
Originally Posted by
Narc
Being so-last could explain the rebel/recluse/lone wolf thing.
I'm starting to come around to the idea of Rust being LIE, purely on information elements. I think that's a big possibility and he's just closed for business on the social front. His daughter died and his wife left him. The Te and Ni are strong with him and easily noticeable.
The position of Se in ILIs and LIEs seems to be the difference between being getting trapped by inertia and not. Rust's definitely a doer rather than a thinker, even though he has the giant ledger and takes in lots of information. Se mobilising could provide the badassery that you see when he goes undercover, because it's powered by drive and necessity. He purposely doesn't have an impressive or powerful appearance, McConaughey was almost rail thin in the 1995 and 2002 portions with a tired looking face near constantly. You tend to not see him get his way with people, more like instead, they can't get their way with him because he doubles down. When he peels off from Marty or the office, he usually goes off to chase up witnesses away from the cops that might find issue with that brand of off-the-record investigating.
LIEs definitely aren't the type to bow and kiss the ring in the workplace unless they have to (at least from my inference and talking with a few others). Most of them seem to have a problem with the way things are done, especially when it comes to rules that restrict activity, so they tend to nod and then run off do their own thing if they can get away with it.