Isn't that tumblr blog infamous for basing their typing on stereotypes? (That's not to diss them, genuine question.) They also don't go into functions, which is a real big red flag for me.
MBTI is about functions, not behavior or type descriptions. I can't think of one moment in Inside Out where Joy expresses inferior Ti. Also, ENFPs can totally be organized and bossy (the latter is actually a pretty common characteristic for ENFPs.)
(Edit: I promise I didn't think I would type this much out, I am just really passionate.)
Anna is an ENFP and she is HIGHLY idealistic. She is such a textbook ENFP, it hurts. I am pretty sure she is the only actual ENFP Disney Princess (with Repunzel being a loose exception? I pinned her as an ESFJ but there are a lot of people who think xNFP with valid arguments). I loved Frozen, cause I'm a loser, so I spent a LOT of time considering this. Anna is an
7w8 ENFP sx/so.
Anna as a child is very adventurous and curious. She is constantly asking questions. When her mind is wiped and Elsa suddenly stops hanging out with her, she is devastated and confused. While I am against typing people before they hit puberty, we can see the start of her functional preferences. Anna starts to develop a habit, a routine, when speaking with Elsa through the door. From the tune she would knock to, to the question she would ask, she is adapting. I think a young person with dominant Se would adapt in an opposite way. Instead of trying new ways to break that wall, an ESxP would avoid it all together. But again, typing children is like assigning a career to an infant.
Here's a good comparison between an ENFP and an ESFP. When Anna starts to feel trapped and wants to meet new people outside the castle walls, she impatiently waits it out while being antsy and coming up with scenarios that she can't wait to happen. When Ariel starts to feel trapped and wants to meet new people outside the castle walls, she rebels and focuses on the present tense of her feelings.
"Someday..." vs
"It's now or never."
Instead of going "This is happening now", in the song
For the First Time in Forever, the main gist of Anna's thoughts and concerns are "This has been long overdue, I can't wait for my dreams to come true*". Hell, the name of the song is "For the First Time in Forever", which has a heavy implication of past tense thinking.
The window is open, so's that door
I didn't know they did that anymore
Who knew we owned eight thousand salad plates?
For years I've roamed these empty halls
Why have a ballroom with no balls?
Finally they're opening up the gates
There'll be actual real live people
It'll be totally strange
But wow, am I so ready for this change
'Cause for the first time in forever
There'll be music, there'll be light
For the first time in forever
I'll be dancing through the night
Don't know if I'm elated or gassy
But I'm somewhere in that zone
Cause for the first time in forever
I won't be alone
You can also tell that she has extremely high hopes and expectations for all the possibilities to come. Meeting people, dancing, good times that she has been hoping for
years to happen. The song then goes deeper into those ideas.
I can't wait to meet everyone! (gasp)
What if I meet... the one?
Tonight imagine me gown and all
Fetchingly draped against the wall
The picture of sophisticated grace
Ooh! I suddenly see him standing there
A beautiful stranger, tall and fair
I wanna stuff some chocolate in my face
But then we laugh and talk all evening,
Which is totally bizarre
Nothing like the life I've had so far
For the first time in forever
There'll be magic, there'll be fun
For the first time in forever
I could be noticed by someone
And I know it is totally crazy
To dream I'd find romance
But for the first time in forever
At least I've got a chance
That seems pretty idealistic to me. Anna has been so used to being by herself (Si) that she is bursting with possible ideas about this perfect night featuring this perfect stranger (Ne) and perfectly falling in love (Fi). Then she meets Hans and the song
Love is an Open Door occurs.
All my life has been a series of doors in my face
And then suddenly I bumped into you
First lines of the song and we are already seeing that inferior Si is going to be this girl's downfall.
Say goodbye
To the pain of the past
We don't have to feel it any more
Love is an open door
Love is an open door
Life can be so much more
With you
One word that people use to describe ENFPs but rarely use to describe ESFPs is
unrealistic. ESFPs are extremely practical, it's how they get away with poor planning. An ESFP wouldn't set their alarm for the next morning, but they also wouldn't jump to schedule anything at 6am either. The closest thing to inferior Ni we see with Anna is getting married to a stranger, but that's more fueled by the possibilities of Hans character that Anna is choosing to pursue rather than the immediate sensation of marriage. Which is a great segway because the rest of the movie highlights her Te.
When Elsa disproves of Anna's engagement, Anna is defensive and inquisitive. She grabs Elsa's hand and starts asking questions, demanding some level of reasoning. This is an example of Fi guided Te protecting Si when Ne feels threatened.
"I can't live like this anymore! What did I ever do to you? Why? Why do you shut me out? Why do you shut the world out? What are you so afraid of?!" The tertiary function is a defensive one. So Te, this cold efficiency driven function, as a defense mechanism is going to make an ExFP willing to take risks and unwilling to give up without satisfaction.
Elsa fleeing the scene prompts Anna to go after her. She initially refuses any help and is focused on going from point A to B. Ignoring the practicality of it, she rushes off to find her sister. I am going to skip over parts of her interacting with Kristoff and Olaf because I'll be repeating the same points. She's idealistic and good on her toes, when she has a goal, it's hard to deter her, and she has a bad time moving on from things despite having her head in the clouds. These features are why she is so "adorkable".
Moving onto to her confrontation with Elsa in her ice palace, I want to bring up that the scene we get in the final movie (which features the reprise of
For the First Time in Forever) is not how it was originally supposed to go. The original storyboard featured a song called
Life's Too Short and instead of Anna tactlessly using her Fi to make Elsa feel more scared, she gives Elsa a non-apology which causes them to argue. Not only do I think the song is better than the reprise because it's an actual duet between Elsa and Anna, but it's a better insight on both of them as characters and would've better suited the type of story Anna's B-plot was trying to tell. This response is already inappropriately too long, so I won't break down that song and where the functions come in, but just know the song is super passive aggressive and that in itself is super ENFP.
Again, I risk repeating myself so I am going to stop ranting and raving. To emphasize my points that Anna is a ENFP,
here is a video that show her functions in motion. I don't agree with certain places that the put some functions, but it is overall right. It is pretty good and I honestly think that I am going to make videos of this same format one day.
Sorry to basically unleash that rant on you but it angers me when ENFPs get mistyped because of stereotypes as opposed to a consideration of all their functions. Sometimes within the MBTI community, it seems like if a character is sociable, then the thing that determines their type is perceived intelligence, which is insulting. (Why do xSxP characters have to prove their intelligence while any Intuitive characters can't be Intuitive if they aren't smart?)
If need be, I will gladly go in depth on why Joy is an ENFP. And if you want, I also have an argument for why I think newer adaptations of The Great Gatsby portray him as an unhealthy ENFP when he is really just an INTJ with ill intent.
