ISFP 9w1 Characters
Hastings often reacts to situations with whatever he feels, regardless of whether or not his outburst is appropriate. He’s sensitive to people’s needs and feelings, but also out of touch with them and sometimes says whatever he thinks to Poirot, only to unintentionally insult him in the process. He is highly invested in his own interests and passions, and “bores” people with these facts; it shocks him when Poirot suggests that women may not care about cars as much as he does, or have any interest in hearing about them at length, because he’s not used to paying attention to what others are interested in. Hastings is the “legs” of the duo—up for anything and often highly active in doing things. He has a ton of sensory hobbies—driving his car (too fast), fixing his car, golfing, sailing big and small crafts, shooting skeet, hunting, etc. He chases down criminals, looks for tracks, and in one episode, breaks into a house with Poirot to find something. When the cops try to arrest them, Hastings throws himself out a window (breaking it) and runs away, leaving Poirot to wind up in the clink. He is much more literal than Poirot, and often shocked by his friend’s intuitive leaps, but does pose a few theories of his own from time to time. Hastings did rise up in the army and still cares about a few of those habits, but mostly his inferior Te shows in his bluntness.
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Where Poirot is uptight and driven, Hastings is laid back and unconcerned with most things, though he does pop in an “I say!” and a “Good lord!” now and again when shocked by some reprehensible bit of behavior. He mostly likes to spend his days at leisure, reading, drinking tea, or doing sensory activities, but can be motivated to get up and ‘at em’ with Poirot if necessary. Often, Hastings is rather offended by rude or boorish behavior; he finds it bad form to blackmail beautiful women or cheat on your spouse. These little flashes of super-ego reveal his 1 wing, which can feel rather indignant over immoral behavior or anything he doesn’t like the sound of, and is quite driven to see bad guys taken to task for their nefarious crimes. Overall, though, he rather tolerantly puts up with Poirot’s eccentricities and doesn’t take up much space other than to encourage him to go on occasional adventures.
