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Remember that scene in TLT in the train when our trio is on the way to Denver? And Percy literally laughs at the idea of Annabeth being a architect and then two seconds later makes her apologize to him over that comment she makes about Poseidon? And the way it makes it seem like Annabeth is the only one being nasty when they're both equally rude to each other throughout the entire first half of TLT?

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do you ever just,,,, miss a fictional character so much? bc that’s me with the og percy jackson trio rn

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Percy Jackson - ESTP?

I always see Percy being typed as an ESFP, and I don’t completely disagree with this typing, but I honestly have always seen Percy as more ESTP-ish. He just doesn’t seem to fit right for me and although I don’t think Percy really complies with ESTP stereotypes, the function stack makes more sense to me. IDK I haven’t been into the MBTI scene for too long, so feel free to tell me I’m an idiot (please also tell me why I’m an idiot though), but I just wanted to give my two cents.

(And by the way, I’m mostly basing this off Percy’s character in PJO, because some moments in HOO just feel way off to me).

Se dom: primarily aware of the external world and all its details. They act on present experience and concrete data to produce the desired results and let go of everything else--past experience and future consequences. Percy is hyper aware of his surroundings. It’s his job as the narrator to tell us what’s going on and the book even goes so far to stipulate that he has enhanced senses for battle. The most Se moment for me though is when they’re at the Lotus Hotel and he immediately spends his time bungee jumping into the lobby over and over again. Percy very much focuses on the present and fixing the problem in front of him, not worrying too much about the past or future consequences. Prime example, in my opinion, is Geryon’s ranch, where he’s so focused on saving Nico that he doesn’t care about their complicated history or the fact that if he fails to clean the stables, all of them would be turned over to the Titans.

Ti aux: Introverted thinkers seek consistency and logic in their internal framework to assist with solving problems. I have a feeling that this will be met with resistance. When he goes into battle, he almost always has a plan, he just doesn’t really take the time to explain it to the people around him, so it ends up looking like he took a dumb risk and got lucky. He comes to conclusions about things almost at the same time as Annabeth, and occasionally even before she does. From the very first book we are privy to his thought process and the way he thinks things through, barely relying on data and facts the way Annabeth does. I know most people will die on a hill for feeler Percy, but from my perspective, although he’s an intensely emotional person, he always prioritizes the most logical thing to do. Practically the only emotion that truly gets the better of him is anger. For example, when he captures Nereus, he asks a question about the monster Artemis was after instead of asking about Annabeth like he wanted to.

Fe tert: Fe is a decision-making preference that decides on action or on values based on the effect on other people or the influence of others. I’m going to admit, I’ve never really understood the Fi argument with Percy. The way I see it, he’s always made decisions with other people in mind, not with his own values and how he feels about a decision. Because his Fe is the tertiary function, he can be awkward at using it, especially when trying to comfort people, but I do believe that he develops his Fe a lot over the course of the series. He feels protective and loyal to people and at the end of the day just wants to do right by them. In TTC, when he has to ask Dionysus for help, his own value judgement won’t let him beg for someone to save them and would rather go down fighting, but he puts that aside to make sure Thalia wouldn’t have to relive her experience on Half-Blood Hill. (Also Thalia is also commonly typed as an ESTP and many characters in the series talk about how similar they are so food for thought?)

Ni inf: Introverted Intuition is an information-gathering process that focuses on patterns, perspectives, hidden meanings, and future implications. Percy doesn’t really have anything more than extremely vague plans for the future. Even throughout the books, he knows he’ll have to deal with Kronos at some point, but sort of just goes along with everything as it comes, deciding to just deal with the problem when it arrives. He has a bleak outlook on the future, and is generally quite pessimistic about it. When it comes to patterns and hidden meanings, he often turns to Annabeth, as we see at the beginning of TLO when he asks her about his dream about Rachel, or when he tells her about his dream of Kronos in TLT.

I’d love to discuss this with anyone. Like I said, I’m pretty new to trying to type fictional characters so debating this could be a cool way to not only understand typology better but also to unpack some of Percy’s complex character. I know Percy isn’t the typical ESTP Chad kind of guy, but I honestly think that stereotype is way too shallow. I just never really agreed with arguments for Si aux (ESFJ) and for Fi aux (ESFP), although I do get where those people are coming from.

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you ever see people surrounded by unhealthy food and piles of textbooks trying to stay awake.

that’s me