Jack Skellington and I Are the Same Person
When watchingĀ āNightmare Before Christmasā I always really relate to Jack Skellington. Everyone thinks thatās weird, because I act nothing like Jack Skellington other than having an obsession with Christmas. Thatās because I have a very unhealthy Fe that often manifests in the form of me taking on the personality I think a group wants me to be. So the last time I watched the movie, I took notes on all the reasons I relate to the character, and here are the results.
* Jackās boredom with routine, and feeling like heās playing a role for everyone else
I relate to this so much, the whole wanting more than who he is an what he does, I experience that every day.Ā
* The entire songĀ āWhatās This?āĀ
Anytime something new comes along. Hamilton, MBTI, cosmology, Frank Lloyd Wright, etc.Ā
* Striving for logical consistency
Always. How does this fit into my current understanding of the world? How does this expand upon what I already know?
* Becoming blind to suggestion once he believes logical consistency is achieved
This is literally why I never call myself an expert at anything. Because as soon as that expert title comes out, I stop paying attention to what anyone else thinks because obviously, I know best. Itās happened before, and it takes a serious wakeup call to pull me out of this mode.Ā
* Having trouble communicating ideas to large groups
* Filtering his ideas to āgive them what they wantā because they clearly arenāt going to understand anyway
I do have this problem, and itās something I need to work on. Oftentimes, logic flows I think are perfectly logical seem convoluted or unintelligible to others. The result of this is I often adapt my thoughts and present them in a way that doesnāt fully communicate what I am trying to, but makes some sense to the group.
* Not having too much trouble changing his ideas in the end once contradictory information is presented
If I am wrong, I donāt feel too bad because I wasnāt too attached to the idea anyway. Itās not about the ideas but the whole they add up to that matters.
Okay, so after making this list, with all the commonalities between me, an INTP, and Jack Skellington, I decided to try and type him to see if he actually is an INTP.Ā
There are a lot of conflicting opinions on the internet, but hereās why Iāve concluded he is an INTP.
1. He clearly has Ne high in his stack. That is a universal agreement.
2. I would say Jackās inferior function is Fe because he does have that trouble relating to the crowd. In the town assembly scene, he clearly is having trouble getting his ideas across, which is likely thanks to his scatterbrained Ne being his way of extraverting his ideas. And instead of making sure they truly understand what heās trying to say, he caves in and gives them what they want. Thatās not a healthy use of Fe.
3. This is enough to make him an INTP, but for all those people who do think he is an ENTP, I stand by my conclusion his dominant function is Ti. The entire time, heās striving for logical consistency. He actually says it multiple times throughout the movie.Ā āThereās got to be a logical way to explain this Christmas thing!ā He uses his Ne to explore all possibilities so he can be confident in his logical conclusion. He uses his Ne to aidĀ his Ti, not the other way around.Ā
So, thatās why I think Jack Skellington is an INTP, and also why INTPs make such good supervillains. Cause the entire time they think they know best. :) Thanks for reading!