ISFP 4w3 Characters

Julie is very much all about staying true to her own feelings—she is a vegetarian in a world full of meat eaters, she hates football and doesn’t want anything to do with it, despite that being the only thing the school cares about. She also constantly pushes back against her parents, not wanting to do things just because they are expected, refusing to answer questions she does not like, and often as a teenager, flouncing off to her room and slamming the door rather than talk about what is going on. She keeps her disappointments and breakups from her mom, and feels more of a kinship with ESFP Tyra, whom she tries to impress. Julie is very inward in her emotions, and it’s hard for her to talk about her feelings other than through her inferior Te bluntness. She also loves to be doing things, trying things, going places, and trying things out. Julie gets a job as a lifeguard and enjoys it. She ditches a party to go to a bar and hear a friend play music, unconcerned with it being in a “bad” part of town. Her relationships are often motivated by impulse and how she feels (I like you, so let’s do this) and she’s quite flexible in adjusting to a new environment. Some of her choices, however, are short-sighted, such as getting involved with a married teacher in college. Julie does like to use Ni sometimes in having hunches about people or things, and uses it in a literary sense to explore the parallels between her father’s situation in town as the coach and the novel she is reading for class (Moby Dick). She often has good insights into people and knows they are trustworthy even if others judge them for their appearances (knowing Tyra is a good person, and that Matt has potential, even if she first had no interest in dating football players). Mostly her lower Te comes out in the force with which she expresses her opinions, removes herself from situations she does not like, and uses logic to back up her arguments.  

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Julie is not a well-written character, but does seem to prioritize her emotions the most, and struggle to be grateful for what she has, in favor of longing for what is absent from her life. When her mother has a baby, Julie hates it, because it means she has to act like a babysitter (and she does not want that, or anything to do with the kid, for a long time). Her father’s job is seen as a way to uproot her, when things are “finally” going well for her. When she is out shopping for colleges, she denies that she wanted any of this and blames her mother for “forcing” her to go to college, because she’s so upset about Matt leaving her. At first, she doesn’t like Matt because he seems basic and she has a bad attitude about football players, but he wins her over with how sweet he is to his grandma. Julie is often over-reactive and emotional, flouncing out of rooms and slamming doors, or ignoring her parents’ advice in favor of doing what she wants. But after her mom tells her to snap out of it on their trip, she buckles down and starts working hard to impress the college interviewer, in the hopes of having a brighter future. Julie wants to do well in school and has an assertive side, in that she pushes back against people to get her own way.