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Golden_eyes
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 Posted - 12 Aug 2020 : 22:29:05
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As I've been focusing more and more on my writing, I have found that getting into the nitty-gritty personality traits about characters to be very helpful to determine how they react in any given situation. There are a few different systems you can use, but I think one of the most beloved is the Myers Briggs system. Maybe some of have you heard of it? Actually, they even have articles that relate to character creation and how their system can be used. Give the free test a go:
www.16personalities.com
I love identifying the personalities of fictional characters. For example; 16personalities types some LOTR characters:
Analysts
Gandalf: INTJ - Architect
Diplomats
Galadriel: INFJ - Advocate
Aragorn: INFJ - Advocate
Frodo Baggins: INFP - Mediator
Arwen: INFP - Mediator
Sentinels
Samwise Gamgee: ISFJ - Defender
Explorers
Eowyn - ISFP - Adventurer
Peregrin Took: ESFP - Entertainer
Some Game of Thrones characters:
Analysts
Aemon Targaryen: INTP - Logician
Lord Varys: INTP - Logician
Petyr Baelish "Littlefinger": INTJ - Architect
Tywin Lannister: INTJ - Architect
Tyrion Lannister: ENTP - Debater
Diplomats
Jon Snow: INFJ - Advocate
Daenerys Targaryen: ENFJ - Protagonist
Sentinels
Eddard Stark: ISTJ - Logistician
Stannis Baratheon: ISTJ - Logistician
Catelyn Stark: ISFJ - Defender
Robb Stark: ESTJ - Executive
Sansa Stark: ESFJ - Consul
Cersei Lannister: ESFJ - Consul
Explorers
Arya Stark: ISTP - Virtuoso
Jamie Lannister: ESTP - Entrepreneur
Ygritte: ESFP - Entertainer
So now that you have some examples and may have taken the test yourself, try and type the DL characters. Here is the starting list:
Tanis
Laurana
Kitiara
Sturm
Tas
Flint
Caramon
Raistlin
Riverwind
Goldmoon
Lastly, feel free to mention your own type when you guess at the DL characters! |
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Golden_eyes
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Posted - 24 Feb 2022 : 16:54:19
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This must have been too cerebral, yes? lol. Writer's use these to craft their characters all the time now that it has become so popular. Although a mother/daughter combo had invented MBTI categorizations, it is actually based off the work of psychologist Carl Jung. Dragonlance characters were never created like this, but they were the avatars of real people who were playing D&D, right?
I think it's fun to link your own personality to fictional characters, especially Dragonlance characters  . This might make it more interesting for everyone lol--I'll go first: I'm an INFJ, so my fictional characters would include:
Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)
Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)
Aragorn (LoTR)
Galadriel (LoTR)
Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
Loki (Marvel)
Goldmoon (Dragonlance -- according to a Reddit post I found lol)
Actually, I do think that Goldmoon fits the INFJ type. As we know, she is a healer/advocate/saintly type character which coincides nicely with some of the real world examples such Martin Luther Kind and Mother Teresa. Carl Jung himself was said to be an INFJ as well.
Here is the Reddit list I found, do you think these are correct? And who do you line up with and do you agree?
Riverwind ISTJ
Goldmoon INFJ
Tanis INFP
Laurana ENFJ
Raistlin INTJ
Caramon ESFJ
Tika ESFJ
Fizban ENTP
Tasslehoff ESFP
Flint ISFJ
Sturm ISTJ
Kitiara ENTJ |
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