Guest Post by Andrew, ENTJ

Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling

Dominant Extroverted Thinking (Te): Vernon is first and foremost an efficient person. His life revolves around his job as a corporate executive, from the hours he spends at in his office (he is concerned about how he will go to work when in hiding from Voldemort) to the business deals that he negotiates at home. He also clearly likes being a hard-driving boss and directs his family on exactly what to say and do when he hosts a potential client at his house. Vernon places a high value on punctuality and hard work and looks down his nose at anyone who doesn’t have a steady job or show up for appointments on time.

Auxiliary Introverted Sensing (Si): Vernon’s main gripe about the wizards, witches, and their world is that they are so different from their muggle counterparts that he is used to. Due to this negative attitude, Vernon latches onto anything he sees or hears that confirms that wizards are a threat to his entire way of life waiting to pounce. He also hates imagination, especially of anything behaving in unusual ways. Conversely, Vernon likes his conventional, predictable life in a wealthy, secure suburb where (he thinks) nothing extraordinary happens. As a nod to his own past, Vernon sends his son to the same private high school that he attended as a boy.

Tertiary Extroverted Intuition (Ne): Vernon tends to overthink matters when he’s up against something he doesn’t understand (Harry’s Hogwarts letters keep coming, no matter what he does to stop them). He gets that something significant is about to happen on the day after Voldemort’s first fall because even though he’s not a part of the wizarding world and knows nothing about Voldemort, he notices a bunch of strange things happening all over the place.

Inferior Introverted Feeling (Fi): Vernon has a roundabout but unmistakable way of showing his love for his family. His protective attitude toward his wife and his letting his son get away with murder speak louder than innumerable displays of emotion ever could. Even though Vernon sticks to fact-based criticisms of people he doesn’t like, his emotions can get the better of him when they build up to a point of no return.