Character Typing Guide

When character typing, choose a system and stick to it, since various systems interpret the functions in different ways. Read as much as you can get your hands on from a decent published (credible) source, since there is a lot of misinformation online. If you can get a copy of Lenore Thomson’s Personality Type, she...

Enneagram Profiles

Enneagram is about evaluating your deeper impulses, defense mechanisms, and the lies you tell yourself and not focusing primarily on behaviors. Enneagram ThemesEnneagram 1: Anger and PerfectionismEnneagram 2: Pride and the Histrionic PersonalityEnneagram 3: Vanity, In-Authenticity and the Marketing OrientationEnneagram 4: Envy and the Depressive Masochistic CharacterEnneagram 5: Avarice and Pathological DetachmentEnneagram 6: Cowardice, Paranoid...

The Pillars of the Earth: Sir William Hamleigh [ISTP cp6w7]

Function Order: Ti-Se-Ni-Fe “Mother's always been afraid of fire. But the fires of hell are eternal.”Sir William Hamleigh Sir William will use any unscrupulous tactic to his own advantage, by exploiting situations and making the most of them, to further his wealth and lash out against his enemies. He attacks and kills innocent people in...

The Pillars of the Earth: Regan Hamleigh [ESTJ 8w9]

Function Order: Te-Si-Ne-Fi “If my son cannot marry a title, he shall have to inherit one.”Regan Hamleigh Regan makes whatever rational decision she must, to further her ambitions and those she holds for her son. She agrees to help Bishop Waleran murder the crown prince in exchange for advancement for her son, then promises to...

Destination Wedding: Lindsay [ENTP 7w8]

Function Order: Ne-Ti-Fe-Si "It was a miracle. It required forever being seated together. It required an adjoining door and a near-death experience. What are you waiting for, a burning bush?"Lindsay Lindsay is almost a continual ‘stream of consciousness’ in terms of asking questions, pondering the deeper meaning of the moment they are in (whether that...

Destination Wedding: Frank [INTJ 8w9]

Function Order: Ni-Te-Fi-Se "It might help you to consider the idea that heartbreak is pointless, because if you had wound up with the person, eventually, you would’ve been miserable anyway."Frank Almost from the first moment Frank and Lindsay meet, there is a ‘clash’ between their opposing viewpoints—her “but anything is possible, it could be different...

The Greatest Showman: P.T. Barnum [ENTP 3w2]

Function Order: Ne-Ti-Fe-Si “Hyperbole isn't the worst crime. Men suffer more from imagining too little than too much.” — P.T. Barnum The film showcases the growth of an immature ENTP desperate to succeed and win approval to a more mature, balanced way of life. A bastion of ideas and an unapologetic dreamer, Barnum woos Charity...

The Greatest Showman: Charity Barnum [ISFP 9w1]

Function Order: Fi-Se-Ni-Te “You don't need everyone to love you. Just a few good people!”— Charity Barnum It’s common for ISFPs to make decisions based in the moment, and on how they feel about whatever is happening to them. Charity does this, when she chooses to marry Barnum despite her father’s disapproval and warnings she...

The Greatest Showman: Philip Carlisle [ISTJ 3w4]

Function Stack: Si-Te-Fi-Ne “The world is changing, and I refuse to be a part of yours.”— Phillip Carlyle, The Greatest Showman Philip is a realist in contrast with Barnum’s unabashed idealism, who points out to Barnum that he has a good thing going and should not leave to go on tour with Jenny Lind, because...

The Greatest Showman: Jenny Lind [ENFJ 2w3]

Function Order: Fe-Ni-Se-Ti “A man's station is only limited by his imagination.”— Jenny Lind The first time Jenny Lind meets P.T. Barnum, she makes an immediate moral judgment based on his social carelessness—he considers a bad reputation to be just as valuable for profit as a good one, which she calls “the words of a...

Upstairs Downstairs: Agnes Holland [ESFJ 2w3]

Function Order: Fe-Si-Ne-Ti Agnes defines herself by what she does for others within society, namely, her husband. She confesses in the second season, when contemplating an affair with another man, that if her husband does not need her to play “hostess” for him anymore, she feels like she has no sense of purpose anymore. She...

Upstairs Downstairs: Hallam Holland [INTJ 1w9]

Functional Order: Ni-Te-Fi-Se Hallam has an extraordinary ability to make accurate predictions, and a blunt manner of self-expression in how he talks about these things. He thinks Germany is a rising threat long before the public become aware of it, and persists in talking about it in a warning manner, even though no one is...