History Main / BodyAndHost

For details on the passive/aggressive relationships a Host can have with its "Guest," view TheSymbiote. [[NamesTheSame Has absolutely zilch to do with]] TheHost.

* WetwareCPU: A computer host has the mind of a (once) living creature as the guest.

* BigDumbBody - A host with little intelligence, but is desirable for its physical prowess and durability.
* CustomBuiltHost - A host body is specifically designed to be possessed by the guest.
* DemonicPossession - When the "guest" is a demonic or other supernatural entity.
* EmptyShell - A host that's without resistance from being taken over.
* FamilialBodySnatcher - when someone takes over the bodies of their own relatives.
* GrandTheftMe - When someone enters someone else's consciousness and tries to wrest control from within.
* HauntedFetter - An inanimate object or place that is possessed by a ghost/spirit as a way of binding itself to the realm of the living.
* HauntedTechnology - A machine with a ghost/spirit in it!
* HeroicHost - A host with a SuperHeroOrigin of getting their super powers from their guest.
* KillTheHostBody - Killing possessor and host together.
* LivingBodysuit - A host chosen as a disguise by the guest for reasons of secrecy and espionage.
* MeatPuppet - A biological host, controlled by the guest.
* NewBodyOldAbilities - No matter the body of the host, the guest can use their old abilities.
* PlanetaryParasite - An entire planet is the host of a guest who needs to reproduce.
* PossessingADeadBody - A dead body that is reanimated by an inhabiting spirit.
* PossessionBurnout - The side-effects of straining the host.
* PowersViaPossession - Possession by the guest grants the host "powers" or "abilities".
* RaisedAsAHost - An individual is conceived, born and raised for the purpose of being taken over.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes - The guest is using the senses of the host.
* SoullessShell - A body, but no soul.
* SymbioticPossession - The relationship between guest and host is friendly; something like that of roommates.
* TwoSiblingsInOne - When a sibling lives on within you... literally.
* WetwareBody - A biological body host has a computer as the guest.
* WetwareCPU - A computer host has the mind of a (once) living creature as the guest.
* WillingChanneler - A host who ''wants'' to be controlled, or at least isn't against having their body used by an outside party.

* DemonicPossession - when the "guest" is a demonic or other supernatural entity.

* GrandTheftMe - when someone enters someone else's consciousness and tries to wrest control from within.

* WillingChanneler - A host who ''wants'' to be controlled, or at least isn't against having his/her body used by an outside party.

* LivingBodysuit - A host is chosen as a disguise by the guest for reasons of secrecy and espionage.

TruthInTelevision for many people who believe it is possible for a SpiritMedium to be "hijacked", or more often, invite one or more "guests" in as a WillingChanneler. Some host/spirit-guest relationships coexist in friendly association, and can last for decades similar to a SplitPersonalityTeam. An uninvited but harmless or beneficial "hijacking" guest is called a "walk-in"; this can happen with mediums or ordinary people, often after a life-threatening event.

* PowersViaPossession: Possession by the guest grants the host "powers" or "abilities".

* SymbioticPossession: The relationship between guest and host is friendly; something like that of roommates.

* SymbioticPossession: The guest uses the Host's body but provides something in exchange, such as life-support or super powers. The relationship is typically friendly.

* HeroicHost - A host that gets "powers" or "abilities" from their guest.

* SymbioticPossession: The guest uses the Host's body but provides something in exchange, such as life-support or super powers. The relationship may or may not be friendly.

* SymbioticPossession

* WillingChanneler - A host who "wants" to be controlled, or at least isn't against having his/her body used by an outside party.

* {{Tulpa}}

The basic purpose of the host varies on what the point was for it to have been hijacked in the first place. Sometimes it's used as a disguise, other times it's used as a decoy and distraction, even simply being a weapon or piece of armor that the possessor uses to cause sheer chaos and destruction. And then, sometimes... a host can be used for FetishFuel.

* PossessionBurnout

The basic purpose of the host varies on what the point was for it to have been hijacked in the first place. Sometimes it's used as a disguise, other times it's used as a decoy and distraction, even simply being used as a weapon and piece of armor that the possessor uses to cause sheer chaos and destruction, but sometimes... a host can be used for FetishFuel.

* [[Tulpa]]