ESTP 9w8 Characters

Paxton at first is all about intense sensory impact—he’s into sports, and he likes to casually hook up with girls (“we’re both hot, so why not?”). He is famous for his “ragers” and for living a party lifestyle—but not always wise in realizing the longer-term impact of these decisions. When he returns to high school as a coach’s assistant, he continues to attend beer parties with his “students” (former friends) until a fellow college-graduated temp teacher points out that if anyone found out about fraternizing with underage kids drinking, he would get fired and blacklisted. Paxton sometimes has piercing insights into Devi and her psyche, but more often gets fixated on living his “best life” by over-indulging his sensing function. He doesn’t show a great deal of Ni until late in the series when he thinks about his future in a meaningful way. Paxton handles relationships like an immature thinker—he sees them as transactions in which two hot people hook up with each other, but he doesn’t have a clue about how to emotionally engage with a girl. He does not understand Dev’s feelings and doesn’t make much room for them, and has earned a reputation for breaking a lot of girls’s hearts by seeing their sexual encounters as “casual” when they thought there was something more meaningful involved. He also doesn’t see the point in volunteering for group anything or why he should take part, which does not endear him to the other teachers. And yet, he wants to be praised and to impress others, and assumes just by showing up and being “cool” that this will be “enough.” He comes most into his own when he helps a kid learn how to swim, and realizes that he has something to contribute to society meaningfully, thus figuring out his desired vocation in life.

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Paxton said he panicked and didn’t know what to do in a relationship, so he “ghosted” someone, a classic 9 move. He is smart but not ambitious, doing the bare minimum at school to get by, and once he reaches college, he’s totally overwhelmed by the class load and gives up completely. He comes back to school and takes a job as an assistant coach because it feels comfortable and familiar to him. Though he doesn’t like chaos, arguments, or drama, Paxton will get in people’s faces who upset the people he cares about. He doesn’t want to be bothered and doesn’t seem to want to stretch himself that much; Paxton never volunteers for anything as an assistant coach, and lets all the other teachers do the heavy lifting. He’s also so caught up in enjoying his life (a party atmosphere) he doesn’t think about the eventual potential consequences of it; if it feels good and seems fun, he likes to do it. Paxton isn’t above enforcing his will on others occasionally, and scaring students into respecting him by threatening to use his newfound position of power to “make your life miserable.”