Wings Not Included (Here!):

I kinda picture Riko as a 3, since he seems very performative but I could also see him as a 7. It's hard to know since we don't get very many Riko POVs that are just him being normal and not in great distress. What is going on in that head of his (if anything)?

As for Mish I frankly have no idea lol.

Familiar?? Darling. Baby. My love. You have no idea how FIXATED I am with the enneagram. Also MBTI and to a lesser (but no less enthusiastic) degree, Gallup's Strengthfinder.

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OK, first the gobbledygook. The rest of what has turned out to be an essay will be less technical sounding, I promise:

Riko is: ESTP 7w6 so/sp.

For Mish, she is asserting herself more and more as an IxTJ 8w9 so/sp.

(It hasn't yet become clear to me whether she is N or S yet... a lot of stuff happens in later arcs that would make that aspect clearer.)

OK, brace yourself. Because I am grabbing your vest and we are going on a DEEP DIVE BAYBEEEE.

So yes! Riko does present as a an Achiever (3) because of his (somewhat grotty) charm and chameleon-like behaviour. He is extremely adept at looking at situations and figuring out what they need from him and how to fold himself into the shape people want. His actions can look look very very very close to that of a 3.

BUT! The reason why he is an Enthusiast type (7) and not an Achiever/Performer type (3) is because of his CORE motivation:

A 3 is trying to prove their worth.

Riko on the other hand, is trying to stay free - of pain, of helplessness, of being trapped.

A 3's strategy is centred around effectiveness, reputation, or achievement. Riko doesn't do that. If anything, he actively resists being put on any sort of pedestal (he resisted Vetch calling him Ghosthands in the Selah arc).

In Surface Tension, Riko shows he really doesn't care about his reputation. He'll happily tell people he has an STD if it will achieve his goal of them leaving him be.

He lets people underestimate him, constantly undermines himself, and acts a lot stupider than he really is. If the spotlight ever lands on him, he worms his way out from under it. (Duck & Weave)

Not because he doesn't enjoy the attention; he actually is quite the slut for it. He's great at creating it AND holding it, when it serves him.

But he resists having people turn the spotlight on him because has learnt early in life that when people are watching you, your options dwindle. When you are in the light, you can't escape.

Vetch's attack on Riko in the Selah arc was particularly damaging because it targeted ALL the pain points of an Enthusiast (7). Riko became the centre of Vetch's obsession, and he couldn't escape. And then Vetch removed his ability to escape or speak, and trapped him in that maintenance corridor with him. No exits. No talking himself out of it. Pretty much a game over scenario for him.

Aaaaagh.

This constant need to keep moving is also why he very almost leaves in Plant, even though it's probably the best place he's landed in.

These days, I’m starting to question if I’m an 6w7 or 7w6.

What would be the difference between them? Both positive and negative aspects.

Thank you in advance

I’d recommend getting my book (9 kinds of quirky) because I go into the different centers better there, but a baseline would be.

7s are core assertive types (they go through people to get what they want) and 6s are core super-ego types (they can’t do that, because their inner voice scolds them for that behavior). 7s are core positive types (reframing and thinking of themselves in heroic terms) and 6s are core negative types (expecting the worst to happen and actively planning how to avoid it). 7s struggle to finish things because there’s always something shiny and new to pursue; 6s will stay at things way longer than they should, out of a sense of obligation or duty. Under stress, a 7 temporarily moves to 1 and becomes self-critical or judgmental (“I should stick things out, and not run away from my problems!”) but that is too draining, and they soon return to their natural optimism (“Life is full of good things for me to enjoy!”). A 6 temporarily moves to 3 and becomes either arrogant or insecure about their competency (“Are you questioning that I know what I’m doing?”), and then they bounce back into a more “logical” idea of their capabilities (often under-estimating what they can do).

In general, 7s think more highly of their skills and talent than their limited research provides (they tend to scan stuff, get the gist, and assume they are “experts”); 6s are self-deprecating to an extreme and comparatively under-estimate their own abilities (they will study and read and become the expert in truth, but still assume others are better at this than me).

🥺 I was like, “H-How do you know that?” I DON’T EVEN KNOW THAT!!!

And she said she marked it down on her calendar for this year so that she knows ahead of time.