Taissa “Tai” Turner MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Taissa “Tai” Turner? Taissa “Tai” Turner is an ENTJ personality type in MBTI, 3w2 - so/sp - 361 in Enneagram, SCOEN in Big 5, LIE in Socionics.
Te: Tai is very driven, to the point of harming people (breaking her teammate's leg by accident, wanting to freeze her out to win the game, change the plan she and her wife made in order to continue her political career). She is also a natural leader (as Van attests) and tends to be the first to voice an opinion or take the lead (like being the only person willing to sleep in the attic to prove that there are no ghosts). She is very self assured and is usually the one who keeps everyone in line (as an adult got Nat and Shauna to focus and not argue, was the first to start preparing everyone for winter). Tai is comfortable in being in control and is always trying to maneuver people and events around to reach a goal, whether it be soccer, survival or advancing her career. Tai has a pretty developed Fi (balances her Te) which is why she is not too bossy and is always trying to be tactful and listen to people's point of view and feelings, even if it's not her strongest feature and she doesn't always manage it. Her experience in the woods has strengthened her Fi and made her Te healthier. A reason she seems to like Van is due to Van's own straightforwardness approach which leaves little room for misunderstandings. When they argue, they always listen to the other person's reasoning and don't take personal offence. Ni: Tai is the first one to think of moving away from the crash to find water and shelter. She was also the first to try and find help or a nearby road or town. Tai is always making plans and thinking ahead. She is future oriented, the most out of the group too (the first one to start planning for the winter). TeNi combo is very goal oriented (she is ruthless in soccer and politics) and logic based, which is why she is one of the most vocal girls to speak against Lottie and her cult. When she has a goal in mind, she is relentless (managed to accomplish all her dreams even after the crash, smirked when she won even when it irked her wife and threatened her home life). Ni can also be pretty narrowminded (she doesn't wan to get help for her issues, doesn't give Lottie's theories a chance, freezes out her teammate even when no one backs her, does things on her own if she needs to). Se: Se tends to be impulsive and people who have this function like to break rules from time to time (as she does when she plans on freezing her friend out in a soccer game, get dirty in politics, has no issue helping Shauna hide her murder). Needless to say, sports are also a very common feature (she enjoys soccer and is passionate about it even though it holds no standing in her future plans in life). Tai can let loose when the mood calls for it (enjoys the party in the woods even before the shrooms), enjoys dancing in the cabin, is seen fooling around when there is no stress. Se is also about "5 senses" and the physical world, and so, believing in Lottie's ideas is hard for her to do. They are not something she can physically see or prove with logical evidence that is beyond coinsidence. Fi: Tai cares deeply for the people she loves even if she has a hard time expressing emotions as a teenager due to her least developed function being Fi. She wants to console Lottie with her worries but ends up yelling at her when she got to impatient with her hesitance. Even when she is trying to calm her friends down in the cabin, she tends to use logic and reason rather then emotions, which is why most of the girls don't listen to her and instead look up to Lottie for guidance, including Van at times. Tai is also very much in denial about her sleep walking condition for a long time, doesn't seem to want to dig into the reasons why (her grandmother's death has influenced it probably), is uninterested in speaking to a shrink and doesn't believe in talking about feelings as a way to heal. Even so, Tai still manages to read people's emotions as her Fi is pretty developed (seems to come from a very healthy family environment which might be the reason). She understands why Van is hesitant in participating in the graduation party in the forest, but instead of boosting her morals with an emotional speech, she shows she cares by making them a masks to hide her disfigurement and come out as a couple (which suits Van's low Fe too). Tai is almost always the first to hug a person in mourning or pain, to defend them (Shauna didn't want Lottie near her during labor so Tai tried to explain it to Lottie in the most tactful way she is capable of). Tai shows she cares by actions, not so much with words: by helping the group survive even if it means looking for help alone, sleeping in the attic alone, starts praying with Lottie while fearing for Shauna's life at labor (even when she doesn't believe it), goes along with Lottie's ceremonies to appease Van ("Happy wife, happy life), trying to use reason to sooth people's fears.
Biography
portrayed by Jasmin Savoy Brown and Tawny Cypress
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