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The Ruling Sages strive for truth, objectivity, challenges and leadership. The Magical Creators<br />
explore creative new ideas, imagine and transform their world, and bring about change. INTJs are<br />
one of the most straightforward—truthful—types. As NTs they value objectivity and seek<br />
challenges. Their TJ orientation gives them a better-than-average ability to lead. They search<br />
continually for new knowledge and seek to use it in their projects. I would say the PMAI<br />
archetypes seem accurate for INTJs.<br />
And what of the Lovers, Caregivers and Ruling Warriors? The ESFJs pretty much cornered the<br />
market on Lovers and Caregivers, while the Ruling Warriors were ENTPs and ISTJs. It seems that<br />
INTJs are not too interested in nurturing roles.<br />
INTJ Tropes<br />
Moving away from the PMAI model and heading into the realm of TV Tropes, INTJs can<br />
commonly be found filling the following roles. We will discuss many of these in the book.<br />
• The Mastermind/Shadowlord/Puppeteer<br />
A silent, faceless figure, the shadowy INTJ Mastermind manipulates people like chessmen,<br />
runs secret organizations (good or evil) and controls events from afar. These people literally<br />
lurk in the shadows to hide their identity—at least until they gain ultimate power.<br />
• The Spymaster<br />
A variant of the Shadowlord, the INTJ Spymaster controls an organization devoted to<br />
gaining secret knowledge and exercising control through stealth and information.<br />
• The Hitman<br />
Cold-blooded, efficient killers who work alone, the INTJ Hitman plans out their crime in<br />
meticulous detail and kills precisely from a distance.<br />
• The Wizard/Scientist<br />
Possessors of knowledge and power, the INTJ Wizard/Scientist exercises astonishing control<br />
over forces supernatural or scientific.<br />
• The Mad Scientist<br />
An evil variant of the Wizard/Scientist, the INTJ Mad Scientist seeks to use their knowledge<br />
for dark and strange purposes. The Mad Scientists are not in fact barking mad, but rather<br />
choose to embrace a different view of reality than the majority of people.<br />
• The Robot<br />
Having vast knowledge but zero humanity, the silent, emotionless, expressionless INTJ<br />
Robot acts purely on the basis of logic.<br />
• The Technorace<br />
When INTJs create a civilization, it is technologically advanced, highly logical,<br />
hierarchically organized, and almost unkillable.<br />
Note that INTJs are not the only types that can fill any of these roles, but they are one of the<br />
dominant players. Note how many of these archetypes are evil. Are these the role models we want<br />
for young INTJs?
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