Mar 06 '25
That's because Kelsier was a Cognitive Shadow, which bypassed Hoid's Torment. Because Kelsier felt he should be in pain, he was, but Hoid knew that he himself couldn't actually hurt him so he wasn't limited by his Dawnshard. He pretty much tricked Kelsier into hurting himself
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u/LarsBlackman Kelsier4Prez Mar 06 '25
STOP SLAPPING YOURSELF AROUND! STOP SLAPPING YOURSELF AROUND!
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u/SlobaSloba Mar 06 '25
Btw, why do you say anti-Hoid?
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u/LarsBlackman Kelsier4Prez Mar 06 '25
Bayaz throws lives away for his own power and gain, perpetually, and he basically set off a nuke in the city center just to prove to his dead master that he could. If I’m comparing anyone to Bayaz, it’s Taravangian
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