ISTJ 5w6 Characters
To Stanley, nothing exists beyond what can be seen and experienced, and he makes most of his assumptions based on his long years of expertise in his field as a magician. He says all occult spiritualists are soon exposed, because they have the same kinds of tricks; and when he meets Sophie, he expects her to be using similar ones. It’s only when she has information about his loved ones, his past, his romantic relationships, his aunt’s secret affairs, etc., that he becomes a believer, because he can’t rationally explain away any of it—and Stanley embraces low Ne for the first time in his life. He considers that the afterlife might be real, souls might be real, spirits might be real, mediums might be real, God might be real… but inevitably, his fierce thinking logic kicks back in and he once again convinces himself that there’s no rational explanation for anything, and she is a “fraud!” Stanley is obnoxious in his insistence upon pointing out the facts and speaking harsh truths in any situation—Stanley often insults people, because he bluntly speaks the truth and has no social filter or skills. He can’t even propose without offending Sophie, because he feels obliged to point out how irrational the entire thing is. He’s gotten so used to not paying any attention to his feelings that it’s hard for him to make an “irrational” decision—to choose the woman he feels drawn toward, instead of the much more sensible choice of a woman of his intellectual depth who “isn’t prone to hysterics.”
Enneagram: 5w4
Stanley is a pretentious, know it all who thinks everyone else is an intellectual dullard compared to his lofty intellectualism. He takes great enjoyment in having deep ideas, but also tearing apart mundane “claptrap.” He thinks himself above most common folk, because of his propensity to be “completely rational.” It’s painful for him to admit that he has irrational feelings for Sophie, or to admit that being swept up in love is never “sensible”—his mind is telling him to love one woman, and his heart the other, but he never listens to his heart, and gets confused by the entire situation. For a time, he integrates toward 7 knowing Sophie—he abandons his nihilistic and depressive stance on the world being a place of misery and woe and embraces life, taking risks, smelling the proverbial flowers, and craving an idealized manner of belief in which everything is wonderful and there is life beyond death; in this state, he considers overturning his previous beliefs and even thinking God might exist… but it’s temporary before he lapses back into his self-grandiose thinking and his usual pomposity.
