#I too am going feral about it

[darkcircles4lyfe]

Just me going feral over Type 8 Katsuki and Type 9 Izuku, who at their worst can be abusive but at their healthiest are perfectly balanced, you are a genius

(I love the enneagram, it’s the only personality test I ever took that made sense and helped me understand myself and those around me better)

AHH yessss!

Any type combo has the potential to be really well-balanced or unbalanced and "toxic," and with these fictional characters it's all up to personal interpretation how you type them,

BUT what's special to me about 8x9 bkdk is that these types appear to be such polar opposites on the surface, yet in the Enneagram chart they are right next to each other. This means they have the capacity to understand each other on a deeper level as they play off of and take on each others traits very freely. AND! This is the kicker! They're both in the same center! These are groups of three that share some common themes. 8, 9, and 1 are in the instinctive/body center, with the dominant emotion of anger, each dealing with it in their own way. It all fits very well into Izuku's whole "image of victory" thing.

It also speaks to the the earlier stages of their relationship, how an 8 can mistake a 9 for someone who ought to be beneath them, but then be surprised by how strong and resistant to control a 9 actually is. Meanwhile a 9 is still capable of great patience with an 8, and in seeing through their defenses, they admire and aspire to their level of energy. On top of that, the proximity and center of 8 and 9 also explain how their way of working things out has manifested in a lot of frustration/yelling/fighting combined with an inexplicable magnetism.