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    How did you come to the conclusion that Jesse and Walt were duals? Their relationship was rocky, at best, and it only got worse with the progression of Walt's insane ego as the show progressed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by strrrng View Post
    bumped b/c you people can't type. sticking to relevant characters.


    walt - ILI-Te 6w5 sx/so ... completely unhinged and committed to the "principle" of his cause
    jesse - SEE-Se 6w7 sx/so (actor is IEI-Fe) ... duality is kind of, the premise of their dynamic?
    skyler - ESI-Fi 1w2 sp/so (annoying cause an LSE is playing an ESI)
    hank - Te-LSE 6w7 sx/sp ... as likeable as a cop can be, I was glad when he got shot
    marie - IEE-Fi ... and an invasive, annoying bitch
    saul - ILE-Ti 7w6 so/sx ... authentically 'playing by the rules' in the rightfully corrupt way
    mike - LSI-Ti 6w5 sp/sx ... standard beta criminal imo
    gus - not entirely certain... EII or ILI (I lean the latter just b/c of gamma features) 1w9 sp/so
    todd - IEE-Fi 6w7 sp/sx ... and a complete sociopath
    lydia - SLE-Ti 3w4 sx/sp
    uncle jack - SLE-Se 7w8 sx/sp ... a nice embodiment of a proper criminal code
    gale - a frenzied, intellectual SEI-Fe ... probably 6w7 so/sx
    tuco - SLE-Se 8w7 sx/so ... and absolutely insane
    jesse's first gf - IEI-Ni 4w5
    Why IEE for Todd?

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    Todd was somewhat ambiguous for me, and I haven't completely ruled out the possibility of him being SEE-Fi (the little veiled threat about friends in prison)... overall (and in contrast to uncle jack's more open, extravagant brand of criminality) he struck me as an Fi-EP who knew how to go with protocol, never asking many questions but also maintaining a degree of emotional/social autonomy, naturally calloused and versed enough to simply do things... there's nothing extra like you get with Ti/Fe criminals, he's an object that knows how to move. I might need to examine the actor's type though.

    As for Walt and Jesse, no one said duality was perfect, esp when you're cooking meth. The fact that Jesse is able to integrate the techniques despite the amount of confusion and hang ups, testifies to duality IMO. Walt's critiques of him are completely Te, yet Jesse never reacts pathetically or with the kind of distant aversion that Fe/Ti types do, just deals with it and moves on... and hence his issues with Walt, mainly Fi critiques, which Walt typically acknowledges with an appropriate degree of concern, but never completely concedes to, while still harboring a deeper affection for him, which you see at the end, where Jesse's conflict is exemplified when he's driving away. Also the whole dabbling in heroin, having a bunch of meth heads over for weeks, is very much throwing valued Te to the wind due to to Fi conflict. A beta would just throw heroin parties lol, and deltas and alphas wouldn't really care enough. That's all I have right now, might think of more stuff later.
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    Yeah, it's easy to see the Te and Fi with Walt and Jesse, I agree. But Walt didn't act like an introvert. He was very domineering, yet calculating at the same time and had a poor ability for introspection. He only really came to terms with his motivations in the last episode. Those aren't really introverted traits, especially for an ILI that is supposed to be a harmonizing type as an Ni lead. Walt was anything, but that however. Maybe we agree to disagree then.

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    well, he's a Te-sub and a cp sx primary 6... not exactly the most IP personality. as far as lacking introspection, I think it was more of a choice than a deficit: he took the cancer to heart on an existential level, and then blended the feelings spawned by that with his notion of familial/economic principle (in a weak Fi way) that he had no choice but to take all the way, which to me is indicative of Ni > Si valuing and democratic > aristocratic (i.e. in contrast to the extremity of experience in something like gangs of new york, being thematically necessary, in that beta quasi-against-delta way... this was just more about terminal velocity). also, I much see his relationship with skyler being activity > benefit (assuming ESI). but you make valid points, so I guess

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    we agree to disagree then.
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    So how do you understand activity relations?, if you don't mind me asking. I'm just curious because it seems ambiguous as to how they are supposed to get along and how they are supposed to disagree and not get along. I know Skyler and Walt didn't seem to agree with one another in terms of Walt's goals and what he was doing and wanted to do and Walt didn't appreciate Skyler's emotional manipulation to get him to stop (they extorted each other). I imagined that was a conflict in socionics functional values, but I guess the descriptions for Activity could be used to support those interactions, depending on how one looks at these things.
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    that extortion is easily gamma, given that the issue is more relevant to its quadra values. walt is bound to principle; he can't distinguish between himself and his family's "well being," reacting to the cancer in a compensatory, weak Se way. skyler, as an Fi-ESI, holds things down as long as possible before they begin to diverge, and instead of moralizing walt about how life is going to change now that he has to give up his drug scheme, like marie did to her when she thought he had been arrested; or how hank took walt jr. to the meth hotel; she becomes compromised, prioritizing the necessity of familial control over the moral issue entailed, which is why she has that affair. you see this in her little faux skinny dipping moment, there's a disregard for Si protocol (overall, not just in the pool lol) that belies an attachment to some vague, almost transcendant feeling of Ni necessity. as for their interactions, it's usually "normal" in the sense that they're on the same page, in terms of basic values, even if they approach them from opposite angles, which is intensified by the fact that skyler is a 1. walt will never care for the right reason in her mind, but any claim to innocence is only that much more naive. I also think supervision makes sense for marie and her.
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    My interpretation was actually more:

    Walt: ISTj (the actor probably isn't though), I saw him as more rigid and detail-focused than I'd expect of an INTp. Probably 6w5, yeah, but I could see 5w6.
    Jesse: ESFp-Se. I agree on 6w7 for him.
    Skyler: ESFj E1 is what I would have guessed, she reminds me of my ex-boyfriend's ESFj 2w1 mother. I can see where someone would get ISFj, but if I remember right I caught more Fe than Fi. She seemed very willing to bend her sense of ethics to get along, and her discomfort with Walt's actions seemed more like an Si-like sense that it was interfering with the comfort of the life she knew more than anything.
    Hank: ESTj-Si 6w7, it pretty much seems to be the consensus. I actually kind of liked and sympathized with the character, way more than with his wife anyway, since I got to see all the crap he had to go through.
    Marie: ISFj? She seemed calm, controlled, and IJ-like, but a bit more direct and "harsh" than I'd expect of an INFj. People must be getting ENFp from somewhere though, since it seems to be pretty overwhelmingly the consensus.
    Saul: ENFj-Fe E3. I actually didn't think of ENTp, but he seemed more charming and socially aware than I'd expect there.
    Gus: ISFj-Fi E1. As rigid as Walt, more charming and socially delicate.
    Mike: ESTj-Te 8w9. I'm not really seeing Beta. If I could it'd be ISTj, he seems all about the job and everything, but his constant criticism of Walt and Jesse's schemes seemed to be for overreaching more than anything.
    Todd: ISFp-Si is actually what I figured. Not really a planner, very soft and gentle on the surface, kind of creepy to see an SEI killer.
    Uncle Jack: ESTp-Ti seems pretty clear to me.
    Lydia: ISTj-Ti, she kind of struck me as a stereotype for it.
    Tuco: ESTp-Se, obviously. Lunatic, kind of hilarious though.
    Gale: ENTp, or maybe INTj. I think he's pretty straight-forwardly Alpha NT at least.
    Jane: ISTp-Si? At first I guessed maybe INTp. She seemed sort of detached, in her head, and sardonic in a Daria sort of way, and I can definitely see that. But she did strike me as a bit more of a comfort-seeking homebody and more straight-forwardly sensual than I'd expect in most INTps.
    Andrea: IxFp-Fe, INFp-Fe is probably more likely.
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    Walt: LIE-Te
    Jesse: SEE-Se
    Skylar: ESI
    Hank: LSE
    Marie: IEE
    Gus: Gamma introvert
    Saul: ILE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suedehead View Post
    Saul: ILE
    Out of everything I have ever said with sincerity, this thing is the utmost of those: you are an awful human being, and your existence on this forum is an affront to respectful and cognizant relations with other people.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Holon View Post
    Out of everything I have ever said with sincerity, this thing is the utmost of those: you are an awful human being, and your existence on this forum is an affront to respectful and cognizant relations with other people.
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    Just another failed attempt at a joke.

    Seriously though, ILE is the last type I'd pick for Saul. Where do you even get that from? I it because he's a comedic sociopath? ego is usually described as leading to high-minded moralism...


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    My take. (gonna break my rule about typing fictional characters):

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    Walt- LIE or ILI
    -That scene where Walt says "I'm in the empire business" is sooo Ni, not Si. He wants to rule the drug world, not just make ends meet (like he so often says). In addition, the way he treats his own body (trying to get out of the chemo so his family will not be burdened in the future, nearly burning his hand off to escape Mike's makeshift jail) shows me Si is pretty low on his priority list. I don't know where everyone is getting SLI. From the kind of life he leads at the beginning of the show, plus his reliance on Jesse & others to manage distribution and other "people" stuff makes me think ILI, but, he seems to be able to use Fe when he needs to (crying, flashes of anger) for his lies. So possibly not a Fe PolR.

    Jesse- SEE-Fi

    - He's awesome. I think he's a little too unpredictable (almost burning down Walt's house, almost shooting Walt in the head) to be Ij.

    Skylar- ESI

    - Her ethics are both family centric and inflexible (even though she does go along with Walt in the end, she does so with much remorse). I think the fact that her inflexible ethics are often not what Walt needs (lol need for flexible ethics = bromance with Jessehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWrRPohom3I) gives me more evidence that Walt is ILI. On some level, Breaking Bad can almost be read as a love story about the triangle comprised of Walter, Jesse, and Skylar.

    Hank- XXXX (No Clue). His total lack of political correctness makes me think Fi-devaluing, but Marie could be Fi...i don't know for either of them.

    Lydia- LSE
    - Her incredible particularity about certain subjective sensations (she only drinks one kind of tea, is kind of a hypochondriac if I remember correctly) proves to be her downfall.

    Mike- xSTx. I know each pair has no functional commonality with the other, but at a very superficial level, I have trouble telling them apart.

    Gail- Ne type. It's obvious he's weak in Se, because it's integral to the survival of most of the other characters on the show.

    Tucco- SLE. TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT

    No clue about Saul.

    Vince Gilligan- Based on the show, my guess is that he is Fi Ego, as the show is all about morals. His kind of Deuteronomic Covenant, Cosmic Account Balance of Good and Evil, Everything is Interconnected ("ABQ") , Bad Deeds will Bite you in the Ass at Some Point ("Felina" in particular) um...Theology? Outlook? could be Ni or Ne, but there's definitely an in-touchness with intution (for me, though, ESIs, being introverts, can be in touch with their introverted intuition) churning around behind the scenes. I would almost say that Skylar (up to the face/heel turn) is his author-insert character; he seems to empathize with her ends a lot.
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    What type is Gomez?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whoobie77 View Post
    Lydia- LSE
    - Her incredible particularity about certain subjective sensations (she only drinks one kind of tea, is kind of a hypochondriac if I remember correctly) proves to be her downfall.
    Doesn't make much sense, imo. Being an hypochondriac means being scared about physical sensations (extremely uncertain about how to interpret and deal with them). Assuming this could be (statistically) TR, it should point to Si PoLR, not Si creative. Neurosis due to uncertainty. If not, every type would be neurotically unsure about their creative function, and this is not what happens. That's PoLR.

    In this particular case, you could interpret her behavior simply as control freak (enhaced j), an aspect which would be projected mainly through creative Si, the same way ISxjs can do through Se. But this is not the same as being an hypochondriac. EIEs are described as quite prone to this problem (look at his social roles in Wikisocion). Reinin also mentioned this about ILIs (Si role, in this case, but superego anyway).
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    Quote Originally Posted by MensSuperMateriam View Post
    Doesn't make much sense, imo. Being an hypochondriac means being scared about physical sensations (extremely uncertain about how to interpret and deal with them). Assuming this could be (statistically) TR, it should point to Si PoLR, not Si creative. Neurosis due to uncertainty. If not, every type would be neurotically unsure about their creative function, and this is not what happens. That's PoLR.
    Si creative types can certainly be hypervigilant about medical/health stuff though, and to a lot of people this looks silly so they call it hypochondria. I don't remember anything like that about the character other than her insistence on using a particular sweetener, which I wouldn't consider hypochondria by any means. I'm not saying she's LSE though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joy View Post
    Si creative types can certainly be hypervigilant about medical/health stuff though, and to a lot of people this looks silly so they call it hypochondria.
    Yeah, this was what I was going to say.

    Si creatives talk about their aches and pains and sickness and stuff a lot. Much more than you'd find a Si PoLR doing generally.

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    WSS Typings for Breaking Bad

    ILE

    • Jane Margolis
    • Saul Goodman
    • Skinny Pete

    SEI

    • Brandon "Badger" Mayhew
    • Gale Boetticher

    LII

    • Lydia Rodarte-Quayle

    LSI

    • Leonel Salamanca
    • Marco Salamanca
    • Mike Ehrmantraut

    SLE
    • Hank Schrader
    • Hector Salamanca
    • Jack Welker

    IEI

    • Jesse Pinkman
    • Steven Gomez

    SEE

    • Don Eladio
    • Tuco Salamanca

    LIE

    • Gustavo Fring
    • Walter White

    ESI

    • Skyler White

    LSE

    • Donald Margolis

    EII

    • Gretchen Schwartz

    IEE

    • Marie Schrader
    • Ted Beneke
    • Walter White Jr.

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    • Ed
    • Todd Alquist


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    Quote Originally Posted by Joy View Post
    Si creative types can certainly be hypervigilant about medical/health stuff though, and to a lot of people this looks silly so they call it hypochondria. I don't remember anything like that about the character other than her insistence on using a particular sweetener, which I wouldn't consider hypochondria by any means. I'm not saying she's LSE though.
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    Yeah, this was what I was going to say.

    Si creatives talk about their aches and pains and sickness and stuff a lot. Much more than you'd find a Si PoLR doing generally.
    I do not disagree with the idea that Si creatives are/could be health focused (even obsessively). It makes sense, specially in Si subts. My point is that this is not the same as being an hypochondriac. You can discuss about a topic because it is specially relevant to you, but being unsure is another thing. Most hypochondriacs would prefer not to verbalize it because they do not want to bring painful ideas to their minds. Unless you're close to that person and trust you his/her insecurities, it would only (or mainly) be evident when an interactive situation generates an higher than normal stress (irrational fear).

    In my case, I do not know any clear hypochondriac LIE, but some EIEs definitely match the criteria, as some IxEs do (not PoLR but weak Si, anyway). IEEs are a bit prone to reject "nonnatural foods & medicine" which could be considered a form of proto-hypochondria. Similar thing happened to Steve Jobs, clear cut EIE, with disastrous consequences.

    I agree with Joy that Lydia does not manifest any partiticular hypochondriac behavior, only certain obsessions that fits simply as freak control. I do think the character is a rational ST, with a preference to LSE because of her high leves of energy and the total absence of beta "collective" mindset.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MensSuperMateriam View Post
    I do not disagree with the idea that Si creatives are/could be health focused (even obsessively). It makes sense, specially in Si subts. My point is that this is not the same as being an hypochondriac. You can discuss about a topic because it is specially relevant to you, but being unsure is another thing.
    Sometimes I play fast and loose with language. I was using it in a colloquial sense (ie preoccupied with health) rather than the psychiatric textbook use of the term.

    I don't hold contemporary mainstream psychology's fetish for labeling every mental quirk a "disorder" of some sort so that way they can sell you some new pharmacological snake oil in very high regard, so...occasionally I get a little jocular with the terms the professionals burn incense around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whoobie77 View Post
    Sometimes I play fast and loose with language. I was using it in a colloquial sense (ie preoccupied with health) rather than the psychiatric textbook use of the term.
    Fair enough.

    I don't hold contemporary mainstream psychology's fetish for labeling every mental quirk a "disorder" of some sort so that way they can sell you some new pharmacological snake oil in very high regard, so...occasionally I get a little jocular with the terms the professionals burn incense around.
    Technically, a quirk becomes a disorder when it gets out of control (and/or is seriously damaging the person). If not, i agree with you, it's only a particular aspect.

    In some countries like USA it seems as soon as a child does not conform to the social norm is diagnosed as ADHD sufferer and gets Ritalin or quivalent, which is quite sad. Not to say how easy you guys can buy Adderall and other psychoactive drugs. But in my country there is no tradition of going to the psychology/psychiatrist and some people who really could benefit from their help, including meds when necessary, do not do, or do it quite late and after an unnecessary suffering (not talking about extreme cases of course, but moderated ones).

    Abuse (and unjustified use) is bad, but they're useful and they exist for a reason. Although I understand your metaphoric use, many "herbs" and "natural/alternative treatments" are true snake oil (placebo for dumb newagers). Proper working meds are not. American children could be overdiagnosed as ADHD but sure some of them have it and would require a treatment (not necessarily med but also, depending on the case).

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    Quote Originally Posted by MensSuperMateriam View Post

    In some countries like USA it seems as soon as a child does not conform to the social norm is diagnosed as ADHD sufferer and gets Ritalin or quivalent, which is quite sad. Not to say how easy you guys can buy Adderall and other psychoactive drugs. But in my country there is no tradition of going to the psychology/psychiatrist and some people who really could benefit from their help, including meds when necessary, do not do, or do it quite late and after an unnecessary suffering (not talking about extreme cases of course, but moderated ones).

    Abuse (and unjustified use) is bad, but they're useful and they exist for a reason. Although I understand your metaphoric use, many "herbs" and "natural/alternative treatments" are true snake oil (placebo for dumb newagers). Proper working meds are not. American children could be overdiagnosed as ADHD but sure some of them have it and would require a treatment (not necessarily med but also, depending on the case).
    I'm not qualified to speak on psychiatric situation in Spain. However, over here in the US, if you crack open the DSM, you're likely to see how just about everybody qualifies as having some sort of disorder. It goes beyond just kids getting misdiagnosed with ADHD.One of the types of depression is called "seasonal affective disorder", which just means you get a little more gloomy in the winter, I mean, Christ, you want to medicate for that?

    The brain isn't just like some broken bone you can set a shin splint for. I know your a hardcore materialist, so any notion of the human being doesn't come from the "soul" or any of that bullcrap, but from this very sensitive organ. I can tell blood/brain barrier tectonic personality shifts just from small stuff like a mental haziness that comes from just over-the-counter allergy medications to an increase in aggressiveness as I increase my resting testosterone/muscle mass. You could fry the individual out trying to eradicate these "illnesses". Let's not forget we're only half a century out from maiming people with icepicks and turning them into vegetables was considered "proper working" method.

    It hits close to home for me because I saw a close friend/intimate both on and off antidepressants. She did have bipolar disorder, and it was a problem. But on the antidepressants, her sense of taking pleasure in life was severely dulled. Not to mention her creativity and ingenuity were stymied. You read something like Touched By Fire, and you can see how very thin the line is between genius and madness. How many works of creative genius would have been obliterated throughout history by these medications' muting effects? Lincoln suffered from depression as well, but one has to wonder if it had been nuked away, if he would have had the same emotional conviction necessary to be the great leader that he was.

    This is a serious philosophical quandary in my mind, not something to be sneezed at. I'm not saying people should never go to the psychiatrist. Far from it. (Obviously if I'm on these forums I'm at least somewhat sympathetic to the goals of psychology). But I'm just trying to keep it real, and not let the other side of the coin be forgotten.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whoobie77 View Post
    It hits close to home for me because I saw a close friend/intimate both on and off antidepressants. She did have bipolar disorder, and it was a problem. But on the antidepressants, her sense of taking pleasure in life was severely dulled. Not to mention her creativity and ingenuity were stymied. You read something like Touched By Fire, and you can see how very thin the line is between genius and madness. How many works of creative genius would have been obliterated throughout history by these medications' muting effects? Lincoln suffered from depression as well, but one has to wonder if it had been nuked away, if he would have had the same emotional conviction necessary to be the great leader that he was.
    The association between altered mental states and creativity is probably well known here. But when seriously unbalanced, the benefits from some meds could surpass the drawbacks. I'm not talking about society as the monster who forces people to behave in certain way, but the individual itself.

    You are speculating a bit, posting many "what if" but simultaneously suggesting a conclusion which in fact it could go in the opposite way. The results are not the same in every individual. In medicated bipolars, the pleasure of life is dulled because mood stabilizers (Lithium & similar) kill the mania phase, not antidepressants themselves which helps against the opposite state. But what if some bipolar goes so deep in mania that ends doing something really dangerous? What if the person sinks so much in the depression phase that suicidal thoughts could become more than an idea? Your friend could be specially creative by default, but not every bipolar person is. In fact, the average Joe is not Da Vinci, and focusing a bit could help to achieve success in certain tasks.

    By the way, depression is usually a limiting state, not like hyperactivity or mania which are stimulated phases. Depressed people usually (or even always) function much worse under it. So what if a non depressed Lincoln could have done much more than what he did? He would have had much more energy, which could have lead to more confidence, assertivity and determination. Maybe the Civil War could have ended much sooner, who knows...

    But I'm just trying to keep it real, and not let the other side of the coin be forgotten.

    I know you're a Deus Ex/Matrix fan. So just remember that not all mods are good mods, and don't swallow the blue pill (in this case, perhaps literally) without thinking it over first.
    Nobody is forgetting the other side, but focusing too much in compensating an unbalance could create another one.

    All you said are points that the patient should consider. But does painting a Mona Lisa (or not) compensate a potential life of suffering? For some individual maybe, but for some others maybe not. Just let's allow the individual to try an existence in both ways, weight the positive and negative, and make a free choice. It's as bad as forcing people to be and behave in certain way, as it is not offering the chance for changing if such person wants this.

    And by the way, you're forgetting the red pill is also a pill. Checkmate
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    Quote Originally Posted by MensSuperMateriam View Post
    Just let's allow the individual...weight the positive and negative, and make a free choice.
    Once again, I find us both striving for the same thing, just from different angles. I have no objection to this.



    Quote Originally Posted by MensSuperMateriam View Post
    And by the way, you're forgetting the red pill is also a pill. Checkmate
    But aren't they both just lines of code, in the end?

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    Walter - ILI-Te
    Jesse - SEE
    Gus - LIE-Ni
    Skyler - IEE-Fi?
    Walter White Jr. - EII-Ne?
    Jane - LII-Ne? (conflict seems unlikely, i see strong Ti-Ne though)
    Lydia - SLI???
    Saul - ILE-Ne
    Mike - LSI or SLI. Valued Se seems likely

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    I prefer game of thrones.

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    Stil on Breaking Bad, where is the Thread about Counterpart?

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    The school assembly scene, where Walt talks about plane crashes and related statistics/probabilities... in my opinion, this is more than enough information to quickly determine his type, or at least narrow down to 2 or 3.


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    Walt: Gamma Quadra, ILI-Ni, 5w6/3w4/1w9, sp/sx
    Jesse: Gamma Quadra, SEE-Se, 7w8/2w3/9w8, sx/so
    Gus: Gamma Quadra, LIE-Te, 1w9/6w5/3w4, sp/so
    Hank: Beta Quadra, SLE-Ti, 8w7/3w2/6w7, so/sp
    Marie: Alpha Quadra, ESE-Fe 2w3/8w7/7w6, so/sx
    Tucco: Beta Quadra, SLE-Se 8w7/7w8/3w4 , so/sp
    Saul: Alpha Quadra, LIE-Ne 7w8/3w2/5w6, so/sp
    Jesse's GF: Gamma Quadra, ESI-Fi 4w3/7w8/9w1 sx/sp
    Mike: Beta Quadra, LSI-Ti 8w9/5w6/4w3 sp/so
    Skylar- Alpha Quadra, ESE-Si 2w1/6w5/9w8 so/sx
    Steven- Beta Quadra, EIE-Fe 6w7/2w1/9w8 so/sp

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    I only watched the first season and it's been a while but...

    Walt: LSI-Ti
    Skyler: SEE-Fi
    Jesse: ILE

    ...is what I would say.

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    It's been a while but:
    Walt is clear cut ILI. He tolerates Jesse quite well. I think Jesse is SEE.
    Jesse's girl friend could be IEI.

    Saul ILE? Has quite a bit SEE elements in him. Maybe actor and writer is LIE.
    Skyler ESI?
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    Why ILI for Walt?

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    Yep, I think Odenkirk is LIE.



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    Saul's actor is LIE with enhanced amount of Ep-temperament.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viktor View Post
    Cuck science teacher Walt: LSI N
    Midlife crisis meth Walt: LSI C
    Insane imperialist Walt: LSI D

    Jesse: SEE C

    Saul: LIE C

    Hank: SLE D

    Marie: EIE N (I used to think ESI but you're totally right)

    Skyler: ESE D

    Mike: SLI N (this character doesn't make any sense)

    Tuco: SLE C (I wanna say D, but he's more insane than he's a leader. Compare him to Hank)

    Gus: ILI D

    Jesse's gf: IEI C

    That one woman that Mike drinks coffe with: IEI D
    On subtypes you have Walt to a pin indeed, but he never seemed to rise above "creative", both him and Gus became the same subtype - "creative". Despite Dominants being the "natural", or precisely "most inclined leader", creatives possess leadership credentials and they do lead with a different flavour from Dominants.

    Creatives leaders are more "flexible" but in reality it means they have a habit of going their own way - which negates their seemingly "less-conflict" inclined nature. Gustavo Fring demonstrated this with his reluctance to work with Don Eladio's Salamanca Cartel, whilst mutually intending to be very independent (which got the "Dominant" Cartel to kill Max his business associate).

    Dominant leaders are less "flexible" and just want to control everything - always begrudgingly entering truces when all else fails, only to sabotage this when its necessary. Dominants DON'T want take risks and always want to be in control; begrudgingly the take risks only when it helps them gain control.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viktor View Post
    I can agree with you that Walt never truly became a D, although he was heading in that direction. But Gus is D without a doubt, he has an entire network of businesses working like a clockwork. He might have been C at the time he visited Don Heladio, but not at the end. You have a good point about Cs being able to be leaders, I agree with that. I don't agree that Ds take risks, I think Cs take risks, and Ds avoid taking risks and instead make sure they always win by using a consistent strategy, Gulenko even says this
    Ds are reluctant to take risks you are right, that's my typo

    You have a point but it is complicated because Gus's "carefulness" was rational and not necessarily a reluctance to take "risks", given that he exploited dangerous business opportunities going into the drug business as well as expanding it with the likes of Walt creating/selling a higher quality product.

    To me if Gustavo was clearly a "D" he'd never had taken chances with Walt given his volatile nature (questionable judgement + winging it in the drug trade he'd gotten himself into), and instead worked a deal with Gale patiently and slowly till it worked given that he was much safer. However these are just speculations.

    This is speculation on my part because, rational actions and subtype motivations can be confusing to differentiate.
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    Walt ILI and Skyler ESE would make them conflictors.
    But I have seen only a few episodes of BB until now.

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    Walt could be LSI.
    He shows some power sensing in the show where he has planned out specific circumstances [not the lowest grade of but probably not so high.].

    [The thing with Breaking Bad is that Walt is a chemist. However he ended up doing chemical engineering later in show. Chemists rarely have any sort of chemical engineering background but maybe he worked at factory among chemical engineers but idk. I'd just hire chemical engineer for that factory stuff. Another thing was reagent glorifying which could possibly be circumvented via new synthesis routes without taking insane risks. Well the theme is very Ni/Se.]
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    Walter White -- ILI
    Skyler -- SEE
    Jesse Pinkman -- SLE
    Hank -- ILE
    Marie -- SEI
    Gus Fring -- ILI
    Mike Ehrmantraut -- LSI
    Drug recovery group counselor -- EII
    Hank's police chief -- LSI
    Jane -- SEI
    Andrea -- IEI or ESI
    Saul Goodman -- EIE
    Todd -- LIE
    Lydia -- SLI

    Vince Gilligan -- ILI
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    Finally got around to watching this and holy fuck what a show. One of the best I've ever seen. And I'm a tough critic.

    Walt ILI
    Jesse SEE
    Hank SLE
    Hanks wife idk some F
    Skylar LSI? Not sure here. Some IJ
    Gus EII?
    Tuco SLE
    Cartel Don LIE
    Flynn SEI?
    Caetel hitman cousins seem ESI or maybe 1 or both are lsi too
    Todd LIE
    Mike SLI or LSI. Leaning more LSI
    Gale LII?
    Saul ILE. No way on fe. Hes Te demo and Ti creative to the bone
    Crazy 8 EIE. the only EIE on the whole show. Walt took out his supervisor early lol. Almost got taken out by him first at his own soon to be game.
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