Seven Deadly Sins: Gowther (INTP)

Ti:

“Could you let me think it over a bit?”

“The captain could have easily died leaving us almost no chance of victory but the loss of the captain of scraps disposal had zero effect. It didn’t hurt us at all.”

“However, there’s one thing that bugs me a little. In chapter five, it says that Meldorf fights in full body armor even though he has blonde hair to his knees, but hair that long would get in the way of his armor.”

Gowther is basically a stereotypical Ti dominant, or INTP specifically. Gowther is generally flat and emotionless, which leads him to do things to the detriment of the rest of the group, without any regard to their feelings whatsoever. For instance, he wipes Diane’s memory. Gowther is also frequently offensive by accident, and generally very clueless as to why people react negatively. An obvious example can be seen when he proclaims that the loss of Hawk was completely irrelevant, and had zero effect on the outcome of the battle. (Meanwhile, everyone else is mourning the loss.) As per usual, Gowther is confused as to why his statement angered the others, especially Ban.

Gowther is also very analytical. He’s shown asking to think over something while in the middle of a battle. In addition, he’s shown over-analyzing what defines a friendship (Quote in the Ne section, because it showcases Ne as well.), and he’s shown over-analyzing the appropriate emotional response to a situation (more on that in inferior Fe). Gowther is also shown reading a book recommended by a friend, and then instantly pointing out an inconsistency, which is classic Ti behavior. He is bothered by this inconsistency, and feels the need to explain it to the friend.

Ne:

“Our friends? So if we fight together, are we friends? If we all travel together, does that make us friends? By eating together, are we friends too? Seems such a vague term that humans define in whatever way serves their own ends.”

Gowther is very speculative by nature. Whenever being presented with a set of circumstances, he will spin off into different hypothetical outcomes. The predisposition toward doing this is a sign of Ne, as he frequently will land on some conclusion that leaves the rest of the people around him confused. He is very vocal and frequently explains all of his thoughts aloud without much concern as to who is around to hear him.

His Ne also outlets in the different theories that he tries out in order to figure out what emotions are. For instance, when Diane insists that there are memories that can never be forgotten, he wipes her memories as a proof of concept to see if it will end up being true. He also gains a lot of theoretical knowledge through the reading of books even though he frequently misapplies that knowledge due to inferior Fe. An example of this tendency can be seen when he embraces Nadja, and tells her that he’s doing it just like the story said. He also attempts to bring a character to life that the girl loves within the book, via mimicking the character. This form of referencing another medium and bringing it into the present moment is an Ne tendency.

Si:

“The word love is best defined as harboring a strong feeling toward another. Do you have someone like that too?

“Given your posture, gait, tone of voice, attitude, as well as that scar, I presume that you’re Ban, the undead.”

“Given the damage you’ve already sustained, I estimate your chance of surviving this attack is .2 percent.”

“If you give me a gift, you’ll leave too.”

When it comes to subjects that Gowther is knowledgeable in, he has a very detailed memory. This also is fairly obvious in the way that he speaks. When estimating success rates, he states them down to a fraction of a percentage. When he makes observations, they are usually very sensory based. He draws his conclusions from the sensory. As the one quote above states, he uses Ban’s gait, voice, attitude, and defining scar to identify him. In contrast, he isn’t able to identify King because wasn’t in the transformed state that Gowther is accustomed to seeing him in. One could have used other means to identify that it was King, but because of the lack of sensory details, Gowther rejects King’s identity until he transforms.

Another instance of Si is shown when Gowther expresses fear that the giving of gifts is a signal that he is going to be left. He uses the instance of his creator giving him a gift before dying as a premise for this, unable to read the nuance or differences in the two situations. Gowther also likes to identically replicate things that he has seen and read. Again, he seems to do this without understanding the surrounding context, so he is not always successful when attempting to copy. One notable example of his replication is when he starts acting like the main character in the book that Nadja likes because he thinks it will make her love him.

Fe:

“There’s someone suffering, and I’m not sure what it is I should do, or what it is that I should say, or what kind of look that I should have on my face. It’s not written in any book.”

“I don’t understand what’s happening to me? Why did I run away the minute I saw what was in Bartra’s hand?”

“Right now, I’m still in the process of reading the room.”

Gowther’s inferior Fe surfaces in his desire to understand emotions, and how to respond to others appropriately. This is shown from the moment he’s introduced in the show. He explains to Elizabeth that he has no clue what to do when someone is suffering, and what look he should have on his face. This is classic Ti dominant reasoning when it is over-analyzing Fe, due to Fe being inferior and thus an insecurity. Of course, Gowther’s tendency to trip over people’s emotions accidentally, being generally very clueless as to how his words are going to affect them, is a sign of inferior Fe as well. Later, however, we see him become very defensive of his friends, which is a sign of his Fe beginning to develop.

Gowther is also clueless about his own emotions, which is demonstrated when he makes a comment about a sentiment being meaningless yet not understanding why it made him feel so warm. Of course, the way he deals with his emotions (in an unhealthy way) is indicative of an inferior feeling function, due to how he completely suppresses them in the form of wiping his own memory.