MBTI

[Vicki]

I'm using an ancient shell account at the moment, so please forgive my
lack of quoted material.

I've taken the Myers-Briggs a number of times and have always found it
fascinating and quite accurate, so I'm definitely into this discussion.  I
agree with those who said the results can change - while I am firmly an I
and firmly a J, the middle letters seem to change periodically.  And
strangely, it seems that both the I and the J are the most misunderstood
of the letters.

Others have explained I's well - and I too resemble your examples.:)  But
I don't think I agree with your thoughts on J's.  I see Harry and Ron as
P's and Hermione as a J.  J's have a need for order.  They plan and
schedule and have fits if their world is disturbed.  P's love spontanity
and change and are the type that would grab a toothbrush and fly to the
Bahamas at a moment's notice.  Considering how orderly Hermione likes her
life, and the fact that I can't see a P being able to use a time-turner in
a responsible manner, I really do think she's a J.  Of course, I am a lot
like Hermione, so I might be a bit biased there. ;)

Someone else mentioned partners and the Myers-Briggs, so I thought I'd
mention my little example.  Some time ago when I was young and stupid, I
got married.  This is not a comment on marriage in general, mind you,
simply that I was too young and stupid to pick someone who might actually
be good for me.  At any rate, part of our pre-marital counseling was to
take the Myers-Briggs and have them compared.  The one thing I strongly
recall being told was that as long as you shared 2 letters the
relationship would work well.  Of course, that was not true for me, but
then, my ex was strongly E and strongly P, and I was totally opposite on
those points, so I think that whatever we shared in the middle was simply
not enough to make up that deficit.  We won't go into the other mitigating
factors inherent there.;)

Vicki