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Faking It MBTI

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#1 ·
So the MTV show Faking It... what do you think the types are? I thought...
Amy- ISTP (I'm not really sure with her, but I feel she has lower Ni considering all her fears concerning what will happen with Karma- her vision for the future will be tarnished etc.)
Karma- ESFJ
Liam- ESFP
Shane- ESFP (again, I'm not really sure with him. Could be ENFP)
Lauren- ExTJ (Lauren confuses me a little bit, because she seems to have bouts of Ni when talking about her plans for Hester and when seeing through Amy and Karma's charade, but she also sometimes forgets to see the consequences of her actions and acts with unhealthy Si with her obsession with tradition. It could just be due to her upbringing, but she has got me stumped.)
 
#5 ·
I also would third that Amy seems like more of an ISFP to me, but it's been a while since I've seen the show so I could be totally wrong (and I've only seen season 1 and like the first few episodes of season 2). But as far as I remember she seems to make most of her actions and decisions off her values versus logic as a Ti dom would, as well as putting a lot of emphasis into self-discovery and reworking her priorities away from Karma after Karma rejects her in S1--both which feel very Fi to me. She's definitely sensing and perceiving for sure, though.

I initially thought Karma would be an ESFP, since I didn't really think Fe for her, but now that you mention it I can totally see ESFJ. I do think she's a Fe user and I definitely thinks introverted thinking fucks her over frequently (only inferior Ti would reason the best way to be popular is to pretend to be gay, lbr). I'm not too sure how Si would manifest for Karma, however?

I think Shane would more likely be an ENFP than a ESFP. He seems very Ne to me. I could also see ENFJ for him as well, to be honest. He just seems like an intuitive and I could see him using Fe over Fi but I'm not too certain.

I honestly have no clue for Liam and Lauren, I'd need to rewatch the show even to guess.
 
#9 ·
Thanks for all your replies!
But as far as I remember she seems to make most of her actions and decisions off her values versus logic as a Ti dom would, as well as putting a lot of emphasis into self-discovery and reworking her priorities away from Karma after Karma rejects her in S1--both which feel very Fi to me.
I have to admit, this did convince me of Amy being ISFP over ISTP, but I did find her very hard to pin down.
A lot of you have said Karma for ENFJ and I can see where you're going again- there isn't particularly strong Si with her. Also, could be Ni in the way she envisions popularity for herself and Amy(?) influenced by Fe.
But I also think she has quite good Ne, she is always scheming and coming up with new ideas and plans, and I think she adapts better to situations than an Ni-aux would. She could be ESFJ in an Fe-Ne loop. She also comes off as thinking her traditions with Amy and their long friendship are very important. She hates the thought of Amy moving on/away because she's always been around her.
Also, for Shane, he could likely have an argument made for him under any ExxP type.
 
#10 · (Edited)
Hey!
Ok. Take in mind that it's a while since a watched the show but I try to bullshit myself through Karmas and Laurens types anyway x3

I'm pretty sure Karma is an ENFJ. Besides her seeming to contemplate a future with Amy alot, while solving problems she tries to fill the gaps with her intuition. For example, when she tries to become popular she doesn't look at what worked for other's and can therefore work for her (contrast that with Lauren who, I think, is an ESTJ) but she brings up her exact vision (Ni) (like she wants/ imagines things to be) and then takes action (Se). I guess that what @thebigdragon sees as Ne? But she isn't random, she doesn't have sudden ideas that pop out of her mind coming from data of the past she has already gathered (Si). She wants something so she's trying to fill the gaps, take action, make her Ni visions come real. Make things real she wants for the future. Getting popular? Being Liams boyfriend? Sleeping with him? (Remember how she naturally imagined Amy to go away while the threesome the three of them planned? She didn't even tell her at first because she just took it as given! That was the only future she imagined. And she didn't even think that Amy could have envision another scenario so she was very surprised when she found out.)
Or... when Amy drove away and Karma said something like that maybe they would never be the same if Amy would leave. That was her Ni telling her this, too. 'When x happens y will happen.' She was so very sure that this could (or even would) ruin their friendship. That's my reasoning for her being all devastated about this. (Of course, Ni doesn't have to be right. Ni is very subjective and dependent on the information that was taken in with Se. Trust me, I know ^^')
Also, her approach to people is more Fe-Ni than Fe-Si, I'd say. She concentrates on expectations, characteristics and possible ways a person could turn out to be. (She sees Liam and whopps, he's her potential future boyfriend. She hears about the Amy-and-Liam-night and hey, her best friend just ISN'T this way so this has to mean Liam forced her to. She's this way, he's this way. Equals this scenario that can fill the gap. That's the deeper meaning of the night. This has to be Amys place and this is Liam's. The whole picture she had drawn about him in her mind changed. A new fact (Se) leads to a completely new abstraction/ vision(Ni).) These are more about abstractions than details. She doesn't concentrate on/ support things she learned in the past or the things her parents tried to teach her. She doesn't exactly rebell against her parent's way either even if she perceives herself as 'different' from them. Of course, she's sometimes quite ashamed of them (always thinking about society's values and putting herself in the shoes of possible audience) but she's just able to distance herself from this. It's easy for her to move on from the past, from the way she was raised because... that isn't her future anyway. It's not what she imagines herself to be, it's just not. Again, she doesn't REALLY realize her visions; there is no reason to actively go against her parents values, either. It's not so much that she wants to go against them, it's just that she subconsciously knows she isn't and will never be the way her parents are/ maybe want her to be. And that's fine.

Okay, let's contrast with Lauren. I'm actually a little bit surprised so many people typed her as an ENTJ (on other sites, too). For Lauren, the female archetype is quite important. It doesn't have to do with abstractions - conforming to the ideal of society's perfect female just for it to be so; that would be too abstract. That's rather what Karma would maybe do; conforming to abstract expectations because for her that would have value in itself. But nope. Lauren wants to be perfect in a very obvious way. She wants evidence for her being a 'well enough' female, a female who deserves her name. So, she dresses. She cares about things like this ridiculous cake I can't spell right now, cares about shopping and presenting as a female. That's why she's so excited to get along with Amys mother too - another way to prove that she's the perfect female, the perfect daughter - the perfect step daughter. She even better in doing this than Amy! Look, she proved herself!
And again and again.
Of course, being a Te-Dom, she doesn't quite reaches her goal (because society's 'perfect girl' is probably a Fe-Dom). But at least she's bitchy in a girly 'mean girls' kind of way ;) (But really, I love her.)
Okay, now. I mentioned a goal. 'Isn't that Ni????' No. Her goal isn't a vision she has while she projects her being in the future - like Karma does, and even to an extension Amy does. It's, of course, firstly efficiency. Te. Whatever she does, she does it in a very 'hard logic' kind of way. Okay, let's think about what it is that she wants: Be the perfect daughter/ step daughter. Win the Miss blabla. Be school president. Be in that college.
So. Why does she want to do that? Again, it isn't because she imagines herself to be that way and only that way in the future, no. These are things that were thousand times done by other people, by successful people. If she reaches that goal she is a step closer on being like these people. But she doesn't exactly have an end goal; anything she really strives to reach for. Or, in other words, she doesn't have a vision. She thinks about what would be useful to accomplish, then she works out a very detailed, down-to-earth plan she can reach the goal with (Si) and THEN uses her Ne to be a little extra creative and glamorous. Then she allows herself to dream a little bit. When the work is done.
But there is no overall goal. There are just these little steps. She knows she wants to be successful but she doesn't really think about in which way; because that would limit her choices anyway and therefore would maybe take the most efficient choice away, so why should she limit herself? (That's, again, Ne.)
Last but not least, she very much concentrates on the values that are important to her because of her past, of her body, of facts. She can't let loose from being an intersexual because she is. It was hard to seperate herself from her fathers values because his values became her's, and that's just how it always was. Because these are just the (subjective) facts, right?
She couldn't let go of the 'facts' - for a very long time.
The new high school and the students in there taught her to see new possibilities, to question the supposedly 'facts' that were given to her.
 
#11 ·
@Fallada you have convinced me of Karma and Lauren's types. Thanks for responding, it was so long lmao :tongue: but yeah, Karma was the one for me that took the most convincing, but you got me there in the end. I see more why she's Ni now. Your arguments were so good, I'm wondering what your thoughts were for Shane? I've seen him typed all the ExxP types, but I'm not 100% sure on him. His character doesn't really develop until s2, but yeah. I think he could be ESxP over ENxP, but I can see arguments for both.
 
#13 · (Edited)
@thebigdragon Sorry for the late answer. My guess for Shane would be ESTP. He's very focused on the present and even makes impulsive decisions - stereotypical inferior Ni trait, but Se is more than that. He takes advantage of the moment. It's his thing. You wont see him brainstorming (Ne), thinking about truth (Ni) or paying attention to do things 'properly' (Si) - he goes all out, takes what he gets, says what he wants to. Even kind of reckless. His approach to things is often quite logical, even if logic isn't more important to him than 'going with the flow of the moment'. He can twist his action with subjective thinking and then present his thoughts to people charmingly (Tert Fe can be very manipulative). But he's no moral apostle. He get's quite fast over things; he doesn't live in the past.
It's why he and Karma are frenemies and have similiarities yet big differences - they have the same cognitive functions in a different order. Can be a great team but have different priorities.

BTW, Noah and Felix are probably ISTPs (I love them) and Sabrina... Maybe an EXFP? (Could totally see her as an ENFP) Or also a Fe Dom? Haven't seen enough of her?

And lol. Amy's label-thing was the most Fi-thing ever.

I'm sad that the show got cancelled now...
 
#14 ·
Thanks for your reply- doesn't matter that it was late haha

I can definitely see Shane as an ESTP- your explanation was really good btw

I agree with Noah and Felix being ISTPs but Sabrina I might have thought to be an ESFJ. Idk she just seemed to enjoy pulling Karma's strings in a way only certain Fes would. But we'll probably never see enough of her to know for sure, sadly enough.
 
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