Harry Potter and MBTI

[Night]

Also, Neville Longbottom an INTP? That's insulting, we'd never be that inept.

I take it you haven't read all the books...

He kills this guy...

 

[JocktheMotie]

I take it you haven't read all the books...

I have read all the books. I still don't see it. Seems more like a feeler. But maybe I'm...anti-projecting? I hated Neville because of his personality, his ineptitude, he seems more like a feeler to me.

He makes a remarkable turn in the last book, but not enough to undue 6 other books' worth of not being an INTP.

 

[Night]

Could be.

INFP might also work. Neville matures into a powerhouse...

 

[entropie]

he does ? ouh I need to catch up from book 4

 

[JocktheMotie]

Could be.

INFP might also work. Neville matures into a powerhouse...

That he does. However, you don't really "mature" into your natural type do you? I'd like to think he was always an INFP and just developed a little confidence. He really was only good at herbology, which isn't even real magic IMO...

And yes I'm aware of how absurd the term "real magic" is.

 

[Night]

Maturation needn't necessarily presume a transition.

More like achieving a sense of comfort in one's skin.

 

[edcoaching]

Normal type development--dominant, auxiliary, etc.,--always assumes that the environment supports the natural development of the child. And Neville's a lot like Harry in that both were deprived of normal childhoods. Imagine being raised by Granny because your parents are vegetables because of being hit with a forbidden curse. And you visit them all the time. Could cause inner conflict over developing magical skills, or totally destroy self-confidence for any endeavor until friends encourage you and you find out you can do more than you ever thought you could.

IP seems likely for Neville...I'd have to read again to know which one. In fact I plan to...6 and 7 over winter break 'cause I had to speed read those the first time and haven't gotten back to them...

 

[me_plus_one]

Also, Neville Longbottom an INTP? That's insulting, we'd never be that inept.

Oh my God, but how do you know that you wouldn't?
Intriguing...

 

[JocktheMotie]

Oh my God, but how do you know that you wouldn't?
Intriguing...

If an INTP is not good at something he takes an active interest in, then he's not an INTP.

 

[redacted]

What I mean is, Dumbledore seems oblivious to Harry's emotional needs as Book 5 unfolds. Yes INFJs think they know what is best for others, but Dumbledore's approach is one-sided, not being able to step into Harry's shoes at all to determine what an orphaned, in-danger, called-to-danger adolescent might need emotionally going forward. He actually withdraws from him. That seems inferior Fe, not auxiliary Fe...

The way he explores and explains Voldemort's motivations seems quite NFJ.

(He's always thinking in terms of motivations anyway.)

 

[Lotr246]

Dumbledore is an INFJ. Read the first book again. You'll see.

Here is a quiz with all the characters' types. It seems like they were typed accurately. Although, some seem off. Click on the "See all possible results" link for a list of the characters and their types:
Pirate Monkeys Inc.

 

[raz]

I tried to trick that quiz by answering questions I thought would put me more toward intuitive or perceiver, but I still got Hermione. Heh.

 

[JocktheMotie]

Dumbledore is an INFJ. Read the first book again. You'll see.

Here is a quiz with all the characters' types. It seems like they were typed accurately. Although, some seem off. Click on the "See all possible results" link for a list of the characters and their types:
Pirate Monkeys Inc.

I think book 1 has less weight than books 5,6, and 7 with regards to typing. You get so much information and not to mention so much information regarding Dumbledore's childhood [in which he would not exhibit as much balance as he does as an old man] and everything just really screams INTP.

 

[raz]

He's so Fe-ish in the movies, though. Is he just screwed up?

 

[JocktheMotie]

He's so Fe-ish in the movies, though. Is he just screwed up?

Movies are completely different. You lose too much. They have to split movie 7 into 2 movies because they need to make up all the important things they left out, that wouldn't make any sense because of their absence as themes or events in the earlier films.

 

[raz]

Movies are completely different. You lose too much. They have to split movie 7 into 2 movies because they need to make up all the important things they left out, that wouldn't make any sense because of their absence as themes or events in the earlier films.

I'm bad at reading fiction. I skip all of the details about surroundings, how people are talking, feeling, thinking, and all the narration, if I can. I go straight to the conversations, and I end up missing a detail like, the person shifted the conversation to talking to a different person. It's why I avoid fiction. I can't be bothered to read the descriptions.

 

[dynamiteninja]

Author: ISFP
Harry: Probably the same

 

[PinkIceTD]

I'm know I'm late but oh well....


Harry is def INFP. I would say that even if I hadn't known it already.

Hermione was harder to me. I finally conceded that she's ISTJ. She does have SJ-ish qualities (strong ones) but she's also good at making quick decisions and improvising when she has to. Maybe she's just gifted.

 

[Lotr246]

In the movies, does Harry seem more INFJ? (especially in the last one: Order of the Phoenix)

 

[Nonsensical]

Harry- IxFP (fights for his values!!)
Ron-ESTP
Hermione- ISFJ
Dumbledore-INFJ
Snape-INTP
Luna-INxP
Neville-ISFP
Hagrid-ESFJ
Ginny-IxTx
Lilly-INFJ
James-ESTP
Sirius-ESTP
Lupin-INFP
Voldemort-INTP
Draco-IxTJ


These are just my guesses..do with them what you want