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District 9

Wikus undergoes what must have been a grotesque and painful mutation from human to prawn

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I got Wikus two years ago and look how he's grown!! He won't get a whole lot bigger, though.

Flashback to ten years ago (2009), when I dressed up as Wikus van de Merwe from District 9 for Halloween. Pretty proud of that costume, because I managed to ID a few of the found objects (stun baton, radio, calculator) and put together a pretty accurate outfit.

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Functional Order: Te-Si-Ne-Fi

Extroverted Thinking: Wikus, despite his occasionally bumbling demeanor, is all about keeping goals in sight and maintaining some level of order in his job and his life. He does what he does not because it’s anything personal, but simply because that’s his job. After his mutation begins, he is always doing things, keeps his end goal in mind, and constructs an entire plan to raid a fortified building to achieve that goal. When raiding MNU headquarters, he writes off killing someone with the reason that the man was shooting at him, even though he said he would not kill anyone. At times he can be rather blunt with facts, such as when he tells Christopher Johnson and his son about how District 10 really is, and during the raid, when he promised only a way into MNU, not a way out.

Introverted Sensing: Wikus works at MNU without question until his life is disturbed, and he starts out being almost obsessed with following the rules. During the eviction of District 9 he relies on his pre-established knowledge that cat food is addictive to Prawns to diffuse a possible battle. After his mutation begins, his entire mission is to reverse it so he can go back to being what he was before. When he’s on the run, he first goes to call every single person he knows before hiding in District 9, after exhausting all other options, and because he knows it. During the eviction, he demonstrates thorough understanding of the iconography and tricks used to mark gang territory and hide weapons.

Extroverted Intuition: Wikus has an artistic side that’s not obvious at first glance. After his transformation, he creates a small flower out of metal and leaves it for his wife. During the eviction of District 9, he talks casually and compares the sound of burning Prawn eggs to popcorn popping. While on the run he starts catastrophizing and willing to consider any idea to get things back to normal. He nearly chops off his own arm on the chance that would fix his life, and only relents after losing a finger. During the final fight he also gets creative with weapons, such as using a pig as a makeshift projectile.

Introverted Feeling: Wikus doesn’t think about the moral repercussions of his actions until they come to affect him directly, setting him on a directly personal journey. It’s only once he starts getting treated like a Prawn that he starts empathizing with them, and even then it’s only until the final battle that he decides to put their well-being over his own. Once his mutation is revealed, he goes from being mildly emotional, even chipper at times, to utterly hysterical. He clearly loves his wife very much, and after a call from her he decides to try to chop his arm off, until his logical side takes over.