^ surprising for an INFJ to so quickly dismiss anything not factually-based, as hermione did with divination. given, divination was kind of a crock, but still. where do you see strong Ni in her?
And Hermione is a Rational. No doubt a knowledge seeking personality. Either ENTJ or INTJ. Didn't see her as much of a security seeker, which means she's not a Guardian. Idealist is a possibility for her, too.
i would argue that, regardless of keirsey stereotypes, most IxTxs are knowledge-seeking personalities.
i have two known ISTJ friends; both of them scientists. one is ISTJ 1w9, i believe, and a biochemist. she is clearly a knowledge-seeker - though she uses her skill and curiosity in biochemistry to work as an environmental researcher for the government. the other i suspect is ISTJ 6w5, and she is a marine biologist, still in school. both are bright, intellectual, curious. both have a seemingly insatiable appetite for knowledge. neither are very overtly security-seeking... it comes out more in their J tendencies than in their relationship with intellectualism.
hermione i see in very much the same light as my biochemist friend - ISTJ 1, eventually ending up working for the government to better the lives of the less fortunate. rowling notes that she has "encyclopaedic knowledge", and she spends vast amounts of time in the library studying. she's certainly brilliant, and 9 times out of 10 her brilliance is a result of her putting what she's learned into action - not observing one thing and using it to hop to something new, a la NT.
i also don't see much Ni or Se in her. seems to me more that she's excellent collector of information (Si), and then she rearranges that information in new ways (Ne) to come up with practical solutions (Te). rowling has described her as someone who "never strays off the path; she always keeps her attention focused on the job that must be done." while that second part applies to any TJ, the first part doesn't apply much to NTJs, who tend to blaze new paths. also the job that "must" be done - not the job she chooses to do. she has a strong ethical/moral sense - hermione is much more ethical and concerned with rules and restrictions than either of the boys. for her depth of knowledge, we don't see nearly as much rulebreaking coming from hermione as we do from harry and ron, either. whereas usually from NTs we see a gleeful delight in breaking rules skillfully, or simply a complete disregard for rules. rowling's also described that if hermione had looked into the mirror of erised, she'd have seen the trio "alive and unscathed, and Voldemort finished." sounds more SJ than NT to me.
plus, as the wiki notes, "Hermione did not tend to do as well in subjects that were not learned through books or formal training". harry and ron (ISFP and ESFP, imo) were much better learning on the fly and scraping their way through things via what appears to be dumb luck - or very good adaptation to circumstance, as Se tend to pull off. we would generally expect an N to do
better at things that aren't learned through formal training than an SJ, because an N can rely on their sense of connection to intuit skill. perhaps hermione could be an NTP, then, but i find it hard to reconcile her very put-together self with P over J.
she was the first to figure out lupin was a werewolf, using little details she picked up... she was always on top of the little details. though lavender brown - an N - hopped on it way earlier, wondering about lupin's "crystal ball". typical Ne, and a deduction fail. i don't remember much about lavender but INFP wouldn't surprise me, for her.
and as another poster has pointed out:
raz said:
Hermoine was one-hundred percent fact, denounced any of Luna's fantasies, and aimed for the more logical conclusions in a situation. It was like she had an army of knowledge in her brain.
she's fact and truth, not connection and conjecture. quiet and self-assured (I), an encyclopedia of knowledge (Si), outspoken when she believes she's right (Te), and an organized planner (J).
ISTJ.
The thing with me is....dreams don't come true.
You need facts, whats the facts?
ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR makes me so angry!!
DAMN, i will never be. Fuck this bullshit, i will never be it. Soooooo childisih. I'm 17, i should grow the fuck up.
you should stop being so hard on yourself.
what do you enjoy doing? i wonder if all of this interest towards T-like things on your part isn't Se wanting to spur you into action and excitement.