You: Joe Goldberg - Type 2w1

Joe is possessive, clingy, manipulative and paranoid he is always looking for love and a relationship to allow him to take care of his partner.

At his best, Joe wants to protect the people he loves and cares for. He goes to extreme lengths which are definitely not healthy but he genuinely wants to keep Paco safe from Ron and sees himself in Paco and his need to have a positive role model. Joe tries to be a good man towards Paco and later towards Ellie as he sees them as being children that he needs to take care of and protect.

At his worst, Joe tries to justify his bad behaviour and actions as being a way he shows how deeply he loves and cares for individuals. He is mostly unhealthy throughout the series and as his relationships start to fall apart or change he takes on extreme behaviours and reactions. He starts to stalk Beck and accuses her of cheating on him and only wants her to focus on him.

Joe was heavily influenced by his childhood and the lack of love, attention and care he received from his parents. As a result he feels like he has to be needed by others and wants to find ways to help and be useful to them in order to see his worth. In his romantic relationships he wants to be the hero of the story and sees himself as a Prince Charming type that swoops in to save the damsel in distress. He truly sees himself as being romantic, loving and supportive of his partners and doesn’t see much wrong with his actions. He thinks he has to rescue and protect others and this also extends to his behaviour towards Paco, Ellie, Delilah and Evan.

Joe imprisons several characters throughout the series and his beginning intentions are not to murder them or overly hurt them. He wants to protect his secrets and the image that he has presented to the world and tries to keep them from having access to expose his lies. He has a warped moral code thanks to his time with Mooney and believes he is keeping Beck, the real Will and Delilah safe by locking them up and not hurting them. He believes his murder of Henderson is justified as he is a bad man and deserved what came to him but he didn’t actually want to kill Beck and Candace.

Joe has a tendency to articulate his thoughts and go with a completely oppositional thought. He often says what people want to hear and keeps his own options to himself as a way of trying to ingratiate himself into their lives and world.

Joe has a wing 1 as he is less extroverted than a wing 3 might be and also focuses a lot on people who he deems as “good” or bad.

Tri-type:2w1-1w1-5w4

Some quotes to describe Joe’s motivations:

“You know, the first step to fixing something is to know no matter how destroyed it seems, it can always be saved.”

Love. This is why you’re not for me. Once upon a time, I believed in love. Sure, I’d been hurt before, but I’d learned from that, and I wanted to fight for a fresh start - the real thing this time. So, boy meets girl. Boy knows this is something special and he thinks, ‘let me do everything I can to make this right.’ So I did. I was brave, I was vulnerable, I won her the old fashioned day. I tried to do everything right - for her. I knew you have to do anything for love, so I did.”

“Don Quixote becomes a knight because he believes in chivalry and treating women with respect.”

” The most important things are those that are fragile and must be protected”

“The most valuable things in life are usually the most helpless.”

“I’ll help you get the life you deserve .”