What do Sherlock Holmes, Professor Moriarty, and myself all have in common?
June 17, 2007
We are all INTJs, that is what.
I have had a growing interest in Sherlock Holmes (as I have mentioned in a previous post) and I have been reading all of the short stories and novellas written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Brian and I have also watched The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 5 DVD set and it is quite excellent. I have much enjoyed reading the stories and then see them play out on film. In some ways the film version is entirely different because it is not so much from the perspective of Watson like the books are - this does give the watcher an advantage in being able to more closely follow along in the story and it provides more clues earlier on in the story.
I also happened upon a discussion thread on how most villains in stories seem to be INTJs while the hero tends to be ISTJ or INTP.  I found this to be a bit of interesting speculation. Brian and I were just discussing how it is interesting that both Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty are both INTJs who have profound respect for the other’s intellect but at the same time they are both the other’s arch nemesis. It is clear that one has chosen ‘good’ and the other ‘evil’ and they fight it out at Riechenbach Falls. As I mentioned to Brian - INTJs seem to fight it out amongst one another but assert dominance over other types. Really, this is the reason I stay away from INTJ message boards and discussion groups. This is really the sort of thing I would like to have a conversation with another INTJ about but INTJs almost as a rule seem to hate each other and are almost unable to have a cohesive and useful conversation with one another.
I also find this sort of thing interesting because I (and Brian too) are interested in INTP and INTJ interactions since almost nothing exists about how these two types function together. I think at one time we had discussed making a profile of INTP and INTJ interactions…
More later, on some topics…
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Yeah, I totally forgot which personality type I am.
comment by Dan — June 19, 2007 @ 6:53 am
lol, You could always take the MBTI test to find out.
If I had to guess, I would say you are probably an ISTJ…
comment by katy — June 19, 2007 @ 7:02 am