INFJ 5w6 Characters

Wendy is an educator on highly philosophic and psychological stuff, until the FBI recruits her to develop a program that identifies serial killers; she sees the potential in this, and immediately transfers, but then becomes upset due to the small minds of the higher-ups, and her coworkers not going by the careful questions she came up with. She insists they must be able to quantify the results and make something of them, to see all the pattens that play out across serial killers, and they can’t do that unless they follow the formula. Similarly, when in the field, she struggles to go off book, because she had in her mind that this should go a certain way and can’t adapt mentally quickly when it goes wrong. She can be soft and tolerant, seeing the greater good for their work, and going out of her way to ensure that others aren’t upset with her. She is aware of social norms and apologetic if she violates them, also has moral judgments to share about the manner and method of Holden gathering evidence, and is very concerned about his mental state and his potential psychotic break if he isn’t watched carefully. But she is also analytical, wanting to understand and gather and create a new framework of understanding based on what they learn from psychopaths. Wendy shows very little inferior Se, other than in her awkwardness in intense environments; she usually sits on the sidelines and avoids too much social interaction, loud music, etc.

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Wendy struggles to be anywhere but in her head and to in any way adapt to her environment; when in an interview with a serial killer, it all starts going wrong since he rejects all the questions she came up with and refuses to answer them. She sits there, dialed out and just staring at him, until one of his statements clicks and starts her on a line of interrogation; then she becomes more interested and animated, since she can reach him on a mental level. It annoys her when others aren’t following her train of thought, or when they fail to bring “original” thinking to the table. But she is also disconnected from her emotions; she asks her girlfriend to move in with her, and says she can have the guest room, then is startled and confused when the woman gets offended by this and says she’d rather live with her because Wendy wants her to. Wendy blinks at her, and then says she doesn’t know what the other person wants from her; “I want you to want me to move in with you because you want me there!” She has no answer to this, because it means being in touch with her feelings, and she’s not. It’s hard to rattle her, and she is pretty distant, reserved, and competent, but her 6 wing shows in how she doesn’t want authority figures too upset with her. She apologizes when necessary, and says she’s sorry for causing others embarrassment. She also admits that she was “desperate for the approval” of her teacher/lover in a way that now makes her embarrassed.