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Merlin BBC UK TV Show - A Psychological Analysis Series Part 12
Enneagram Type Classification Of Merlin Characters
This post will seek to classify the personalities of some of the main recurring characters of the TV show using the Ennegram Personality Model.
It is a rather simple system and helps provide basic understanding of the characters core traits, desires, fears & motivation.
This system classifies 9 broad personality types.
For the sake of being concise, this post will only focus on 7 characters who I think can be accurately described using the model.
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The Reformer
Traits :
Purposeful ; Self-Controlled ; Perfectionist
Desires :
To resist being affected by their instinctual drives, consciously not giving in to them or not expressing them too freely.
Fears :
Being defective
Motivated By :
Need To Be Right ; Improving Everything ; Justifying Themselves
The result is a personality type that has problems with repression, resistance, and aggression.
They are usually seen by others as highly self- controlled, even rigid, although this is not how they perceive themselves.
It seems to them that they are sitting on a cauldron of passions and desires, and they have to repress it, least they and everyone else around them regret it.
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The Helper
Traits :
Generous ; People-Pleasing ; Possessive
Desires :
To feel loved and worthy
Fears :
Unworthy of being loved and / or rejected
Motivated By :
To be needed and appreciated
The result is a personality type that try to enliven others with their appreciation and attention and helps people to see positive qualities in themselves that they had not previously recognized.
On the downside, they have a tendency to become over-involved in the lives of others, and can manipulate others to get their own emotional needs met.
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The Achiever
Traits :
Success-Oriented ; Image-Conscious ; Out Of Touch With Emotions
Desires :
To feel valuable and worthwhile
Fears :
Being worthless
Motivated By :
The need to be affirmed, to distinguish themselves, to have attention and be admired
The result is a personality type that are often successful and well liked because they believe in themselves and in developing their talents and capacities.
They act as living “role models” and paragons because of their extraordinary embodiment of socially valued qualities.
They want to make sure their lives are a success, however that is defined by their family, their culture, and their social sphere.
They will try to become somebody noteworthy in their family and their community.
They will not be a “nobody.”
The downside is that, in the headlong rush to achieve whatever they believe will make them more valuable, they can become so alienated from themselves that they no longer know what they truly want, or what their real feelings or interests are.
In this state, they are easy prey to deceit, and falseness of all kinds.
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The Enthusiast
Traits :
Spontaneous ; Impulsive ; Scattered
Desires :
To be content
Fears :
Being deprived and in pain
Motivated By :
The need to maintain their freedom and happiness, avoid missing out and keep themselves occupied
They can be described as extremely optimistic, exuberant and upbeat.
They are endowed with abundant vitality and a desire to fully participate in their lives each day.
They are naturally cheerful and good humored, not taking themselves too seriously, or anything else for that matter
However in pursuit of whatever seems to offer freedom and satisfaction, they tend to make worse choices, and they are less able to be satisfied because everything is experienced indirectly, through the dense filter of their fast-paced mental activity.
The result is that they can end up anxious, frustrated, and enraged, with fewer resources available to them be they physical, emotional, or financial.
They may end up ruining their health, their relationships, and their finances in their search for happiness.
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The Challenger
Traits :
Decisive, Willful, Confrontational
Desires :
To be in control of their life and destiny
Fears :
Being harmed or controlled by others
Motivated By :
The need to prove their strength and to be in control of their situation
They are true “rugged individualists”. This results in a personality that often refuse to “give in” to social convention, and they can defy fear, shame, and concern about the consequences of their actions.
Although they are usually aware of what people think of them, they do not let the opinions of others sway them.
They go about their business with a steely determination that can be awe inspiring, even intimidating to others.
On the downside, when they feel hurt and rejected they will attempt to defend themselves by rejecting others first.
The result is that they become blocked in their ability to connect with people or to love.
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The Peacemaker
Traits :
Agreeable ; Calm ; Complacent
Desires :
To have peace of mind
Fears :
Loss and separation
Motivated By :
The need to create harmony, avoid conflict, preserve things as they are, resist whatever would upset or disturb them
The result is a personality type that demonstrate the universal temptation to ignore the disturbing aspects of life and to seek some degree of peace and comfort by “numbing out.”
They respond to pain and suffering by attempting to live in a state of premature peacefulness, whether it is in a state of false spiritual attainment, or in more gross denial.
They have a tendency to run away from the paradoxes and tensions of life by attempting to transcend them or by seeking to find simple and painless solutions to their problems
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The Investigator
Traits :
Cerebral ; Isolated ; Cynical
Desires :
To be capable and competent
Fears :
Being incapable or helpless
Motivated By :
The need to possess knowledge and understand the world
The result is a personality that wants to retain everything that they have learned and carry it around in their heads.
The problem is that while they are engrossed in this process, they are not interacting with others or even increasing many other practical and social skills.
They devote more and more time to collecting and attending to their collections and less to anything related to their real emotional needs.
These are almost too accurate, wow O.o
I'm not Sure about Merlin needing affirmation though. The entire story ends up with him NOT desiring to be affirmed, but that he genuinely believes and cares for Arthur more than himself. But that is a change he undergoes through the seasons, so it's partly true.
Celebrities I think would go well with one of the tumblr vibes:
Neil Gaiman, obviously. He's our cryptid.
Fight me on this, but Ryan Reynolds is deadpool in the flesh and deadpool has like, created this site or smth.
Tom Felton. Honestly, does he have a blog here called drarryking? I bet he's here already in hiding.
David Tennant. But like....on accident. He wouldn't understand shit on this side. He's already living a pseud and would take a new one specially for tumblr and post totally normal stuff and like... Visit this side once a month, cause he get's like 5 reblogs out of it. Then he sends a cat meme which goes off and he'd be totally lost. He would also, unironically, text neil Gaiman for the next season of good omens in the ask box and get a "wait and see" answer out of it.
Colin Morgan. I just think it would be funny, if he were here, not even with a pseud or posting anything at all. He'd have like no Interactions, he'd just be here on an empty blog to see what's going on and is silently surprised that the merlin fandom is still alive. He wouldn't even do it often. Just like... Once a year on accident, when he suddenly remembers that he has a blog here. On the Chance that he interacts, he's instantly blocked, cause we think he's a bot.
Taika Waititi. The poor chaos of this man. He's a creator. He'd post memes and updates of his works and still somehow end up among the average tumblr user ratio.
Mary Shelly. If she were alive. Or maybe that doesn't matter in her case.
Alice Oseman. But that doesn't count. She rose from the tumblr grave and made herself known to the outside world. She was born here and here she will live. The outside get's to see what she accomplished, but we are her roots and the grovel that shaped her.
These are all the people that I know. I'm bad with names and mostly watch cartoons. Lel.
People who I think shouldn't/ wouldn't be on this side:
Anthony Head. I want him here though, lol.
Bradley James. Yes, i'm going through the merlin cast first. And Bradley is cool and all. But he doesn't have the vibe.
Angel Coulby. I dunno. I think she's above this hellsite. She'd be falling from grace and I simply cannot imagine it.
Katie McGrath. Albeit a close one.
Michael Sheen. He's chaotic enough. But I can't imagine it. Maybe i'm reading too much Aziraphael in his character. But he's the chaos on a good website, while David is the good on the hellsite.
Elliot Page. I dunno. I think he would go to a cooler website, like instagram or i dunno. Even facebook. He'd be welcome here, and I think he might visit from time to time. But I don't think he'd have a blog of their own.
Daniel Radcliff. No?
jensen Ackles. I don't think tumblr could handle him
Misha collins. He's here. Kinda. In spirit. But he can't quite reach us. He's the ghost that haunts us. He can't have a blog.
Disclaimer:
#this is a Personal headcanon. You can disagree or agree with all of these and I won't be offended. This is meant as a joke.
# some of these people might already be here. Reality overrules my headcanons.
#i realise I mostly know male actors. But Not knowing things is my right as a person.
#please add your own ideas, or disprove mine. This could be fun :)