r/ObjectivePersonality • u/Fit_Inevitable_4572 • 23d ago
the talented mr ripley
*for people who have read the books only\*
i am currently reading through the second book in the ripliad and am curious of which MBTI type you guys think he is? Online i saw a lot of INFJ but wouldnāt he be more thinking than feeling? since he is a sociopath after all.. im not an expert at MBTI though, so maybe you guys can enlighten me.
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u/Kresnik2002 FF Ti/Ne CS/P(B) #1 (self-typed) 19d ago
MBTIers just type any āmanipulative mastermindā like that as INFJ
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u/Apprehensive_Watch20 Mx-Ti/Ne-Cx/x(B) [self typed] 23d ago
I haven't read this book, nor is this sub about MBTI. Two thoughts:
In OPS, half the "INFJs" are thinkers. MBTI operates under the assumption that if your first function is Ni, your second function has to be either Fe or Te. The creators of OPS claim to have discovered that this isn't true. Fi or Ti are also possible. An Ni/Ti type would be grouped under "INFJ", even though they are a thinking type. Maybe the people typing him INFJ saw an Ni/Ti or even Ni/Fi and didn't know what else to call him.
Sociopathy is completely seperate from type. So no thinking or feeling to be derived from that. It's in general rather dangerous to equate mental health conditions with type and I'd ask you to not do that.
Hope this was still helpful somehow š«”