Seth MacFarlane

[Galen]

Brian Griffin is ESFj.

[Pa3s]

Somewhere I read that Seth MacFarlane and Brian are

 

ILI

[717495]

Brian's character seems like a pretty good candidate for ILI. His girlfriend for instance was an SEE probably. Don't know if anything else would fit better--he's some Fi/Te valuer for sure. He does have the Se dual-seeing adventuresome spirit where he doesn't actually accomplish much but daydreams about it, and has the kind of sentimental thoughts I associate with Ni, because they're not really all that feelly and emotional.

I used to type him alpha NT back when I didn't really have a good idea of how the types were.

[mu4]

"I love the lush orchestration and old-fashioned melody writing ... it just gets you excited, that kind of music," he said. "It's very optimistic. And it's fun. The one thing that's missing for me from popular music today is fun. Guys like [Bing] Crosby, or [Frank] Sinatra, or Dean Martin, or Mel Tormé [...] these are guys who sounded like they were having a great time".

ILI, uh huh.. yea.. seriously?

[Pa3s]

ILI, uh huh.. yea.. seriously?

I said ILI because I read it in an other text, as I said. How does your quote contradict that?

[717495]

Well I'm still at a phase of confusing ILI and LII because of their on-the-surface similarity, but what type do you think he is? I know she was definitely SEE.

[crazedrat]

ExTp. Not sure which. SLE is not too hard to imagine.. ILE is possible too, but usually ILEs go off on more tangents and have less obscenity / vulgarity in their humor.

[Gilly]

Brian: SEI-Fe 6w7 sx/so
Peter: SLE-Ti 7w8 sp/so
Lois: ESE-Fe 2w3 sx/so
Chris: SEI-Si 4w5 so/sx
Meg: EIE-Fe 3w2 so/sp
Stewie: LIE-Ni 8w7 sx/sp
Quagmire: SEE-Se 7w6 sx/so
Joe: LSE-Si 1w2 sp/so
Cleveland: EII-Ne 9w8 sx/sp

MacFarlane seems SLE>ILE to me; even if he is super goofy, he has a kind of solidity to him that I just don't ever get from ILEs.

Also the perfect used-car-salesman smile:

[Cyrano]

MacFarlane seems SLE>ILE to me; even if he is super goofy, he has a kind of solidity to him that I just don't ever get from ILEs.

[/IMG]

Hey I got it right! I was thinking Seth is ESTp. He has that snarky, subdued manner, unable to hide what he's thinking, regardless of what the teleprompter says. Perfect as the anchor for Weekend Update.

I'd buy a used car from him. He couldn't hide what was wrong, and would rather share the joke than sell the lemon.

[Galen]

Peter: Ne-ENTp
Lois: Alpha SF maybe?
Carter Pewterschmidt: Te-EXTj?
Chris: Ti-ENTp
Meg: Beta NF, thinking INFp
Stewie: Ti-ENTp
Brian: Fe-ESFj
Cleveland: Ne-INFj
Loretta: ESFj maybe
Quagmire: Se-ESTp?
Joe: Si-ESTj
Bonnie: Fi-INFj

[717495]

How does Brian value Fi btw? I don't see it.

Idk. Not sure he really does. I'll have to watch a more Brian-focused episode and figure out why I said that and what his type really is. I can honestly see him as ILE. I know there's another thread about this, but how about the other characters?

[mu4]

Yeah, she was SEE.

I'm not 100% on his type. I'm kind of leaning towards ILE for both Brian and Seth. How does Brian value Fi btw? I don't see it.

You know, Brian reminds me of myself a bit...

This weekend when esper was over, I was making coffee and martini's while dispensing dry humor.

[717495]

Heh, I was thinking the same thing hkkmr, which is why I also thought he could be ILE.

[electric sheep]

In his interviews he doesn't show Fi polr, he's always very gracious. I say ESE, though it looks like I'm in the minority right now.

[mu4]

his humor reminded me of my ILE

and wtf lol esper was over? plz explain.

Yes, she was over for a quick visit this weekend while visiting her family in TN. I tried to get folks out, but people were busy.

[Krig the Viking]

After watching the videos posted in this thread, the best match I can think of is IEI. His body language is calmer and more relaxed than I would expect an ILE to be (introversion, probably IP), and he seems to be able to handle social situations easily and without stress (strong Ethics). His humour does seem Se-valuing, not just because it's crude, but because it seems to focus a lot on superficial appearances -- his joke about Celine Dion's nose, etc. In that same Harvard speech, he talks a lot about status, making jokes contrasting Harvard's high social status, to his own low social status. This again seems like a typical Beta concern.

Anyway, I'm not exactly solid on this IEI idea, but I do think Beta is a good place to start looking for his type.