Wednesday DE: There are nine types of people (apparently)

[angry_friendship_wolf]

We'll go with a simple one today, since a lot of people are travelling and this-that-and-everything-else.

Which of the nine Enneagram Personality Types best fits your pup?

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[skyhigh_seance]

Okay, I'm not sure about this answer, but here's my argument:

Klaus is a 2 (Giver/Helper). His basic desire is to be loved - when he actually gets that (and recognizes it), he literally becomes more powerful. He is prone to manipulating his way into and out of trouble, and the 'humility' bit is a bit too bang on the nose - you're not supposed to agree with God when she says she doesn't like you.

When he's stressed, he's practically entirely an 8 (Challenger/Protector), if often an not entirely effective one.

In the rare times we see him actually relaxed, he's such a damn romantic (4). Too bad those moments don't last long.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

At first I was going to say that Yamato is a 1 (Reformer/Perfectionist), and then I was going to say he was a 3 (Achiever/Performer), but I think I've settled on him being a 2 (Giver/Helper). Apparently some Enneagram models allow for a type to be modified by the types adjacent to it, so -- he's a Giver/Helper, heavily modified by Perfectionist and Achiever types.

Because he is pretty preoccupied with feeling useful to people, and he hates and struggles with feeling worthless, but those are largely because he conflates 'useful' with 'being loved' and 'worthless' with 'being unlovable.' Also, lbh, out of those three, his vice isn't Deceit, it's 100% Pride or Anger.

[have_no_mercy]

Tess is a 1. Resentment, perfection, hypocrisy, anger? Check, check, check and check.

Creed is an 8, heavy on the Challenger side.

Kylo is a 5 all the way.

[i_am_your_host]

This is faaaascinating.

I think Emcee is a 4, Individualist/Romantic. He wants nothing more than to be himself, and deep down he is still an idealist despite the world threatening his existence. He is definitely prone to melancholy and dark thoughts and fantasizing about ways to reinvent himself. As an entertainer, the worst thing for him is to be forgotten or dismissed. Though I don't think he's particularly envious, and he's actually quite emotional. However when he's stressed he does turn into a 2 (Helper/Giver), as in, how can I please you so that I can be happy, but that's also kind of his default mentality. When he's relaxed and in control, I can see him being somewhat of a 1 (Reformer/Perfectionist): if he has a plan, he wants it to A) benefit as many people as possible (goodness, integrity), and B) be as perfect as possible.

Cassidy is a close tie between 2 (Helper/Giver) and 7 (Enthusiast/Epicure). The basic fears, desires, and temptations are the same for him, and it's difficult to really say which ones are stronger, his need to be loved or his need for something more in an immortal life he never wanted. It kind of goes hand-in-hand. Because maybe love is the answer (or just something else he'll fuck up). He always wants more, to feel more, to experience more, just more out of everything, and he'll never be satisfied because he's already felt and done so much already. So gluttony is definitely his vice. Sobriety? I MAY LAUGH, but actually, there's truth to it: he's not bloodthirsty. He has learned how to curb his instinctual desire for blood, which is a kind of sobriety. And it's incredible of him to be that resistant, though he's channeled it into every other sort of terrible thing.

Pam is 8, Challenger/Protector. Like, all the way across the board. When stressed she becomes a 5 (Investigator/Observer), which is accurate, I think, as it attests to her coldness and detachment. Yet it says she becomes a 2 (Helper/Giver) when relaxed, which is funny until you realize it only applies to her relationship to Eric. She will do annnnyyyyythinnnngggg for Eric. His love gives her life and his rejection would devastate her.

[chanter1944]

I wish this particular personality indicator test thingie were more accessible, but evidently the visual format is pretty integral to this one's setup? Either way, I can't parse it. Boo. :(

[fairy_fixit]

I dunno, it's a Wikipedia article and the table below the diagram seemed to me to be the most important part. The rest of the article seems to imply that the diagram is thought by most to be nonsense, even among those who say enneagrams make all the sense.

I have no idea how well screenreaders handle tables of text though :C

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Somewhat late, but this one might be a little more accessible. It's a less table-y list of the different types.

plz excuse the non-milliways pup journal, this is cameo, i can't be bothered to switch accounts

[lonesome_moonflower]

Does it help to know TV Tropes has a page about this?

[fairy_fixit]

Amascut is closest to 8. Challenger/Protector, though protector is pretty far from what she does. She is a vengeful spirit that thinks only she knows the Truth with a capital T.

Fairy Fixit is 6. Loyalist/Loyal Skeptic, with 3. Achiever/Performer and 9. Peacemaker/Mediator coming pretty close.

[moisturewave_aesthetic]

Cirava reads as a 4 (Individualist/Romantic) to me, as a performance artist who puts themself out there to many but makes true friendships with only a few. Of their adjacencies they lean more towards a 3 (Achiever/Performer).

Bastion might be a particularly reserved 7 (Enthusiast/Epicure), although they fit the description of a 1 (Reformer/Perfectionist) almost as well. I'm using the diagram thingy to flesh this out a bit more, so that's also factoring in that they're more likely to behave like a combination of a 7 and a 1 when distressed than a combination of a 1 and a 4, and I think they're observant enough to take on aspects of a 5 (Investigator/Observer) when things are going well for them. And I think they're more like a 6 (Loyalist/Loyal Skeptic) than an 8 (Challenger/Protector) secondarily.

Wilson's a 5 (Investigator/Observer), although a more impulsive one than is typical. 'Replacing direct experience with concepts' is definitely a weakness of his. He seems more 4ish than 6ish.