SP - CREATORS (27%)
Here are the four types in this group (with fictional examples). There are three Creators in Song of Scarabaeus.
ESTP - The Persuader (4%)
Entertaining, spontaneous and enthusiastic with a live-for-the-moment lifestyle, the Persuader (also called the Promoter-Executor) is
the most common movie character you'll find because of his natural charisma and because he's a doer. He's athletic and competitive and gets a rush from risk-taking activities. He thinks on his feet and loves the challenge of selling and negotiating - you'll find him in sales and marketing and entrepreneurial ventures, as well as in detective police work and even tech support. He's straightforward, the ultimate realist, and gets things done - focusing on immediate results while theories and conceptual explanations bore him. He has an appetite for the finer things in life.
This is the guy who always says the right thing in social situations, although he can be a little insensitive with his humor. And he's generous to boot. He wins over everyone and dominates the scene. Everyone loves him - or loves to hate him. He's drawn to people he can have fun with, and has a knack for reading nonverbal cues and anticipating what others will do and say - yet he's not great at expressing his own feelings and finds it hard to commit.
Taken to the extreme, he may have an antisocial personality disorder, becoming violent, disregarding safety, lying, stealing, and violating the rights of others.
This type makes a great "get up and go" hero in fiction. He's James Bond and Bender rolled into one! Zeke from Song of Scarabaeus is a Persuader. He's entertaining, straight-forward, and will try to lure you into his risk-taking ventures.
Example of Persuader: Captain Jack from Torchwood
This type makes a great "get up and go" hero in fiction. He's James Bond and Bender rolled into one! Zeke from Song of Scarabaeus is a Persuader. He's entertaining, straight-forward, and will try to lure you into his risk-taking ventures.
Example of Persuader: Captain Jack from Torchwood
ESFP - The Entertainer (9%)
The Entertainer (or Motivator-Presenter) is artistic and creative, but with a practical and realistic approach. She craves the spotlight and has a constant need for new experiences. She's people-oriented and loves to create positive experiences for everyone around her. She needs freedom and flexibility, not rules, and she strives to do her best, expecting the same from others. She learns new skills by doing, not by reading theory, and she's not the best critical thinker. In fact she can be irresponsible and unproductive, living only for the moment, more concerned with enjoying herself than accomplishing a task.
Exuberant by nature, others find charming and warm and caring, if a bit vain and attention-seeking at times. She loves life, people, and material comforts, and can lighten the mood with a joke. This is the happiest type - she doesn't worry and she knows how to have fun. The opposite sex find her very attractive and she's likely to develop satisfying intimate relationships.
On the extreme negative side, she's prone to unstable moods, volatile relationships and risky or impulsive behavior. She doesn't take criticism well, becoming overly sensitive to what others say.
The entertainer could be an interesting fictional hero, perhaps too flighty, in fact the typical “dumb blonde” – unproductive probably isn't a word you want assigned to your main character – but she’s great if you’re looking for a wild child. Maybe the hero's best friend?
She is, of course, Cat Lancer from Song of Scarabaeus. Cat lives only to fly, likes to be the center of attention, ignores the rules, and attracts men like a magnet. She's also a bit unstable and impulsive, switching allegiances when it suits her.
Example of Entertainer: Buffy
The entertainer could be an interesting fictional hero, perhaps too flighty, in fact the typical “dumb blonde” – unproductive probably isn't a word you want assigned to your main character – but she’s great if you’re looking for a wild child. Maybe the hero's best friend?
She is, of course, Cat Lancer from Song of Scarabaeus. Cat lives only to fly, likes to be the center of attention, ignores the rules, and attracts men like a magnet. She's also a bit unstable and impulsive, switching allegiances when it suits her.
Example of Entertainer: Buffy
ISTP - The Craftsman (5%)
The Craftsman (or Analyzer-Operator) is the guy you want around after the apocalypse. With his survival skills and mastery of tools, he can fix anything with his mechanically-inclined mind and practical skills. Although he's fearless and will try anything once, in general he's a quiet observer of life until a problem arises - then he analyzes the situation and acts quickly to make everything work again. He oozes common sense, tolerance and efficiency. He does have trouble with abstract concepts, is disrespectful of authority, and tends to suppress his anger in times of stress rather than finding a better coping mechanism.
He has a positive outlook, balancing home and work life well. He enjoys uncomplicated people, says what he means, and handles conflict well. Give him personal space in a relationship because he feels trapped easily. He's not very affectionate or emotional and shies away from emotionally charged situations.
The extreme type can be antisocial, leading to violence and crime, or paranoid, leading to emotional detachment.
This is the most common literary character and for obvious reasons. Bad things happen in stories, and this is the guy who lives to tell the tale. In Song of Scarabaeus it's Finn - he's competence on a stick. And a bit slow with the romance angle.
Example of Craftsman: Han Solo
This is the most common literary character and for obvious reasons. Bad things happen in stories, and this is the guy who lives to tell the tale. In Song of Scarabaeus it's Finn - he's competence on a stick. And a bit slow with the romance angle.
Example of Craftsman: Han Solo
ISFP - The Artist (9%)
The Artist (or Composer-Producer) seeks beauty and peace, and is driven by her inner values. She's cooperative and agreeable, and likes her own space. She's happiest when she's expressing herself through creativity, and enjoys helping others and making a contribution. She lives in the present, dislikes long-term planning, and isn't great with logic. She copes with stress by avoiding it, or by suppressing her emotions.
Friends find her warm, kind and loyal. She sees much but shares little and is quite hard to get to know. She dislikes conflict and is offended by domineering or insensitive people. In relationships she seeks a balance between closeness and independence. She's affectionate once she feels comfortable, and shows she cares by being helpful rather than talking about it.
At the extreme end of the spectrum, she shows avoidant behavior - becoming painfully shy, timid and sensitive, with feelings of inadequacy.
She's a gooey sort of character, perhaps best suited to the dithery sister. I'm not sure how you could make her into the villain.
Example of Artist: Jane from Pride & Prejudice
She's a gooey sort of character, perhaps best suited to the dithery sister. I'm not sure how you could make her into the villain.
Example of Artist: Jane from Pride & Prejudice
2 comments:
Cat Lancer's my fave character from your books! She just does her own thing. She has the negative Entertainer qualities too but that's why she's cool! Despite what you say I think she'd make a great main character.
Is she supposed to be African American? Just wondering.
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