Teen Wolf: Stiles Stilinski (ENFP)

Ne:

“Just try not to worry too much while you’re out there, okay? or get too angry… or stressed. Don’t think about Alison being in the stands, or that her father is trying to kill you, or that Derek’s trying to kill you, or the girl he killed, or that you might kill someone, if a hunter doesn’t kill you first. I’m sorry. I’ll stop.”

“What about school? …okay what if we both have to use the bathroom at the same time and there’s only two stalls available and they’re only right next to each other?”

Stiles is the epitome of an Ne dominant. He’s the type to think of every possibility, and quickly draw connections in real time. This can make him remarkably insightful, like when he pieces together early on that Scott has become a werewolf and warns him that the full moon is coming. He generally has no issues speculating out loud and sharing his ideas with others. After they find the dead girl buried as a wolf outside Derek’s house, he’s shown speculating about various possibilities with Scott in an attempt to figure out the truth.

His natural tendency to consider scenarios also makes him quick to make critical observations, such as the room that they’d just locked themselves in to hide from the alpha being covered wall-to-wall in windows. Of course, his tendency to do this also shows up in more mundane or useless situations. The prime example of this is when Jackson puts a restraining order on Stiles, and Stiles produces a very specific “what if” scenario to clarify what he is or is not allowed to do. (See the second quote at the top of this section.)

Stiles is constantly asking questions and constantly talking. He’s the type to bombard people with questions, in spite of their obvious disapproval. This is shown over and over again, especially in classroom situations with Scott, but he does it to other classmates as well. Rambling and word vomiting tends to be a signature trait of strong Ne users, and Stiles does this constantly. At one point, he’s talking to Scott before a game, tells him not to worry, and then begins running through all the things Scott should avoid thinking about in order to stay calm. He realizes at a certain point that he’s doing this, apologizes, and then says he’ll stop. This type of thing is fairly common for him.

Fi:

“Ethan keeps checking his phone like every five minutes. It’s like he’s waiting for something, you know, like a message or signal of some kind. I don’t know. Something evil though, I can tell. I have a very perceptive eye for evil. You know that.”

Stiles appears to be an auxiliary Fi user. While he does initially express a desire to fit in, Stiles does little to actually alter himself or hide who he is in order to do so. He’s for the most part, unabashedly himself no matter where he goes, which often leaves him looking a bit eccentric or acting in a way that isn’t considered popular. This is partially why Lydia is initially put off by him. For instance, Allison mentions (in a somewhat mocking manner) someone being part of an online community that battles mythical creatures, and then Stiles immediately volunteers that he’s a part of a community like that.

Stiles appears to use feeler logic throughout the series. Early on, he’s determined that Derek is evil, and then works tirelessly to ensure that Scott doesn’t have to go to Derek for help. Of course, he inevitably does, but Stiles continually declares Derek to be evil, and then eventually even suspects Derek’s sister, by virtue of being related to Derek. He’s also deeply loyal to his friends and those he cares about, which includes having a blind spot for Lydia. When trying to discover who the Kanima is, Stiles refuses to consider that it’s Lydia even though she should have been an obvious suspect. He also spends a large portion of his childhood in love with Lydia even though she shows absolutely no signs of returning those feelings. This suggests some Fi idealism.

Te:

“This is why I always come up with the plans; your plans suck.”

Stiles’ low Te often comes out in his tendency to be the one to come up with plans. They aren’t usually very detailed, but they’re better than Scott’s. His Ne feeds him the ideas, and his Te puts them into action. Stiles can be quite decisive when he wants to be, and blunt, which speaks to decent Te use. At one point, when at the dance with Lydia, he outright demands that she get up and go dance with him, after his initial attempts to ask her nicely are met with absolute refusal.

Another example of low Te can be seen in how easily he accepts the theory of Scott being a werewolf. His conclusion was certainly consistent with the information he had to work with, but the conclusion itself was seemingly detached from reality, being fantastical in nature. His ability to accept that so readily suggests a low thinking function.

Si:

“So Stiles. Great kid. Zero ability to focus. Super smart. Never takes advantage of his talents… Well, for his final question on his midterm exam, he detailed the entire history of the male circumcision… I teach economics.”

Stiles shows fairly clear inferior Si. He’s generally prone to being impulsive and not thinking things through, which is evidence of being an inferior introverted perceiver. At the beginning of the show, he’s the one that tends to pull Scott into things on impulse due to curiosity. Scott generally mocks him about his plans lacking attention to detail.

Stiles can be very detailed, like with his various speculations and when he details the entire history of the male circumcision on his economics midterm. Although, as shown in the latter example, these details are not always relevant or useful, which is where the inferior Si really starts to show. However, the clearest example that’s seen of his inferior Si is during season three, when people are being mysteriously killed. He hones in on the killings happening in threes, but then becomes convinced that the key connection is them all owning little dogs. Naturally, based on this mundane and irrelevant detail connecting all the killings together, he tries to convince Lydia to get rid of her little dog.