#my bestie is super emotionally intelligent and determined

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Love how Isabeau and Siffrin are just another version of two very smart people walking into the same room and leaving their brain cells at the door to just enjoy each other's company.

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Okay, so. My two current obsessions are Tokyo Ghoul and MBTI (personality psychology is my special interest!!) (I know there are more accurate ones out there but you can’t~ control ~the ~obsessions~)

(*Short (and OVERSIMPLIFIED) description on MBTI in case you don’t know it, if you do, you can just skip* MBTI is Myers Briggs Type Indicator, it consists of 16 personality types. Each personality type is a combination of four different letters first letter either I or E for introvert/extrovert, second letter either N or S for intuitive/sensing, third letter either T or F for thinking/feeling and last letter either P or J for perceiving/judging.)

So Hide is my favorite character (both in Tokyo Ghoul and in the universe) and i’ve been trying to figure out his personality type. I’ve heard people say ENFP, advocate (extrovert, intuitive, feeling, perceiving) and, as most people say, ENTP, debater (extrovert, intuitive, thinking, perceiving) and I really can’t figure it out and I have no idea what I see him as!

Lets start with the first letter, I/E. Hide is DEFINITELY an extrovert, showing in the way he is outgoing and comfortable in social situations, is the type of person for festivals and clubs, is generally a people person and, most importantly, seems to gain energy from social interaction like an extrovert rather than losing energy because of social interaction and needing alone time to recharge, like an introvert.

Second letter, N/S. I’d say N, no doubt in mind. Being intuitive is signified by creativity, a need to see a deeper meaning behind things, a tendency to be less realistic in thinking and being inclined towards unrealistic, hypothetical scenarios and philosophic ideas. (Like his weird ass hypothetical questions. We all know he would be the type to ask “would you still love me if a was a worm” and it would not surprise me if he already asked Kaneki that.) I think it fits him. I just know his brain is a bouncing ball of new ideas, hypotheticals and hidden meanings.

Fourth letter, P/J. (Heh, it’s like pj’s) He is 100% a perceiver. Spontaneity and impulsivity, flexibility and open mindedness, less organized of a brain (procrastinationnnnnn~) and preferring to go with the flow over planning. Sound like Hide, eh?

Now, this far we got EN_P, but is he T or F? ENTP or ENFP? I’d argue both personality types is a good fit but we gotta determine here.

On one hand, he has an extremely high emotional intelligence (at least according to me), acts more based on feelings (letting your bestie eat your face is not exactly a rational decision) and seems to be set on preserving the social harmony, which are all typical feeler traits. On the other hand, though, he has been shown to be pretty coolheaded and logical and doesn’t seem to show all that much remorse for manipulating, lying and sabotaging. To me, he gives off both vibes :/

This also opens another debate. Is Hide hyper-empathetic and overly kind or practically an amoral sociopath? I could honestly see both. Maybe something in the middle?

It’s incredibly difficult for me to place him! What do you think and how do you view him? (Can you guess my personality type? ;D)

ANONNNNN ANONNN I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. ANON I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

this is so fucking cool omg OKAY OKAY SO SO SO

i WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with all of this!!! so so so so. i 100% get why f vs t!! HOWEVER. after some thinking i can almost see hide fitting ever so slightly more as enfp!

entp would in no way be inaccurate either; he's really logical and honestly super super scarily smart in how he goes about stuff. but he's also SUUPER emotionally driven throughout the story

he uses his intelligence to go through with his plans, however all of their initial motivations point towards emotion! (aka...... well, kaneki. almost everything he does is solely for kaneki rather than his own benefit) id say he leans more towards being empathetic; even if he may not show it on the outside sometimes! that's kinda how he met kaneki in the first place :]

i just recently learned about the mbti test so my thoughts may not be super accurate but that's just what came to mind!!

also for fun (again warning ive only taken this test like once), i'm gonna guess infp :O