ISTJ 6w5 Characters

Scully prefers facts to conjecture and likes to gather all possible information about the case before speculating on it. She has an incredible ability to remember casework, medical information, and historical facts, which often come in handy on the job. Scully is aware of how hierarchies and institutions work, and comfortable finding a place inside them, to get the job done (Te). She always returns to her faith, which she was raised on, in times of crisis, and devotes herself post-FBI agent job to working in a hospital helping the daily needs of patients. They bring her in to close open case files, keep Mulder on track, and do research that relies on facts and offers evidence to support conclusions. This puts them at odds when Scully insists there are no facts to back up his hypothesis. She has little patience in indulging crazy theories for their own sake. Scully organizes trips, attends to filling out paperwork, and can keep a level head in a crisis. She retains a lot of factual information (this works with Si to some extent). She takes her work seriously and has a good sense of self; what she believes in, what she feels to be right, what morally offends her. Scully rarely imposes her ethics on anyone else or passes judgment on them, but whenever her ethics are violated, she staunchly defends them and has little empathy for those who hurt other people. She doesn’t much care what amateurs think of her, but she cares for the opinions of those people she admires most (colleagues, her boss, etc). She considers ideas only if there is some truth in them; Scully does not want to randomly spout conjecture at a crime scene. She gradually opens up to the idea that not everything has a logical explanation. She has a sixth sense about people attempting to deceive or manipulate her, but rarely knows exactly what is amiss for a while.

Enneagram: 6w5

Dana is “the skeptic” of the two of them, and always asking questions. She raises her brow and endlessly challenges Mulder’s concepts, because they are irrational and make no sense. At first, she rigidly adheres to “policy” when working with him, but gradually becomes more lenient and willing to break the rules or lie to her bosses to keep Mulder out of trouble. Scully often wants to go by the book, and to be cautious when investigating, but winds up chasing Mulder into the woods, having to defend herself with a gun, or sometimes being under attack by various supernatural entities. She is methodical in how she collects evidence, and also withdrawn in the sense that she doesn’t appear to have an active social life (at least, from the outside). Scully will often choose to go home and do her own thing, take a bath, recharge for the day, etc, rather than hang out with other people. She doesn’t easily share what she is thinking or talk about her own personal life (the 5’s adherence to ideas about privacy), but she does like to consult Mulder and ask him what he thinks (running ideas by him, in search of answers or external input). Sometimes, she becomes defensive about her knowledge and expertise, which shows her moving to her 3 line.