The "Real" Origins of Hoid

[DarkJester]

Ok. Before I start, let me say, I am absolutely just joking. Don't take any of this serious because I am just messing around. 

 

Now! On to the theory!

Hoid is known to be a world hopper, turning up in I believe every cosmere book out. (Or at least close to it.) He just can't hold still. Hoping from world to world. But where did he come from? Well, he already told us he stole himself. He started out as an idea. Words on a page. If your not aware of it, you should never take Hoids words lightly. Here we have a Meme that shows just how someone theorized that Brandon obtained his writing speed. (Sorry to anyone not familiar with Patrick Rothfuss' writing.) 

Lets build on this shall we. I was going through The Name of the Wind earlier, and something struck me. There was a character that seemed familiar to me. Denna's patron. He had white hair and a noble look about him. Later on he was described as being a "cryptic  prick." Most everyone here is familiar with Hoid, and I believe it is safe to say, he can easily be described as a white haired cryptic prick. Denna's patron is a very mysterious character, prone to disappearing, and is very secretive about his true name. Admittedly, this character has been known to be prone to fits of violence, but so has Hoid in the right circumstances. He beat Kelsier 10 shades of black and blue in Secret History. (Ok so maybe not quite that bad, but he does give him a good beat down...) So I'm thinking that Hoid is more of a world hopper than we originally thought. He fits the description of Denna's mysterious patron. But how would he hop, not from one world to another, but from one author and his universe to another?

I think that perhaps the Meme above may hold the answer... When Brandon created and used his writing speed syphoning shard, Hoid did exactly what he said, and stole himself. He used the shard like it was a shard pool, to world hop from Patrick to Brandon's world.

In all honesty, I don't believe that Brandon actually has full control of Hoid ether. Perhaps that's why he's described as a wild card. That's not to say that Brandon hasn't been working to do something about Hoid. After all, he has managed to put some restrictions on him, such as his inability to physically harm any living character in Brandon's worlds. So basically, Hoid is an unexpected consequence of Brandon using his shard to write faster... Now he has a rogue Hoid running amok all throughout his cosmere. 

 

Thoughts?

Edited January 9, 2017 by DarkJester

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

So what you're saying here, that Hoid exists everywhere? I know that Brandon made up a character that hopped around books he was reading before he started writing, so do you mean to say that Hoid could be in any number of books in any number of series, as long as there is a suspicious, cryptic, perhaps beggarly and white-haired man, Hoid was there?

[DarkJester]

I've found many things are possible for Hoid. Stick is possibly just as likely to turn up in other books as well. 

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

Yes, Stick. Stick is everywhere.

[Jondesu he/him]

That's a hilarious theory, and perhaps not all that far-fetched. I haven't even read Rothfuss' books (though they're on my list), so I'm not familiar with the character, but I think that's an awesome idea.