Are there any fictional female INTP characters?

[Gabby21924]

I can only seem to find male INTP characters.

 

[del]

Temperance Brennan from Bones.

Maybe Juno, from the eponymous film.

 

[Spirit]

Brennan is an intj.

 

[Alias]

Some say Hermione from Harry Potter, but that's absurd. She's probably ISTJ. There's not many, you're right.

 

[Jennywocky]

http://intpforum.com/showthread.php?t=15355

 

[Nihilmatic]

Abigail Hobbs from Hannibal.

 

[Jennywocky]

^^ Not sure if that was just from the trauma she'd been through. But it's possible.

And of course, I really liked that character.

 

[Cognisant]

I reckon being traumatized is a pretty common INTP origin.

 

[Jennywocky]

I reckon being traumatized is a pretty common
INTP origin.

Meh. Are you saying INTP mindsets come from trauma?

And we're talking about your dad killing your mom in front of you with a knife, then stabbing you. That's not typical for INTPs.

i.e., she was obviously in emotional shock, detached, no longer looking inside the box at "the way things are" because in a world where fathers can be serial killers and butcher their own families, nothing is safe; etc. So the residual damage can contribute to someone's psyche in a way that can resemble INTP detachment.

But it's possible that Abigail's detachment preceded the attempt on her life by her father and the shock of those revelations. She seemed remarkably and casually level-headed and driven by thought.

 

[Yellow]

There may not be any female INTPs in popular or even more obscure fiction. There's no reason to have one. Until recently, women were only in stories because they were a) written by women, for women, or b) because a man in the story needed a current or former love interest. Otherwise, characters default to male.

We aren't typical love interests, and "quirky" means FP. Plus, books for women wouldn't include an INTP because we are not relateable. Our rare exceptions go to INTJs because they seem cooler on paper.

Very modern writing has been including women more, but honestly, INTP characters make more sense when written as men.

 

[Polaris]

I used to be addicted to the Nancy Drew books as a kid. She could be INTP, but I suspect she may be ENTJ though as she naturally assumes leadership. Her sidekick, George (Georgia) is a tomboy with shortish hair. She complements Nancy's sleuthing, but is quite accident prone and an outspoken, somewhat rude or blunt character in the earlier books. Although she seems to be doing a lot of sports, her clumsiness suggests that she may not be all that natural at it, but the sports the girls are doing are solitary or one-on-one such as tennis, horseriding, hiking or swimming. She may be an ISTP, but I can also imagine her as a developing INTP.

Although fictional typing is always going to be quite difficult unless the characters are very well developed and/or consistent in their habits/quirks.

"Today, Nancy's example is sounder than ever. She prefers detective work to shopping. She gets more excited about discovering clues than about dates with her boyfriend, Ned Nickerson. She has maintained her trademark slim silhouette over the decades, but has never been obsessed with her appearance. Her most powerful weapon for catching crooks is not a gun, but her wits."

``George is our resident electronic genius. She's not only a computer geek, and an ace at getting me information through the Internet, she's also an expert at rigging electronic equipment into the most incredibly handy tools.''

From the source.

 

[AniOmega]

athena? Maybe

 

[Pyropyro]

Maybe they're more associated with the bluestocking stereotype. These characters are highly educated but have the negative connotation of having a less than ideal fashion sense.

 

[ma(dy)ma(dx)]

13 from House?

 

[Architect]

Does it really matter? Some types seem more prone to gender roles than others, INTP's would be one of the less so I'd guess. I don't recall looking up to male characters because they were male. ISF types seem to be the most prone to this in my experience. Many an adult ISF male is has issues over their father-figure, or lack thereof *.

Note this is different from gender identification, which personally I've always had a strong connection with. But for role models I looked up more to my mother than father, in the sense of the kind of person I wanted to become (in a general sense, obviously we were quite different).

Spoiler

* When I'm out in public with my son we usually jape and goof off. And, given that he's looking like a twig off the old gnarled oak we frequently get some ISF type male wistfully telling me how great it is I have that relationship with him. A lot of these 50 guys had dads that ignored or beat them up.

 

[Yellow]

When I'm out in public with my son we usually jape and goof off. And, given that he's looking like a twig off the old gnarled oak we frequently get some ISF type male wistfully telling me how great it is I have that relationship with him.

I have an ISTP friend who is like that with his IxTP son (18). Clearly involved fatherhood so uncommon that I think it attracts most people's attention.

 

[Pizzabeak]

Ed from Cowboy Bebop is probably intp.

 

[Nihilmatic]

That architect girl from Inception.

 

[Neckbeard]

That chick who is with Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory.

 

[Jennywocky]

That architect girl from Inception.

Ariadne? Yeah, that's possible, although she's more of a role than a character: She's the voice of big-picture reason/self-examination. (Hence, she can get scanned as INTP.) She's guiding Cobb through the maze of his own psyche.

 

[Latte]

That chick who is Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory.

Spoiler

 

[Nihilmatic]

Ariadne? Yeah, that's possible, although she's more of a role than a character: She's the voice of big-picture reason/self-examination. (Hence, she can get scanned as INTP.) She's guiding Cobb through the maze of his own psyche.

Her character was an INTP.

 

[Jennywocky]

Her character was an INTP.

Maybe if you say it yet one more time, that will make you even more right?

 

[Nihilmatic]

Maybe if you say it yet one more time, that will make you even more right?

Her character was an INTP.

 

[Yellow]

Her character was an INTP.

Worst gaslighter ever.

 

[Seteleechete]

This was a fun one ended up going from anime to anime looking for these... It's as if every time I think of someone, I have to conclude it is a INTJ or ISTP... Some possible suggestions.

Matsu from sekirei.

CC from code geass.

Tabitha from familiar of zero.

Mayer from ergo proxy

Asogi Rin from Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi

Thought of a few more outside of anime

Arcueid Brunestud from tsukihime.

Kasumi Goto from mass effect

 

[Nihilmatic]

This was a fun one ended up going from anime to anime looking for these... It's as if every time I think of someone, I have to conclude it is a INTJ or ISTP... Some possible suggestions.

Matsu from sekirei.

CC from code geass.

Tabitha from familiar of zero.

Mayer from ergo proxy

Asogi Rin from Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi

Thought of a few more outside of anime

Arcueid Brunestud from tsukihime.

Kasumi Goto from mass effect

CC was a very well developed INFJ.

 

[Jennywocky]

Worst gaslighter ever.

It's just a little Jedi mind trick:
"These are the INTPs you are looking for."

Spoiler

As a side note, the main secondary characters in Inception aren't really full-fledged characters -- they're facets of the psyche/myth. Ariadne = wisdom/insight, Eames = imagination, Arthur = practical logic, Yusuf = Joseph = Dream magician. You can attach these to functions (Ti, Ne, Te maybe) but they don't really exist as full-fledged people. It's one reason behind the interpretation that Cobb himself is being Incepted, perhaps by his father-in-law, due to guilt over his wife's death, so that he'll come back home to his children -- they're all parts of Cobb's mind interacting.

 

[Yellow]

As a side note, the main secondary characters in Inception aren't really full-fledged characters -- they're facets of the psyche/myth. Ariadne = wisdom/insight, Eames = imagination, Arthur = practical logic, Yusuf = Joseph = Dream magician. You can attach these to functions (Ti, Ne, Te maybe) but they don't really exist as full-fledged people. It's one reason behind the interpretation that Cobb himself is being Incepted, perhaps by his father-in-law, due to guilt over his wife's death, so that he'll come back home to his children -- they're all parts of Cobb's mind interacting.

Your analysis makes me feel bad for giving the movie up as "so boring, I think it's affecting my health" about 30 minutes in. Maybe I'll give it another shot.

 

[Jennywocky]

Your analysis makes me feel bad for giving the movie up as "so boring, I think it's affecting my health" about 30 minutes in. Maybe I'll give it another shot.

LOL!

It's one of those movies that is both bad and good, kind of like Cloud Atlas. Criticism is typically justly warranted (he does do too much info dumping), but the way reality is played with, the multiple interpretations, and the types of catharsis that are reached can be affecting if you are into that. (For example, watching his hand with the wedding ring. Sometimes the ring is there; sometimes it is not. It's a signifier. lots of interesting stuff like that.)

 

[Yellow]

LOL!

It's one of those movies that is both bad and good, kind of like Cloud Atlas. Criticism is typically justly warranted (he does do too much info dumping), but the way reality is played with, the multiple interpretations, and the types of catharsis that are reached can be affecting if you are into that. (For example, watching his hand with the wedding ring. Sometimes the ring is there; sometimes it is not. It's a signifier. lots of interesting stuff like that.)

I've never heard of Cloud Atlas. I'm too out of the loop. STOP MAKING ME FEEL BAD ABOUT MYSELF!

 

[Jennywocky]

I've never heard of Cloud Atlas. I'm too out of the loop. STOP MAKING ME FEEL BAD ABOUT MYSELF!

I will ask the mods if we can change the title of this thread to "Shame Yellow."

Did you ever hear of Looper?
What about Bambi?

 

[Yellow]

I will ask the mods if we can change the title of this thread to "Shame Yellow."

Did you ever hear of Looper?
What about Bambi?

If we can make the split, I won't feel so about the derail at least.

No, I've never heard of Looper, but I have heard of Bambi. I've even watched most of it. So yay for the restoration of my pop-culutre related self-esteem!

And here I was thinking of calling off our wedding. I shouldn't have doubted you.

 

[Brontosaurie]

bambi is totally lame though. know cooler movies.

 

[Nihilmatic]

If we can the split, I won't feel so about the derail at least.

No, I've never heard of Looper, but I have heard of Bambi. I've even watched most of it. So yay for the restoration of my pop-culutre related self-esteem!

And here I was thinking of calling off our wedding. I shouldn't have doubted you.

I did the same thing with Dark knight, now its one of my favorite movies... I think Inception is like chess where all the entertainment occurs with the your own individual thinking process rather than everything being given to you.

 

[Ex-User (11125)]

Guys forget about inception and watch paprika

 

[Yellow]

Okay, well I've heard of and seen Dark Knight. I know we were supposed to love it because that Australian actor died, but I'm not really into Batman. Either way, that's one point on my side.

I've never heard of Paprika, which Google tells me is a movie, and not just a seasoning. But it looks like that movie is a cartoon. So I feel less shame for having missed it.

bambi is totally lame though. know cooler movies.

NOW YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL BAD ABOUT MYSELF! I'm telling Jenny...

 

[Latte]

I've never heard of Paprika, which Google tells me is a movie, and not just a seasoning. But it looks like that movie is a cartoon. So I feel less shame for having missed it.

It is a very unique movie. Nothing else I have come across has given a ride that is similar, feelwise. It's mature yet fantastical to almost ridiculous degrees in a very psychedelic manner.

Satoshi Kon's movies generally deal with quite heavy topics.

 

[Ex-User (9086)]

Satoshi Kon's movies generally deal with quite heavy topics.

The topics are normal/standard, but when compared to what the rest of anime deals with then yeah it could be called heavy.

NOW YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL BAD ABOUT MYSELF! I'm telling Jenny...

LOL. And I remember recommending you Satoshi Kon in the anime recommendation thread. Seems that one was ignored. So yeah, feel less bad for not watching a cartoon, heh.

About INTP characters.
They rarely deserve a place in the story. Maybe a reclusive witch that gives the protagonist a difficult/uncommon fetch quest. Maybe says a few smart things and then never appears again in the story. Episodic at best and INTP's would want to stay episodic, unless the story revolved around them and forced them to exist in a way.

 

[Yellow]

LOL. And I remember recommending you Satoshi Kon in the anime recommendation thread. Seems that one was ignored. So yeah, feel less bad for not watching a cartoon, heh.

I remember that, and In my defense, I don't really have access to it without spending money or breaking the law. Which is a lame excuse, but it's mine. But rest assured, if I run across Satoshi Kon like at the library or on youtube.. wait.. *runs and checks youtube* okay. No more excuses. Watching Paprika.

 

[Sinny91]

I think Hermione Granger (HP) is a potential INTP.
I think she borders of P/J, but leans towards P.
Only saying cuz I just finished the books again.

I think Buffy is an IXTP.
But between being the 'slayer' and just plain 'Buffy' there's also I/E conflict.

But in her slayer moments she does border INTP.
She's really not suited to the usual american culture, or gender roles, any Buffy fan can tell you that.

Apart from that... I'm stuck.
I suppose unless you are an INTP, you wouldn't be thinking much about writing one up.

 

[Seteleechete]

Hermoine is not an INTP. (I am personally leaning towards her being an ISTJ)

Really though just compare yourself to Hermoine.

 

[Sinny91]

R.e Granger:

I see a lot of N in her, she was deemed the greatest which of her age.
She usually gets through textbook tests by memorising the facts she wants to know, which is like what I do as an INTP. She uuses N to fill in the blanks.

Also, I get the P from the fact that her mind is just FULL of stuff, the curiosity never ends.
Heck, she had to time travel to take classes because she couldn't decide what she wanted to qualify in.
She also worries a lot and is always in self doubt.

I'll concede to a borerline S, but she is certainly a P.
She's not neat, an her appeaance has never been a driving factor for her.

Having said that tho, I've also been reading Fan Fic, somy waters may be lighted polluted.

 

[Seteleechete]

Hmm, I have also read a lot of fanfiction and certainly there she is often depicted as more INTP.

She is S, the by the book attitude of hers and the down to earth view (not to mention she is Te not Ti) Then again maybe she is more N in the later books? so long ago since I read those.

She can be spontaneous true but she seems to much prefer a structured environment and fits better with one. Mostly she is spontaneous rather than structured only when she has to be.

I also feel she is far to emotional to be an INTP and far to close minded for it. (she comes up with stuff but she doesn't question things and how they work).

Again in a lot of fanfiction I read she is depicted as far more INTPish(particularly the kind of fanfiction I like)

 

[Sinny91]

Ditto.. what sort are you reading, PM?

Okay, I'm willing to settle for IXTP in school, and INTP in fanfic.

What would you type Luna Lovegood?

I was thinking INXP. She amuses me.

 

[Brontosaurie]

R.e Granger:

I see a lot of N in her, she was deemed the greatest which of her age.
She usually gets through textbook tests by memorising the facts she wants to know, which is like what I do as an INTP. She uuses N to fill in the blanks.

Also, I get the P from the fact that her mind is just FULL of stuff, the curiosity never ends.
Heck, she had to time travel to take classes because she couldn't decide what she wanted to qualify in.
She also worries a lot and is always in self doubt.

I'll concede to a borerline S, but she is certainly a P.
She's not neat, an her appeaance has never been a driving factor for her.

Having said that tho, I've also been reading Fan Fic, somy waters may be lighted polluted.

type is about motivations and preferences, not capacities. you can write a character that does superhuman tactical observation, deduction, cold-reading, theoretical understanding or whatever skills. but the type is determined by what the character wants to happen, what it strives for, how it relates to other people. from what i remember (14 years since i read any of the books) hermione is a fairly "by the rules" person gravitating towards routine and protocol, authoritative knowledge, recognition and prestige etc. she is the most reluctant to question or explore out of the main cast trio. as a person and as a feature of the social dynamics she is an xSTJ to me. her IQ or special abilities or other aspects of base cognitive tool set don't matter. it's how she uses them and above all what she wishes to accomplish, what attracts her, what she fears.

as said i don't remember a lot from the books (couldn't reiterate the storyline beyond its basic premises) but i think i'm fairly perceptive of personality things. would you disagree with my description of her character and motivations?

 

[Sinny91]

And yet the Trio spent 7 years breaking all the rules in the proverbial book.
And running joke that Dumbledoor himself chuckled about.

Quite a contradiction dont you think?

 

[Brontosaurie]

And yet the Trio spent 7 years breaking all the rules in the proverbial book.
And running joke that Dumbledoor himself chuckled about.

Quite a contradiction dont you think?

would you disagree that hermione is, relatively, a conservative force beckoning the group of heroes to tread carefully and respect the status quo, only to then reluctantly get drawn into the spiral of dismantling evil forces and conspiracies etc? that she doesn't look for evil but boldly opposes it when she's been shown it beyond doubt? that she's elaborative and executive rather than receptive and critical? that she's quite stubborn and single-minded in an extroverted judging way?

my memory could betray me. that's why i'd like a straight answer. you might as well label all of them ENFP's or something going by your reasoning that they're all champion heroes. they must be understood in relation to each other and in terms of their apparent default assumptions and behavior etc.

i may have gotten it all backwards but i remember her as the one that gets kind of uncomfortable about the realization that evil might pervade the institution. and the one insisting on "you can't do that!"

maybe a lot of fanfic is idealizing hermione. unlike harry and ron, and like many readers (majority?), she's female - so it would be quite natural to see a tendency of projecting greatness on her. and in MBTI, N means greatness.

 

[Cherry Cola]

And yet the Trio spent 7 years breaking all the rules in the proverbial book.
And running joke that Dumbledoor himself chuckled about.

Quite a contradiction dont you think?

no, youre bullshitting, hermione spent most of those 7 years working her ass of to get good grades, adventure happened to come her way, get real

also the only reason you think she has intuition is because she isnt an utter retard like ron and harry but is actually capable of thinking, still an obvious SJ type, a rather well balanced one

 

[TheManBeyond]

indeed she's exactly like my sister ESTJ all the way