Fictional MBTI & Enneagram

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The Hunger Games | Peeta Mellark [ENFP] [9w1]

Steady | Idealistic | Philosophical | Stubborn (x)

ENFPs are people-centered creators with a focus on possibilities and a contagious enthusiasm for new ideas, people, and activities. ENFPs are typically agile and expressive communicators who love to help other people explore their creative potential. (x)

Ne [Extroverted Intuition]: Peeta thinks fast on his feet and is an excellent liar, easily coming up with out-of-the-box ideas, considering hypotheticals, and reaching conclusions which others may not: “You can never tell what you’ll find in the arena. Say it’s actually a giant cake.” When Katniss slips up and admits that she recognizes the red-headed Avox girl, Peeta quickly covers for her by lying and saying that she looks like one of their classmates. He is able to wipe all the other tributes off the map in both of his interviews by employing new strategies that most people would not think to try, such as admitting his feelings for Katniss and announcing Katniss’ (fake) pregnancy. Peeta easily reads into other people’s motives, recognizing that the victors in the Quarter Quell are just teasing Katniss for her “purity”. He can be philosophical, understanding the deeper repercussions and bigger picture of the Hunger Games - that the tributes are all just pawns - from the start, whereas Katniss (inferior Ne) falters. Peeta often masks his pain with sarcasm rather than stating his feelings outright, such as when he admits to Katniss that his mother told him that Katniss would be the one to survive, and when Katniss dismisses his need to stay true to himself: “Okay. Thanks for the tip, sweetheart.” Peeta is good with words and always knows exactly what to say; he is able to vividly describe what he does with his paints to the dying morphling in the Quarter Quell, as well as his experiences in the arena while being held hostage by the Capitol. According to Katniss, Peeta can “change his pain into words that will move people.” (Ne-Fi) Peeta is somewhat idealistic, infatuated with the sheer possibility of Katniss for 11 years before ever even getting the chance to speak to her.

Fi [Introverted Feeling]: Peeta’s identity and personal values are very important to him; in fact, one of his greatest fears is losing his sense of self and becoming “just a piece in their Games.” Peeta is extremely loyal to those he loves, and although he is kind to everyone, he really only goes out of his way for the people closest to him: he only wants to save Katniss in the Games. Though he is normally pretty mild, Peeta strongly opposes things which go against his moral values, becoming enraged at the idea of hosting another Hunger Games with Capitol children after the war. Peeta is likable and popular with the Capitol audience, but he achieves this by (usually) speaking from his heart rather than just telling people what they want to hear, shocking them with his sincerity. He is so believable in recounting his experiences in the arena because he is genuine in speaking about them, and his love for Katniss is not doubted by anyone because it is real. Peeta must work through his feelings on his own to be able to move past them, turning his back on Katniss for many months following her deception. When he finally speaks to her about it, he holds no more bitterness toward her. Peeta rarely voices his emotions; although he was abused for years by his mother, he never speaks of it, and he prefers to paint his memories of the arena rather than recount them verbally. He typically acts on his emotions; instead of telling Katniss he loves her, he protects and sacrifices himself for her in the arena, he gets angry and breaks things when he finds out about Haymitch and Katniss’ secrets, saves Katniss by giving her bread, plants primroses to honor Katniss’ deceased sister, paints a picture of Rue in his private training session to hold the Gamemakers accountable, gives a portion of his and Katniss’ winnings to the families of the fallen District 11 tributes, and so forth.

Te [Extroverted Thinking]: Peeta becomes a lot more assertive under stress, putting his foot down and demanding honesty from Katniss and Haymitch when he discovers they have been keeping the truth from him. Peeta transforms into a strict trainer after the Quarter Quell announcement, immediately leaping into action by disposing of all of Haymitch’s alcohol and disciplining Katniss and Haymitch. He then organizes a training regiment for himself, Katniss, and Haymitch, and makes sure that the others adhere to it, as well as diligently takes notes on all the surviving victors. Peeta backs up his Fi-based decisions with rational reasoning: Katniss should win the Quarter Quell because her family needs her to survive, while nobody needs him. Although it is painful, the facts are true.

Si [Introverted Sensing]: Peeta spends 11 years infatuated with Katniss based on a single memory he has of her from the first day of school, his subjective experience of which he can recount exactly. He also remembers other things about Katniss and her father due to paying close attention to her over the years. When viewing Peeta’s paintings of the Games, Katniss points out that some of them do not seem to depict reality, but rather Peeta’s subjective perception of what he saw and experienced in the arena.

Enneagram [9w1]: Peeta is strong, resilient, and unwavering, becoming the only person ever known to have recovered from hijacking, and doing so primarily of his own accord. He is calm and steady in comparison to Katniss’ “fire”; he is what tempers her, and she frequently describes him as her “rock”. Peeta is typically very accepting of everyone and everything so long as his Fi approves, keeping the peace with affirmative comments (“Well, then you just became our most valuable asset.” + “Never underestimate the power of a brilliant stylist.”) and smoothing over tensions between hostile parties (Katniss and Finnick in the Quarter Quell). Peeta’s idealism sometimes clouds his intuition; he is so enamored with Katniss and the potential that she loves him back that he fails to pick up on Haymitch’s signals to her in the Games, and he does not even realize that Katniss was merely pretending to return his feelings the entire time.

✘✘✘  I initially saw Peeta as an ExFJ because of how charismatic and popular with the Capitol audience he is, but there is not much other evidence to support that hypothesis. In addition, although Peeta may stretch the truth at times, everything he says and does comes across as sincere because it actually is; his passion for Katniss is real and his recollections of his experiences in the arena, for instance, are very much true. He is then able to use his dominant Ne to paint a vivid picture of his personal experiences, which people can connect to. Ne-Fi, not Fe.

*** I used images of my own fancasts since I’m not a fan of the movie castings and don’t consider them canon.

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The Walking Dead | Carl Grimes [ESTP] [6w7]

Loyal | Cautious | Engaged | Energetic (x)

ESTPs are energetic thrill seekers who are at their best when putting out fires, whether literal or metaphorical. They bring a sense of dynamic energy to their interactions with others and the world around them. They assess situations quickly and move adeptly to respond to immediate problems with practical solutions. (x)

Se [Extroverted Sensing]: Carl is primarily oriented in the real world, quickly adapting to the zombie apocalypse despite being the youngest member of the group. He is highly attentive to his physical surroundings, and he typically reacts to unexpected situations before anyone else does, being the first to shoot while Negan is distracted after it becomes clear that the Scavengers have betrayed Alexandria (“The First Day of the Rest of Your Life”). Carl’s spontaneity leaves him occasionally prone to recklessness, such as when he goes on a solo mission to kill Negan and almost immediately gets captured (“Sing Me a Song”), or when he tries to take on three walkers by himself and barely escapes with his life (“After”). During the battle with the Governor, Carl also shoots a boy in the woods despite him having surrendered, not bothering at all to think about the repercussions of his actions (“Welcome to the Tombs”).

Ti [Introverted Thinking]: Carl isn’t afraid to call people out if he believes they are doing something irrational, sometimes either intentionally or unintentionally hurting their feelings in the process. He tells Rick the truth about Carol teaching kids how to defend themselves, but with the caveat that he believes that Rick should allow her to continue the lessons (“Infected”). He harshly reprimands Lizzie when he realizes she is naming walkers, believing it to be nonsensical and contrary to reality: “What the hell are you talking about? Okay, they don't talk. They don't think. They eat people. They kill people” (“30 Days Without an Accident”). After Carol’s daughter is found to be dead, Carl insensitively tells her that heaven isn’t real, and initially refuses to apologize: “I said it's stupid to believe in heaven. 'Cause it is” (“Judge, Jury, Executioner”). When it comes down to it, Carl is able to put his emotions aside and shoot his own mother before she is able to reanimate as a zombie, keeping it together while his father falls apart (“Killer Within”).

Fe [Extroverted Feeling]: Carl cares more about being liked and approved of than he lets on. His strained relationship with his father is an indication of this, as he frequently vacillates between idolizing Rick and trying to become just like him, and blaming Rick for everything that goes wrong. Toward the beginning of the apocalypse, Carl quickly loses his innocence and tries to act ruthlessly in an attempt to imitate his father, and eventually expresses his frustration with Rick’s more passive temperament in angry outbursts following the fall of the prison. Despite Rick’s unconsciousness, Carl attempts to shift all the blame onto and guilt-trip him, accusing him of not being able to protect his loved ones: “They’re all gone now. Because of you! They counted on you! You were their leader! But now you’re nothing. I’d be fine if you died” (“After”). However, Rick’s opinion of him is important to Carl, and he eventually opens up to Michonne and tells her that he believes he has failed to live up to Rick’s expectations: “He told me the other day that the was proud of me. That I was a good man. I’m not. . . . I’m not what he thinks I am. I’m just another monster, too” (“A”). In certain situations, Carl attempts to evoke an emotional reaction out of people, intentionally hurting their feelings because he believes he has the right to do so. Instances of this include telling Ron that his “dad was an asshole” (“Start to Finish”), calling Carol “an idiot” for believing in heaven (“Judge, Jury, Executioner”), and scolding Lizzie for treating walkers like pets (“30 Days Without an Accident”). Nevertheless, Carl also has a compassionate side. He is one of the first and only people to give Gabriel a chance, reassuring Rick that “everybody can’t be bad” (“Strangers”), and later offering to help Gabriel learn to fight and reintegrate into the group (“JSS”). Carl also tends to think in terms of what is good for the group as a whole, and refers to himself and Rick as a team to encourage him: “You’re right. I am strong. We both are. But we’re strong enough that we can still help people. And we can handle ourselves if things go wrong” (“Strangers”).

Ni [Introverted Intuition]: Carl doesn’t have the best intuition about people, but on some occasions his hunches are correct, such as when he trusts Gabriel, and later Siddiq, despite having no real evidence to do so. Carl’s failure to plan ahead often gets him into trouble, such as when he tries to kill Negan and ends up alone at the Saviors’ compound (“Sing Me a Song”).

Enneagram [6w7]: Carl reacts to extreme situations with fear and repression; after inadvertently causing Dale’s death, he vows to “never [touch] another gun again” (“Better Angels”). He lives in fear of repeating both his past mistakes and the mistakes of others - in particular his father, whom he looks up to as a role model. Carl sometimes acts counterphobically in tense scenarios, shooting a boy in the woods who had previously surrendered because he “couldn’t take the chance” that something bad might happen, as it did in the past when Rick failed to kill enemies that later murdered Lori and Merle (“Welcome to the Tombs”). Carl simultaneously wishes to be independent from Rick and craves his support and approval, as evidenced by his rant about Rick’s failures after their escape from the prison (“I’d be fine if you died.”), followed by his horrified realization that his father may truly be dead and he may be all alone (“I’m scared.”) (“After”). Although the future looks bleak, Carl tries to remain optimistic much of the time, and occasionally distracts himself with mindless pleasures such as comic books and pudding.

✘✘✘  Based on his portrayal in the show, you could pretty easily argue that Carl is an ISTP instead, but I went with ESTP because his Fe is much more evident than his Ni.

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Star Wars | Anakin Skywalker [ESFP] [6w7]

Loyal | Cautious | Engaged | Energetic (x)

ESFPs are vivacious entertainers who charm and engage those around them. They are spontaneous, energetic, and fun-loving, and take pleasure in the things around them. ESFPs like to be in the middle of the action and the center of attention. They have a playful, open sense of humor, and like to draw out other people and help them have a good time. (x)

Se [Extroverted Sensing]: Anakin is very hands-on, having built C-3P0 and his own podracer as a child. He’s a quick learner, becoming very good at piloting from a very young age and winning a podrace with little prior experience—practically living for the physical thrill of these activities. As Anakin grows older, his natural impulsivity turns to recklessness as he clashes with his more patient and collected master Obi-Wan as well as the rest of the Jedi Council. He acts before he thinks, slaughtering an entire village after his mother’s death, marrying Padme on a whim, cutting off Mace Windu’s hand and immediately pledging his allegiance to Darth Sidious thereafter, and eventually strangling Padme in spite of his intent to do everything in his power to keep her alive. Anakin lives in the moment, focusing only on the most immediate problem; he tells Padme not to worry about what they are going to do when she reveals that she is pregnant. Anakin takes things primarily at face value, not having a sense of Palpatine’s obvious machinations until it is too late because he is so fixated on his singular goal (Ni) of saving Padme. Anakin loves new and spontaneous physical challenges. He is an excellent pilot and fighter, and can almost always outmaneuver his opponents in unfamiliar situations that call for immediate action. 

Fi [Introverted Feeling]: Anakin’s refusal to obey the morals of the Jedi Code and his tendency to act on his emotions in extreme ways are what ultimately turn him to the dark side. When he is young, Anakin refuses to be classified by his status as a slave, wishing to be treated as an individual instead; “I'm a person and my name is Anakin,” he tells Padme. Anakin has deep-seated values which he uses to guide his decisions, and he is intensely loyal to those he loves. His feelings for Padme take precedent over everything else; he marries her despite it being against the rules for Jedi, and he proves that he is willing to give up everything and even turn to the dark side to save her. Anakin’s uncontrollable emotions lead him down a dangerous path. Rather than tell his loved ones about the turmoil within him, he acts out, killing the Tusken Raiders in his rage and eventually abandoning the Jedi due to his growing resentment of them, and because he is unable to let go of Padme.

Te [Extroverted Thinking]: Anakin frequently follows through with things; as a Jedi, he is good at carrying out tactical missions and executing plans. He knows what he wants from life, and he does whatever it takes to get it: wooing Padme, becoming one of the most powerful Jedi, etc. Anakin frequently evaluates things in terms of critical Fi-Te assertions, such as when he rants to Padme about how harsh Obi-Wan is (“He’s overly critical. He never listens!”), or when he tells her about what he did to the Tusken Raiders.

Ni [Introverted Intuition]: Anakin is rather short-sighted when it comes to his pursuits. Within several days of meeting her again, Anakin becomes convinced that he only wants Padme, and marries her soon after. He builds an entire vision of the future around a bad dream and a general sense of foreboding, with little evidence to back it up. But because his intuition is so weak, when Anakin allows it to take the wheel, things end badly. His fear that Padme will die begins to drive all his decisions, and in his desperation to save her he struggles to see alternate options, becoming convinced that the only solution to his problems lies in Palpatine. Eventually, Anakin’s fear consumes him, and every single thing he encounters fuels his paranoia, whether it is based in factual evidence or not. This leads him to believe that everyone—even his former best friend and his own wife—is against him.

Enneagram [cp6w7]: More than anything, Anakin fears losing his loved ones, and as a result his sense of security. This is what initially leads Yoda to be cautious of allowing Anakin to be trained as a Jedi, because Anakin’s fear of losing his mother is plain and evident. This fear eventually becomes a driving force behind all of Anakin’s decisions, contrary to the Jedi Code. He is loyal to a fault, and is willing to go down a path of darkness for his loved ones. Anakin desires to put his faith in some higher authority to guide him, despite often questioning and disregarding that authority at the same time. He has an intense dedication to specific groups which he believes will provide him with the sense of security he so craves. At first, this group is the Jedi, but as he grows increasingly suspicious of the Jedi Council’s own distrust of him, he instead becomes loyal to the Empire, and more specifically to Palpatine. The Chancellor claims to be able to guarantee Padme’s survival, upon which Anakin’s security is heavily dependent. Anakin is also highly energetic and occasionally hedonistic, leading him to avoid responsibilities and make reckless decisions (7-wing), some of which threaten to jeopardize his lifestyle as a Jedi.

✘✘✘  This probably doesn’t come as too big of a surprise to most people, as it seems like Anakin is most often typed as an ExFP. However, he is usually typed as an 8w7, and I can see the reasoning behind this. He wants to become the most powerful Jedi and even conquer life itself to save Padme. I think he has 8 as a strong second fix, but ultimately, all of his desires still stem from fear. Fear of loss and fear of being without security and guidance. Anakin always attaches himself to some higher order; he literally loses the ability to act independently after Padme dies, and just accepts his fate as a Sith Lord, never really even trying to overthrow Sidious and seize power until Luke shows up. Power is how Anakin wants to guarantee security, but power in itself is not what drives him.

Also, Anakin is a different type from Darth Vader (ISTJ 6w5) and should probably be considered a different character altogether. Why? It’s under the cut.

No matter how you look at it, Darth Vader just isn’t an unhealthy ESFP. There’s still a big difference between a repressed, dead-inside ESFP and an ISTJ, and Vader is the latter. How can this be if MBTI types supposedly don’t change? Well, you could argue that Anakin endured such physical and emotional trauma on Mustafar that it actually changed his cognition. But it’s a stretch to say that those events literally changed the way his brain functioned. Short of trauma to the brain, that doesn’t really happen (based on MBTI theory). What’s more likely is just that this is a case of poor writing, and that after 20 years, George Lucas wasn’t overly concerned with character continuity between the two trilogies. 

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American Horror Story: Cult | Kai Anderson [ENFJ] [8w7]

Power-seeking | Assertive | Commanding | Intense (x)

ENFJs are idealist organizers, driven to implement their vision of what is best for humanity. They often act as catalysts for human growth because of their ability to see potential in other people and their charisma in persuading others to their ideas. They are tuned into the needs of others and acutely aware of human suffering; however, they also tend to be optimistic and forward-thinking, intuitively seeing opportunity for improvement. (x)

Fe [Extroverted Feeling]: Kai appeals to people’s deepest fears, insecurities, and desires in an attempt to manipulate everyone around him, both on a larger scale in society and within his cult. Kai has a deep understanding of the innermost workings of all the members of his cult and can easily read their emotions, which allows him to appeal to them individually at first—for instance, telling Harrison that he can “feel [his] pain” (“11/9”). Kai is able to connect with Harrison on an emotional level in order to get him to do what he wants: “Harrison, I'm just a mirror. Anything you see in me is in you. I am you. And if I say you're great, then you're great. . . . He's humiliating you. You deserve better in this world… You want to change, but you don't know how” (“11/9”). In doing so, Kai is able to initially accumulate a group of supporters who have hardly anything in common with one another, but who are united in their fear and anger at the world in general. He gains even more support by giving motivational speeches to his followers, and by convincing them that they are a part of something greater than themselves. His own focus is on targeting society as a collective rather than just the individual: “We are going to wipe out everything you know and build something bigger and better than anything you can possibly imagine” (“11/9”). At the same time, however, Kai is also easily manipulated himself—first by Bebe, then by Ally. His morals and values are extremely fickle, and he goes from thinking it’s disrespectful to hide his parents’ bodies (“Holes”) to starting a murder cult. Kai also doesn’t have any real allegiances, choosing to believe in whatever will gain him the most support at the time. Other people’s emotions affect him as well, and he loves to get a visible reaction out of people by triggering them, even just by trolling people on the internet.

Ni [Introverted Intuition]: Kai knows exactly what makes people ticks. He sees through people to uncover their darkest secrets. He thinks far ahead into the future, seeing the potential in people after observing (Se) them for extended periods of time; he tells Harrison after recruiting him that he’s been “watching [him] and the people around [him] for a long time” (“11/9”). He has a very particular vision for the world, which he uses to motivate his supporters to take action (Fe): “The tiny fear in one woman turns into a beast that swallows the world by the time it spreads across the country” (“11/9”). Kai espouses very exaggerated, abstract ideals for his vision, proclaiming to anyone who will listen that “the chosen few who are not afraid of the seas and the heights and the beasts of the world will return at the head of the evolutionary table to shepherd the weak into the chosen promised land of truth and freedom!” (“Election Night”). Kai intuitively knows exactly how people will react to things, and he’s almost always right. In his very first speech to the city council, Kai predicts that “fear will release [people] from their desires and their ambitions and their bullshit needs! And then they will come running to us like children in a feverish nightmare” (“Election Night”), which ends up being exactly what happens with his cult. This ability also leads Kai to almost always be 10 steps ahead of everyone else, planning and manufacturing everything like a chess master, such as when he uses Bebe to make the women in the cult angry, which he in turn predicts will lead them to kill off the men in the cult—all part of his larger plan to dissociate himself from the clown murders, which he initially used to scare people (“Valerie Solanas Died for Your Sins: Scumbag”). He typically only has one fixation at any given time, and after being imprisoned, this changes from ruling the world to simply ruining Ally’s life (“Great Again”). When things begin to fall apart, Kai descends into paranoid madness, seeing signs in things that aren’t really there and allowing himself to be easily fooled by the false narrative of deception and betrayal which he himself has constructed. 

Se [Extroverted Sensing]: Kai doesn’t just want to sit on the sidelines while things happen around him; he wants to be an active member of his own cult, and so he directly participates in the clown murders. However, this also leads him to make a series of reckless mistakes in the end, which contribute to his downfall. Kai loses his meticulousness and the advantage of planning ahead that he had before, instead making hasty decisions that cause his cult to fall apart, such as being easily deceived by physical “evidence” planted by Ally, murdering his own sister, and putting the most trust in people who end up being the least trustworthy: Speedwagon and Ally.

Ti [Introverted Thinking]: Kai begins over-analyzing all the wrong things under stress, and subsequently loses all ability to be rational, failing to question Ally’s seemingly unequivocal loyalty to him. He falls victim to his lower functions, and as a result does not think beyond the surface level (Ni) to consider that Ally may have planted the evidence against Winter (“Charles (Manson) in Charge”). 

Enneagram [8w7]: Kai essentially has two motives: to accumulate as much power as possible and to cause as much chaos as possible. Both work in tandem through his creation of a murder cult of clowns, which he uses to scare people into submission. 

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I recently received some requests to type certain characters from stuff I haven’t watched yet. For any questions of that sort, I would direct you guys to this page, which explains my policy on requests. 

Basically, feel free to send in requests, but there’s a good chance that you’ll be waiting a long time to see them typed because I’m really busy and really slow at starting and finishing new TV shows. Sorry!

Anyway, just wanted to put that out there so nobody feels like I’m purposefully ignoring their request.

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The Hunger Games | Haymitch Abernathy [ISTP] [5w6]

Investigating | Intellectual | Contrarian | Cynical (x)

ISTPs are observant artisans with an understanding of mechanics and an interest in troubleshooting. They approach their environments with a flexible logic, looking for practical solutions to the problems at hand. They are independent and adaptable, and typically interact with the world around them in a self-directed, spontaneous manner. (x)

Ti [Introverted Thinking]: Haymitch is harsh and critical in his rational assessments of everything. He is logical, but his logic comes from within and he articulates only well-formed ideas, most of the time preferring to resort to caustic remarks instead. For instance, during his Games, Haymitch initially does not bother explaining his reasoning to Maysilee about moving toward the edge of the arena. Haymitch is excellent at analyzing systems and figuring out how they work; he easily understands the mechanism behind the force field in his Games.

Se [Extroverted Sensing]: Haymitch is very aware of his surroundings and is able to use them and manipulate them to his advantage in new and inventive ways. In his Games, he observes the effects of the force field and is subsequently able to turn it into a weapon. He also acts quickly to seize opportunities, gathering supplies and escaping the Cornucopia while most of the other tributes are still distracted by the new environment. Later in his Games, he encounters three Careers tributes and is able to hold his own against them despite their size and strength due to his speed and agility, although he only has minimal training in combat. In the present, Haymitch does not engage as much in the physical world because he prefers to tune out his environment completely with alcohol. Nevertheless, he remains opportunistic and aware of his surroundings, quickly sizing up Katniss and Peeta physically after they act out on the train and seeing in them the potential (Ni) for District 12 to finally have another victor.

Ni [Introverted Intuition]: Haymitch does not typically look too far into the future, preferring instead to focus on the present issues. He is usually of a single mind; for instance, he does not leave room for speculation in his instructions for Katniss and Peeta in the arena: get away from the Cornucopia and find water. Apart from these directions, he merely tells Katniss and Peeta to “stay alive” instead of planning ahead into the future. Haymitch is not really one for symbolism, but he is able to imbue with meaning his sponsor gifts for Katniss in order to communicate with her in the arena. Haymitch is occasionally able to think in the long term; his prolonged involvement with the rebellion in Catching Fire and his warning to Katniss that given how the future will play out, she will have no choice but to say with Peeta forever, are indicative of his foresight.

Fe [Extroverted Feeling]: Haymitch is usually insensitive and detached, and rarely expresses his feelings and emotions. However, he can be charming when he needs to be, amusing the crowd with his sarcasm and apathy in his interview: “They'll still be one hundred percent as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same.” Unlike Katniss, Haymitch understands the importance of appealing to the audience as well as what will and won’t contribute to that effort, but he also understands that Katniss is most convincing when she is allowed to be herself. Haymitch knows how to be persuasive, somehow being able to convince tributes from other districts to sacrifice themselves for Katniss and Peeta in the Quarter Quell for the sake of the rebellion. After Peeta is hijacked and Katniss starts to give up on him, Haymitch essentially guilt trips her into realizing that Peeta would be trying to do everything to get her back if the situation was reversed.

Enneagram [5w6]: Haymitch is self-sufficient and refuses to accept anyone’s help. He is an excellent strategist and eagerly seeks knowledge, observing and analyzing things in order to discover how he can use them to his advantage -  like the force field in the arena. Haymitch is cynical, drinking away most of his days, and paranoid, sleeping with a knife in his hand to protect against any potential dangers. 

*** I used images of my own fancasts since I’m not a fan of the movie castings and don’t consider them canon.

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The Walking Dead | Sasha Williams [ISTJ] [6w5]

Loyal | Cautious | Skeptical | Cynical (x) 

ISTJs are responsible organizers, driven to create and enforce order within systems and institutions. They tend to have a procedure for everything they do. ISTJs are steady, productive contributors. Typically, ISTJs know just where they belong in life and want to understand how they can participate in established organizations and systems. (x)

Si [Introverted Sensing]: Sasha is a realist above all else. When she teams up with Bob and Maggie after the attack on the prison, Sasha is concerned primarily with finding resources that can help the group survive, and has little faith that anyone else from the prison is still alive: “The odds of us finding [Glenn] . . . We should be out looking for food, shelter” (“Inmates”). Upon arriving in Alexandria, Sasha tells Diana that the community “isn’t real” because its people have been sheltered from the true hardships of the world beyond its walls, and has more trouble adjusting to the new environment than any of the other survivors (“Forget”). Sasha is practical, and sees things for what they are, not giving much credence to Bob’s philosophizing and optimism: “Not everything has to mean something” (“Inmates”). However, this also means that she doesn’t often detect people’s underlying motives, initially buying into the Governor’s charm: “He seems pretty straight-up to me” (“Prey”). Over time, Sasha becomes hardened by her experiences, including the destruction of the prison and the deaths of her boyfriend and brother. She places great value on these personal experiences, learning from her mistakes and advising others to do the same: “We get warnings, and the next time it’s on us” (“Alone”). While reflecting on their past, Sasha tells Tyreese that she doesn’t think she can be the same anymore, after all that’s happened (“Coda”). Sasha becomes one of the group’s best sharpshooters through extensive practice, dedication, and repetition, in addition to her eye for detail.

Te [Extroverted Thinking]: Sasha trusts only what is tangible, real, and can be proven with irrefutable evidence, telling Hershel that she doesn’t “believe in magic or luck,” and that she “[does] the math and [she doesn’t] gamble” (“Internment”). Sasha is unafraid to state the facts and say what she believes to be true, warning the group she is initially traveling with that they should leave a woman bitten by a walker behind because “she’s slowing [them] down” (“Made to Suffer”). Similarly, she matter-of-factly advises Bob and Maggie to focus on their own survival, directing them toward what she believes to be the best course of action with little concern for their feelings about the situation: “Odds are Glenn is dead. Odds are we will be, too. That's the reality. We got six bullets and you're still bleeding . . . We find a building, some higher ground to set up in. All of us. That's what we need to do. That's what we're gonna do” (“Alone”). Later, Abraham praises Sasha for her ability to “call bullshit” (“Always Accountable”). Sasha also naturally gravitates toward positions of responsibility and authority; she becomes a council member not long after joining the prison group, as well as a leader in charge of the supply runners, and her older brother even jokes about Sasha always being the boss of him. She enjoys organizing people toward the most efficient tactic: “All right, we go in, stay in formation for the sweep” (“30 Days Without an Accident”).

Fi [Introverted Feeling]: Sasha cares fiercely for those closest to her, and will gladly give her life for them. After living through so much trauma, she struggles with PTSD at Alexandria, and shuts down in order to cope with it. Rather than share how she feels with anyone, Sasha keeps her inner emotional world private, taking her frustration out by killing walkers and shooting framed photos of people in the woods. She struggles to relate to the Alexandrians, feeling disgusted with them for their sheltered lifestyle despite their seemingly pleasant and welcoming gestures. Sasha also strongly believes that people must take responsibility for their choices and actions, even in the apocalypse: “I mean, hell, you're always accountable” (“Always Accountable”).

Ne [Extroverted Intuition]: Sasha’s intuitions about people are often wrong; she initially believes the Governor to be a decent man, and falsely accuses Gabriel of conspiring against the group, convinced that she sees connections where there aren’t any: “This is all connected. You show up, we’re being watched, and now three of us are gone” (“Four Walls and a Roof”). Sasha is fearful of the unknown; she is initially wary of the prison because she “[doesn’t] know what’s in there” (“Made to Suffer”), and is strongly opposed to Abraham’s insistence to go on the mission with Rick to the Hilltop due to all the potential dangers (“The First Day of the Rest of Your Life”). Although she may not always agree with him, Sasha eventually comes to appreciate Bob’s ability to see the positive in everything.

Enneagram [6w5]: Sasha tends to be pessimistic about the future and dubious about anything that “sounds too good to be true” (“Alone”). Although her intuitions are not always correct, she is highly skeptical of other survivor communities such as the prison (initially), Terminus, and Alexandria, often assuming the worst of them. She is afraid of losing the security she has, as evidenced when she begs Abraham not to go to the Hilltop with Rick (“The First Day of the Rest of Your Life”). Sasha is loyal to her group until it literally costs her her life; she tells Eugene that she would rather be dead than to allow Negan to use her against her friends, and follows through on her statement by committing suicide (“Something They Need”). Sasha takes signs of danger very seriously, believing that people must be accountable for their own safety and well-being: “We get warnings, and the next time it's on us” (“Alone”).

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The Hunger Games | Gale Hawthorne [ENTJ] [8w7]

(https://burdge.deviantart.com/art/Gale-168383207)(https://baileythehedgehog.deviantart.com/art/Gale-170457807)

Power-seeking | Assertive | Commanding | Intense (x)

ENTJs are strategic leaders, motivated to organize change. They are quick to see inefficiency and conceptualize new solutions, and enjoy developing long-range plans to accomplish their vision. They are analytical and objective, and like bringing order to the world around them. ENTJs are assertive and enjoy taking charge; they see their role as that of leader and manager, organizing people and processes to achieve their goals. (x)

Te [Extroverted Thinking]: Gale has been single-handedly providing for his family of five since he was 14. He is often the first to take action, organizing the evacuation of the entire Seam when District 12 is firebombed. Gale believes the ends justify the means, no matter what the human cost; he helps construct a bomb that targets people’s compassion for the wounded. Gale doesn’t bother to sugarcoat anything when Katniss is reaped; instead, he talks strategy with her. Gale is such a powerful force in the rebellion because he is a natural leader and strategist who is able to apply his skills with snares and experience hunting animals to the war effort. As he tells Katniss before she enters the Hunger Games, “how different can [hunting people] be, really?” 

Ni [Introverted Intuition]: Gale remains idealistic in the face of Katniss’ realism; he is convinced that the two of them can escape District 12 and survive in the woods in spite of all the details that could go awry with that plan. Whereas Katniss’ only thoughts are of putting food on the table, Gale considers the bigger picture; long before the rebellion even starts, he is thinking of how much better life could be without the Capitol. When the war breaks out, Gale is still thinking ahead, and is willing to sacrifice lives now to ensure victory for the rebels later. Gale is quite easily able to decipher the underlying meaning and motives behind certain decisions, understanding that “it’s to the Capitol’s advantage to have [the districts] divided among [them]selves.” Following Prim’s death, Gale foresees that Katniss will never forgive him and fails to consider any other option than to walk away from her forever.

Se [Extroverted Sensing]: Gale can be hot-headed and impulsive at times, but just as often he is able to seize opportunities to serve his advantage. His quick thinking enables him to save the Seam before District 12 is destroyed. Gale is also an excellent hunter and trapper, and is a whiz with snares. Katniss frequently comments on Gale’s awareness of his environment as well as his tactile skills, stating that he “is only really alive in the woods, with its fresh air and sunlight and clean, flowing water,” and expressing her admiration for his “velvet tread,” his “eye for balance,” and his “instinct for where the prey will cross the path” (Ni-Se).

Fi [Introverted Feeling]: Gale is stubborn and difficult when it comes to his values; his morals are very much black-and-white. He so vehemently hates the Capitol that he even turns his back on Katniss upon her refusal to partake in the rebellion, declaring that he doesn’t want “anything they made in the Capitol.” Gale tends toward feeling resentful rather than outright stating his emotions, as is manifested in his disdain for Madge on the day of the reaping, simply for the reason that she has a privilege that he does not. Rather than tell Katniss how he feels about her, he kisses her. In Gale’s perspective, anyone who has anything to do with the Capitol is to blame for all the suffering in Panem: even Katniss’ mindless prep team.

Enneagram [8w7]: Gale is assertive and dynamic, and he protects his loved ones at all costs. If he believes someone or something is challenging his independence or trying to control him, Gale will stop at nothing to shut it down. He is always pushing boundaries, and he wants to be the one to bring change to the world rather than just sit by and passively watch things happen. This is what leads him to quickly rise in the ranks of the rebellion despite being just a coal miner from the Seam.

*** I used images of my own fancasts since I’m not a fan of the movie castings and don’t consider them canon.

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Heathers | Veronica Sawyer [INFP] [6w7]

Loyal | Cautious | Engaged | Energetic (x)

INFPs are imaginative idealists, guided by their own core values and beliefs. To INFPs, possibilities are paramount; the realism of the moment is only of passing concern. They see potential for a better future, and pursue truth and meaning with their own individual flair. INFPs are deeply concerned with the personal growth of themselves and others. (x)

Fi [Introverted Feeling]: Veronica is motivated primarily by her ideal to make her school a better place, but is conflicted about the best method to do so. She doesn’t like being friends with the Heathers and thinks they are awful people, which ultimately leads to her breaking away from them and teaming up with J.D. instead. Initially, Veronica believes she is doing something good by helping J.D., but then realizes that killing people, no matter how awful, goes against her moral values. Even though J.D. tries to convince her that she’s doing the right thing, she feels immense guilt for not adhering to her morals. And when Veronica feels that something is wrong by her standards, she likes to take matters into her own hands; she views it as her responsibility to rid the world of Heather (“I understand that I must stop Heather.”), and later decides to take down J.D. all on her own, without consulting with anyone. Veronica cares more about individuals than she does about the clique she is a part of, the school, or even society as a whole. She despises the Heathers, but she cares about Heather M. as a friend, and offers to take care of her when she attempts suicide. In the end, Veronica cares more about befriending Martha than she does about her rank, because she doesn’t “have anything against Martha.” Veronica complains to her parents that all students want is “to be treated like human beings,” speaking out against the collectivism propagated by her school, the inauthentic reactions to the suicides, the fake “togetherness” of the pep rallies, and the ignorance of the real human impact of the students’ deaths. In this regard, Veronica is highly individualistic; she does not conform to the Heathers even though she is a part of them, and she won’t sleep with a guy just for the sake of status. She prides herself on her own individuality, believing that she been “allowed an understanding that [her] parents and these Remington University assholes have chosen to ignore.” Veronica doesn’t like to speak to anyone else about her feelings or her values; instead, she writes about them in her diary. Nevertheless, she does crave to be understood, spilling her guts about her life’s problems to J.D. not long after she meets him, trusting him because he, too, is an outsider.

Ne [Extroverted Intuition]: Veronica likes to get her ideas out into the world, whether it be by writing about them in her diary, telling them to J.D., or simply ruminating on them in her own head. She is open-minded and quick to jump on J.D.’s bandwagon when he presents her with an opportunity to escape the toxic Heathers clique, and later easily ditches both her own group and J.D. to become friends with Martha, the most unpopular girl in school. Veronica wants to be a catalyst for change at her school, but she is uncertain about the best way to go about it, going back and forth between different ideologies: “I've seen J.D.'s way. I've seen Ms. Pauline Fleming's way, and nothing has changed. I guess that's Heather’s way.” She doubts whether there is a “right” way at all, and wonders if things can ever truly change, or if history is always bound to repeat itself. Likewise, Veronica is indecisive; even as her world spirals out of control as she and J.D. commit more and more murders, it takes her a while to concede that what J.D. is doing is wrong and break it off with him, as she is able to see the world from his point of view, and does not necessarily disagree with it. Veronica sometimes prefers to convey her intentions through metaphors: her final message to J.D. does not consist of any words at all, but rather of a lit cigarette, as she knows he will understand her meaning.

Si [Introverted Sensing]: Veronica recognizes that the past repeats itself, and begins to doubt that things at Westerburg will ever change: “I cut off Heather Chandler's head, and Heather Duke's head has sprung right back in its place.” She searches for new ideas (Ne) in familiar places, tricking J.D. into thinking she is dead with his very own method of faking a suicide. Veronica often prefers to fall back on the comforts of her past, reminiscing about old photos with Betty Finn and later inviting Betty Finn over to play croquet. She is attentive to detail, meticulously able to copy anybody’s handwriting, and quick to point out things that could interfere with J.D.’s plans: “If [Heather Duke] was going to slit her wrists, the knife would be spotless;” Heather Chandler “would never drink anything that looked like that,” and “would never use the word ‘myriad,’” since “she missed [it] on the vocab test two weeks ago.”

Te [Extroverted Thinking]: Veronica has trouble putting her ideas into action on her own; she wants to leave the Heathers and make her school a better place, but she never really gets around to it until J.D. comes along and helps her enact these changes. She doesn’t plan ahead much, rushing into a confrontation with J.D. at the school without thinking it through and almost immediately getting incapacitated. Veronica puts her foot down when need be, unafraid to tell J.D. that he’s crazy: “You're not a rebel... You're fucking psychotic!”

Enneagram [6w7]: Veronica is very unsure of herself and the world around her, as well as of her place in it, which is why she seeks security in her school’s social system and why she joins the Heathers in the first place. Even if she hates what they’re actually doing, she wants to a be a part of something greater than herself. This conflicts with her dominant Fi, which strives toward individualism, until the end, when Fi wins out and she abandons her old position of security in favor of subverting the social hierarchy. Veronica often doubts and second-guesses her own actions and decisions, and while she hopes for her school to be a better place, she is also cynical about the prospects of making this happen after seeing Heather Duke step right into Heather Chandler’s old position of power. Nevertheless, Veronica is still initially enticed by the spontaneity and excitement of J.D.’s ideas and plans (7-wing), and for a while keeps going along with them even though she knows they are wrong in an attempt to ignore the problem at hand and put off dealing with it as long as possible (7-wing). In doing so, she struggles to maintain both the security of her position of popularity at school and her criminal exploits with J.D.

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Heathers | Jason “J.D.” Dean [ENFP] [8w7]

Power-seeking | Assertive | Commanding | Intense (x) 

ENFPs are people-centered creators with a focus on possibilities and a contagious enthusiasm for new ideas, people, and activities. ENFPs are typically agile and expressive communicators who love to help other people explore their creative potential. (x)

***Extremely unhealthy. Sociopathic tendencies may make it difficult to determine true type.

Ne [Extroverted Intuition]: J.D.’s ideas tend to snowball out of control, beginning with Heather Chandler’s murder and ending with blowing up an entire school - an idea which he adopts from his own father (Si). He is quick to change his mind and his plans - in the end, he decides that Veronica is stronger than he anticipated, and consequently chooses to blow himself up instead of the school. J.D. is also good at thinking on the spot and adapting his plans to any changes that might occur; after unexpectedly killing Heather Chandler, it is his idea to turn her murder into a suicide; later, when Veronica refuses to outright kill Kurt and Ram, he quickly comes up with a lie about “ich luge” bullets to change her mind. J.D. often thinks in terms of the bigger picture and his greater ideals; his murders-turned-suicides are aimed toward the larger goal of dismantling the social hierarchy, and he wants to blow up the school because “the school [is] society.” He sees the potential in people and takes advantage of it, noticing Veronica’s initial unhappiness and capitalizing on her high-school woes. Nevertheless, J.D. can only guess at what could possibly be going on in people’s heads, which causes him to gravely misunderstand and underestimate Veronica in the end, wrongly assuming that her desire to get rid of the Heathers and their cohorts is greater than her morals, and that she will go along with all his plans. J.D. is thus able to see things from others’ perspectives, but only to a certain extent; he understands that the suicides will have an impact, but he doesn’t initially foresee just how much chaos will occur. And how J.D. loves the chaos. He doesn’t seem to have a concrete vision of what he wants to happen as a result of the suicides, so long as they cause as much pandemonium and social upheaval as possible. J.D. speaks in metaphors and abstractions quite frequently (“Chaos is what killed the dinosaurs, darling;” “Our love is God;” “Moby Dick is dunked. The white whale drank some bad plankton and splashed through a coffee table, and now it's your turn to take the helm.”). He loves playing with words, and prefers to distract Veronica with them rather than immediately resort to physical force during their final confrontation: “You didn’t say ‘Simon Says.’” He speaks in code with his father, reversing their roles solely for the sake of his own amusement.

Fi [Introverted Feeling]: J.D. has twisted ideals which drive his actions, that no one - not even Veronica - can convince him are wrong. However, he doesn’t truly reveal them until he’s about to die, telling Veronica that he wants a “clean slate” for the school, and perhaps for society itself, trying to blow up Westerburg because “the extreme always seems to make an impression.” J.D. ultimately believes that he is in the right with the murders he commits because the people he kills are horrible and, in his eyes, deserve to die. He does not seem to have genuine feelings for Veronica, but it does appear as though he desires to be loved and understood, which is perhaps his reason for wanting Veronica as his partner in crime and for trying so desperately to get her back on his side after she breaks up with him - he wants badly for someone else, whom he values, to share in his pain and his malice. J.D. doesn’t always have a good read on the social atmosphere and can sometimes misunderstand people’s feelings and emotions; he thinks that Veronica is more loyal to his cause than to her ideals, and he tries to convince her that she wanted Kurt and Ram dead - without success, as it is ultimately, along with his other crazy antics, what ends up turning her against him.

Te [Extroverted Thinking]: J.D. often exploits people and then discards them after he no longer has a use for them. In particular, he uses Veronica as a tool upon which to expand his ideals (Ne-Fi), and the suicides to achieve his larger goal (Ne) of dismantling the social hierarchy. He also exploits the very social hierarchy which he claims to despise by blackmailing Heather Duke into getting signatures of his “petition.” J.D. turns his ideas into actions quickly, and plans the “suicides” methodically by leaving suicide notes and making preparations such as planting “evidence” to pass off Kurt and Ram’s deaths as a gay suicide pact. J.D. tells it like it is, not caring to spare anyone’s feelings: “Kurt and Ram had nothing to offer this school but date rapes and AIDS jokes;” “You can't bring them back. You must know that.” He recounts painful memories - such as his mother’s death - almost robotically, detaching from his emotions to fall back on the facts of what happened.

Si [Introverted Sensing]: J.D. often prefers tried and true methods; because the aftermath of Heather Chandler’s “suicide” was, in his eyes, perfect, he decides to do the same thing to Kurt and Ram, and eventually even plots to kill Veronica in this way, warning her of his plans through his imitation of her handwriting. J.D. recollects how his past has affected his future and how it motivates his plans: because he moves all the time, he’s seen how the social hierarchy at every school is the same; his father blows up buildings, so he tries to do the same; his mother committed suicide and it had such a big impact on him, so perhaps it will on other people, too. J.D. sometimes misses details, which leads to grave mistakes; he doesn’t notice that Veronica’s “noose [is] too loose,” and he later leaves Veronica alive after she confronts him, allowing her to thwart his plans when she regains consciousness. J.D. occasionally reverts back to the comforts of his past, going to the same convenience store every time he moves because it is familiar to him.

Enneagram [8w7]: J.D. wants society to bend to his will, no matter how twisted his ideals and how extreme his methods may be. He will use force and any means necessary to make this happen. J.D. believes himself to be more powerful than everyone else, including Veronica, and would quite literally rather kill himself than to be controlled by means of adhering to the status quo or being a part of the social hierarchy. He also thrives on chaos and spontaneity (7-wing), randomly shooting a radio and even attempting to blow up a school to unleash as much mayhem as possible.

✘✘✘  Of all the characters I’ve typed, J.D. was one of the most difficult. Because the story is told from Veronica’s perspective, much of J.D.’s typing depends on how you interpret his actions and motives in the film, and in particular the ending. He’s also portrayed as a sociopath, which could obscure his true type as well.

More rambling under the cut. If you believe J.D. is an ENTP or an INTJ, it may be of interest to you.

J.D. is clearly an Ne-dom, but I was torn between ENFP and ENTP for a while. I can totally understand where the ENTP typing comes from: J.D. seems to get real pleasure from people’s reactions to the “suicides”, and you could even argue that the goal of his own suicide at the end is to provoke a reaction out of people as well (potentially Fe). But I went with ENFP because I think the movie portrays J.D. more as using people as a means to an end rather than emotionally manipulating them to serve his purposes. For instance, rather than appealing emotionally to Heather Duke, he blackmails her. The end of the film also seems to reveal his hidden Fi-ideals; he wants to cleanse the school of its social hierarchy, even if everyone else (including Veronica) thinks his morals/values are insane. I would definitely welcome any arguments in favor of ENTP, though. Or more in favor of ENFP.

I’ve also seen J.D. typed as an INTJ, but his plans are much too spontaneous and chaotic for him to be an INTJ - it is often by sheer luck that they succeed the way they do. J.D. also easily adjusts his plans if they do end up going awry and basically makes it all up as he goes. In addition, he is more interested in the possibilities of what could happen as a result of his actions than in a singular vision; he says blowing up the school will “infect a generation,” but he doesn’t seem to care much in what way. He cites several different ambiguous and seemingly unrelated motives for his actions at the end of the movie: never being loved, wanting society to reflect on the ruins of Westerburg, etc.

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Mulan | Fa Mulan [ISTP] [6w7]

Loyal | Cautious | Engaged | Energetic (x)

ISTPs are observant artisans with an understanding of mechanics and an interest in troubleshooting. They approach their environments with a flexible logic, looking for practical solutions to the problems at hand. They are independent and adaptable, and typically interact with the world around them in a self-directed, spontaneous manner. (x)

Ti [Introverted Thinking]: Mulan recognizes that the best solution is not always the most obvious one. She thinks outside of the box, using fireworks to take out Shan Yu, and understanding that the army “will never reach the Emperor in time.” She thus devises an idea that does not involve brute force, but rather dressing up as concubines to distract the Huns. During the mountain fight, she is the only soldier to realize that there is a more effective alternative to simply charging into battle with thousands of Huns, and is able to take out just about all of them with one fell swoop through her clever tactic of creating an avalanche. She does this without consulting with anyone else about her logic or her idea, despite how outrageous it might seem. Even in her everyday life, Mulan goes against the grain with her problem-solving techniques, creatively devising a way to use her dog to do her chores. When her father is conscripted into the army, she tries to convince him that it doesn’t make sense for him to go to war with a logical argument, understanding that he is too old and frail and will not only be of no use to the army, but will also likely be killed: “You shouldn’t have to go. . . There are plenty of young men to fight for China!”

Se [Extroverted Sensing]: Mulan uses her instincts and her surroundings to guide her. She spontaneously (quite literally overnight) decides to take her father’s place in the Chinese army. She quickly adapts to the demands of the army, both physically and mentally, and soon rises to the top of her class through sheer determination and force of will. During the mountain fight with the Huns, Mulan leaps into action before anyone else has the chance, quickly recognizing an opportunity to get an advantage over the massive Hun army by using the last remaining cannon to start an avalanche. In doing so, she is able to singlehandedly defeat the Huns, and then grab Shang by the hand and run aways while he still stands there gawking. Later, she manages to save herself, Shang, and her horse from imminent death by taking immediate action. Mulan’s quick thinking once again proves useful during the final battle with Shan Yu at the Emperor’s palace. She admits to Mushu that she doesn’t have a plan: “I’m making this up as I go.” When she confronts Shan Yu on the roof of the palace, he remarks that she seems to be out of ideas, but Mulan counters by using her fan, her only remaining “weapon,” to obtain Shan Yu’s own sword and trap him with it, and then proceeds to blow him up using fireworks. 

Ni [Introverted Intuition]: Mulan doesn’t look to the future too much, and her actions sometimes have unintended outcomes: “I didn’t mean for it to go this far!” She does not seem to realize that taking her father’s place in the army is punishable by death, and it almost does end up getting her killed. She undertakes the quest to bring honor to her family, but initially winds up disgracing her family even further when it is revealed that she is a woman.

Fe [Extroverted Feeling]: Mulan is incredibly awkward and does not know how to behave in most social situations; she makes a fool out of herself in front of the entire army after she resorts to relying on the social expertise of Mushu. Mulan attempts to comfort Shang with reassuring words and praise, but fails miserably: “Hey, I'll hold him, and you punch!. . . Or not. For what it's worth, I think you're a great captain!” She does things that could be considered wildly inappropriate, such as hugging the Emperor. Mulan prefers logic to traditional societal values, and doesn’t understand why her father would “die for honor.” Nevertheless, Mulan wants nothing more than to please and bring honor to her family, no matter how much of herself she has to sacrifice in the process. She is initially willing to enter an arranged marriage to achieve this, and later, even lay down her life for it. She agonizes over not “pass[ing] for a perfect bride” and “break[ing] [her] family’s heart” by being herself. Later on, Mulan realizes that part of the reason she took her father’s place in the army was to validate her own identity, in which she lacks confidence: “Maybe what I really wanted was to prove that I could do things right. So that when I looked in the mirror, I’d see someone worthwhile.” She is happiest when she is finally able to bring her family honor, even if she has to break some traditions to do so.

Enneagram [6w7]: Mulan is dedicated and loyal to her family, as well as to her country; she proves that she is willing to die for both. She is reactive; she cannot hold her tongue at dinner, blurting out her belief that her father should not have to fight in the war. Mulan is less confident in unfamiliar situations, and especially social situations, rehearsing her join-the-army speech dozens of times and telling Mushu: “I’m sorry, I’m just nervous. I’ve never done this before.” Mulan’s 7-wing is visible in her preference to deal with the repercussions of her actions in the future rather than in the present moment, which sometimes causes her to rush into situations without realizing their full magnitude or gravity (e.g., joining the army). Mulan also has a playful, yet awkward sense of humor, joking to Shang in an attempt to cheer him up that the two of them should gang up on Chi-Fu.

✘✘✘  Mulan’s entire story is kind of ironic: she breaks tradition (joining the army as a woman) in order to uphold tradition (each family must send a male to fight). I can see why some people would think this would make her a 4, but the reason Mulan is so concerned with identity is because she doesn’t really have one. 4s have a very strong sense of identity, and Mulan wants nothing more than to be able to fit into tradition and please her family. She’s just really bad at it, not because she’s actively trying to rebel, but because her Fe is inferior. She joins the army because she sees it as the only real solution to her and her family’s problems, and not because she’s trying to assert her independence or rebel against tradition. . . if she dies, then she dies honorably while fighting for China. If she lives, then she honors her family by fighting in the war. Yeah, being a woman complicates these things, but the general principles still stand. This leads me to believe that she is a 6 rather than a 4.

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The Hunger Games | Primrose Everdeen [ISFJ] [9w1]

Steady | Idealistic | Philosophical | Stubborn (x)

ISFJs are industrious caretakers, loyal to traditions and organizations. They are practical, compassionate, and caring, and are motivated to provide for others and protect them from the perils of life. ISFJs are steady and committed workers who focus on fulfilling their duties. They have a deep sense of responsibility to others and can be trusted to do what is expected of them. (x)

Si [Introverted Sensing]: Prim can’t bear to allow the things she loved in the past to slip away; long after her father passed away, she “still polished [his] shaving mirror each night because he’d hated the layer of coal dust that settled on everything in the Seam,” as well as “brushed and plaited [her] mother’s hair before school” while she was in her depressive state. Prim takes her cherished cat, Buttercup, with her everywhere she goes, even once her old home in District 12 has been destroyed. She is also resourceful and doesn’t mind getting her hands dirty, eagerly assisting her mother in caring for her patients and attending to daily chores and cleaning, as well as taking care of Katniss during her breakdowns.

Fe [Extroverted Feeling]: Prim exhibits a kind and caring attitude toward every person and animal she encounters, and, as Katniss notes, at one time “cried when [Katniss] cried before she even knew the reason.” Prim doesn’t offer up her feelings as easily as an extrovert might, but she doesn’t suppress them either. She is open and honest, and gives Katniss sound advice instead of just telling her what she wants to hear. At the same time, she does typically know what to say to make people feel better, and her encouragement and positive attitude toward Peeta’s recovery from the hijacking are what keep Katniss from giving up on him.

Ti [Introverted Thinking]: Prim is good at problem-solving, and she comes up with inventive solutions where others stumble. She is the one to suggest that Katniss demand immunity for Peeta in exchange for becoming the Mockingjay because she is important enough to do so, as well as the first to propose trying to “hijack” Peeta back by reversing the technique Snow used to hijack him. When emotional support is not enough, Prim attempts to comfort Katniss with logical explanations: “I don’t think President Snow will kill Peeta… If he does, he won’t have anyone left you want. He won’t have any way to hurt you.”

Ne [Extroverted Intuition]: The unknown makes Prim uncomfortable; according to Katniss, “adventures are an ordeal” for her, and merely going into the woods is enough to terrify her. More often than not, Prim is reserved in new social situations; she does not have many, if any, close relationships apart from her mother and sister. Nevertheless, Prim tries to keep a positive outlook on the uncertain future rather than only considering worst case scenarios like her sister. She is also able to generate new ideas by putting a twist on what has been done before (Si), such as when she suggests that Peeta’s recovery team try to “hijack him back” using President Snow’s own method. 

Enneagram [9w1]: Prim is warm and compassionate, and has something of a calming effect on those around her, so much so that there isn’t a single person who doesn’t like her. She gives away much of herself for others, but she doesn’t ask for a lot in return, which at times makes her overly compliant and afraid to speak her mind. During the war, Prim grows into an independent and level-headed young woman who must often be the one to care for her unstable older sister, challenging Katniss’ perception of her as a fragile little girl who needs protection. 

✘✘✘  Despite her young age, Prim is probably one of the best fictional examples of a healthy and mature ISFJ. She has a really good grasp on her Ti, in particular in the last book, and she really doesn’t struggle with any of the same high-Fe problems that many fictional xxFJs do. It could be because of the 9-core, too.

*** I used images of my own fancasts since I’m not a fan of the movie castings and don’t consider them canon.

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American Horror Story: Murder House | Tate Langdon [ISFP] [4w5]

Idiosyncratic | Creative | Artistic | Introspective (x)

ISFPs live in the present moment and enjoy their surroundings with cheerful, low-key enthusiasm. They are flexible and spontaneous, and like to go with the flow to enjoy what life has to offer. ISFPs are quiet and unassuming, and may be hard to get to know. (x)

***Super unhealthy, obviously.

Fi [Introverted Feeling]: Tate has a pretty skewed sense of morality, but he has strong morals nonetheless. He hates cheaters (e.g., Patrick, Ben), and he believes that “if you love someone, you should never hurt them” (“Pilot”). In his own twisted way, he stays true to this by any means necessary. His black-and-white morals are selective and only extend to certain people, however; Tate will do whatever it takes to protect those he loves and make them happy, albeit at the expense of strangers or people he doesn’t care about. This is evidenced by his willingness to kill Chad and Patrick and then rape Vivien in order to give Nora, whom he sees as his surrogate mother, what she wants: a baby. Tate doesn’t care who he has to chop to pieces (“Home Invasion”) or suffocate (“Smoldering Children”) in order to protect Violet, and even tries to kill an innocent guy in order to give Violet a “normal” boyfriend (“Afterbirth”). Although extreme, Tate is selfless in most of his endeavors; he would rather be trapped in the Murder House for eternity with Violet’s new boyfriend than to see her be lonely, ultimately living up to the standards which he pronounced in “Pilot.” Tate has an innate sense of justice, and will go to extremes to dole out punishment on those he believes deserve it, which includes setting Larry on fire for murdering his brother (“Smoldering Children”). Tate is often able to detect when people are being less than truthful, such as when Ben ends his therapy session early (“Bullshit. I don’t accept that” (“Home Invasion”)), and can’t stand it when people are fake. He is unwilling to give his mother any sort of satisfaction, and actively rebels against meeting her expectations of being the “perfect son” (“Smoldering Children”). Tate wears his heart on his sleeve, and is open about what he loves and hates, frequently telling Violet that he loves her, Constance and Larry that he hates them (“Open House”; “Smoldering Children”), etc., although he typically only expresses his innermost feelings to those he trusts implicitly (e.g., Violet on the beach (“Halloween: Part 1”)). Tate doesn’t always anticipate how people will react to him, initially scaring away Violet with his antics in the basement (“I thought you weren’t afraid of anything!” (“Pilot”)), as well as with his assumption that she would kill herself to be with him (“Smoldering Children”), and later unwittingly provoking Violet to really kill herself with his confession of love (“Piggy, Piggy”). He even fails to understand that Violet wouldn’t want him to kill somebody so that she could have a new boyfriend (“Afterbirth”).

Se [Extroverted Sensing]: Tate is impulsive at best, and utterly reckless at worst. He almost always acts before he thinks. Sometimes, this works to his advantage: he is able to act quickly to save Vivien and Violet from the reenactment of the murders (“Home Invasion”), as well as lead the dead kids who are after him away from Violet simply by running off (“Halloween: Part 2”). Most of the time, however, Tate’s inclination to take action and failure to think things through messes things up… big time. His gut reaction to retaliate against Constance while on drugs results in him burning Larry, committing mass murder, and ultimately getting himself killed. Tate waits until the last minute to tell Violet that she is actually dead, conjuring up a convoluted plan that includes knocking out her dad, killing an exterminator, and convincing her to “commit suicide” again - a plan which is destined to fail due to lack of preparation (“Smoldering Children”). For the most part, Tate believes in what is real and tangible; he is grounded, telling Violet that she can’t control the repercussions of her death forever, and that “it is what it is” (“Birth”). Tate also enjoys getting a physical reaction out of people, attempting to shock Ben with his words about Violet during his therapy session (“Home Invasion”), scaring Leah (“Pilot”), and attempting to scare Violet in jest (“Halloween: Part 1”). 

Ni [Introverted Intuition]: Tate fails to think very far ahead into the future, rarely considering the greater implications of events. He believes that he can both stay with Violet and protect her so long as she remains in the house; what he obviously does not foresee is Violet being a danger to herself (“Piggy, Piggy”). Whereas Violet wonders about what she will miss being trapped inside the house, Tate does not worry much about the future of the world (“Birth”). Nevertheless, Tate does occasionally enjoy infusing things with personal symbolism, telling Violet that he likes birds because “they can fly away when things get too crazy” (“Piggy, Piggy”), and allowing his imagination to run wild in his speech to Ben: “I prepare for the noble war. . . There's something about all that blood, man. I drown it. The Indians believed that blood holds all the bad spirits, and once a month in ceremonies they would cut themselves to let the spirits go free” (“Pilot”). Tate is sometimes able to infer things about people just by observing them (Se), understanding that a little girl in a Halloween costume reminds Ben of Violet (“Halloween: Part 1”), that Constance doesn’t really love Larry (“Smoldering Children”), etc. 

Te [Extroverted Thinking]: Tate is very blunt and matter-of-fact in his statements and evaluations of people, declaring early on in his therapy session with Ben that his mother is unfaithful (“Pilot”), and very explicitly stating the facts of what he believes to be true (also laced with Fi-anger) about Larry’s naivety and Constance’s duplicity at a family dinner: “And thank you for our new charade of our family. . . Lord, a big thank you for blinding the asshole that's doing my mother, so that he can't see what everybody knows: she doesn't really love him” (“Smoldering Children”). Tate wants immediate solutions and is quick to implement his plans, often resorting to murder and other heinous acts for the sake of efficiency: killing Chad and Patrick and raping Vivien to get Nora a baby; scaring Vivien to prevent her from taking Violet out of the house; knocking out Ben and killing the exterminator to stop Violet from finding out that she is dead; and attempting to kill Gabe so that Violet can have a “normal” boyfriend. At worst, Tate is prone to shouting out orders to get people to do what he wants: “Stand up!” (“Afterbirth”).

Enneagram [4w5]: Tate is emotional, melancholy, intense, and above all, cynical; declaring the world to be a “filthy goddamn horror show” (“Pilot”). He is very much focused on his identity as an individual, rejecting what is mainstream by society’s standards in pursuit of what he believes to be true and authentic; he has a disdain for the popular kids at school (“Pilot”) and idolizes high school dropouts (“Halloween: Part 2”). 

✘✘✘  Tate is almost universally typed as an INFP, and while I understand that this is often the type of the stereotypical, morose 90s teenager, Tate’s Se impulsivity is evident throughout the show. The only time he shows anything resembling Ne is during his rambling to Violet on the beach, but this could simply be Fi-rambling about his innermost thoughts and feelings, not necessarily Ne. And especially not enough Ne to erase all the Se he demonstrates throughout the show. 

I may have gone a bit overboard with my analysis on this one. Sorry about the length, but Tate is just such an Fi-dom, so there was a lot to say. Also happens to be one of my favorite characters of all time, so there’s that.

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The Walking Dead | Glenn Rhee [ESFP] [9w1]

Steady | Idealistic | Philosophical | Stubborn (x)

ESFPs are vivacious entertainers who charm and engage those around them. They are spontaneous, energetic, and fun-loving, and take pleasure in the things around them. ESFPs like to be in the middle of the action and the center of attention. They have a playful, open sense of humor, and like to draw out other people and help them have a good time. (x)

Se [Extroverted Sensing]: Glenn is often the first to take action in dangerous situations, acting quickly to rescue Rick from the tank in the midst of a hoard of walkers (“Guts”), helping to navigate through walker-infested Atlanta, plowing straight through a herd of walkers in a car (“The Distance”), and always volunteering to go on the riskiest missions. Fighting a walker while tied to a chair? Not a problem for Glenn, who uses the environment to his advantage, improvising with the chair to kill the walker when he and Maggie are captured by the Governor (“When the Dead Come Knocking”). Glenn prefers to react in the heat of the moment, punching Abraham in the face without a second thought rather than having a civil conversation when Abraham tells him something he doesn’t want to hear (“Claimed”).

Fi [Introverted Feeling]: After Hershel dies, Glenn takes over as the moral compass of the group. He convinces Rick to rescue a man trapped in a storage container in Terminus, telling him: “That’s still who we are. It’s got to be” (“No Sanctuary”). One of Glenn’s most sanctified morals is to not kill the living. He will only do so at last resort, or in self-defense, and even then, he refuses to kill Nicholas, who tried to murder him (“Conquer”), and cries when he is forced to kill the murderous Saviors in their sleep (“Not Tomorrow Yet”). Even in the earliest stages of the apocalypse, Glenn’s morals and values supersede most other people’s, as he insists: “We don’t burn [our dead]! We bury them. Understand?” (“Wildfire”). Glenn chooses to believe there is good in everyone, saving them regardless of whose side they are/were on (Tara in “Inmates”; Nicholas in “Conquer”). Glenn values individuality and authenticity, and believes that the dead survive through the living so long as the living remain true to themselves, telling Enid: “People you love... they made you who you are. They're still part of you. If you stop being you, that last bit of them that's still around inside, who you are... it's gone” (“No Way Out”). Glenn is extremely passionate; his intense feelings for Maggie arrive quickly, and he goes on to marry her in the middle of the apocalypse. Nevertheless, Glenn is not one to tell somebody what they want to hear unless it’s true; he is reluctant to tell Maggie he loves her until he is certain he feels the same way (“Nebraska”).

Te [Extroverted Thinking]: Although not one to immediately assume control, Glenn takes over for Rick as provisional leader of the group when Rick distances himself after Lori’s death (“Home”). He organizes a plan to retrieve the guns Rick left behind in Atlanta, taking charge based on his knowledge of the layout of the streets in the city (“Vatos”). Glenn speaks out when he witnesses the incompetence of the runners in Alexandria, protesting the inefficiency of the supply runs (“Remember”).

Ni [Introverted Intuition]: Glenn is single-minded in most of his pursuits; he is content to spend the rest of his life with Maggie right from the get-go, and does not really consider any other futures. He very much lives in the present, focused on navigating and surviving the zombie apocalypse rather than considering its larger implications for the future. 

Enneagram [9w1]: At the start of the apocalypse, Glenn is a bit of a pushover, to the point where he literally becomes “walker bait” (“Secrets”). However, as time goes on and Glenn matures, his resilience becomes an unshakable force, and his idealism one of the greatest assets to the group. Even in the darkest of times, Glenn strives to maintain his optimism: “Hershel told me all I had to do was believe, and that's what I'm gonna do” (“Inmates”). Although his dominant Se keeps him grounded, and he hardens as the apocalypse progresses, Glenn never loses sight of the importance of remaining true to his ideals, speaking up when he believes something to be immoral. Glenn prefers to maintain peace and promote group unity whenever possible, refusing to turn his back on anyone, even if they have previously wronged him (e.g., Tara, Nicholas). He only kills the living at last resort.

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American Horror Story: Murder House | Violet Harmon [INFP] [5w4]

Investigating | Intellectual | Unconventional | Introspective (x)

INFPs are imaginative idealists, guided by their own core values and beliefs. To INFPs, possibilities are paramount; the realism of the moment is only of passing concern. They see potential for a better future, and pursue truth and meaning with their own individual flair. INFPs are deeply concerned with the personal growth of themselves and others. (x)

Fi [Introverted Feeling]: When the Harmons first move into the Murder House, Violet is the epitome of a self-entitled angsty teen going through her “you can’t control me” phase. She puts her feelings above everyone else’s, and says exactly what she thinks with little to no regard for others: “I'm saying Mom's crazy, and it's your fault. You drove her crazy. You're a cheater! Young girls, old ladies with feather dusters?! You're so weird and pathetic I'm surprised you haven't gone after me” (“Rubber Man”). Instead of talking about what troubles her, Violet is rude to her parents, gets into fist fights with girls at school, and has an internal meltdown over her discovery of Tate’s true identity, the latter event which drives her to impulsively take too many sleeping pills to escape her intense emotions and accidentally kill herself. Violet bottles up her pain, so much so that her parents have no idea anything is wrong until long after she is dead. Her inner emotional world is so private that she never really even tells Tate how she feels about him until she breaks up with him. However, as her life spirals out of control, Violet’s barriers begin to break down and she realizes that her family is truly more important to her than anything else; although she loves Tate, she must stay true to her own inner values, and she cannot forgive him for what he did to her mother, telling him that he must pay for what he did (“Birth”). She is willing to endure pain so long as it means doing what’s right by her standards. Violet also prides herself on being individual; according to Vivien, in kindergarten Violet insisted that her mom “bring [her] home from the slumber party 'cause all the other girls were sleeping with the nightlight on” (“Pilot”). Violet has a bad reputation at school and often gets bullied for dressing and acting differently, which does not win her many friends. However, she doesn’t seem to care much, as she has a disdain for anything and anyone that is fake, and openly expresses her contempt to the people she trusts and identifies with: “I hate it here. I hate everyone” (“Pilot”). 

Ne [Extroverted Intuition]: Violet appears to be floating aimlessly through her life (also as a result of her depression); she doesn’t really have any meaningful goals or direction. She has a natural curiosity about her which first peaks her interest in the Murder House and all the secrets that lie within its walls. She sometimes speaks in metaphors and abstractions, telling Ben that the “darkness” has her (“Piggy Piggy”). Violet is able to spin creative stories off the top of her head, such as when she describes to Leah her “experiences” obtaining drugs (“Pilot”), and when she cleverly talks her way out of her own planned murder during a home invasion, buying her and Vivien time to escape (“Home Invasion”). After Violet has died, one of her biggest concerns is that she will be left disconnected from the possibilities of the outside world, unaware of all the ideas and innovations that will come to fruition in the future: “One of these days, this computer will be obsolete. People will have microchips implanted in their brains or something . . . Who’s gonna show me the new ways of the world?” (“Birth”).

Si [Introverted Sensing]: Violet doesn’t deal too well with her family’s move, and complains when it looks like her parents are going to split up and force her to move again (“Open House”). She prefers stability over being constantly uprooted and having to start all over again in a new place. She can also be sentimental, forming an attachment to the house even after the home invasion and the other ordeals she faces in it because it’s where she and Vivien “kicked ass” (“Murder House”).

Te [Extroverted Thinking]: “I think you’re weak” (“Home Invasion”). Violet does not mince her words; she responds with pointed and critical remarks, stating her opinions outright: "Fine, I'm depressed, but I'm not gonna off myself. So you can go back to your policy of benign neglect" (“Open House”). She tells her mother that having a baby at her age is a bad idea, citing statistics that support her point, and harshly informs her: “Having a baby isn't going to keep you and Dad together, if that's what you're thinking” (“Home Invasion”). Violet wants solutions, and accuses her parents of not dealing with any of their problems on multiple accounts. Violet doesn’t openly display or verbalize her emotions much of the time (Fi), preferring instead to state the facts of what’s bothering her without sugarcoating anything: “And the worst part is that six months earlier my mom had, like, this brutal miscarriage. The baby was seven months old, and we had to have this macabre funeral” (“Pilot”). She makes no attempt to spare Tate’s feelings when she breaks up with him and reveals to him the truth about his past (“Birth”).

Enneagram [5w4]: Violet’s curiosity and thirst for knowledge are what drive her; she wants to learn all that she can about the Murder House, and is the first of her family to discover the truth about it. She fears being left without answers and disconnected from the ever-progressing world once she learns that she is dead and trapped in the Murder House forever (“Birth”). She tends to withdraw and isolate herself from other, and has a cynical and jaded worldview. She is also melancholy and highly individualistic, prioritizing her sense of self and personal identity over most other things. 

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The Hunger Games | Katniss Everdeen [ISTJ] [6w5]

(http://curry23.deviantart.com/art/The-Hunger-Games-Katniss-the-Mockingjay-285722435)

Loyal | Cautious | Skeptical | Cynical (x)

ISTJs are responsible organizers, driven to create and enforce order within systems and institutions. They tend to have a procedure for everything they do. ISTJs are steady, productive contributors. Typically, ISTJs know just where they belong in life and want to understand how they can participate in established organizations and systems. (x)

Si [Introverted Sensing]: Katniss is practical and detail-oriented, and her assessments of just about everything are based on her subjective experiences. Katniss strongly associates people and objects with her memories of them: Peeta forever becomes “The Boy with the Bread” because of the single encounter in which he saved Katniss, the pearl Peeta gave Katniss comes to represent Peeta himself and the bond Katniss shares with him, and mockingjays are associated with Katniss’ father because he loved them and his singing made them stop to listen. Katniss is constantly reliving vivid memories of her father and his death, the Games, and later, after he is captured, Peeta - always comparing the past to the present. She decides to trust Rue because Rue reminds her of Prim. Katniss is modest, doesn’t like change, and has trouble adjusting to the superficiality and excess of the Capitol, finding it despicable. Nevertheless, she notes intricate details of every outfit Cinna designs for her and every meal she eats at the Capitol, as well as recounts details of her daily routine. She trusts Haymitch’s advice because he himself won the Games in the past. Katniss is highly resourceful because of what her father taught her and is skilled with a bow and arrow as a result of years of hunting and surviving in the woods, having been the sole provider for her family since she was 12. She is realistic and does not believe anything will ever change, and that therefore it is better to work within the existing system than to complain about it, because complaining does not put food on the table. In this way, she clashes with Gale and his idealism, keeping him grounded when he suggests that they could run off in the woods by pointing out all the overlooked details in his plan. Even after Katniss wins the Games and becomes wealthy, she continues with her daily routine of hunting and gathering because it’s what she’s always done and it’s comforting to her.

Te [Extroverted Thinking]: Katniss has a plan for almost everything, although she may not always follow through with that plan in exactly the way she intended initially. She starts strategizing for the Games the minute she volunteers as tribute, knowing from her time watching past Games (Si) what typically works and what does not. Katniss is efficient and organized, devising a plan to save her family mere months after her father died, when she was only 11. She assesses everything in terms of its objective utility (or at the very least, tries to convince herself that she does): Buttercup is a nuisance but catches the mice; Prim’s goat is a “goldmine”; losing Gale would mean losing a good hunting partner; and Peeta’s confession of feelings is merely a strategy he is using to advance his game, as are Katniss’ own feelings for him, whatever they may be. Katniss is blunt, to-the-point, and states things as they are, unconcerned with others’ feelings about the facts. She doesn’t understand Peeta’s need to say true to who he is because her family’s survival must come before any concerns she might have about her emotions or personal identity.

Fi [Introverted Feeling]: Katniss is extremely loyal to the people and things she values the most. However, her emotions confuse her, and she cannot always decipher exactly what she is feeling. Rather than give voice to her emotions, Katniss prefers to act on them. She volunteers for her sister, shoots an arrow at the Gamemakers, hangs “Seneca Crane”, decorates Rue’s body with flowers, shoves Peeta into an urn after his confession, and hides out in an empty cellar when the Quarter Quell twist is announced. Katniss has strong values that are not dependent on anyone else; she is outraged when she believes Peeta has betrayed District 12 and joined the Careers, and is disgusted by the Capitol and everything for which it stands. In the end, she shoots Coin instead of Snow, taking matters into her own hands when she realizes that Coin is just as evil as Snow. Nevertheless, Katniss does not like admitting that she has feelings, denying her love for Peeta for a long time. Katniss does what feels right by her, not caring how her behavior will be perceived by those in the Capitol. She wins over the crowd through her actions rather than her presentation, as she is not able to fake emotions.

Ne [Extroverted Intuition]: Katniss does not always have the foresight to know how her plans and ideas will play out, and as a result, things don’t often go as she expects them to. She has trouble seeing the bigger picture as well as considering the repercussions of her actions (the berries), and she often has to be told what is going on by Haymitch. Katniss is awful at interpreting the meaning behind people’s actions, first assuming that Peeta is trying to kill her and later being highly distrustful of Finnick and Johanna. She does not even believe that Peeta’s feelings for her are real until it is straight-up told to her. Katniss often second-guesses herself and questions people’s motives, though all she can do is speculate about all the possible options because she really does not have a good sense of intuition. Katniss is indecisive, changing her mind about Peeta and Gale several times, and although she can sometimes adjust her plan if she receives new information, it usually does not go well for her; her back-and-forth about getting the bow at the Cornucopia nearly costs her her life. The only person with whom Katniss can really communicate on an intuitive level is Haymitch, whose signals she can interpret by assigning meaning to his sponsor gifts, or lack thereof, in the arena. 

(http://friedchicken365.deviantart.com/art/Katniss-Everdeen-200994040)

Enneagram [6w5]: Katniss is always fearful of losing those she loves, scared that she will end up truly alone in the world without any support on a personal level. She is highly distrustful of just about everyone, and has learned to rely only on herself, rejecting even her own mother. Katniss frequently thinks of the worst possible scenarios for any given situation, remaining pessimistic about the future even years after the Hunger Games have ended, and is suspicious of everyone’s motives: Peeta’s, Finnick’s, Johanna’s, etc. She tends to assume the worst of people unless they give her evidence to believe otherwise. Katniss has a strong sense of loyalty to the groups to which she belongs: District 12 and her family. She occasionally reacts counterphobically, such as when she pushes Peeta into an urn and yells at him for announcing his feelings for her, fearing he has humiliated her and sabotaged her chances in the arena.

✘✘✘  Most of the evidence for the typing is from the first two books because by the time the war breaks out, Katniss’ PTSD is so severe that all her functions are unhealthy and misused, and she spends most of Mockingjay in an Si-Fi loop, unable to move past what has happened to Peeta and what she has lost.

Katniss is frequently typed as an ISTP, which is kind of hilarious because she may be the most obvious fictional ISTJ to exist. It’s easy to overlook when you read the books, but she’s constantly relating smells, sounds, sights, etc. in her environment to her memories of the past. This is the epitome of how dominant Si works.

*** I used images of my own fancasts since I’m not a fan of the movie castings and don’t consider them canon.

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Inferior Function Development

I wanted to make this post because I think it could help people who are stuck between MBTI types or just unsure of their type.

Your inferior function isn’t necessarily something you’re bad at.

For a long time, I was convinced I was an INTP because of how well-developed I thought my Ne was. I use Ne all the time. I’m a writer. English has always been my favorite subject. I was one of the best students in my philosophy class. I thought there was no way I could be an ISTJ, because everywhere I’ve seen ISTJs and inferior Ne described as lacking creativity and unable to deal in the abstract. But it’s not that simple.

For most of my life, I wanted to be an author when I grew up. I've received the highest marks in every English class I've ever taken, my teachers have always praised me for giving them “all these new ideas to think about," and I've excelled at writing about and making connections between seemingly unrelated abstract concepts. Heck, one of my English papers even won a contest and was published in a literary journal. There’s no way my Ne could be inferior, right? 

Well, not necessarily. 

It took me a long time to admit to myself that writing English papers does not come easily for me at all. Sure, the finished product is always very good, but the actual writing process? It’s grueling for me. It's only good because I put so much time and effort into it. It strains my inferior function so much that writing a short English paper, where I basically have to synthesize my own ideas from scratch, can take me several days. On the flip side, writing a research paper or something else that just requires me to compile other people's information that's already there into my own words - that's easy. I can do it in one sitting. But I keep having to take breaks from English papers and I often procrastinate on them because writing them just takes so much out of me, even after all these years of doing it. So yes, I'm a good writer, but that doesn't mean it comes naturally to me.

My philosophy professor also praised me for being really insightful and good at grasping complex theories... and yet, when I took an honest look at myself, I realized that the thing that I complained about over and over again to other people was how "abstract" and "useless" philosophy was. Sure, I was "good" at it by some standards, but that doesn't mean that I enjoyed it or that it was easy for me. 

So I guess what I’m saying is, in trying to figure out your type, don’t just assume that you aren’t a certain type because you’re not bad at what that type is stereotyped to be bad at. You could be an IxFP that organizes and implements their plans a lot, an IxTP that goes out of their way to accommodate people’s feelings, an INxJ that has good coordination and reflexes and is captain of a sports team, or an ENxP that catches the details. You get the idea. 

Instead of asking yourself whether you’re bad at something, it is useful to ask: Is this something that is effortless for me, or does it take a lot out of me? Can I do it for hours on end, or do I tire of it very quickly, requiring frequent breaks? Do I really enjoy doing this, or do I actually kind of hate it sometimes? Is this something that is natural for me, or have I only gotten good at it with lots of work and practice?

Also, keep in mind that behavior does not indicate type. It’s not the writing itself that strains my Ne (as I said earlier, expository writing comes easily for me), it’s the writing process - namely synthesizing ideas.

Sure, this won’t be true for all people. For those who don’t bother to ever use or develop their inferior function, they will match their type’s stereotypes of being “bad” at it. It’s also worth noting that even those who have good use of their inferior function will still never attain the level of those who have the same function at a higher level, if it is also equally well-developed. Although I’m a good writer, I’m sure that an Ne-dom who invested as much time and effort into it as I do would be even better in regard to exploring different ideas and concepts. There are also other aspects of Ne that I truly am bad at, such as reading into other people’s motives, since that’s just not something you can really improve, no matter how much effort you put in. That’s how I know my Ne is inferior.