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this is a very extraverted environment, considering that it is essentially a continuous feed of voices
beamed directly into one's head. But when a Borg is cut off from the collective, they do not react
like a typical extraverted person would. Seven recalled, "Once, when I was a drone, I was separated
from the Collective for two hours. I experienced panic and apprehension." Extraverts do not
experience panic and fear when left alone, but Seven found that being alone for prolonged periods
of time made her feel vulnerable, afraid, weak, detached, isolated, and even unable to survive. Is
this true extraversion?
It may not be accurate, but I'm going to say that she is generally an introvert—at least from an
audience perspective. From an in-universe perspective, the issue is more cloudy.
Analysis
One of the most interesting analyses you can do on a person is to collect the adjectives used to
describe them. Drawing upon various sources, I found the following descriptors for Seven:
"Patronizing, proud, competent, arrogant, brilliant, cold, cool, blunt, disdainful, acerbic, distant,
haughty, composed, insolent, a challenge to get to know, calm."
Seven was described as "standing perfectly straight" and having "severe hair and outfit." 176 She had
little interest in clothing or beauty; her typical clothing was a grey or blue/grey form-fitting outfit
that she saw as being the most practical and efficient type of clothing available. 177 (From the
producer's perspective, an obvious secondary purpose of her skin tight garb was to maximize the
aesthetic appeal of her figure for the male audience.)
Curiously, although humans have an innate understanding of type, they do not seem to realize that it
is a built-in trait like being left or right handed. Therefore when people notice a type-based trait
(for instance, an INTJ's impassive, detached behavior) they invent an explanation that goes like this:
"This person wasn't loved as a child." Of course, writers are more creative: "This person had a head
injury that destroyed their capacity for emotion" or "This person is the living embodiment of the
north wind, and can feel nothing but icy coldness and longing for solitude."
Or how about those Vulcans? Rationals are more likely to give critique than praise, and they are
fairly tight with their appreciation. They are also the temperament most likely to be described as
cold and logical. Now note how Perrin (the Vulcan Sarek's second wife) and Picard describe
Vulcan tendencies.
Perrin: My husband [Sarek] has taken an interest in your career. He finds it to be satisfactory.
Picard: My word! High praise from a Vulcan.
Perrin: Some people who expect an emotional response often find Vulcans quite cold when they
are merely being--
Picard: Logical.
Think how many misunderstandings could be prevented if everyone understood Rationals as well as
Captain Picard understood Vulcans.
The fictional explanations for type-based behavior can be quite a bit more interesting than the real
explanation. We see numerous examples of this in Seven's case. One writer, having noticed how
INTJs fit the popular definition of intelligence and have a large stock of knowledge, came up with
an explanation for these traits:
Kim: Is there anything you don't know?
Seven: I was Borg.
176 Golden, 1998
177 Golden, 1998