Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Portal: GLaDOS [INTJ]


Introverted Intuition (Ni): GLaDOS's existence revolves around one abstract ideal: "Science." Everything else comes second. All of her mind games, tests and traps, are focused on the ultimate end of collecting data and building a more comprehensive world view. She bides her time, patiently keeping in mind her ultimate objective. It's hard to say if she has "hunches" since she's almost all robot but she is certainly good at predicting the outcome of a given situation. She typically focuses on one objective at a time, moving on only when the original idea doesn't work.

Extroverted Thinking (Te): GLaDOS pursues her goal of "doing science" ruthlessly. She sees other beings as a means to an end, killing them out of hand when they cease to be useful. She manipulates Chell mercilessly, telling her lies and half truths in order to get a certain reaction that will benefit "science". GLaDOS runs the entirety of aperture, which, as we see in the second game, is enormous. She maintains the all of the essential systems, and, when she awakes after the facility falls into disrepair, she restores it to efficiency as quickly as possible. 

Introverted Feeling (Fi): GLaDOS's moral system is her own. Obviously she did not base it on the morality of the scientists who made her or she wouldn't have killed them all. Her beliefs on what is acceptable or not are based almost solely on whether it furthers the pursuit of "science." When her emotions match up with her Ni/Te objectives, she indulges them gleefully. She getting twisted pleasure from manipulating and hurting people as illustrated by her habit of trying to convince Chell that she is a bad person. Her attempts to put Chell in a bad light show the subjectivity of her moral system. Finally, at the very end, GLaDOS saves Chell. She saves her for no rational reason, but rather because the small bit of humanity in her told her that it was the right thing to do.

Extroverted Sensing (Se): GLaDOS would rather interact from a distance than up close. She is never in a hurry to do anything, drawing it out, turning it over and over gain in her mind (Ni.) She almost always interacts with Chell remotely and seems to have no need for immediacy in anything. Basically, she almost never uses Se.



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