I was inspired by the MBTI personality test to make something similar but for yandere characters! I am by no means an expert and it’s mostly just a fun little assessment on the yandere trope bc I love personality test stuff. Feel free to send asks giving your own input and ideas!!
Another preface, I think that yandere is complex and can’t be simply boiled down into a few terminologies and boxes. In doing so it loses a lot of nuance that’s unique to the trope/genre whatever you’d want to call it. So that being said I view this system to be more of a of how I generally think most yanderes operate, rather than a set of rules that must be followed. I say this because I’d hate to stifle any creativity that doesn’t strictly fall into it! A lot of these mix and match with one another as well, so it isn’t always 100% either or.
I’ve seen some of these concepts floating around before and I’m not claiming to be the creator of any of them!! I’m just giving my two cents on stuff I’ve seen before.
That being said, let’s get started !!
This preference is how a yandere outwardly and inwardly acts towards their darling.
Cruel yanderes often belittle their darling. These are the types of yanderes that see their darling as more of a playing than their equal lover, a toy to be played with. They test the limits of what their darling can handle, most often than not for their own entertainment. They’re degrading and sadistic, taking pleasure in whittling down their darling.
Reverent yanderes look at their darling as if they’re the entire universe. Even if they do things that make their darling unhappy, they don’t do it just for the sake of making them upset. There’s often a purpose within their own mind that justifies their actions, normally believing that it’s for their darling’s own good. They hold their darling in high regard and do what they can to give their darling the best life possible (within reason).
Kinda self explanatory. This is more of a scale of a yandere’s perception of reality.
Aware yanderes will know that their darling doesn’t love them. Or if their darling does love them, that they’re probably not deserving of it due to their immoral actions. It mixes in with a lot of guilt over what they’ve done for their darling, even if they think it’s for the best. These yanderes don’t fool themselves into believing that they deserve their darling’s love. As much as it hurts, have come to accept it, almost as a self inflicted punishment for their actions.
Delusional yanderes are unreasonable and stubborn to a fault. They believe from the bottom of their heart that their darling does love them. Whether it be from a small sign of kindness that they interpret as requited love, or even a passing glance on the street. These yanderes twist their darling’s hatred in their own favor, to protect themselves. That there’s no possible way darling hates them, there must be another explanation for it that isn’t related to their behavior.
This is how yanderes interact with their darling/darling’s surroundings.
Manipulative yanderes are more of a classic. They set a goal and are ruthless at pursuing it, turning every variable in their favor. Nothing is sacred to them, they’ll pull all the stops necessary of keeping their darling in check. When it comes to obtaining their darling, they’ll decide what’s necessary to get their darling in a position they like. They can be more subtle about their influence, or painfully obvious.
Honest yanderes don’t see the point in beating around the bush, and are a bit of a rarer type. They love their darling, they want darling to love them back. Simple enough. They don’t like wasting their time with little games of cat and mouse, and would rather they get what they want as soon as possible. The type to say, “I like you, you like me, let’s go out.”, or if they’re aware, “I like you, you want something from me, let’s both get something out of this.”
This will decide how a yandere wants their darling to act.
Strict yanderes have an internal rule set that they want their darling to follow, whether they vocalize it or not. This can be anything from not wanting their darling to do certain things, to expecting certain things from them. This yandere is most likely going to kidnap their darling, or if they don’t, it’s suffocating enough to the point it feels similar. They micromanage every aspect of their darling’s life. How they deal with a darling’s “betrayal” of not acting how they’re supposed to depends on if they lean towards cruel or reverent.
Lenient yanderes are more of a rare, chill kind. This can stem from confidence that their darling really can’t do much about them, even if they’re allowed to live their life as they please. They don’t really feel an urge to kidnap their darling or lock them away and throw the key. To an extent they still might want their darling to act a certain way, but they have their own stuff going in on life to attend to. That or they prefer to have a more “natural” feeling relationship.
Thank you for reading my musings, and like I said before, feel free to chime in with any thoughts of your own! Feel free to send asks if you’re wondering where I’d place a yandere on this scale.
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