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INTJ
Introverted INtuitive Thinking Judging

Izaak Rigel, 29

"Does it work?"

This is the motto that governs Izaak's way of thinking. He lives in a rich inner world of abstraction and theory (often making him 'absentminded' in real-world matters), in which there is no room for anything illogical or falsifiable. Literally, "does it work" does not ask if something is operating, but whether it is pragmatic or not. He will apply this ruthlessly to everything, from theories to social norms, from other people to himself. Because of this skeptical, critical way of analyzing the universe around and within him, he is often called "the Scientist" (a perhaps more befitting moniker than Keirsey's "the Mastermind", which tends to be misleading). He doesn't accept anything based on faith, authority, convention, or pure sentiment, and thus is not swayed by any of these things. He is often considered the most independent of all the types.

When working, he likes to have autonomy and creative freedom, and though he does not prefer to be in charge, he is a capable leader if the alternative is someone he finds to be ineffective. This is not to say that he is disrespectful of authority, but that he only defers to an authority based on merit. And because he typically has high expectations for everyone (most of all, himself), this can be hard-earned with him. He has little patience for messiness, inefficiency, confusion, gullibility, or lack of ambition. These strict standards, coupled with his tendency towards perfectionism and disinclination to socialize for socializing's sake, can be taxing on his social life...which is virtually non-existent. What doesn't help is that he tends to approach potential friends and romantic interests by evaluating the perceived net losses vs net gains of pursing a relationship with them. Often, the former will outweigh the latter, and he will not be interested in associating any further with them, giving little precedence to initial feelings or infatuation. Everything is rationalized.

But perhaps his biggest problem, which is difficult for him to grapple with or even recognize, is that he expects and wants others to always make sense.

In this manner, for all his skepticism and cynicism, he is strangely naive. Just in the way that some F-types may expect inexhaustible affection and empathy in a relationship, he will expect inexhaustible reasonableness. He is not concerned with being liked or appreciated as much as he is with being competent and thoughtful. And where others may offer emotional support, he will be much more comfortable with giving logical support, which may not always be as desirable--sometimes giving off the impression that he doesn't really care. On the contrary, for those that he chooses to share his extremely private inner self with, he cares very deeply. If a good relationship goes wrong, he is capable of and comfortable with swiftly "slamming the door" on it, but will secretly spend a great deal of time afterwards in restless self-interrogation, trying to understand what happened. It is especially hurtful because he assumes that the fact that the other person was one of those (quite literally) "selected" few that he wanted to be close to, was an automatic indicator to them of how special they were. He does not readily understand that love cannot always be inferred.

Izaak also tends to come off as arrogant, because he is quick to express judgments, and seems to believe that he is always right. This is because he is highly realistic about not only what he knows (and he puts a lot of effort into developing expertise in specific fields of knowledge that interest him), but also what he doesn't know, and is able to implement this practical self-evaluation and a well-developed intuition towards organizing information into a rational and understandable system (hence why he is labeled as a "system builder"). But because he is not always very good at communicating his insights to others, people often misinterpret what he is actually trying to tell them. If he is not careful, he may automatically blame it on the other party's faculty for comprehension, rather than himself. Either way, he will become frustrated in these moments, unable to see why his (to his mind) carefully laid-out idea was not immediately understood.

When he can overcome these deficiencies, however, he is a highly intelligent, talented and unconventional person, immune to conflict and emotional manipulation, with a passion for operating at full potential and improving upon everything that interests him.

Also, this is his anthem. All of the people in that video are this to him.

WOW I put together this entire thing without a single rant about all the annoying INTJ posers on the internet, spreading the retarded and unfounded lie that INTJs are elitist sociopaths.

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~Ganzega 's idea--skipped dinner to finish this and now I must go because I have exhausted my limited free time. |:

Description
INTJ
Introverted INtuitive Thinking Judging

Izaak Rigel, 29

"Does it work?"

This is the motto that governs Izaak's way of thinking. He lives in a rich inner world of abstraction and theory (often making him 'absentminded' in real-world matters), in which there is no room for anything illogical or falsifiable. Literally, "does it work" does not ask if something is operating, but whether it is pragmatic or not. He will apply this ruthlessly to everything, from theories to social norms, from other people to himself. Because of this skeptical, critical way of analyzing the universe around and within him, he is often called "the Scientist" (a perhaps more befitting moniker than Keirsey's "the Mastermind", which tends to be misleading). He doesn't accept anything based on faith, authority, convention, or pure sentiment, and thus is not swayed by any of these things. He is often considered the most independent of all the types.

When working, he likes to have autonomy and creative freedom, and though he does not prefer to be in charge, he is a capable leader if the alternative is someone he finds to be ineffective. This is not to say that he is disrespectful of authority, but that he only defers to an authority based on merit. And because he typically has high expectations for everyone (most of all, himself), this can be hard-earned with him. He has little patience for messiness, inefficiency, confusion, gullibility, or lack of ambition. These strict standards, coupled with his tendency towards perfectionism and disinclination to socialize for socializing's sake, can be taxing on his social life...which is virtually non-existent. What doesn't help is that he tends to approach potential friends and romantic interests by evaluating the perceived net losses vs net gains of pursing a relationship with them. Often, the former will outweigh the latter, and he will not be interested in associating any further with them, giving little precedence to initial feelings or infatuation. Everything is rationalized.

But perhaps his biggest problem, which is difficult for him to grapple with or even recognize, is that he expects and wants others to always make sense.

In this manner, for all his skepticism and cynicism, he is strangely naive. Just in the way that some F-types may expect inexhaustible affection and empathy in a relationship, he will expect inexhaustible reasonableness. He is not concerned with being liked or appreciated as much as he is with being competent and thoughtful. And where others may offer emotional support, he will be much more comfortable with giving logical support, which may not always be as desirable--sometimes giving off the impression that he doesn't really care. On the contrary, for those that he chooses to share his extremely private inner self with, he cares very deeply. If a good relationship goes wrong, he is capable of and comfortable with swiftly "slamming the door" on it, but will secretly spend a great deal of time afterwards in restless self-interrogation, trying to understand what happened. It is especially hurtful because he assumes that the fact that the other person was one of those (quite literally) "selected" few that he wanted to be close to, was an automatic indicator to them of how special they were. He does not readily understand that love cannot always be inferred.

Izaak also tends to come off as arrogant, because he is quick to express judgments, and seems to believe that he is always right. This is because he is highly realistic about not only what he knows (and he puts a lot of effort into developing expertise in specific fields of knowledge that interest him), but also what he doesn't know, and is able to implement this practical self-evaluation and a well-developed intuition towards organizing information into a rational and understandable system (hence why he is labeled as a "system builder"). But because he is not always very good at communicating his insights to others, people often misinterpret what he is actually trying to tell them. If he is not careful, he may automatically blame it on the other party's faculty for comprehension, rather than himself. Either way, he will become frustrated in these moments, unable to see why his (to his mind) carefully laid-out idea was not immediately understood.

When he can overcome these deficiencies, however, he is a highly intelligent, talented and unconventional person, immune to conflict and emotional manipulation, with a passion for operating at full potential and improving upon everything that interests him.

Also, this is his anthem. All of the people in that video are this to him.

WOW I put together this entire thing without a single rant about all the annoying INTJ posers on the internet, spreading the retarded and unfounded lie that INTJs are elitist sociopaths.

--

~Ganzega 's idea--skipped dinner to finish this and now I must go because I have exhausted my limited free time. |: