Teen Wolf: Scott McCall (ISFP)

Fi:

“Let Scott deal with it. Let him be the hero of his morally black and white world.” – Peter

“Why is the default plan always murder? Just once, can someone try to come up with something that doesn’t involve killing everyone?”

From the very beginning of the show, Scott is shown as being very idealistic. He is determined to be a starting player on the lacrosse team, in spite of being severely asthmatic and lacking in physical skills. He does not let those things deter him from believing that he would be able to succeed. While he initially freaked out about being bit and turning into a werewolf, it does not take him long to see the advantages of his newfound powers. He views them as his big break, as if things are finally going right for him. He is openly annoyed with Stiles for freaking out about him being bitten and asks Stiles why he is trying to ruin it for him. This all shows Scott’s immature Fi self-focus rather than the focus being framed in the context of his powers benefiting the team/group.

Scott has a very rigid moral code and gets very hung up on his personal sense of right and wrong. He gets very frustrated with the others when the plans boil down to killing the other side before getting killed themselves. This quote from Peter sums up Scott’s views: “Let Scott deal with it. Let him be the hero of his morally black and white world.”

His sense of justice is both admirable and a hindrance throughout the show. One of the main hang-ups he has with joining Derek’s pack is the fact that Derek is willing to kill others. He puts forth an ultimatum, telling Derek that he would only join his pack if they did things his way. Later, Scott’s extreme views on killing cause Stiles to hide the fact that he had killed someone accidentally in self defense. This left room for Theo to cause division amongst the group because Stiles was afraid of Scott’s reaction, the potential that the friendship would be ruined.

Se:

“Just stop with the questions, man.”

“Guys, let’s concentrate on catching her first. We’ll figure out the rest later.”

While not the most cautious person in the world, Scott shows enough hesitance to suggest that his Se is auxiliary rather than dominant. When they are about to break into the bank to save Erica and Boyd, Scott is apprehensive about the fact that they aren’t going in with enough information. However, Scott’s instinct is more on the side of acting rather than pondering. This is contrasted pretty clearly between him and Stiles. While Stiles is always talking things through and discussing things, Scott is much more prone to just do something rather than talk about it, which points to high Se. An example of this can be seen when they are trapped in the school and running from the alpha. When Stiles comments that the windows are all sealed shut and won’t open, Scott wants to break them open and moves to do so. Stiles quickly interjects about how it would make a lot of noise and draw attention to where they are hiding. Scott then shoots back that they have to do something, which demonstrates that he is primarily focused on problem solving through physically doing something rather than through discussion.

Scott prefers to take action after getting a general idea of the plan, as demonstrated in the second quote above. He wants to focus on the main task at hand and figure out the details later, but he is also uncomfortable when communication is lacking or there is no plan. However, he still ends up going along with things even when the plan is bad or there isn’t one. He also reacts physically rather than verbally on several occasions when Isaac insinuates that he has interest in Allison. For instance, his jealousy gets the better of him, and he throws Isaac across the room or through a wall after hearing each insinuation.

Ni:

“Don’t say too easy! People say too easy and bad things happen.”

Out of all of the functions, Scott’s Ni is the hardest to pin down. One example of his Ni reasoning is when he panics and needs to come up with a cover story for what is happening at the school. He throws Derek under the bus, using him as a scapegoat by accusing him of the murders and the destruction at the school. Later when Stiles asks he what he was thinking, Scott can’t produce a concrete explanation, but insists that it doesn’t matter because Derek was dead anyway.

He gets frustrated with both Stiles and Derek on multiple occasions for not having thought things through, but he also struggles to think things through very thoroughly himself. He becomes somewhat paranoid when Derek proclaims something is too easy, due to the pattern of people saying that and bad things happening shortly after. This suggests low Ni as it’s a fairly weak use and application of a somewhat abstract pattern.

Scott tends to be rather to the point when talking. He isn’t one to go on long explanations. Frequently, when he is required to recount something, he tends to give either a fragmented account of what happened or summarizes down to the point that he feels is important. For instance, when talking to Allison about the conversation he had with her mother, he keeps focusing on the scary pencil thing she was doing throughout it, and doesn’t recount the conversation in depth. This all supports Ni use rather than Si.

Te:

Scott’s Te manifests mostly in the way that he ultimately ends up dealing with his pack. Instead of taking on a strict role of leadership within his pack, Scott takes more a friend role, trying to keep things within the pack democratic. Other than his strongly held beliefs, Scott has a relaxed leadership style, that is until he gets stressed. Under stress, Scott displays some of the classic inferior Te tendencies. One such example of this would be when he abruptly decides to stab his fingers into Corey’s neck in order to get the information he needed. He does so with little regard to how severely he could have injured him, caring only in that moment about getting what they needed as effectively as possible. When the others call him on this behavior, he snaps at them and clamps down, getting very authoritative.