People who make you wish you were their type

**Randroth** · 05-04-2012 12:39 PM

Who are some people--fictional or real--who make you go "damn, it would be cool to have that person's personality for a day"? I have this thought on occasion when watching ENTP's Malcolm Reynolds and The Doctor on Firefly and Doctor Who, respectively.

**Ayia** · 05-04-2012 12:52 PM

Sherlock Holmes (BBC version)

**Randroth** · 05-04-2012 01:24 PM

@Runa What type do you think he is in the BBC series?

**Zero11** · 05-04-2012 02:12 PM

Type is not about what you want to be!!! The point is to understand themselves and others better and to learn from it.

**Randroth** · 05-04-2012 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Zero11

Type is not about what you want to be!!! The point is to understand themselves and others better and to learn from it.

Never said typing was about what you wanted to be. We're simply discussing positive examples of other types that have traits we admire here.

**Ayia** · 05-04-2012 03:13 PM

there is a thread about this

Sherlock Holmes: A study in typing, S vs. N

I think he uses Se, myself. but there is no consensus apparently. many INTJs claim he is one of them, as they think most smart people have to be their type :P. like how INFPs like myself think every free-thinker is one of us.

but he draws conclusions mostly from what he sees. and in the bbc series he is quite skilled with weapons etc. so I would say he's a sensor.

**snail** · 05-04-2012 03:52 PM

Part of me wants to be what Powder was. Imagine all of the good I could do. I haven't seen the movie in many years, but it made an impact on me. As I was watching it, I felt a strong desire to be the main character. I wanted to be that pure and authentic, to be empowered to affect people in positive, life-changing ways. I'm not as direct as he was. I feel that I don't have the kind of true empathy I would need in order to achieve that, and I don't feel the interconnectedness he talks about, even though I believe it is probably real. I would need a lot more Ni and Fe.