Seven Deadly Sins: Howzer (ESFP)

Se:

“Being able to see an awesome fight like that gets a guy pumped up.”

“I can’t just stay here like this!”

Howzer has that optimistic, easy going and laid back temperament that Se dominants are known for. He gets a thrill from fighting, which is typical Se behavior in fiction. This is shown during his fight with Diane at the festival, in the way he gets excited about how unexpectedly good she is. He also gets a thrill from watching the fight between Meliodas and Ban at the festival, and makes a statement to that effect. (First quote at the top of this section.) He prefers to stay active, and makes a comment to his boss about how doing all of the menial errands were going to cause him to get soft.

Howzer is prone to launching into action without a plan. This causes Gilthunder to get frustrated with him in the training cave, viewing Howzer as reckless. Ultimately, Howzer just wants to operate on spontaneity and spur of the moment, while Gilthunder sees that as what keeps causing them to fail. Another good example is when he finds out from Veronica and Griamore that the Seven Deadly Sins are present at the Vaizel fight festival. He immediately rushes back to the festival in spite of their protests about needing to find Elizabeth first. As a final note, Howzer’s also somewhat flippant with authority figures, due to him not giving a whole lot of thought to his actions or words in advance.

Fi:

“That girl sacrificed herself to save someone else. Who’s the criminal…?”

Howzer’s Fi comes out fairly strong in the series. The most obvious examples come from his treatment of Diane and women in general. He’s very chivalrous, and doesn’t like hurting girls, no matter how tough they are. He also struggles with Diane’s immodest appearance in the tournament, and asks her to fix her shirt. This is a clear demonstration of his Fi values. He does this in spite of how the crowd around him reacts. (They start booing.) His confidence in his Fi, due to it being a strong function for him, makes it fairly easy for him to act in accordance with it, no matter what anyone around him says or does.

Throughout the first season, Howzer recognizes Diane’s noble actions countless times, and begins to struggle to see her as an enemy. He first calls this out during an early battle with her shortly after the fight festival. He gets angry with someone on his side for putting innocent lives at risk, and points out Diane’s sacrificial nature in comparison. Later in the series, during a battle in town, he’s shown visibly struggling to obey his order to take down the Seven Deadly Sins, as he sees Diane continuing to put other people’s lives ahead of her own. Howzer ultimately stands against the other Holy Knights in an effort to defend Diane because he can’t in good conscience continue to fight against her.

Te:

“I wish I could believe that but those are undeniable facts.”

Howzer’s tertiary Te is demonstrated in large part by the way he enforces his values in a confident manner. He doesn’t do so in an exaggerated way, but more naturally slips it in with his easy going temperament, since his Te is fairly well developed. His self-confidence in asserting his own values can be seen as evidence that his Fi and Te are well balanced, being sandwiched in the middle of his function stack.

A good example of his Te thought process is demonstrated when he and some other Holy Knights are discussing Hendrickson and Dreyfus. He states that he wishes he could believe they weren’t evil, but that he can’t deny the facts. (See the quote above this section.) This directly ties into good Te use, since Te users will ultimately yield to the external facts rather than giving credence to their internal logic or denying reality in some way.

Ni:

“Idiot! That reckless approach is how we lost last time!” – Gilthunder to Howzer

Howzer’s inferior Ni goes hand in hand with his dominant Se. Him being quick to launch into situations, means that he fails to internalize consequences and adjust accordingly. In other words, he’s prone to repeating the same or similar mistakes over and over again. This is why Gilthunder gets frustrated with him in the training cave, as mentioned in the dominant Se section.

Additionally, he doesn’t always look deeper into situations, like when the Seven Deadly Sins enter the fight festival and Ban only barely alters their names. He notices the similarities between them and the Seven Deadly Sins but dismisses his suspicion due to the differences in their names. His failure to go with his initial gut reaction here is a manifestation of poor Ni use.