#Bioshock Rosalind Lutece MBTI

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BioShock Infinite MBTI and Enneagram — Rosalind Lutece and Robert Lutece Rosalind Lutece and Robert Lutece are the same character but from parallel worlds. They play the part of a monumental role within BioShock Infinite and the DLC Burial at Sea. Their influence caused all the actions within Columbia and Rapture to occur the way they did. But how? We’ll be exploring that within Rosalind and Robert’s first function. Dominant Function: Introverted Thinking Rosalind and Robert are exceptional examples of TI dominant users. They’re objective, analytical and often rely on subjective logic when investigating and experimenting. We’ll be seeing those traits within the story of the Lutece twins. Originally there was no Robert Lutece, it was only Rosalind. Her birth-date and location are unknown, but what was known is that Comstock encountered Rosalind and took an interest in her research. She was experimenting with atoms. He made a deal with her; he promised to fund her research if she could make his city float. Rosalind took the deal, and sometime later after much experimentation, she could indefinitely suspend an atom in midair. This is where we see her use her TI function. She remarks If she could suspend an atom in the air then why not an apple and if that floats why not a city? She calls it the “Lutece Field”. Her reasoning completely makes sense she’s suggesting if an atom can be suspended then you could suspend anything made of atoms like a city. Her plan succeeds, and she continues to experiment with her Lutece Field, which leads her to another version of herself who is called Robert. She reaches out to him and he to her by manipulating a pair of quantum entangled atoms. This allowed them to communicate across space-time barriers through Morse code. Rosalind immediately reported her findings to Comstock, and he helped her build a device that could access other realities via tears. After she succeeded, she met Robert. They both then became agents for Comstock who believed he needed an heir of his blood to rule Columbia long term. Both Luteces suggested he steal Booker DeWitt’s child because technically they’re the “same” person thus share the same child. This resulted in Anna being sold to Robert Lutece and given to Comstock, who later named her Elizabeth. Soon after, Comstock sent Jeremiah Fink to kill the Lutece twins. During that time Rosalind and Robert we’re conducting further experiments within their tears and foresaw the future. They saw how Comstock would brainwash Elizabeth into destroying New York. Realizing they made a mistake, the Luteces formulated a plot using their auxiliary function to bring Robert’s universe version of Booker to Comstock’s universe to stop him. This experiment ran for a long time, causing both the twins to run further experiments on their alternate versions of Booker DeWitt. Which will be seen within their auxiliary function. Auxiliary Function: Extroverted Intuition The Luteces present themselves as exaggerated stereotypical NE users, almost to where you’d think it was their dominant function. Let’s look at some traits they share in relation to Extroverted Intuition. They’re brainstormers, scatter-brained, possibility-driven, indecisive, potential-driven, contradicting, and always looking for hidden patterns and meanings behind ideas and people even if it leads to nowhere. We can see this within all the experiments they’ve taken on all the Bookers they’ve encountered. Such as the time they tested Elizabeth and Booker with irrelevant trivia such as heads or tails when flipping a coin or what choker do you like better? The bird or the cage? They do this to compete against each other and for fun. Robert always wins these challenges. Which causes Rosalind to come up with more challenges, it’s really a vicious circle of NE overdrive. This leads to their hypothetical arguments which can be seen in a game, such as the time our protagonists were on a gondola towards the Grand Central Depot. The Lutece twins were debating whether they told each other they knew Booker and Elizabeth would be there in that moment while also debating about the semantics of words that haven’t been created yet. They can also be seen using NE reasoning to help Booker and Elizabeth. Here are 2 examples. When Booker and Elizabeth find a dead Chen Lin the Luteces helped them realize that just because Chen Lin is dead in this universe doesn’t mean he can’t be alive in others, therefore they should try others to achieve their goals. The second example has the most profound effect on the story and it’s ending. The Lutece twins played the Songbird melody to prove to Elizabeth that it isn’t the song that calls the Songbird but rather the song and the proper instrument. This information would be used by Elizabeth at the end of the game to control the Songbird during the final battle and to destroy the siphon. This action granted Elizabeth her powers and allowed her to stop Comstock from being born and killing the last remaining Comstock. In turn, fixing the timeline, the Lutece twins accidentally caused when they reunited. Tertiary Function: Introverted Sensing Even though the Lutece Twins are the same personality type, there are slight deviations between both of them and we can see it within the SI function. For Robert, it’s that he’s unhappy being split within different universes, he has the urge to leave his mark on the world and wants to return to being the way he was. This is common with SI types they’re the most nostalgic types and often prefer to be in environments they are comfortable within. Rosalind also considers this since she cares about her brother and thinks maybe starting life in Columbia again could rebirth new life since they’d forget everything they know. Keep in mind she can start a life anywhere but chooses Columbia, a place she knows and is comfortable within. The best example of their SI usage can be seen after Booker and Elizabeth first defeat Lady Comstock. To explain the situation, the Luteces mention that Lady Comstock exists across time just like them and her problem is she perceives being both dead and alive. That explanation was a projection from Robert who was stuck in the same situation for a while, Rosalind helped him get out of that situation thus understands it. Sadly, we lack another example. Instead, we can see traits of what an underdeveloped SI function looks like. The Luteces both don’t exist in reality, they are constantly scatter-brained and thinking up alternative theories and possibilities. In no way are they grounded or realistic, which makes them seem otherworldly or even alien to anyone normal. If we could observe any SI trait with the Lutece twins, it would be the nostalgia of their respected pasts, their great attention to detail, and their memory. Inferior Function: Extroverted Feeling The biggest difference between the Rosalind and Robert can be seen within this function. Rosalind is more of a sociopathic character who’s driven by her own experimentation and doesn’t really care for the consequences of these experiments. Since it’s all about learning for her. While Robert is much more moralistic and believes that Booker, Elizabeth, and New York shouldn’t have to suffer because of his actions and his sister’s experimentation. This is an indicator of a developed FE function. Robert is also the twin that first engages with Booker and Elizabeth. He equally has fun messing with them and helping them. But overall the Lutece twins prefer relying on their dominant TI and their auxiliary NE when dealing with situations that make them seem calculating and whimsical at the same time. Here’s a bonus example of Robert’s FE usage according to the BioShock Wiki. In the DLC Burial at Sea if Elizabeth “dies” the  Lutece’s can be heard discussing the death. Robert often stays positive while Rosalind stays apathetic. Here’s are two their conversations. Robert: "You give her no credit for good intention?" Rosalind: "The Universe does not grade on a curve. It's strictly pass/fail." Robert: "One must give her an "A" for effort…" Rosalind: "But an "F" on results." https://youtu.be/6bLkDrX_wIc

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BioShock Infinite MBTI and Enneagram — Zachery Hale Comstock Zachery Hale Comstock is the Main Antagonist of BioShock Infinite and the Secondary Protagonist/Antagonist of BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea. Since he’s part of two multi-verses so we’ll be segmenting this analysis into 2 parts. BioShock Infinite: The Main Story. Burial at Sea Comstock: This takes place after the events of Bioshock Infinite and concludes Comstock’s story. Dominant Function: Extroverted Feeling Our baddie Zachery Hale Comstock is a superb example of an unhealthy FE user. He’s a pathological liar and a master of manipulation. He was so charismatic and popular with the people that the United States government funded his creation of Columbia. This is where we see his influence explode. He created a party called The Founders and instilled the beliefs he gained from the culture below upon them. Before we proceed, keep in mind that America’s society in the late 19th century had vastly different views and values than today's American society. Some of the views revolved around elitism, militarism, white supremacy, and ultra-nationalism. Comstock being an unhealthy FE user took those values to heart and turned it up a notch. Even the Confederacy has nothing on this guy. Eventually, Comstock met Rosalind Lutece, and they both worked together for a while. He provided her income to fuel her research and experimentation. She made his city float Comstock knows how to strike a good deal! As time advanced Comstock gained more power and influence over his subjects, he proclaimed himself as The Prophet of their society. He used tears created by the Lutece machine and “predicted” the future to prove that he could see the future. His supporters concluded he could truly predict the future, and he against used that to his advantage and furthered his ambitions. A lot of this information can be found on the Wiki for Comstock and The Founders. Now we’ll be looking into Fe examples we can recognize within the game. The most obvious example is how Comstock can manipulate anyone into believing him by using emotional pitches. He often does this to both Booker and Elizabeth. Here are two examples. For Booker’s example Comstock had all his guards stand down because he wanted to deceive Booker into accepting that he’s an omnipotent prophet that knows everything about him, this does somewhat get under Booker’s skin. This tactic was designed to dishearten Booker by making him feel insignificant and powerless against the almighty being that is Zachery Comstock. For Elizabeth, he attempts to mislead her into believing that Booker is the false shepherd that would lead her astray and then he uses the siphon on her causing her to scream in pain while explaining that he does all this for love. This is a classic example of the manipulation tactic called “playing the victim” where the abuser pretends they’re the victim and that they don’t want to hurt the actual victim. Almost every action Comstock takes is driven by his overwhelming emotions. Even his desire to burn the Sodom below was because America disowned him after he opened fire on Chinese citizens during the Boxer Rebellion. Oh, this also caused him to promote Columbia as the only true America to further unite the people in by making them feel unique.   Auxiliary Function: Introverted Intuition Zachery Comstock may be a fake prophet, but man does he ever use his NI function effectively! I’ll be explaining this through a brief story about how Comstock was born. At 16 years old, Booker DeWitt felt regret for his actions at Wounded Knee and sought redemption through baptism. From that baptism, he was forever changed. He no longer was Booker DeWitt, for he was born anew in the blood of the lamb! After this event, he changed his name to Zachery Hale Comstock and his identity along with it. Comstock became infatuated with Christianity and wanted to share his beliefs with everyone, after all, it saved him from his sinful past. One day an angel named Columbia gave him a vision of a city that he would create for his followers. He named the city Columbia after the angel. According to the wiki, Comstock began to view the idea of America as “the New Eden,” and the Founding Fathers as prophets of God’s Great Plan. His vision was now set into motion he immediately turned the Founding Fathers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin into saints who would guide his citizens to righteousness. As time passed Comstock’s idea grew more and more radical. This caused disagreements with the American government leading to Columbia and Comstock being disowned by them. Comstock’s idea of America being “the New Eden” was challenged he then later claimed Columbia was the only “True America” and the true New Eden! Now that we know that information we can discuss NI examples that can be seen in the game. We can observe our first example in his action to murder Lady Annabelle Comstock and the Luteces. Our dastardly villain predicted that his wife would betray him by telling the citizens of Columbia that Elizabeth was not their daughter. To stop this from happening, he formulated a plot, murder Lady Comstock while her maid Daisy Fitzroy was working and blamed it on her. As for the Luteces, Comstock predicted, once they saw the future he wanted for Columbia they’d try to stop him. He was right. He sent Jeremiah Fink to sabotage their Lutece Device while both Rosalind Lutece and Robert Lutece were inside of it. This killed them, but also indirectly caused the Luteces to exist across all space and time…  We can see our second example in how Comstock changed history to make him and Columbia look like heroes while antagonizing minorities and individuals who fight for them such as Abraham Lincoln. He knows if history contradicts his actions people will see him as a fraud, therefore why not change history? Comstock is a clever man, I’ll give him that. Before we discuss our last example there is a downfall to using too much NI, this can be seen at the end of the game when Booker and Elizabeth meet Comstock face to face. He realizes that he planned everything for nothing. He should've just went to Elizabeth in person and convinced her to join his cause using charisma. Instead of waiting for Booker to rescue her and bring her to him. Sometimes the practical solution can be the most effective. Too much NI causes an individual to become delusional with their dreams and visions, which disconnects them from reality. Such as believing your city is the new Noah’s ark, and that it’s your duty to cleanse the Sodom below of sin through righteous fire because you were chosen by God! Yep… Speaking of setting the world on fire, our final NI example is exactly that. Comstock had a vision that Elizabeth would be the one to set the world below on fire and guess what? He was right. Too bad he also didn’t realize that Elizabeth would break out of her brainwashed state and save Booker from death to stop this all from happening. Still, he’s one hell of a prophet. Tertiary Function: Extroverted Sensing Zachery Hale Comstock does not shy away from this function, he embraces it and often enters FE-SE loops. He often uses this function when he’s manipulating others by reading their body language and using it against them. His Se function also manifests within his surroundings if anything Comstock is obsessed with the idea of beauty and tries to make everything he’s involved within look stunning such as his fake history museum exhibit within the Hall of Heroes. The design of the Columbia which he designed himself or the sheer beauty of his personal chambers. Fun fact we often observe this level of interest in beauty within INFJs and INTJs, which is fascinating. This is because the NI function absorbs information from the unconscious mind which makes them highly sensitive to beauty, be it visual, metaphorical, or otherwise. One of the most interesting in-game examples of his SE can be seen when Comstock presents himself in front of an armed Booker DeWitt and commands a nun to set herself on fire to slow down Booker from reaching Monument Island. He does this to mess with Booker because he knows Booker will survive the outcome, but he wants to see him struggle before he reaches Elizabeth. Inferior Function: Introverted Thinking ��Comstock neglects his TI function. This is because he has an extremely developed FE function. This causes him to not rationally think out solutions since his decisions are based on his emotions and morals. He believes the world should burn because America didn’t agree with his "righteous and pure” ideals and principles. This is because he truly believes he was chosen by God, therefore his reasoning must be just and true. If you disagree with it, then you are not worthy and will either be disposed of or humiliated. We can see his lack of TI in allowing Booker to meet him in person. Comstock knows Booker is dangerous and has killed everything he’s thrown at him, yet he assaults Elizabeth in front of him. What did he think would happen? Did he assume Booker would just allow him to harm Elizabeth in front of him without any consequences? No, instead Comstock thought he could use emotional manipulation to get what he wanted from the situation and relied on his vision that Elizabeth would serve his goals regardless of what happened. Truly a foolish way to die. Before we wrap up this analysis, we’ll be looking into the last example of his poor usage of the TI function. This example takes place in the Burial at Sea DLC. In an alternate universe where Comstock and Booker fought over Anna and instead of Comstock winning, he lost to Booker. Sadly Booker wasn’t able to pull away Anna from Comstock fast enough this caused the tear to decapitate her. Fun fact! For that to have happened the Luteces sent over 123 alternate Booker DeWitts to Comstock universes to stop Comstock from winning over Anna. In one of these universes, after losing Anna, Booker ended up becoming the leader of the Vox populi. This means both Comstock and Booker who are the same person waged wars on themselves. Man, I love this lore of this game! Anyway, back to our analysis. Comstock was mortified by the decapitation of Anna and instead of finding a rational way of dealing with the situation he decided he was done with it all and asked the Luteces to send him far away from his timeline. They obliged and sent him to Rapture. The effects of using a tear caused Comstock to forget who he was and returned him to being Booker DeWitt. However, that didn’t fix the core issue Comstock has shared through each multiverse version of himself. His goal is always to steal Booker’s child and if he couldn’t succeed that he’d get another child. That core issue would be his downfall, ignorance doesn’t fix our problems. Eventually, Elizabeth, filled with vengeance, hunted him down as he was masquerading as Booker DeWitt. She exploited his problem and made him realize who he was. After Comstock realized who he was, a Big Daddy impaled him with his drill. Thus ending his life. Elizabeth’s goal in breaking the circle succeeded. All because Comstock didn’t have enough introspection to deal with his problems in a logical and mature way. https://youtu.be/Dp3rHyO1kQw