Aleksei
Yeah, I can fly.
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2010
- Messages
- 3,626
- MBTI Type
- ENTJ
- Enneagram
- 7w6
- Instinctual Variant
- sx/sp
No I'm not. Ni is not foresight in and of itself, but rather a focus on the symbolic, mysterious and archetypal which leads to the ability to solve problems by looking at them from a slightly different perspective. This causes powerful visions of change, which refined by Je can somewhat resemble foresight. Snape may, indeed, not be shown as a strategist usually (our outlook of him is limited, as Coriolis pointed out), but the symbolical focus is obviously there.And "seeing through the lens of the literal" is not what it means to be a person who prefers sensing.
Even if it were, that alone would not be enough to make me think INTJ over ISTJ for Snape. It seems like you're reaching.
I'm afraid your own perspective might be messing with you here. You're an ISTP, which means that you have a tertiary Ni function. ISTJs are Ne-inferior, which means if they use abstract language, it's Ne rather than Ni. Snape doesn't show an inkling of Ne. Ne looks more like this:
I automatically turned and observed Asahina Mikuru: she has a small body and a face that could
easily be mistaken for an elementary school student. Her brown hair is slightly curly, hanging
over her back. Her pair of large puppy dog eyes give out a "please protect me" aura. Her halfopened
lips reveal a row of white ivory-like teeth that, coupled with her small face, create a
perfect combination. If she were given a magic wand with a shiny jewel, she might even
transform into a little fairy!