I think the desire for power is pretty universal in mankind. So an ENFP would want a certain kind of power, namely the power to control people who are willingly following and praising you. So if an ENFP gets power hungry I think that is the route they would end up taking. I think the original concept is true that different personality types may desire different types of power although to me the specifics are murky.
Che is my favorite ENFP of all time. I have read "The Motorcycle Diaries" and "Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life". He is so inspirational and everything he says screams ENFP. I agree with about everything he has said. He saw the truth behind capitalism. I love his quotes on capitalism as well. Example:
"The laws of capitalism, blind and invisible to the majority, act upon the individual without his thinking about it. He sees only the vastness of a seemingly infinite horizon before him. That is how it is painted by capitalist propagandists, who purport to draw a lesson from the example of Rockefeller — whether or not it is true — about the possibilities of success. The amount of poverty and suffering required for the emergence of a Rockefeller, and the amount of depravity that the accumulation of a fortune of such magnitude entails, are left out of the picture, and it is not always possible to make the people in general see this."
Che is a true ENFP and shows that we can be/are truly great.
I think The Joker from The Dark Knight is ENFP.
He's defifitely a Feeler, to the point that he almost looks like a Kurt Cobain gone bad. And Kurt Cobain was INFP.
He seeks authenticity and validation and all he cares about is people, people, people... Tyler Durden is ENTP and he's different: he seeks structure, logic, rationality but The Joker (at least in The Dark Knight movie) doesn't have any.
He manipulates people, obsessed with Batman and claims that he knew the man's friends better than he did.
Ha never applies logic to any of his thoughts, he's just pouring out words random, contradicting each other, I mean what would make him a T?
And he's most definitely E, since he's gaining energy from interacting people. And he's just having "fun", he doesn't want to finish anything, so that makes him a P.
ENFP gone wrong.
And I alspo agree about Kefka form Final Fantasy being ENFP. And he's also a clown. And Harly Quinn is a clown, too.
So ENFP's make good scary clowns.
I also think the Joker is ENFP. Before burning the massive pile of money, the Joker talks about how all the other guy cares about is money, how the town deserves a better type of criminal. A lot of Fi comes through in that scene.
He'll look like a sort of playful villain. His motivation is to sway others to side with him and validate his ideas. He would be dangerous for his skills in manipulation.
I thought us INTJs were supposed to be the villains.
Susan Atkins, one of the murderers from Mason's sect was an ENFP. Also, Roman Polański, if we'd consider him a villain.
There are probably quite a lot of ENFPs in ISIS as it's a typically INFJ organisation and ENFPs are attracted to INFJs. One of the female suicide bombers during the France attack was quite probably a ENFP, basing on her picture.
They could have any of these weaknesses I believe. I would choose the ones that best fit your story.
Here are some reasons why an ENFP might go to a life of evil:
They might be in love or entranced by an INFJ or INTJ villain. This has been stated before in this thread. If you look up INFJ's on Famous INFJs - CelebrityTypes.com you will find that they are more common than any other type. ENFP's find religious and philosophical fanatics irresistible sometimes. Eva Braun may have been an ENFP.
The ENFP may be unintentionally evil. They may be taking their ideas a little too far. ENFPs are constantly pushing the envelope with what they can get away with while still being like-able. They may be misled by others into doing heinous acts.
ENFP's may become evil if constantly facing rejection and criticism. If the establishment is trying to silence them, ENFP's will become infuriated. ENFP's hate being told what to do and hate obeying strict structures. They are likely to be rebels or revolutionaries like Che Guevara. If they feel like they are not being allowed to be their authentic selves by society, they will try to destroy society.
They may have immature and unhealthy Fi. They might be unable to express anger, and it will build up in them. This anger will fester and warp them inside. They may be very self-absorbed. They may blame their problems on other people. They may have developed the wrong personal values.
The character of your villain depends on the character of your protagonist. If they are ISxJ or a ESxP then the ENFP might be against their natural goals of conservatism, physical aesthetics, etc. It's good to have a contrasting villain or one that the protagonist finds himself uncomfortably similar too.
People don't realize that when something is created, something else is destroyed. Cultural revolutions end the culture that existed. What I'm trying to say is that the ENFP's desire to create may incidentally destroy whatever else was there before. If your protagonists want to keep the "shire" they might have to stop the ENFP from building a casino there.
They might be in love or entranced by an INFJ or INTJ villain. This has been stated before in this thread. If you look up INFJ's on Famous INFJs - CelebrityTypes.com you will find that they are more common than any other type. ENFP's find religious and philosophical fanatics irresistible sometimes.
ENFP's may become evil if constantly facing rejection and criticism. If the establishment is trying to silence them, ENFP's will become infuriated. ENFP's hate being told what to do and hate obeying strict structures. They are likely to be rebels or revolutionaries like Che Guevara. If they feel like they are not being allowed to be their authentic selves by society, they will try to destroy society.
They could have any of these weaknesses I believe. I would choose the ones that best fit your story.
Here are some reasons why an ENFP might go to a life of evil:
They might be in love or entranced by an INFJ or INTJ villain. This has been stated before in this thread. If you look up INFJ's on Famous INFJs - CelebrityTypes.com you will find that they are more common than any other type. ENFP's find religious and philosophical fanatics irresistible sometimes. Eva Braun may have been an ENFP.
The ENFP may be unintentionally evil. They may be taking their ideas a little too far. ENFPs are constantly pushing the envelope with what they can get away with while still being like-able. They may be misled by others into doing heinous acts.
ENFP's may become evil if constantly facing rejection and criticism. If the establishment is trying to silence them, ENFP's will become infuriated. ENFP's hate being told what to do and hate obeying strict structures. They are likely to be rebels or revolutionaries like Che Guevara. If they feel like they are not being allowed to be their authentic selves by society, they will try to destroy society.
They may have immature and unhealthy Fi. They might be unable to express anger, and it will build up in them. This anger will fester and warp them inside. They may be very self-absorbed. They may blame their problems on other people. They may have developed the wrong personal values.
The character of your villain depends on the character of your protagonist. If they are ISxJ or a ESxP then the ENFP might be against their natural goals of conservatism, physical aesthetics, etc. It's good to have a contrasting villain or one that the protagonist finds himself uncomfortably similar too.
People don't realize that when something is created, something else is destroyed. Cultural revolutions end the culture that existed. What I'm trying to say is that the ENFP's desire to create may incidentally destroy whatever else was there before. If your protagonists want to keep the "shire" they might have to stop the ENFP from building a casino there.
Back to the topic of the thread, I think Long John Silver from Treasure Island would be a good model for someone trying to develop an ENFP villain. Here are a couple of scenes that exemplify his ENFP character.
An ENFP villain would be someone who may be very close to the hero. He may even inspire them and be a mentor to him. The problem is that while he is encouraging the hero to be himself, the ENFP villain will also stick to his own course as well however sinister that may be. ENFP's are good at getting to know people intimately and is the type to make people really hurt when they go their different ways.
ENFPs are usually very likeable as well. When they betray people or come out as evil, people would find it surprising. They are so likeable that even when you should blow the whistle on them you don't. I see an ENFP villain as someone that even the hero ends up liking though they wish they didn't.
((Sorry for my duplicate post earlier, I didn't know that editing a post would do that.)
Here is another Long John scene.
ENFP villains will also find something to relate to the hero so they could get information from them. Also in this vid, Long John encourages Jim to follow the stars rather than orders. ENFPs are generally perceptive and can see possibilities faster than others, and Long John sees the pattern that the captain is trying to hide.
He's riddled with Ne, metaphors and ideas so you could say that he's probably the usual ENTP villain type, but he's also filled with Fi.
“See, what we call God depends upon our tribe, Clark Jo, ’cause God is tribal. God takes sides. No man in the sky intervened when I was a boy to deliver me from Daddy’s fist and abominations. I figured out way back if God is all-powerful, He cannot be all good. And if He is all good, then He cannot be all-powerful. And neither can you be.”
His plan is full of logical holes which a Ti would pay more attention to, and it's aimed at Superman's heart.
His plan of Superman killing Batman is specifically designed to crush Superman and leave him with guilt.
“That should be upside down. We know better now, don’t we? Devils don’t come from hell beneath us. No, they come from the sky.”
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