ESFP 8w7 Characters

Fanny is very much a socialite who wasted no time in the prison where her father got incarcerated for life; she left and became a dancer in a hall, where she entertains the flowers and presents of rich gentlemen and then goes out dancing and socializing every night. Fanny finds it hard to be bored and stuck in a life of leisure once she has money, and tells Fanny she wishes she could go back to dancing, since at least that was fun and interesting. She has no qualms about dancing in a dance hall, even though it’s not very ladylike, but is sensitive about being criticized for it, or insinuated that she’s not worth marrying. Fanny intends to skip out on her financial obligations; she says despite being broke, they can live in various hotels until they get kicked out for free, and rather than face the mob out for her papa-in-law’s blood, she’s going on a “moonlight flit.” Fanny is quite rude to Edmund (he tells Amy he doesn’t know if Fanny likes him, since she seems so mean to him sometimes) because she thinks he’s an idiot. She cares a lot about what people think about them, and rags on Amy a few times for making them all look bad in her tattered old dress, or for taking care of someone else. She’s quite sweet to her sister, in rare moments, as she brushes Amy’s hair and talks to her about love, the past, and their father. Fanny is fairly perceptive in picking up on emotional entanglements between other people; she thinks Mrs. General may become “their mama” and hates it, a fact Amy never thought was possible. She tolerates Mr. Sparkler for a bit, then tells him to get lost, then decides to marry him for the hell of it, because it seems useful. But her heart never comes into it. She makes rational decisions to get herself ahead in life, without really considering the emotional consequences of them. It seems logical to accept a bribe to stay away from Edmond, since why would she want to waste a financial opportunity and she loves to see his horrible mother cringe. She tells Amy she just might marry him “to spite her, and see the look on her face,” which she later does (it also gets her out from under Mrs. General’s thumb).

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Fanny is very reactive, and doesn’t care who her expressions offend. When Mrs. General tries to cultivate her into a “proper lady,” she flat out refuses, hands back fans, and admits that she would love to kick up her legs in that old crank’s face, just to see the way she reacts to it. She enjoys gaining power over her mother-in-law, and considers marrying that “fool” of a husband she later has, just to irritate the woman. Fanny likes it when she has the upper hand, after they’re forced into a “moonlight flit,” because now she has the purse strings, and the old biddy can’t humiliate her anymore. She is often quarrelsome and vindictive, harsh in her judgments (she tells Amy to her face that she’s not to visit in the evenings, as you “Cramp my style” and most definitely not to bring her mentally defective friend, also known as “that creature”), and critical of her sister “bringing us all down,” but also has a tender side that surfaces in rare moments with Amy. Fanny tries to be a good sister, and gets upset when others grouch at her on Amy’s behalf. She assures Amy that she can stay with them in London, after her father and uncle dies (but being emotions-repressed, she rather quickly starts thinking about all the fun things this will mean missing out on, like the new gowns she had ordered, since she’ll be “forced” to wear black for months). Fanny says it’s intolerable and boring to be a lady, since you can’t do anything all day long. She likes to enjoy herself and is unapologetic about her delight in expensive things, parties, dresses, and trips. (“I can’t believe he killed himself, and with our mother of pearl penknife, too!”).