The idea of Squidward being "unhealthy" enough to be an Si-Fi looper, or
even a pseudo-dominant-Fi type, seems to me a convenient way to ignore
that ISTJs -- even unhealthy ones -- structurally prefer Te to Fi. In
addition, most of what I posted refers to dominant Fi specifically.
Tertiary Fi presents a little differently and certainly in a less
pronounced way.
That aside, I don't see any good evidence for dominant Si in Squidward.
He doesn't make a good adaptation to routine (just the opposite), he
isn't particularly stable, and he doesn't align himself with substantive
things in the real world. He's more inwardly idealistic in an Fi sense
than anything Si-related.
All in all, I see a lot of evidence for Fi, weak evidence for Si, and
almost no evidence for a Te preference.
That's probably also where the ENFP votes are coming from. But do you
really think the Joker has an inner sensitivity that he protects and cherishes? What? Even in a secondary position, that's not
right. But I'm preaching to the choir a bit, seeing as ENTP is
dominating the consensus vote.
Fe isn’t slavish adaptation to external sentiment in the same way Te isn’t slavish adaptation to external data. (If it was, how could MLK, Jr. have been an ENFJ?) It’s more an *awareness* of this external sentiment. Fe-users view ‘objective values’ as something outside of themselves, mediated between people, and they tend to be conversant with them.
Fi-users aren’t as attuned to the external feeling environment. Fi is about internal sentiment; it often wants to keep these internal sentiments to itself and to experience them to the purest extent, without regard for what others believe. Fi, according to Jung, “has no desire to affect others, either to impress, influence, or change them in any way.” (Kurt Cobain is a good example.)
You can already see how Marilyn Manson breaks down in regards to Fi, no? He definitely wanted to affect others, to impress, influence, and change them. His sentiment wasn’t kept to himself and purified but put out into the world in a more preachy way.
Fi-users can talk about “a brotherhood of man” in the way John Lennon did. Fe-users can talk about individuality in the way Marilyn Manson did. It’s not about the content but the context; anyone of any type can believe anything. John Lennon had internal sentiments he mostly kept to himself and kept pure, and apparently believing humankind could live together in peace was one of these. Marilyn Manson had external sentiments he was conversant with, and apparently believing people should be free to pursue and express their individuality was one of them.
Social and intellectual flexibility is really different from being a social chameleon, who changes the fabric of themselves to match the surroundings.
Our Fi means we're basically unable to do that even if it would make life easier. That's why ENTP and ENFJ would be better at that.
Our Fi means we're basically unable to do that even if it would make life easier. That's why ENTP and ENFJ would be better at that.
I would add his agenda/message came first, with self-expression following after, rather than the other way around.