Definitely an ENFP. He’s definitely very extroverted, constantly being around people and his friends and before going into stasis. He thrives off of interacting with other people. Definitely intuitive, constantly thinking outside the box, his N function makes him very streetsmart. Feeler without a doubt, he values his feelings and instincts more than his logicical side. And P, he’s very spontaneous and acts on a whim pretty much all the time. ENFPs are usually free spirits, who are usually outgoing, open minded and open hearted. Which sums up Dave a lot.
Next Arnold,
ISTJ
Although he wanted friends, he still would rather spend time by himself studying or doing his own hobbies, and got more of his energy from being alone than being with other people. He’s definitely a senser, very literal and methodical, and by the book. He always valued his logic and facts over his emotions, making him more of a thinker than a feeler. And J, again very by the book and valuing being organised, and always criticised Lister for being his spontaneous self. ISTJs are as a whole by the book, dutiful and like to enforce order, whilst also can be stubborn and insensitive at times. And I think that sums up Arnold Rimmer very well. I also like how he’s the complete opposite personality type to Dave, which works very well.
Kryten
ISFJ
I think he’s a bit of an ambivert, but definitely more introverted. He’s completely fine with being alone for hundreds of years, and doesn’t really get lonely. He’s definitely sensing, due to his robot side most likely. Always attentive to facts and details and completing things methodically. Lister’s influence has definitely made him a feeler, he does value logic, but he values his empathy and emotions a lot more later in the series. He’s more of a Judging than Percieving definitely, again always being organised and methodical, and works systematically.
xSTP
Alright now hear me out-
Firstly, it’s actually very hard to decide if he’s an introvert or extrovert. He was completely fine being alone for years, he seemed quite unbothered by the other cats abandoning him. And he doesn’t seem to miss them. But also, he’s very loud and outspoken, and thrives off of attention, which isn’t an introverted thing exactly. He’s constantly trying to attract women towards him, but arguably he is a cat and that’s just what cats do. I think people are too quick to label cat as an extrovert just because he’s loud, when actually he goes off on his own and does his own thing a lot, and randomly comes back whenever just like a cat does. He has both introverted and extroverted traits, and I think it’s very hard to decide which one he actually is if you think about it. In season 1 it took a lot of time for him to warm up to people.
I think sensing, as he is a cat and not really human it’s very hard to place him. But I think he’s more of an S than N, as sensors are normally very in the present, and normally rely on their 5 senses and what they already know. Which is more what cat is. Now, I think cat is more of a T than F. People seem to place cat as an F because “cat is so dumb! He’s definitely not a thinker” when that’s not really what it means. I just can’t really see cat as a feeler when he doesn’t value feelings and doesn’t feel a wide range of emotions often. He’s quite self centered, especially at the beginning, doesn’t care about anyone except himself. Feelers are normally sympathetic and regard feelings, but cat isn’t like that at all. In fact, it’s very hard to see cat as either a thinker or a feeler quite honestly. But, it’s worth saying thinkers aren’t always very smart completely logical robot people. You’d be surprised by how much cat does use his brain and logic instead of his emotions. Lister’s lying on the floor? Well he’s in no state to give cat food so cat doesn’t care. That’s definitely more of a thinker thing. I think P is definitely the easiest one to place him in. He’s constantly spontaneous and just does whatever he wants whenever he feels like it. Not much explanation needed there. This was a long one but I think this definitely needed explaining the most as people are very quick to type cat as an ESFP.
Thought I’d do ace too because he seems to be misplaced a lot in my opinion.
ENFJ
So many people type this man as an ESTP and I can’t see it at all. “But he does so many extreme things!” It’s, his job. And it’s not only ESTPs who can like doing extreme things. Extroverted is obvious, he gets his energy from being around others, and he’s around others constantly. I think he’s more intuitive than sensing definitely, he’s very creative and uses intuition a lot, and is very imaginative. He comes up with all sorts of creative ideas to get out of bad situations. I seriously don’t get how people can put him as a T over an F. He’s such a feeler, very warm and empathetic and genuinely really loves his friends and fans. He values his feelings a lot, very much like Dave. I’d say he’s a J, and I like the thought that this is the only trait he shares with the other Arnold. He definitely values deadlines and scheduling, he literally schedules all his plans in the first episode he’s in. I can see why people think he’s a P, but I think people don’t realise he seems spontaneous due to his job, but actually he’s just following orders. He’s such an ENFJ, they’re usually good natural leaders, charismatic and very empathetic, normally helping the people around them a lot. That’s EXACTLY how Ace is. I like to think he’s very similar to Dave but shares one trait with Arnold, I think that fits him well.
Anyway, these are my thoughts. Interested to know anyone else’s.
