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The Originals: Elijah Mikaelson: ISFJ 1w2

Myers Briggs: ISFJ

Si: Elijah internalizes traditional values, such as his family and his home. He is focused on past memories and helping Klaus become the person he once was. He pays close attention to detail and his internal senses, like his clothes. He remembers things from a thousand years ago in great detail.

Fe: Elijah is warm and empathic, especially to the ones he loves. He will do anything for the ones he cares about, and sees peace in New Orleans as the right way to protect his family. He creates group unity even when the factions of the supernatural community are at war with each other.

Ti: Elijah is analytical and notices logical inconsistencies in other people. He is very intelligent and perceptive about the world around him.

Ne: Elijah may be focused primarily on the past, but still looks to possibilities in the future and understands that the world is a dynamic, changing place. However, he refuses to believe that Klaus cannot go back to being the way he once was, except when they were estranged. This makes him extremely loyal to his brother and to his plan to help Klaus find his redemption.

Enneagram: 1w2

Elijah is very principled and perfectionistic. He seeks to improve the city of New Orleans so he can do right by his neice and help his brother redeem himself. Everything he does in New Orleans is to help Klaus become a better version of himself. He is very moral but also caring to his family and becomes upset when they do not reciprocate his affection. He denies his feelings for Hayley because he does not want to be what he sees as disloyal to Klaus, but he still takes care of her regardless. Elijah is willing to do anything for his family, even sacrifice himself, and feels his purpose is to serve his family.

OSPP Temperament: Phlegmatic Choleric

Elijah primarily wants to help people, specifically his family. He is caring and loving, wanting to do right by his family and especially Klaus. He is warm and accommodating and in season one seeks peace in New Orleans because it is right and will keep Hope safe when she is born. Elijah is kind but can be blunt and sarcastic when under stress. Elijah fights for what he believes in, which is defending his family and his home. He is efficient and does not tolerate others who oppose his plans to protect his family. He can be pushy about getting what he wants done, although not as pushy as Klaus, who is primarily Choleric.

Attitudinal Psyche: FVEL

1F Confident Physics: Elijah is very aware of his physical needs and wants. He is well dressed and likes to live in comfort. He likes to organize his environment in a pleasing way. He is a good fighter.

2V Flexible Volition: Elijah is a take charge person and when protecting his family will exploit others to achieve his goals, like when he kidnaps Elena in the Vampire Diaries in order to stop Esther’s spell. Elijah is not afraid to tell others what to do when in a leadership position, but is not as aggressive as Klaus, like when he strives to create peace in New Orleans in The Originals.

3E Insecure Emotion: Elijah is not as in touch with his own emotions and instead focuses on the emotions of his family and protecting them. He represses his feelings until they bubble to the surface, causing him to occasionally have outbursts.

4L Unbothered Logic: Elijah is not as focused on correct versus incorrect and takes his time formulating an opinion, and sometimes his feelings can cloud his judgement.

The Originals: Aurora De Martel: ENFP 7w8

Myers Briggs: ENFP

Ne: Aurora is creative and always sees numerous possibilities. She is impulsive and opportunistic and reinvents her environment in order to achieve her goals. She is intuitive and it doesn’t take long for her to realize Klaus feels more for Cami than for her.

Fi: Aurora is authentic and emotional. She focuses primarily on her own emotions and uses her intuition about emotions to manipulate others. She struggles with feelings of worthlessness due to her Bipolar Disorder and is inwardly focused to the point of being self critical. She feels it is her fault her mother died during childbirth and sees herself as a monster. She also identifies with Klaus for this very reason, believing that she went through something similar to him and this initially strengthens their bond. On the other hand, blames others for problems she caused, refusing to believe it was her fault, like when she tries to harm Cami and then comes to despise Klaus for ending their relationship.

Te: Aurora can be efficient, but it is not her strongest area. She sometimes misses things that a stronger Te would not. She takes a step by step approach and becomes frustrated when others make mistakes.

Si: Aurora holds on to her memories of her relationship with Klaus, her feelings for him remained after a thousand years. She is quick to forgive Tristan despite the numerous times he locked her away over the years, instead looking up to and idealizing him as her protector.

Enneagram: 7w8

Aurora is hedonistic and seeks exciting activities. She is impulsive and scattered, always busy trying to achieve some kind of goal. She runs away from the pain she feels as part of her Bipolar Disorder, refusing to believe that Klaus doesn’t love her more than Cami. She is always optimistic about her goals. She also tends to dominate her environment, using force to manipulate her adversaries into giving her what she wants. She can be aggressive and vindictive, trying to get revenge on Klaus by killing Elijah to protect her brother by easing his suffering.

Temperament: Sanguine Choleric

Aurora is is vivacious and charming. She is also impulsive, enthusiastic and needs to be reassured that she’s loved. She is also a results oriented person. She is frustrated with inefficiency and is always working towards a goal.

Attitudinal Psyche: EVLF

1E Confident Emotion: Aurora is very emotionally expressive and reactive. She shows her feelings about everything and is very focused on her feelings. She trusts her intuition and is good at manipulating people’s emotions.

2V Flexible Volition: Aurora has strong willpower and wants to get things done. She has no problem telling people what to do in order to achieve her goals. She knows what she wants and how to get it. She is not as bossy or aggressive as Klaus.

3L Insecure Logic: Aurora can be very logical, but can be blinded by her emotions. She can become testy when people correct her logic.

4F Unbothered Physics: Aurora is a good fighter but not as focused on the physical world or her own physical needs. She is more affected by her own emotions and goals.

The Hunger Games: Finnick Odair: ESFP 3w2

Myers Briggs: ESFP

Se: Finnick is a skilled fighter who can assess situations in the moment quickly and with ease. He is very adaptable and present. He is athletic, follows his impulses and good at trusting his instincts. He doesn’t focus too much on the future, preferring to live in the present.

Fi: Finnick is very charming and friendly, but he has few that he holds close to his heart, such as Annie and Johanna. Finnick has a strong sense of right and wrong and that’s why he becomes involved in the revolution. He was willing to die to protect Katniss, like the other tributes who were involved in the rebellion. He is willing to die for what he believes in.

Te: Finnick is efficient and pragmatic. He is logical and a good problem solver. Tying knots helps calm him because it is an external task that helps distract him from his fears. He is good with logic and quick to point out flaws in other’s reasoning.

Ni: Finnick is intuitive and capable of understanding complex strategies. He is not as focused on the future, but he sometimes thinks about the future and the bad things that could happen due to having Ni lower in his functional stack. Finnick is very intelligent and good at understanding his enemies’ motivations.

Enneagram: 3w2

Finnick is charming and knows how to make people like him. He wins the Games at 14 because he knows how to charm the citizens in the Capitol into liking him. Finnick is also caring and helpful to his friends and loved ones. He knows how to manipulate the people of the Capitol into telling him their secrets or sponsoring him in the Hunger Games.

Klaus Mikaelson from the Originals Personality Type:

Myers Briggs: ENTJ

Te: Klaus is efficient and practical, and becomes aggravated when others do not live up to his standards of efficiency. Klaus is also very goal oriented. He does not remain inactive for long and is always trying to find a means to get whatever it is he wants. He will often act on his own instead of following his siblings’ plan because he believes his way is more efficient. Like in season one when he saves Marcel instead of following the original plan he and Rebekah concocted to save Elijah.

Ni: Klaus is adept at strategy, as Rebekah puts it “there is none more diabolical.” Klaus always develops a plan before acting. He rarely goes into battle without a strategy. He is also very intuitive about people and knows how to manipulate their emotions. He uses his insights about people to his advantage and hardly misses much.

Se: Klaus is very strong and a great fighter due to being the only Original Hybrid. Klaus generally prefers to plan ahead, but can still be very impulsive should the situation demand it. He is great at reading a situation and responding accordingly.

Fi: Klaus cares about very few people, specifically his family. He does not trust others easily and lets few people into his heart. He struggles to connect with people other than his loved ones, who he would do anything for. Klaus is not very ethical, and it takes having a child to finally make him a better person. He does care about the werewolves because he is one of them and feels a connection to them, and is repulsed when he comes across the vampire purists.

Enneagram: 8w7

Klaus believes that the only way to protect his family is to acquire power. He spends the entirety of the Originals vanquishing enemies that could be potential threats to his family. He establishes power in New Orleans because he believes it will protect his daughter from those who would harm her. He can be aggressive and controlling, but the best in him is brought out by Hope, who helps him move to 2. When stressed, he becomes paranoid and secretive at 5. He can also be hedonistic and thrill seeking, as he bores easily.

Temperament: Choleric Sanguine

Klaus is a task oriented, driven individual who is very focused on getting things done. He believes he must be in charge because he believes is the only one who can get things done effectively. He also has a need to be social and can be quite charming, and sometimes very impulsive.

Erik/ the Phantom of the Opera personality type: INTJ 4w5

Myers Briggs: INTJ

Ni: Erik is excellent at predicting future outcomes. He always knows what people are going to do next and is a meticulous strategist and planner. His primary focus is making his personal artistic vision come to fruition, which is having his opera performed with Christine as the prima donna. He is intuitive about what people are thinking and what their motivations are.

Te: Erik is efficient and practical. He becomes frustrated when he believes other people aren’t doing their jobs adequately and manipulates everyone at the opera house in order to accomplish his goals. He can be ruthless when it comes to accomplishing his goals and will even harm others to make his point, like with Joseph Buquet.

Fi: Erik doesn’t have many people he cares about; he really only cares for Christine. Erik’s Fi is immature and so he is prone to outbursts of emotion. He does not regulate his emotions very well due to having been rejected by society his entire life.

Se: Erik is agile and skilled in combat. He is a skilled swordsman and holds his own against Raoul. He can sometimes be impulsive, but usually his actions serve to help him achieve some sort of goal.

Enneagram: 4w5

Erik is emotional and intense. He expresses himself through his art and his artistic vision is based on himself instead of what he thinks will please others. He is authentic and individualistic, and moves to 2 in times of stress. When he fails to win Christine’s love he kidnaps her and tries to manipulate her into choosing him over Raoul. Erik is also very knowledgeble and uses his various skills to protect himself from the outside world.

Instinctual variant: sx/so

Erik’s primary concern is that he wants to be loved and in a relationship, and becomes obsessed with Christine for this reason. He uses his music to express his sexuality and desire for intimacy that he has never been able to experience due to his appearance. Erik wants to be accepted by society, but has never felt acceptance due to his appearance. He wishes for people to show him kindness and when he is finally shown kindness by Christine, he finally demonstrates an ability to show compassion.

Temperament: Melancholic Choleric

Erik is an analytical thinker and a deeply emotional person. He wants things done right in the opera house and becomes annoyed when he believes people to be incompetent. He is also efficient and can be bossy and demanding of the managers in the opera house. He is very particular about how he wants things done and becomes frustrated when people do not listen to him. He can be blunt with people when he feels they are not doing things correctly.

An argument for unhealthy INFJ 2w1 Fyodor + character analysis.

Author's note:

To start things off; I was motivated to do this by some friends personally and I normally am not someone who likes getting my opinion out there and prefer to keep most of my thoughts private but I would like to share my thoughts and my take on why I firmly believe that this is his actual typing instead of the popular INTJ 8w9 typing on the site personality database and also to be clear — I do not want to argue,in fact, I would welcome your insights and thoughts as long as it is done respectfully and politely.

I would also recommend you at least doing some surface research upon cognitive functions before proceeding on and following reading this; please and thank you.

( Update ) While re-reading this; I noticed I did not do enough of a good job presenting my argument for Fyodor as a INFJ and so I decided to add some more details on here so I can fully give my argument in the most cohesive and in-depth way possible.

The issue with the typing of Fyodor as a INTJ is that Te is simply too pragmatic to fit him personally in my opinion; someone with Te would not have cared to be this manipulative and would not have been able to keep the charismatic, almost cult leader persona Fyodor takes on and neither would they have been as theatrical as Fyodor in his plots and approaches.

Extraverted Feeling (Fe); on the other hand ; does fit him better in my perspective. He is able to be charismatic and to appeal on a personal level to most people in the cast — he is able to match his behavior to the people he is around with to the level we could call him a social chameleon; he is extremely socially aware and not to mention; able to tell people exactly what they want to hear.

His plans also often range on his awareness of how people think and operate, he tailors everything he does to make it convincing for the person he is dealing with and I do believe a INTJ likely not focus on appealing to people emotionally as much as Fyodor does.

Now that we got this out of the way; onto why I perceive Fyodor as a 2w1 and a social e2.

Not to mention — rather than trying to follow a system to get to the top of the hierarchy like a Te-user might do to reach their goals, Fyodor's entire focus is on reshaping the system by bending others to his will which feels more like Fe.

I know this is going to raise some eyebrows from people since e2s are more known for being loving; kind and community centered — but bear with me and listen to my argument because I swear this is going to make more sense the more I explain this.

Pride. That is the vice of the e2; and it is perfectly shown through Fyodor as a character.

In the Enneagram system, pride is not just about arrogance or an inflated ego; rather, it manifests as the need to be seen as indispensable — the belief that only you can meet the needs of others. At its core, it is a savior complex, a deep conviction that others are dependent on you, whether they realize it or not.

This pride shapes Fyodor's entire worldview; he does not merely do what he does because he enjoys it — to him; he is God's humble servant sent to Earth and he is the only one who can bring humanity to salvation since they are nothing more than reckless children who never learn and remain blind of their own corruption and sins; and he alone is the one able to correct and cleanse them.

The trap of the e2 is that they always expect something in return subconsciously even if they might believe that they are simply being selfless and that thing is obedience and validation. I say we see the obedience aspect is more shown clearly in Fyodor through his desire to force the world into conformity with his vision. If humanity refuses his salvation, then they must be broken. If someone stands in the way of his “noble” goal, they are not simply an obstacle—they are an impurity to be erased. This is how his love for humanity ultimately becomes destruction.

Now that we’ve established why I see him as a e2, the social e2 is often regarded as the most intellectual, reserved, and private of the subtypes — traits that fit Fyodor like a glove. Additionally, social 2s are highly effective networkers, adept at projecting the image of a kind and benevolent leader while, in reality, being the most cunning of their type.

-Illustratum Paradoxon

Aka The Romantic Individualist 🖤

They are literally talking about me. 😂 Also I AM a special snowflake. We ALL are! So I don’t feel bad for wanting to be treated like one! 💕 😛

-Illustratum Paradoxon

Little Enneagram 4 things

• car rides through the mountains with music. Don’t talk to me. I’m going to listen to music the entire time. Probably imagining and daydreaming.

• movie soundtracks

• Pinterest. Boards for stories you’re writing. Aesthetic boards for favorite book series. Boards for adaptations of your favorite books. Aesthetic boards in general. Boards for certain moods. Boards for certain memories. Boards for nostalgia. Boards that feed your interal daydreamings. Boards for quotes. And all of them are secret.

• I can’t do X until the atmosphere is right. Aka: I can’t do work on my computer until my room is picture-perfect. I can’t read until I have some hot drink and a blanket with me. Maybe a candle, too.

• “Does hot chocolate go with the book I’m reading? No, tea would be better.”

• rescuers. It’s not that I’m incapable, it’s just that I long for companionship carrying all this emotion and deep thinking. If you have a strong, confident, caring, CALMING personality I’m going to stick to you like glue because I NEED that in my life.

• keeping track of favorite quotes from books, movies, etc.

• did I mention daydreaming

• being extremely interested in Enneagram and other personality stuff partially because it’s talks about what makes you unique

• having so many thoughts that you have to write them down somehow to not lose them, and also having anxiety that you’re going to lose them because they’re important

• nostalgia

• being ashamed that your personality type is characterized by a need to feel like a special snowflake but also recognizing that it’s exactly true and hating yourself a little for it

• things have aesthetics. Vacations have aesthetics. Months have aesthetics. Music has aesthetics. Movies have them. Books have them. Friends have them. You don’t need to make a mood board or anything for them. They just have them. They exist in your brain attached to an aesthetic.

• I need. Time to be alone. Please give it to me, I promise it will be better for both of us

• if I trust you with my problems, prepare yourself for an emotional, deeply thought out deluge of personal history from the depths of my being

Um. Do I laugh or cry? It’s accurate. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 😏

Therapist: I believe you said that your childhood experience was satisfactory?

Four: No, you misheard me, I said it was ‘sadness factory’.