#jarrington

"I know you'll make me better than I've ever been

Bonus:

Steven is principled, judgmental and uptight. Steven sees himself as the moral compass of his family and stands up for his beliefs. 

At his best, Steven is altruistic and genuinely wants to enact positive change. When he finds out about Stansfield being a dirty cop and covering up for his father, he makes it his mission to expose the corruption and reveal the truth. When he is told he is going to become a father he wants to stand by his child as he knows that would be the right thing to do. He also spends a lot of time promoting his foundation and using the Carrington name and fortune to help others.

At his worst, Steven can become consumed with feeling of guilt and dwells on his mistakes. He has had issue with drugs and when he learns about his involvement in the death of a Carrington Atlantic employee, he turns back to these vices. When he is feeling overwhelmed about the news that Anders is his biological father, he leaves the family to go to Paraguay. He ultimately ends up in Paris using alcohol again as a result of his depression and the influence of ‘George’.

Steven often looks for the best in people and wants to believe that they have good in them. We can see this with his relationship with Alexis and the way he tries to keep contact with her and is more willing to believe that she has pure intentions and wants to reconnect with the family. He encourages Fallon to forgive her and wants to find their brother Adam. Steven also shows this with his relationship with Sam and is willing to trust him even after he has stolen from the family. This is one of Steven’s main issues with his family and retreating away from them, as he believes they are not always ‘good’ people.

Steven is idealistic and thinks he will change the world. He objects to the way his father runs his business and finds himself butting heads with Blake about his decisions. He wanted to work for Blake and create green energy that would be more environmentally friendly but quickly found he would not be able to continue working with his father. He decides a political career will give him more opportunities to enact change in Atlanta and focuses heavily on his aspirations of being elected. Ultimately he leaves to work on his foundation in Paraguay which leads to the beginning of the demise of his marriage to Sam.

Steven has a wing 9 as he is more introverted and repressed in his feelings than a wing 2 may tend to be. He also is very conflict-averse due to his 9 influence and often runs away from problems instead of confronting them head on.

Tri-type: 1w9 - 4w3 - 7w6

Some quotes to describe Steven’s motivations:

“That may be the worst thing I ever heard you say.”

“You're in business my with my sister now. For our family that means more than marriage.”

“Forgive my sister. She thought she was getting a promotion, not a stepmother.”

“Quick question: is there a cactus where your heart should be?”

“I was critical of you as a father, as a Republican, as a gun nut...”

“No one in my family understands how to be good...not even you”

Blake: “Well, you’re not gay are you?” Steven: “Worse. I've decided to run for City Council.”