The Host Chapter 22

Chapter 22- Cracked

Smeyer is cracked. Or on crack. That would explain these books.

Jeb is musing about whether it would hurt to have a Yeerk implanted in your head. Apparently everyone thinks that Wanderer hunted down the humans to turn them over to her Seeker, despite the fact that she obviously hates her Seeker and was half dead in the desert and has made no move to try to escape or give off the impression that she wants to escape. Great powers of perception these morons have. I wish they would just die already. They should have died in the alien invasion.

Finally. FINALLY someone realizes that she just wanted to find Pedobear and Jamie. THANK YOU UNCLE JEB, FOR FINALLY PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER. FINALLY, HE REALIZES THAT MAYBE MELANIE IS STILL ALIVE INSIDE THE BODY. Goddammit, it only took you like 50 pages to realize this, in spite of all the blatant clues.

Okay never mind, he doesn't. Shit. He just says that maybe the humans keep their emotions and their feelings, that the aliens turn out human after all. And maybe that is happening to Wanda Wanderer. And Wanderer is all giving up and shit like the whiny little submissive bitch that she is. Throughout all this, I wonder why Melanie isn't saying anything inside Wanderer. Like, Uncle Jeb is so close to realizing that she is actually still sentient, but it seems like she doesn't care. And does Melanie even want her body back, anyway? It seems like she doesn't care that it's been taken over. Whereas in the Animorphs book that is remarkably similar to this, Cassie (and then when Jake was taken over later) fought every minute to take over the body again.

For fuck's sake. The reason Melanie hasn't been talking much is she has accomplished her big mission, which is to make sure Jamie and Pedobear are safe. God forbid she should worry about her own freedom, when the well being of her man is all that matters. Now that she knows they're okay, she can go die because apparently she doesn't have enough in her to fight for her freedom. I hope she dies.

Now she and Jeb are bonding as Wanderer tells him stories of the other bodies that she has inhabited. Now Jamie comes and it's like a big family warm fuzzy gathering.

“Wanda?” Jamie asked.
I nodded, letting him know that I didn't mind.
“Kinda suits her, doncha think?” Jeb was so proud of himself, I was surprised he didn't pat
himself on the back, just for effect.

It does suit her. It's like one of the ugliest names ever. Why is Uncle Jeb SOOOO proud for removing four letters and adding an A?

Uncle Jeb wants her to teach the kids here. That'll go over well.

Now–why did they call you Wanderer? I've heard a bunch of odd
ones, Dry Water, Fingers in the Sky, Falling Upward–all mixed in, of course, with the Pams and the Jims. I tell you, it's the kind of thing that can drive a man crazy with curiosity.”

ROFL, Smeyer a big Office fan? Now she's not just semi-subtly ripping off other sci fi books, she's BLATANTLY stealing ideas from other, better fiction.

Jamie's all excited that Wanderer might stay on Earth. Why? She basically killed your sister, dude. Apparently you just forgot about that.

Melanie's jealous now that Wanderer is friends with Jamie. HA BITCH IT'S CALLED KARMA.

The doctor is now guarding Wanderer and she's all scared. He kind of reminds of the Well Manicured man, where he's calm and gentle but nameless and a bit personality-less.

Ooh, now something's inside the room with her, but the doctor's sleeping. WHAT COULD IT BE?