Gwan Shik MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Gwan Shik? Gwan Shik is an INFP personality type in MBTI, 9w1 - sx/sp - 962 in Enneagram, RLUAI in Big 5, in Socionics.
For those typing him, Please read this before coming to a conclusion. Remember that we’re analyzing the younger version of Gwan Shik, not his older self. His character and behaviors changed significantly over time, and even the actors portraying him are different. and mixing both versions leads to mistyping. Mistyping Yang Gwan-sik unsettles me deeply. This character deserves to be seen for who he truly is. I won’t type his full stack here- I only want to explain one thing: 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢 (𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠). And once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Then you decide between INFP and ISFP. 𝐅𝐢 [𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭]: Gwan-sik doesn’t act based on structure or logic. Everything he does, his love, his actions, his hard work, even his silence, comes from 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬. Even he couldn’t lie and was bad at it because honesty is one of his 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬. That’s what Fi is. It’s personal, quiet, and hard to see from the outside. But it’s powerful and intense inside. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐢 𝐃𝐨𝐦: When you guys say, “He’s just a hardworking guy,” you miss the why. He’s not hardworking because of duty. He works because 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬. About his family, About Ae-soon, About protecting what he loves. What else he could do? If you’re typing him as ISTJ, I encourage you to look at his 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. She is a textbook ISTJ: Rooted in tradition. Guided by duty. Logical. Structured. Now compare them. Gwan-sik doesn’t follow duty for its own sake. He breaks tradition. He challenges expectations. Just like when 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 over his family. He’s 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, but it’s internalized. (He tries to control his emotions, but, for example once he starts crying, he can’t stop it) He always 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, not expectations or logic. These are major signs of a Fi-dom. Fi is personal and often hard to notice from the outside. As a Fi-dom myself, I’ve experienced the same thing. I was first mistyped as ISTJ, just because I don’t express my feelings easily and I’m very ambitious. For a long time, I even believed I couldn’t be a feeler, because of those stereotypes: that feelers are very emotional, or always expressive. But Fi doesn’t work like that. It’s quiet. It’s private. And that’s exactly what Gwan-sik shows. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫 (not ISFJ or INFJ): All his decisions are based on 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬, not other people’s feelings. He doesn’t act to keep harmony or please others. If he were a Fe-user, he wouldn’t have: ✧ Run away with Ae-soon that night ✧ Did everything to stop Ae-soon from marrying the rich man; even though it could’ve meant a stable, “better” life for her. If he were a Fe-user, he would’ve accepted it, even convinced her to go through with it as what’s best for her, and stepped aside - leaving her immediately for the greater good. ✧ Jumped off the boat to reach her ✧ Married her against his family’s wishes ✧ Left the house with her when she was treated badly These actions weren’t for what would please everyone—they were based on 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦. These are all emotional moves, proving 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫. He did not care about external approval and what others had to say. He didn’t even care much about his own family - He cared 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫. Was always taking care of only her, Proving his Fi. He made those choices because 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦. She wasn’t just someone he cared about - 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥. That’s what 𝐅𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬. It doesn’t serve everyone. But when 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 - it gives everything; Quietly, Selflessly, Completely.) 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁. Thank you for reading, if you made it this far.☺️ I hope I made sense.
