Disney's Beauty and the Beast- Belle (ISFJ) [Retyping]

Taken from But We've Met Before, my Disney blog.

Introverted Sensing (Si): Though Belle says she wants excitement and adventure, she never actually does anything about it. She stays in town, performing the same routine every day: go into town, get books, read them, do some chores around the house. It bores her, but it's what she knows and is comfortable with. Later, she eventually falls into the same routines, reading, taking walks, feeding the birds; the only difference is she's doing them in a magic palace now! Everything she concludes about her stay in the enchanted castle, she knows from her fairy tale books. In "Something There", she muses over her feelings for the Beast that differ so greatly from what she has come to learn about him (well, he's BEEN a big, terrifying brute with a bad temper- why should I care about him so much now?).

Extroverted Feeling (Fe): Belle is well-mannered, very proper, and though she's not stimulated in her village, she never makes a big fuss. It bothers her a little to not fit in with her community. She thinks Gaston is boorish but never snaps at him, just politely engages with him, even when he damages her book. She is able to flatter Gaston to get rid of him, and similarly manipulates Lumiere and Cogsworth so she can sneak off to the West Wing. However, overall, she doesn't always express her deeper emotions (though she WILL assert herself when she needs to) if she thinks it will hurt others, and this almost cost the Beast his life. She doesn't always try to empathize with the other person (but still sometimes expects others to somehow just know how she feels).

Introverted Thinking (Ti): Belle is intellectually curious and greatly enjoys learning. She sees past appearances, which is why she is willing to stay with the Beast after all despite him frightening her. She knows that just because Gaston is handsome and popular doesn’t necessarily mean he is a kind person. The Beast, like Gaston, was rude and boorish to her, but she notices his kindness when he gives her a better room and then rescues her. Belle isn’t necessarily good at reading people, but she is good at analyzing situations. When she wants Gaston out of her house, she doesn’t tell him to go, but finds a way to him to the door and make him leave anyway. She is fascinated by the many secrets the enchanted castle might hold.

Extroverted Intuition (Ne): Belle is dreamy, yearning to escape her small-town boredom and have "adventure in the great, wide somewhere", never specifying exactly what kind of adventure it is she wants; she just likes the idea of seeing things and getting away from her village of "little people".  She loves books, especially fairy tales, because they spark her imagination. She is able to see different sides of people: the rude side of Gaston nobody else in town seems to see, and the gentleness beneath the rude, gruff exterior of the Beast. She wonders what the rose is, and what's its connection to the Beast (or the young man in the portrait, for that matter)?



Reason for retyping: After discussing it with isfjmel-phleg (my MBTI source, I suppose?), I stand corrected; ISFJ makes more sense. She makes far more decisions based on how she is feeling than an INTP would, even though her Ti and Ne are quite well-used.

Disney's Frozen- Elsa (ISFJ)

Introverted Sensing (Si): Elsa is very sensible, but lets her life be ruled by past experiences. She lives in fear of hurting others with her powers, always remembering how she nearly killed her little sister by accident as they played with her snow magic. She continuously represses her powers as a means to keep others safe from herself, despite this proven to be an ineffective method several times in the movie. She never considers new possibilities or ways to solve her problems. This is because it's the way her parents taught her to handle her abilities, and she values their teachings. She is dutiful, dresses in a traditionally feminine fashion (even in two totally different styles of feminine) and follows queenly protocol well; even wears the same hairstyle as her queen mother's to her coronation. She is terrified of something going wrong with her coronation, but doesn't insist on just a private ceremony; she goes through the motions because it's what's expected of her. She prefers to do things the conventional way and expects others, like Anna, to do the same.

Extroverted Feeling (Fe): Elsa's biggest problem in the movie is trying to control her powers by suppressing her emotions. She is good at keeping a cool exterior, but is deep down a warm, sensitive person. She tries to live up to everything her parents were and taught her. She is hurt when Anna criticizes her (even though Elsa had just criticized Anna herself), even when she truly believes she is in one the right. She doesn't like to make a scene if she can help it. She is good at appearing more confident and charming than she really feels, as is appropriate for the future queen. While her "run away and hide" tendency is stronger, she still wants to be able to connect with Anna, and would, if she thought it were possible. As a child, she gives into Anna, agreeing to sneak out of bed in the middle of the night to play in the snow and breaking the rules to make her little sister happy. She is terrified of what people will think if they discover her powers. She doesn't blame Anna for the party incident and insists she doesn't have to apologize. She doesn't take any pleasure in fighting the guards, even though they're possibly trying to kill her.

Introverted Thinking (Ti): Elsa's other problem is that she worries too much. She analyzes new situations and thinks often about her own weaknesses. Her argument against Anna's engagement was well-reasoned, she has no more experience or evidence to back it up than Anna's argument does. She tries to be rational, but isn't the best planner; running away seems to be her best option once she accidentally reveals her ice magic, but after that, she has no game plan. Even before that, she never thinks about what to do with her future as a queen and public figure or even what to do for Anna, who is grown up now and wanting to marry a strange prince.

Extroverted Intuition (Ne): Elsa's Ne is very weak due to over-dependence of Si. She fails to see the bigger picture, overthinks people's motives, and tends to assume the worst will happen. It takes her Ne-dom sister to inspire and encourage her to try something different. She doesn't normally like to think of the future. However, she does have a creative side: once she is free, she immediately creates a new outfit in a more ornate style than she's used to, and throws herself into constructing a beautiful, Romantic-style ice castle for shelter, and feels truly liberated after doing so.