INFJ 9w1 Characters

Mulder devotes his entire life and most of his career to proving his singular theory about aliens. Each case ties back to his over-reaching belief system, which he feeds through a solitary existence in the country (no external stimulation, to stir his imagination, other than what he finds and fits into the greater whole). His intuitive leaps and conclusions may seem erratic, but often they are precise—baffling Scully, who as an inferior Ne, cannot always follow his thought process and must learn to trust his “gut hunches.” Once he decides to engage, Mulder can be friendly, affirming, and know how to appeal to someone’s emotions in order to get them to open up with him. He is fairly free in expressing his feelings and opinions. He finds it somewhat easy to read other people, and gets a sense of whether they are being truthful (he also uses Ni to discern this). Social expectations guide his moral system up to a point, but he’s more objective in terms of fairness than Scully—or his boss. Proof? What’s that? That is the missing factor bugging Scully… that his theories and ideas have nothing to back them up. Mulder is so delighted by the unknown that he enjoys not having a rational conclusion or proof when extraordinary things happen. He cares more about the intricacies of the case and understanding it than he does actually “solving” it in layman’s terms (open case files contain further mysteries yet to be explored). Once in a while, Mulder does something a little… um, ill-advised, that lands him in dangers that Scully has to get him out of, because he failed to acknowledge either the physical environment or his own bodily abilities. He can go “off track” and over-use his Se; becoming careless, impulsive, or reckless.

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Mulder, unlike the head type Scully, completely trusts his “gut instincts,” and seems to operate off a “philosopher of the universe” principle as he tries to make everything connected, all the time. 9s love to do this, and try to reconcile things into absolute harmony. But in contrast to her rigid skepticism, Mulder is open-minded about everything. Nothing seems off limits, nothing is too weird, it’s all okay to consider, and he’s either excited to encounter something that blows his mind or he’s not afraid of it, even when maybe he should be, because the world is such a fascinating place! He’s forever pushing Scully to just let everything in, to open her mind, to not have to fit everything into such neat boxes. He’s also withdrawn in that he handles problems himself and even goes into hiding for a while, as his stress point hits and he fears for his life. But he also has a sense of wanting to do what’s right for others that drives him.