Robin MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Robin? Robin is an ISTJ personality type in MBTI, 6w5 - so/sp - 613 in Enneagram, RLOAN in Big 5, LSI in Socionics.
I agree with Robin’s ISTJ typing but I’ve noticed some comments saying they don’t see Robin using Fi. I’m very surprised by this, because I think he is such an obvious Fi user. His character arc throughout the series, specifically how it ties to Slade, screams Fi to me. He seems to see good and evil as black and white, and he is extremely unsettled when things start to get gray. Robin sees himself as a hero and Slade as a villain. When this is challenged by the fact that he begins to see similarities between him and Slade, it disturbs him deeply. A huge part of why he is so obsessive about Slade is because of how much their similarities bother him. Some quotes from the series that show examples of this: Cyborg: When it comes to Slade, you’ve got issues. Starfire: Whoever Slade is, you and he are similar. Slade did not trust you, and you did not trust us. (This silences Robin. He glares at Slade’s mask afterward, the words clearly upsetting him.) Beast Boy: You know, just because we’re trying to catch Slade doesn’t mean you have to act like him. Robin: Don’t you EVER compare me to him! He’s trying to destroy the city. I’m trying to save it! Robin: Sorry. I have a strict rule against giving stolen technology to psychos. Slade: You and I are so very much alike. Robin: I’m nothing like you! You’re a criminal, a psychopath. All you care about is destruction. Robin: The instant they’re out of danger, you will pay. Slade: That sounds like a threat, young man. Quite a good threat, actually. Betrayal, destruction, revenge. We really do think alike. (Robin is so offended by this statement that he snaps and attacks Slade.) In 'Apprentice Part I', Robin has a nightmare where he rips off Slade’s mask and sees his own face laughing back at him. “Don’t EVER lecture me! Whatever you’re planning, it’s over!” -Robin to Slade, offended at the idea of a criminal trying to teach him, a hero, anything. “I am the thing that keeps you up at night. The evil that haunts every dark corner of your mind.” - Slade as Robin imagines him in ‘Haunted’. Slade is the evil that haunts Robin because he brings out the darker side of Robin, and Robin can't cope with the fact that he has a dark side because of his strong values. Since he sees good and evil as black and white, he only knows how to place himself in one category. This also applies to how he views his enemies. “Why couldn’t we take her down, just like any other criminal?” -Robin about Terra, unable to process how heroes could possess any kind of attachment to a villain. In his mind, she is “just another criminal” so why does he feel differently about her than he has about other criminals? (Si+Fi, inferior Ne) Beast Boy: She’s not evil. We can’t just give up on her. Robin: Beast Boy, she’s working for Slade. Beast Boy: When you were working for Slade, did we give up on you? Robin: . . . She gets one last chance. One. Robin: It’s simple: there is good and there is evil. There are those who commit crimes and those who stop them. The two sides are opposite, as different as day and night. And the line between them is clear . . . Or at least, it’s supposed to be. “Does one good deed make him a hero? Am I to blame for all of it because of a single mistake? All I know is that the answers don’t come easy. It’s supposed to be simple, but it’s not.” -Robin after receiving unexpected aid from the person who begins using the Red X suit in season 3. He can’t comprehend that heroes are capable of immorality, and villains can likewise do good deeds sometimes. He’s trying to fit himself and his opponents into a category - good or evil, and when neither seem to fit perfectly, he’s perplexed. He struggles immensely to open his mind and see morality outside of a black and white lens. This, in my opinion, is a great example of a way an ISTJ’s tert Fi and inferior Ne could manifest. Raven, an INTJ, similarly says Robin is “just another criminal” when he is working for Slade, another tert Fi user. But the two characters handle their Fi-related struggles quite differently. Robin says Raven is “the most hopeful person” he’s ever met because she dared to hope she could shape her own destiny and be a hero, even though she was told she was born to be evil. He was so inspired by this that he claims it was the reason he managed to stay hopeful when Trigon took over Earth. I think this speaks to how torturous Robin would find it to be told he was going to have to do something evil his whole life the way Raven was. Robin is such a well-written character, and one of my personal favorite ISTJs. The conflict stemming from his Fi is a huge part of what makes him so interesting in my opinion. His Ne seems to develop throughout the series. That is why I think he is able to be strong for Raven when she becomes doubtful in season 4.
Biography
Robin is The Leader of the team. Trained by Batman, he manages to keep on an even keel with a team of metahumans through his intelligence, tactical skills, martial arts prowess and, when it all boils down to basics, enough pure crazy to frighten the four of them if he really cuts loose. Robin left his position as Batman's sidekick and moved all the way to Jump City to start working solo, only to end up taking charge of the Teen Titans on his first night there and deciding, afterwards, that heading a team might not be so bad after all. Robin is, at heart, a fairly normal teenager, enjoying hanging out and chilling as much as his comrades do. However, he's Batman's ex-sidekick, and this means he shares his mentor's fixation on discipline and hard work, which can put him at odds with his more relaxed teammates. He's also got issues of his own, namely a tendency to fixate on problems to such an extent that he stops paying attention to anything but "the mission", which has damaged his friendships on more than one occasion. Despite this, he is loyal to his team and takes threats against them seriously indeed.
