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Subtype Trait Structures: sx4

Devaluer

Devaluation is present in the repertoire of defense mechanisms of this enneatype in all subtypes. The difference in the sexual E4 is that it tends more to projection, to devalue the other, and to openly blame him for his shortcomings and defects. In the enneagram there is no one more devaluing than the sexual E4. Other enneatypes also devalue, but it is in the style that the competition differs; it is the quintessential head trimmer to look comparatively taller. Devaluing the other by belittling and blaming him as a way of not being in permanent contact with his own sense of internal worthlessness.

Guilty and Blaming Others

The sexual E4 is, of the three subtypes, the one that projects the most, and in this aspect it can easily reach cruelty, above all displaying a great capacity for verbal aggression, as we have already pointed out. Sexual E4s have a phobia of feeling how little they value themselves, and also of feeling guilty. He tends to blame the other, compulsively needing to find someone responsible for the feelings that he does not want or accept for himself.

On the other hand, he has no problem admitting his guilt dramatically when he feels that all is lost. The fault can even be of life or of God himself, and it can be a form of manipulation. That is to say, there is great mobility between the extremes that go from “I am not guilty of anything” to the tear of “I am guilty of everything.”

“I have always moved between a very high ideal of myself, and on the other hand a very poor self-image. With little packaging to recognize the pain and refusal to accept the responsibility of life. I have always blamed God, my craziest idea has been that God has a plot against me.” - John Lion

Irresponsible

What is observed in this way of functioning is the difficulty and little capacity to assume responsibilities in the affairs of life. As we have seen, the sexual E4 tirelessly dedicates itself to making something or someone (normally the couple) take care of those aspects that they do not feel capable of sustaining or developing by themselves, with a feeling of their own right that is difficult to reasonably question. Only with introspection work do they come into contact with what it means to take responsibility for one's own life. They usually deposit in the other the need for material sustenance or emotional support that allows them to put their energy into creativity or navel gazing as really more important matters, which help them perpetuate the sense of being special. If that sustenance does not arrive, they can develop the aspect of being misunderstood, very present in this subtype, justifying outbursts of bad humor, anger, rudeness, etc. They directly relate irresponsibility to complaint and protest, as a way of reacting to the fact that responsibility is not understood: “The complaint and the protest work automatically in me; I live the realities of life, common to all humans, more closely, as if they only happened to me that way. Complaining is a childish mechanism that allows me to remain unaccountable and is perhaps one of my most common neurotic traits. I protest about everything and if I don't express it verbally, I protest in my internal dialogue. It's so automatic that sometimes the only thing that stops me is the idea of ending up as a bitter and curmudgeonly man.” - John Lion

The sexual E4 also presents obsessive tendencies, either towards a person who is the target of his love, or towards some activity in which he finds comfort, and these become the only lifeline and something essential that is out there to solve the problems. Issues that he does not face on his own, and perhaps to control a depression that he could not contain.

“Here came my encounter with yoga and inner work. I went to live in a community. It was a lifeline and I became obsessed, I've always been very obsessed with the things I like. There has always been something that I have placed my obsession on.”

Dissatisfied

Everything previously developed is basically based on dissatisfaction and the way of relating to it. Although this topic will be illustrated in the section on love, we would like to underline in a sympathetic way the Gata Flora style (“if they put it in, she screams and if they take it out, she cries”) that this subtype boasts and that shows its almost dissatisfaction permanent in all areas. If they don't hit him, he screams, if they hit him, he doesn't know what to do with it and most likely despises it. Dissatisfaction is associated with the belief that nothing and no one is enough and the experience of a bottomless void.

Emotionally Labile

The sexual E4 swings a lot between euphoria and depression, there are no grays or nuances, they move in extremes from everything to nothing, always or never, in fact they are common terms in their vocabulary. This manic-depressive or cyclothymic tendency is found at various levels of severity depending on the subject. We can read it from the passion for extremes that leads the person to identify at different times with being the most wonderful or the shittiest. These subjects can go from one state to another in very short periods of time, either due to external stimuli, environmental circumstances, or internal ones, related to fantasy. Emotional lability is characteristic of this subtype. This network of functioning leads to the intense way of life with which these people identify so much, and which they use as another refined way of not being in touch with real lack.

Transgressive and Intolerant of Limits

People of this subtype do not easily adapt to limits imposed, either by authority figures, laws or conventions, nor do they have many references to internal limits. We could mention here a certain maladjustment (not as much as the lustful E8), restrained at times by the feeling of guilt that usually appears. The transgression of limits is developed on many occasions at the level of fantasy, before an audience or an imaginary other. It is not so important to break the limit itself, but how this is seen by others; there is a pleasure in causing some kind of stir among the spectators, as if from that place one could obtain a great adhesion or a great rejection, but in short, something intense to enjoy and to talk about.

The sexual E4 is not very reserved, but he feels special pleasure for telling his experiences in a compulsive and shameless way. His position is: “if I don't tell it, it's as if it hadn't happened to me,” and if he feels that this provokes his audience, all the better. Actually, his goal, more than sharing, is to impress and feel superior, even when what he says demeans him.

When they do not obtain with their manipulations (and it finally happens), they can undertake a change and a path inward, taking responsibility, recognizing the lack as such and the drama. In this way, begin to transit creative solitude, inner strength, and finally responsibility for your thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Histrionic

This trait makes it sometimes difficult to recognize the character of this subtype as it can appear very humorous, funny, and expressive. He likes to occupy the stage also in a theatrical way and not only through the tragic. When he is in this polarity, he is sustained by a grandiosity that makes him feel superior and that “I can do everything.” Obviously it is a temporary situation that can end quickly, because he is very susceptible and sensitive to any adversity.

Selfish

Always finding a justification for his great suffering, difficulty, or lack of possibilities, it is easy for him to be a person who is not very available to the needs of the other. He uses his suffering to not carry out tasks or to delegate things to the other that he does not like or that require effort. Egoism is also in the conviction that the suffering of the other is never as important as one's own.

Violent

We have already talked about aggressiveness and self-injury, here we want to underline the harmful behavior that they can have towards others, reaching physical violence, which above all acts in the relationship of a couple or family. Violence occurs in a special way when you do not support frustration, or fear when you feel that you are losing control over the other.

Extravagant

Sexual E4s are not afraid of originality and often enjoy feeling different. He loves to be special, unique, and original. And he succeeds. You can speak very explicitly without conforming to good manners, as well as dress flashily and against the grain. His desire to be peculiar makes him also brave and adventurous, minimizing risks and dangers.

Inconstant

Despite being very creative and talented people, they often fail to carry out their projects. The self-ideal is very strong and low self-esteem is often hidden. They have many dreams and aspire to occupy special places, and their thirst to be admired is so great that it is difficult for them to sustain the slightest failure or any obstacle. The difficulty in maintaining discipline and tolerating the necessary path can cause disappointment, and feelings of incapacity that are suddenly masked with anger or devaluation also outwardly.

Jealous

Jealousy is lived with great intensity and is the reason for enormous scenes, especially in the couple; but also, even disguising more or less well, they feel jealous in any situation: family, work, social, and friendship. The constant competition that keeps them alive makes them evaluate in each situation if they are preferring or choosing them with respect to others, and if they do not feel chosen it hurts them a lot, provoking and jealousy projecting the one who becomes their opponent. But he is also very clever, knowing the terrain, to provoke the jealousy of others.

Overpowering

In relationships, in his impulse to be seen, and by his demand and need for things to be as he intends, unable to be even-tempered or feel equal, he imposes himself many times with a modality that runs over, abuses, oppresses, humiliates, and discounts. Although being polar can also be overwhelming in its generosity, care, and concern for the other.

Vain

He shares with the neighboring E3 this characteristic, and with the triad dependent on the image, in this case to hide his envy, as if he would dress up and apply makeup on himself attempting to cover the horror of his internal atmosphere that he is so ashamed of. As we have seen, the perception of oneself is in a continual series of ups and downs, and in the moments of ascent, vanity accompanies it, such as the excessive belief in one's abilities and the attraction it causes in others. If he is in a good mood, he takes great care of his appearance (according to his canons, of course) and likes to be recognized, although compliments make him a little uncomfortable because deep down he never fully believes them. So he can manifest himself as arrogant, conceited, self-centered, and with high points of queen/king narcissism, considering others as mediocre.

Sarcastic

The sarcasm of sexual E4 is a mixed fruit of his bitterness, and his wit and talkativeness. He does not laugh healthily at himself or at reality, but rather mocks with scathing and cruel irony, offending or teasing. And they have a lot of ability to do it, only, seeking excessive attention, they ridicule, humiliate, or insult. In effect, the etymological origin of sarcasm is linked to “biting the flesh” (of the victim). In their histrionics, they appeal to humor cleverly, but maliciously seeking to make the other look bad or if they themselves, if they themselves are also the object of their sarcasm. However, this trait sometimes serves as an escape valve for anger, to release it before it becomes uncontrollable and dangerous.

Cheerful and Chatty

They are usually very happy people, especially in moments of euphoria within their manic-depressive peaks. Just as when they are down they are the most dramatic in the enneagram, when they are on top they become the funniest, sharpest, and most capable of laughing at themselves and their misfortunes. Quaint as they come, they can be talkative and very talkative in their attempt to focus the audience's attention on them. If they find the paid field, there is no one to stop them, and they even tire the audience, of course.

Seductive

Intense for the bad but also for the good, they are usually good lovers, and are well predisposed for sex, since it is something in which they have specialized as a weapon to obtain love. They know how to enjoy sex and also seek their own pleasure, unlike the other subtypes, who may be more content with just giving pleasure to the other. But it's not just about sexual seduction; the sexual E4 seduces even without realizing it. In general, they have a strong erotic charge that permeates all their movements; walking, dancing, eating, talking, and they know how to handle it well when it is directed or focused. Seducing and rejecting often becomes in the sexual E4 the story of never ending, an endless circle. They are attentive to what they like and detect what works and what does not. It is a peacock that only unfolds its beautiful tail when there is someone who, perhaps without knowing it, has previously seduced it. They are good observers, analyze and capture who they want to seduce.

Sensitive and Artistic

When they take the final steps to grow internally, they can reach high degrees of understanding and empathy with the other, and also be experts in the ability to confront in an open and positive way. They have a deep emotional wisdom that translates into a good understanding of the human being, his emotional range and the availability to connect, and be compassionate. They are highly sensitive and spend much of their lives immersed in internal mental landscapes, where they feel free to cultivate and analyze their feelings, and out of a desire to manifest this inner world they tend to have a great interest in the arts and many become real artists in different fields. They have the ability to be very creative, thanks to their emotional richness, and their fertile imagination is usually translated into artistic work or other fields in which they contribute the new, the original. They have an important aesthetic sense of life, they value beauty in all its forms, they are aesthetically concerned with self-expression and self-revelation in the general nature of their lifestyle. If they are given to art they can be profound, peculiar, and novel.

Because of the drama of the character they can be good actors. They seek to give everything an artistic and special touch. They are among the people who investigate, and investigate the most in personal growth. They have an interest in finding ways out of the neurotic. Due to the experience of dissatisfaction and relational problems, they are usually well predisposed to therapies. When they find a bond of trust, respect and affection, they can commit and respond positively to treatment.

Intellectual

Among the E4 subtypes, the sexual is sometimes highly intellectualized. This is revealed in his aspirations, his inclination to knowledge, to study, to research the most varied subjects, but above all humanistic and philosophical. They love to read and be informed and, in many cases, they are strongly involved in social or political commitment. In his stubborn non-conformism, passion for criticism, rebellion against the system, they define him as a revolutionary, although the ideals of justice for which he fights may be based on a very personalized perception of reality that refers to his need to compensate for his feeling of injustice.

Source: PDB Wiki

#personality theory #personality types #typology #enneagram #enneagram subtypes #instinctual variants #enneagram 4 #type 4 #4w3 #4w5 #sx4 #esfp #infj #isfp

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fishwithoneeye · 5 months

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Still can’t believe I used to think I was an sx4… I am NOT an sx4. As far as I’m aware, I’m an so4.

Past me did not understand instinctual variants of enneagram types.

#enneagram #enneagram 4 #sx4 #sp4 #4w5 #fishposting

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m00n-pr1sm · 1 year

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I need someone to argue with regarding morgana’s typology or I might go insane

I type her IF(S) isfp sx/sp 468 (don’t like wings but 4w3) ESI S/L/O[E]i choleric-melancholic EFVL (3411) (I’m sorry I had to pull the 3V trigger someday,,)

Might type her firo someday but she’s choleric control :3

One day I’ll figure out gwen’s but she isn’t so2 !!

#morgana pendragon #bbc merlin #typology #Merlin #mbti #I don’t even like mbti I just need it for engagement #sx4 #I love triple reactives #morgana #it’s my typology cringe era <3 #enneagram #psychosophy

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jagdelf · 1 year

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[CM‘s] 1/64 スズキ SX4 WRC

インターネット上ではキザシがスズキのマイナー車としてネタにされがちだけど、本当に地味なのはこのクルマだと思う。

SX4のミニカーってだけでも珍しい上に、WRC仕様のテスト車カラーというマニアックすぎるモデル。何気に白の発色がとても良いのだが、下地処理が悪かったのか経年劣化でボコボコに荒れてしまっているのが残念。<652>

#cm’s #suzuki #sx4

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auto-schematy · 3 months

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Suzuki SX4 GY (2006-2013) – zamienniki akumulatorów

Suzuki SX4 GY (2006-2013), Suzuki SX4 GY (2006-2013) auto bezpieczniki, Suzuki SX4 GY (2006-2013) auto schemat, Suzuki SX4 GY (2006-2013) bezpieczniki, Suzuki SX4 GY (2006-2013) elektryka, Suzuki SX4 GY (2006-2013) schemat

Suzuki SX4 GY (2006-2013) akumulator, Suzuki SX4 GY (2006-2013) akumulatory,

#seat #ateca #akumulatory #car #samochod #auto #bezpieczniki #elektryka #schemat #shorts

#suzuki #sx4

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newsbmwblog · 3 months

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Wymiana sprzęgła Suzuki Warszawa

Across,Ignis,Jimny, Swace, Swift, SX4, Vitara, Alto

#Wymiana sprzęgła Suzuki Warszawa #Across #Ignis #Jimny #Swace #Swift #SX4 #Vitara #Alto

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bpautospares · 1 year

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Benefits Of Genuine Suzuki Spare Parts Over Imitations

Genuine Suzuki spare parts that are of the same dimension as the first-hand factory-fitted parts that were provided with the brand new car, provide smooth performance.

Source: https://bit.ly/3Y0zZ4F

#SuzukiPartsIndia #SuzukiSpareParts #Alto #Esteem #Wagon-R #Sx4 #Swift #Ritz #A-Star #Zen #Celerio #Baleno #Ciaz #Ertiga #Gypsy #Ignis #Brezza #Eeco

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ca-dmv-bot · 11 months

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Customer: 4 KIDS WITH NAMES THAT START WITH S DMV: SEX FOR MOM Verdict: DENIED

#California license plate with text SX4 MOM #bot #ca-dmv-bot #california #dmv #funny #government #lol #public records

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dustbunnybell · 4 months

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The Enneagram 4 Subtypes Showcased by Characters in Naoki Urasawa's Monster

Dr. Kenzo Tenma: Self-preservation Four

This subtype internalizes suffering and feels emotions inside, but doesn’t share them with others. They are stoic and strong in the face of difficult feelings, and sometimes in response to a belief that, to be “loved,” they have to be tough or happy or endure pain alone. They are hardworking and action-oriented. They don’t always feel envy consciously, but instead work to prove themselves worthy. They tend to be more masochistic than melodramatic, and may look happy or “okay” on the outside while struggling to endure hardship on the inside without showing it. They are self-sufficient and autonomous, and try to heal the pain of the world, even if that entails exerting a lot of effort.

Johan Liebert: Sexual Four

Sexual Fours make others suffer as an unconscious way of trying to rid themselves of painful feelings of deficiency. In denying their suffering and being more shameless than shameful, they express their needs more and can be demanding of others. In seeking to be the best, they express envy in its manifestation as competition. They express “an envy that wants,” unconsciously turning their pain at inner lack into feelings of anger about not getting what they need from others.

Jaromír Lipský: Social Four

This subtype dwells more in suffering and communicates more about their painful emotions. They may tend to be overly sensitive and often appear sad. They express sensitivity, melancholy, and unhappiness more readily than the other Type 4 subtypes. They frequently compare themselves to others and then focus a great deal of attention on the emotional suffering they feel at seeing themselves as inferior to or less worthy than others. They remain convinced there’s something wrong with them, even in the face of evidence to the contrary.

Descriptions written by Beatrice Chestnut

#enneagram #enneagram four #sp4 #sx4 #so4 #monster #naoki urasawa's monster

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enabrained · 6 months

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TWO DAYS UNTIL THE MOST RELATABLE LOSER EVER HAVING A CRISIS IS ANIMATED LESSGO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

i prolly messed up a lot but it’s 1:30 am and i’m sleepy okayyyyyyyy

#project sekai #ena shinonome #proseka #pjsekai #shinonome ena #I LOVE MY SILLY SX4 STEREOTYPE (just like me for realsies)#HOW DOES ONE BE SO RELATABLE #AAAAAAH I HATE YOU ENA

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phlve · 2 years

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Naranjo Subtype Descriptions — 4

so4 / E4 Social: Shame

The contrasts between the types of character four are the most striking, since their different subtypes seem more differentiated than in the other passions. When I explain this topic in Spanish, I usually say that there are "sufferers, suffered and insufferable." The sufferers are the social fours.

The social E4 is a person who laments too much, is very tearful and often puts himself in the role of victim. In DSM-IV, a category of person given to self-sabotage is suggested. The characteristic pointed out by Ichazo for this character is shame, which descriptively seems to me to be a success but does not manage to describe a neurotic need. Certainly, these are people who undervalue themselves, and therefore feel less than others. But how do you explain why these people are so given to blaming themselves and comparing themselves unfavorably with others?

The answer, it seems to me, is found in what Melanie Klein called the depressive position, through which the child prefers to blame himself instead of venting his rage against the mother, whom he excessively needs. In a similar way, we can consider that the social E4 is one that prefers to swallow its own poison instead of externalizing it to loved ones; he has learned to introject his aggression in view of an exaggerated affective dependence.

sp4 / E4 Conservation: Tenacity

Different from "sufferer" (E4 social) and "insufferable" (E4 sexual) is what in Spanish is called "suffered", an expression that speaks of a capacity for self-frustration and endurance.

Instead of being an overly tearful person, the sufferer is one who does not complain and avoids crying in front of others, and who has learned to swallow a lot and bear pain without blinking.

How could we explain this in terms of motivation? What necessity can push a person to become a masochist? It's kind of like saying to a parent or loved one: "You see I'm not complaining? Do you love me now? You see what a good boy, what a good girl I am?"

The E4 conservation aims to make virtue of resistance to frustration. Many times I have explained it with an anecdote of Lawrence of Arabia, according to the famous film, which shows him in an office in Cairo lighting someone's cigarette and then putting out the match with his fingers. Someone asks him in surprise: "what are you doing?" And he explains that, in this way, he trains to endure pain. He had developed from childhood this supposed virtue of stoically bearing pain, and it surely served him during his exploits, which earned him the fame of a great hero, since not even among the Arabs had anyone been able to resist in such a way the harshness of the desert.

In E4 conservation, enduring is a passion, but how to explain it? I think the key is in the introjection of voracity. The visible envy that presents the sexual E4 as a demanding and insistent aggressive oral, here becomes a counter-envy directed against the person himself, now in the form of a self-demand that is also self-devouring.

sx4 / E4 Sexual: Hate

If the social E4 suffers more than the other subtypes by feeling guilty about any desire, the sexual E4 turns against shame by becoming shameless in order to give satisfaction to its intense desires. Therefore, even if it is embarrassing, it will knock on every possible door. He becomes insistent, even against frustrations, as if he thinks according to the saying that it is the baby that cries the most that nurses the best. The more I complain, the more I'm going to get, he seems to think. Only this strategy, which works well in childhood, no longer works so well in adult life. People who are too insistent, demanding, demanding, tend to be annoying and be rejected, and thus their vicious circle arises, in which rejection leads to protest and protest to rejection.

The name Ichazo gave to the characteristic passion of sexual E4 was hate, which is descriptively appropriate for these expressive people about their anger. But this may not sufficiently explain their motivation, so it seems better to talk about competition, or competitiveness.

We could characterize the envy of the sexual subtype as an aggressive oral envy, which bites. Psychoanalysis speaks of "cannibalistic" impulses. It is not only desired, but it is desired with anger. This is the sin of Cain - our predecessor: "I envy you and therefore I kill you." I envy the rich, and start a revolution. I envy your intellectual superiority, and for that I will cut off your head (then ... high!) And, when we talk about cutting off heads, we are talking about invalidation, contempt, the aggression that is expressed in the devaluation of the enviable - as in the case of the fox and the supposedly green grapes.

#personality theory #personality types #typology #enneagram #enneagram subtypes #instinctual variants #naranjo #enneagram 4 #4w3 #4w5 #so4 #sp4 #sx4

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sittingdiastolic · 3 months

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NO.

i’m an ENFJ 4w3.

I’M JUST EXTROVERTED NAGITO KOMAEDA.

#THIS WASN’T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN #i always kinned hajime as a kid what went wrong #FWIW i think nagito is an so4 while i’m an sx4 #so take nagito and make him extroverted and angry and you have me #that’s fucked #danganronpa #nagito komaeda #myers briggs #enneagram

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m00n-pr1sm · 1 year

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morgana enneagram argument (!!)

guys it’s finally real. months of deliberation (bc I am indecisive and overthink) but i finally decided and wrote an argument (most of it crammed during math yesterday bc why not) so yayayayyaya!! also i wrote this for pdb so it’s posted on her page too ^^

Hello, it’s the #1 Morgana enthusiast, here with my sx4 argument! Although so2 is an understandable take and I agreed with it for a while; I would like to refute it and explain why sx4 is a better fit.

Also, ignore how this took forever I’ve been busy lol

Part 1: Refuting SO2

I personally agreed with so2 because of Morgana's similarities with the trait structure of one (cold, egocentric, demanding, etc.) however, I now believe she fails to fit the core type. To clarify for the uninitiated, variants and enneagram are not two separate systems, subtypes are made of a multiplication of the instinct (so,sx,sp) and the core type, they are inherently tied.

Two’s have the fixation of flattery and the passion of pride, becoming dependent upon the approval of others. Thus they frequently suppress their own needs in order to appear helpful to others in the hopes of receiving praise.

>” Their need for love and approval is extreme— they feel dependent upon it—and in order to get it, they try to please and play to the object of their affection, fawning over and excessively praising them. Hence the name of this type, Ego-Flattery. The disproportionate value they place on those they admire and want to be loved by is their deepest form of flattery”

Morgana doesn’t fit this passion at all, nothing she does is motivated solely by receiving love or approval from others, while yes she does desire familial connection and acceptance, I will later explain why this fits e4 more. While she may flatter people (especially in S3), almost all of these instances are for achieving some greater means; being admired is not her final goal. Even in one of Morgana’s defining goals, which is her desire to bring back magic, there are no hints that it was for self-elevation and the exaltation of her own self-worth

The passion of pride manifests differently in all the subtypes, but so2’s in being a social climber and wanting to become a figure of reference; the coldest and intellectual of all the 2’s. Morgana never seeks this sort of social recognition; even when she was queen she didn’t try to seek out the people’s approval, in fact, she actively did things to make them yield through force, fully aware of what the people would think of her. While Morgana does sort of take on the role of a reference figure (for Mordred in s5), one that is above others; it isn’t due to an attempt of gaining love and recognition.

While 2 and 4 are both situated in the heart triad, the one all about image, 2’s want to gain love through a false image they create, whereas 4’s identity as the part of themselves that is missing, what they lack; thus striving to achieve fulfillment. Just because Morgana is cold/prideful and is able to operate effectively in social situations, doesn’t mean she’s a (so)2.

> “Sometimes the sexual E4 can be confused with an E2 subject, a self-proud person who presents herself as a queen with a throne, she enjoys her position, feels lucky and apparently has a lot to give. A sexual E4 person feels like a queen but who has been robbed of the throne early, either because she has done something wrong or because they have realized that she does not deserve it and she spends her life claiming it. "Give me back my throne! Don’t you realize that it's mine? This is unfair!".”

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Part 2: Explaining Core 4

E4 may seem like a strange take but I would like to explain why it fits her.

She fits the fixation of melancholy, which is defined as dissatisfaction with the present and always looking toward the future. This fits Morgana's disposition, especially in the earlier seasons, she longs for a future where magic is legal and she’s able to be herself.

>“I don’t want to be brave, I just want to be myself”

-s2e03

>“The main inner mood of Fours is a sad and heavy sense of lack, a feeling of being cast away, and an inconsolable and insatiable longing, as though they are in perpetual mourning for the connection that has been lost.”

Eventually, they develop the fixation of envy, their yearning for whatever they long for turning into a sense of envy, as they are missing something the other has; believing they are lacking and fundamentally flawed. Morgana fits this sense of yearning very well, her desire for the throne and the longing for a place where her magic can be legal and accepted. She also has the belief that she is tragically marked (almost taking on this great sacrificial role, the one that will bring back the old religion) and an “other”, with both her magic and Uther’s rejection of her in the episode The Crystal Cave.

>“Just as Fours experience themselves as abandoned by others, so they in turn abandon themselves through this frustrating yet relentless external longing for fulfillment. With the inner conviction of their own inherent badness or, at best, paucity, they long for intimacy and closeness with others, and yet it is difficult to allow. To really open up and be vulnerable would mean revealing the inner sense of lack and of badness, and then they believe they would surely be abandoned, repeating the initial intolerable wounding.”

A big part of Morgana’s character is the initial guilt she feels at her magical abilities, a feeling of being a “monster”, encapsulating this “void” an e4 feels, that’s why I believe she was so eager to stay with the Druids. They helped her to realize the nature of the powers, that they aren’t something to be ashamed of. Although understandably, most people would feel this way if they were in her situation, however, I think how easily she fell for them is indicative of this deep longing. This also applies to her turn to Morgause (while I think it’s a tragedy the time between s2-3 got skipped and I could talk about it forever, I'll spare y’all) who provided a familial bond and offered support.

While of course her passion is modified a significant amount by the sx instinct, Morgana fits the core type.

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Part 3: SX4

The E4 combined with the sexual instinct (“who am I with”) produces a character that is very outwardly hateful and the subtype that is the most shameless about their own shame. They are intense and externalize their own suffering onto others in order to feel a sense of compensation.

>” They are Intensity in its pure form, competitive and arrogant.”

>” The sexual E4 does not easily show their weaknesses or need, but neither does the self-preservation subtype want to know anything about their envy or weakness. Hate protects them from fragility and they intend to make it disappear.”

>” They stick out from other 4s due to their harsh and aggressive attitude, often described as shameless and feeling a strong rejection by the world as their inferiority gets replaced by aggression.”

I think this embodies Morgana's attitude in how she goes about things in the later seasons and even in the earlier seasons. Instead of the tenacity of an sp4 or shame of a so4, Morgana is far more outward and critical of others. This is only exemplified by s4 and beyond, manifesting in much more direct violence and hate. That’s why I believe Morgana doesn’t come off as a 4 super clearly, she replaces the typical insecurity/lamenting with a mask of arrogance and ruthlessness. (also exemplified by having an 8 fix lol)

>” The sexual E4 also presents obsessive tendencies, either towards a person who is the target of his love, or towards some activity in which he finds comfort, and these become the only lifeline and something essential that is out there to solve the problems. Issues that he does not face on his own, and perhaps to control a depression that he could not contain.”

These traits are reflected in her pursuit of Emrys as well as her countless attempts to rid Gwen of the throne, which Morgana claims as her own birthright. There is undeniable envy there, a sense of yearning.

"I have dreamt the future and, in it, that servant sits upon my throne. I would rather drown in my own blood than see that day."

-S4E02

If she becomes the queen then she could undo the damage that Uther has done, in some way making up for the years of fear and loneliness he caused her. This later extends to Arthur, as she comes to view him simply as an extension of his father. Eventually, this manifests into an obsessive desire to get back at Arthur, tainting her once noble goal; by the last episode, it's spiraled into a quest for revenge.

>“I have always moved between a very high ideal of myself, and on the other hand a very poor self-image. With little packaging to recognize the pain and refusal to accept the responsibility of life. I have always blamed God, my craziest idea has been that God has a plot against me. -John Lion

(from the Guilty and Blaming Others point on the trait structure of an sx4)

Also, sp>so because Morgana focuses on her conservation of resources more than interaction in the social sphere, self-explanatory.

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Part 4: Refuting other options

This is mainly for my own sake but I’ve gone through a lot of options so here’s me refuting them. Lightning round!

E1- Morgana lacks the standards of perfection and the need to be perfect herself, while she does have a twisted worldview and strong morals, sure, those aren’t really traits exclusive to E1, anyone can have them.

Sx6-she doesn’t move away from people in the way a head triad would nor fit the core type of a 6 > 4 her later actions aren’t motivated solely by fear/an attempt to appear strong; like her volition is genuinely too strong. Like yeah, she was scared of Emrys, but I really think any average person would be wary of their prophesied doom. Besides she does have a strong 6 fix.

So7- I half-jokingly considered this but it’s a cool idea, alas Morgana lacks many of the key traits of E7. The only reason I considered this was the so7’s desire for social comfort thus having plans revolving around how to achieve it. I wish she was though </3

E8- never considered this but considering it’s the 2nd most voted option, Morgana lacks the lust and sensory-motor dominance of the 8,+ 8’s are described as having a “lack of inwardness” which contradicts introversion, Morgana constantly looks inward to her own emotions and is in touch with her inner world. She is very 8-fixed though (triple reactive queen <3).

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Part 5: Sources

-The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram

Link

- 27 Personalities in Search of Being

Link

- I forgot a few of the exact sources I used so my bad (dw they’re all reliable) but the main few are from the books listed above ^^

- also the PDB wiki page on sx4 is good (paraphrased some of Haiki’s and Chestnut’s descriptions)

[This is me manifesting merlin trends out of nowhere so this page rises to life]

#Morgana Pendragon #enneagram #bbc merlin #merlin #typology #i will tag the hell out of this i like it.#also the quote w/o an explanation is intentional #it's for *impact*#sorry for the tags #katie mcgrath #morgana #it’s my typology cringe era <3 #enneagram 4 #sx4 #lol i hate tagging typo tags bc of rheti users sorry lol #actually idc if u use rheti i just like naranjo more #he's a key developer of the theory and all #i will not go on a rant on the history of enneagram.

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