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Piggy – Lord of the Flies: INTP

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Guest Post by Andrew, ENTJ

Lord of the Flies, William Golding

Piggy INTP | Lord of the Flies #MBTI #INTP

Introverted Thinking (Ti): Piggy is extremely logical and has his priorities right, but he finds it difficult to communicate his thoughts to others.  As a result, he is sidelined from an overt position of leadership, instead acting as an adviser to Ralph, who greatly appreciates the intelligence of his counsel.  He speaks abstractly with a view towards understanding himself, others, and the world around them; he tries to explain the presence of a “beast” Continue reading →

How to tell the Difference: INTP vs ISTP

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Anon asked: Can you do an ISTP/INTP contrast?

Dominant Ti

Ti dominants like to analyze things. Most of the questions that they ask will be why questions, or questions of how things work. As a result, they will often be good at figuring out how to fix machinery and equipment. Continue reading →

Edgar Allan Poe: INTP

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Edgar Allan Poe INTP MBTI

Ti: Edgar Allan Poe was meticulous and methodical in his writing. He had a specific method for everything, and wrote using many a long word (specificity was of utmost importance). Organisation wasn’t his strong suit, but losing jobs was. He was pro at maths while in school (to the point of being known for it), but due to disillusionment and frequency of missed classes, was expelled from West Point. Continue reading →

Terry Pratchett: INTP

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Terry Pratchett INTP ENTP MBTI

Ti: Logic according to Terry Pratchett may not necessarily be empirical or fitting with the general standards, but it’s darn funny. Any possibility is open when it comes to occurrences in his books. He’s picky about words in a particularly TiNe way. Continue reading →

Luna Lovegood: INTP

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Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling

Luna Lovegood INTP MBTI

Dominant Ti: Luna Lovegood’s logic comes primarily from what she personally thinks is logical and her beliefs do not change when other people point out visible or external evidence that counters her beliefs. She doesn’t talk much and when she does, she tends to stick to brief words. Luna never overreacts to anything and her Continue reading →

Death – Discworld: INTP

Arvid Walton

Discworld Series, Terry Pratchett

Discworld Hogfather Death INTP MBTI Dead

Dominant Ti: Death doesn’t rely on his own emotions to go about solving problems. He understands how the world works and prefers to work from behind the scenes to fix it. At the same time, if he doesn’t have to fix it, he won’t. He is a man personification of few words, and doesn’t talk any more than he finds absolutely necessary. He gets annoyed at length emotional rants (Rincewind) and prefers a simple, rational approach to everything. He doesn’t like to take sides, and has a bit of trouble with conflict, especially when Continue reading →

Charles Augustus Magnussen: INTP

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Sherlock

Charles Augustus Magnussen INTP | Sherlock MBTI

Dominant Ti: Magnussen collects and analyses information, and refers to his process of reviewing information as “reading.” He needs a way to organize information, thus the “mind palace” (my theory is that he has a photographic memory, but uses a memory palace in addition in order to organize his thoughts). Magnussen gives extremely short answers for everything, not giving out any information until he knows the people he’s giving Continue reading →

Billy Pilgrim: INTP

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Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five Billy Pilgrim INTP | Literary MBTI

Dominant Ti: Although Billy is not the brightest bub on the street, he’s clearly a thinker who suppresses his emotions. He likes to analyse ideas and many of his beliefs stem from abstract realities in his head, rather than from physical evidence and facts in his reality. For instance, he firmly believes that he has been abducted by the Tralfamadoreans and refuses to give up this belief just because other people tell him it’s impossible. Despite his otherwise ignorant mindset, Billy has a philosophical mind. Billy’s ideas about death sound wild and absurd to his daughter, Continue reading →