You are now the main character in an action movie

[Rixus]

What would happen?

Perhaps your identity has somehow been swapped with an international secret agent and you must complete his/her mission. Perhaps a loved one has been abducted and you must rescue them without involving the authorities. Perhaps you inadvertently came into possession of sensitive information or perhaps you find yourself embroiled in an international drug smuggling or human trafficking ring. However it happened, you are now the main character in your very own action movie.

INTP's are known for picking up a weird and wonderful array of knowledge and skills, so what skills do you have that will help you along the way? Remember that this is a movie, so the challenges will be tailored to allow for your particular set of skills to shine. So would your ex-military experience get you through gun fights? Would your martial arts mastery get you through hoards of ninja cronies? Would your epic parkour or skateboarding skills be required in complex chases through the city? Perhaps you'll need to hack your way through the security system? Perhaps with your wicked guitar riffs you can get in to the club by replacing a member of the band, or maybe you can mix a cocktail like a pro and disguise yourself as a bartender?

You can chose one sidekick you meet along the way. Excepting any superpowers, what kind of sidekick would desperately need? What about theme music? What music is blasting while you're kicking butt in whatever way suits you?

 

[TheManBeyond]

i would be a lazy guy sitting on a sofa, with a small table with a lamp next to me, the sofa would be overing from place to place, i would be just eating some snack and drinking cola, some peanuts falling on my stomach once a while, the enemy, villians will just explode when they come next to me. i will do nothing. i will move no hand. there will be a small distorted dark figure twisting its arms as if it was praying next to me, to my left, hovering, its eyes flashing, shifting times, pulling everything to its own will.
movie called: Illiteracy shall prevail.

soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=dUvAbZ3kkZI

 

[Cognisant]

I was the villian in an Avengers movie.

It didn't go well.

 

[nanook]

Do intriguing flamewars count as action?

Otherwise i ran out of action potential when i got over my teenage Tetsuo (akira) phase.
I could see "into the wild" or end time scenarios though.

 

[Polaris]

Action movies bore me to tears. I'd have to do something to stop the action, such as designing a system for reducing motivation and action; somehow this would involve remotely programmable microchips controlling parts of the prefrontal cortex in other humans

Oh wait.....

 

[nanook]

Brain controlling technology might help with this: Occasionally I find myself fantasizing about how i might act in the world, if i were entirely insensitive in the sense of being fearless and not having any goal in mind, meaning no hope or fear relative to that goal. The only directive would be being outspoken, intellectually honest, on all occasions, taking in all feedback that would ensue. Truth, as defined by thinking. It would be somewhat like a test run for pure TiNe, perhaps, but all Fe and Si removed. I would confront all the most daring hypotheses of me with the subjective "reality" of other people. The mind thinks that this would reveal my true self, as if I were just my thinking mind. It's a fairly shizoid / schizophrenic thriller fantasy i guess. But inspired by satsang, adyashanti talking about "truth" and such.

Anyhow, i am fairly certain acting like this would soon provoke much violent action against me.

 

[Artsu Tharaz]

Perhaps your identity has somehow been swapped with an international secret agent and you must complete his/her mission. Perhaps a loved one has been abducted and you must rescue them without involving the authorities.

Been there, done that. Let me tell you, it was focken skitz.

 

[onesteptwostep]

I would argue about the epistomology of typology and watch my enemies cut themselves out of misery- not because of boredom but out of pure dreading typological nihilism.

 

[Jennywocky]

So I guess you are suggesting we have to apply our current real-life skillset to the mission at hand... not the things we wish we could do?

 

[Rixus]

So I guess you are suggesting we have to apply our current real-life skillset to the mission at hand... not the things we wish we could do?

Yes, exactly Jenny. Where we like to joke that INTP's are basically lazy geniuses, most of us love to learn new things. So we've surely picked up an interesting array of possibly unusual skills. As expert problem solvers, shouldn't we be able to put these skills to practical use?

For example, being in pretty physically good shape and having a reasonable proficiency at martial arts I should be able to handle most cronies, but would likely struggle at boss level fights. I can handle a few different kinds of rifle but not a handgun as I've never used one. I have a bow and arrows I practice with that I could use, but with my cheap bow I doubt I could guarantee a torso shot on a stationary target from more than 50ft, so lord knows how useful that would be. I also could in theory make a Molotov cocktail, but have never tried it in practice, and can pick basic locks. I could probably get away with imitating a male stripper (it wouldn't be the first time that's happened).

But though I claim to know how to use a computer and solve most problems, hacking is certainly not a skill I've ever bothered with so not something I could utilise. I can't think of a lot of other abilities that would be of great use to me (aside from the basic driving and motorcycle abilities, that would probably come in handy I guess).

 

[Minuend]

Someone close to me was killed unfairly and I realize my misanthropic tendencies can be contained no longer. So I start my plan for genocide. I'm merciless and no emotional appeal reach me. All needs to die to correct the error of destroying one of the few positives in this world

I shamelessly stole this from the first 10mins of netflix' Castlevania. It was shit, don't watch it

 

[Jennywocky]

Yes, exactly Jenny. Where we like to joke that INTP's are basically lazy geniuses, most of us love to learn new things. So we've surely picked up an interesting array of possibly unusual skills. As expert problem solvers, shouldn't we be able to put these skills to practical use?

For example, being in pretty physically good shape and having a reasonable proficiency at martial arts I should be able to handle most cronies, but would likely struggle at boss level fights. I can handle a few different kinds of rifle but not a handgun as I've never used one. I have a bow and arrows I practice with that I could use, but with my cheap bow I doubt I could guarantee a torso shot on a stationary target from more than 50ft, so lord knows how useful that would be. I also could in theory make a Molotov cocktail, but have never tried it in practice, and can pick basic locks. I could probably get away with imitating a male stripper (it wouldn't be the first time that's happened).

But though I claim to know how to use a computer and solve most problems, hacking is certainly not a skill I've ever bothered with so not something I could utilise. I can't think of a lot of other abilities that would be of great use to me (aside from the basic driving and motorcycle abilities, that would probably come in handy I guess).

Personal Skills
- Google-stalk folks.
- Find relevant information online fast.
- Know a lot of crazy useless stuff from most genres... trivia queen.
- Can inflitrate MMOs and religious organizations.
- Social invisiblity, when I don't want to be noticed (I blend in and people don't seem to see me)
- Moonlight as a musician / band member (keys, other instruments) or lounge bar pianist.
- Good overview person -- can relay the basics of anything and can understand the basics of anything (and applications) on first run.
- Really good at observing/listening/sizing people up.
- Can pick up basic skills in anything quickly.
- Can ignore pain / just keep plugging away.
- Don't sleep much.
- Good reflexes.
- Can throw and hit things with good accuracy.
- Am good at making people think I empathize with them, regardless of true feelings
- Gud kummoonikatur and spelar.
- Can make anything into a joke.
　
I dunno about a single sidekick per se -- I would probably be decent at selecting and coordinating a team and steering them towards an objective, as well as crunching any data that comes back. So I'd need a (1) hardcore hacker/electronics person, (2) a thug / weapons master, (3) a greasy little physical infiltrator, and (4) a schmoozer/face/acquirer.

Does this make me George Peppard?

 

[Cogitant]

I'd be a private investigator; an unlikely protagonist...
Hunting for clues, slipping between shadows in the 3am streets...
Researching into occult and esoteric but somehow connected areas...
Creating perfect trap scenarios to stealthily extract information.

Thinking so hard that clairvoyance occurs...
Fighting mind - on - mind with symbolism and subtly...
Identifying patterns and spotting glitches...
Predicting thought...
Always staying one step ahead of the game...

-Fighting crime

 

[TheScornedReflex]

I'd just stumbled about and happen onto some important shit. Get a bunch of people being angry at me. I'd get angry back. Shit would go down where I inadvertently save the day (my day, fuck everyone else) without ever understanding what the fuck just happened and then get angry at the fact i dont understand shit. I'd then decide I need to calm down and go for a drink only to walk into part fucking two!

Fuck this shit. I'm angry just thinking about it.

Fucking edit cause I forgot some shit, didn't I?

Song would be Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit

 

[TheManBeyond]

I'd just stumbled about and happen onto some important shit. Get a bunch of people being angry at me. I'd get angry back. Shit would go down where I inadvertently save the day (my day, fuck everyone else) without ever understanding what the fuck just happened and then get angry at the fact i dont understand shit. I'd then decide I need to calm down and go for a drink only to walk into part fucking two!

Fuck this shit. I'm angry just thinking about it.

Fucking edit cause I forgot some shit, didn't I?

Song would be Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit

thank you for the vision of fred durst and his cheerleaders as cameos, my head also applies the mtv logo in the right upper corner

 

[TheScornedReflex]

Fuck off Christina