Simba (ESTJ)

I'm too lazy to draw Simba, I'd rather use my animash editing skills to make a MBTI/Enneagram portrait. Plus, I'm terrible at drawing felines, I still need to improve myself haha! 

Simba was a real pain in the ass. He's constantly changing and it took me so much time figuring out his personality. I hope he's still the same in The Lion Guard or I'm going to KILL DISNEY FOR RUINING MY PAINFUL ANALYSIS  

Ahem.

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If you still don't understand, it doesn't really matter, you can still read the description, you would probably get the concept.  

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Te: Simba is naturally sociable and assertive. He's not afraid to speak out his mind and he's pretty direct and honest. He doesn't like to lay around, he constantly wants to do something useful. He mostly admires his father for his courageous personality and he would not be afraid to go face the danger just to prove how brave he is. Young Simba is all excited when he's thinking about becoming a king. Ruling his future kingdom isn't a problem at all. As a cub, he's the one who leads and organizes adventures with Nala and likes to challenge everything. Simba does not likely stay passive when something is targeting him, even as a cub, he would perfectly fight back and protect others if he needs to. When Simba came back to the Pride Land after many years, his determination to take back his pride was powerful enough to intimidate Scar for a while. He even suggested Scar to submit, or otherwise he would fight him. In the second movie, Simba is overly controlling with his daughter, Kiara. He was having a hard time letting Kiara doing her own things since he's always interfered her from being independent. He took his responsibilities as a king so seriously he became very rigid and was very quick to aggressively judge anything and eventually, he didn't realize he was hurting his daughter's feelings. 

Si: As a cub, Simba wanted to learn everything about the traditions of the kingdom. He was ready to listen Mufasa and to spend time with him. He doesn't mind being placed into a structured and predictable life, because after all, he was MEANT to be king ! He broke the rules once by disobeying his father but he felt really guilty and hated it when Scar reminded him of his act (While Kiara keep disobeying her father over and over again because she was insisting to live her life in her own way (Se-Fi)). Sadly, after the traumatic event, Simba completely shut down his Si or at least, he tried his best to repress his painful memories. Because of it, Simba didn't want to talk about his past and didn't want to go back. "Change is good" said Rafiki, "Yeah, but it's not easy" replied Simba. Facing his past took a very long time for him to do so, but he finally did after Mufasa's ghost appeared. In the second movie, this is completely the opposite. Simba is very closed-minded and focused about his past and traditions. He repeated rules so many times to her daughter that she ended up knowing them by heart, annoyed. He doesn't accept the Outsiders mostly because they're "related" with Scar. He was very suspicious with Kovu and banished him as soon as he thought he was a part of the ambush without even listening Kovu's version. Simba wishes to became like his father and follows Mufasa's path as best as he can. 

Ne: Simba was very energetic and optimistic as a young cub. When he has a particular idea for an adventure, he would try to accomplish it through his Te. As a cub, his curiosity about discovery pushed him to be somehow a troublemaker. When he escaped the Pride Land, Simba found a way to adapt himself to the jungle and take a positive mood with his new friends. He decided to focus into his new life without worries in order to "forget" his trauma and his feelings. In the second movie, Simba showed a solid stubbornness related to his judgements or behaviors, but after a while, he changed his vision of the world and accepted new things as they are, especially at the end when he could finally let his past behind him thanks to her speech's daughter. 

Fi: Aaah, Simba's weakness ! Despite being able to control his outside world, Simba doesn't know how to regulate his emotions or to appropriately express them. The only emotion he would let appear it's anger or frustration. Simba is naturally confident, but after Mufasa's death, he became very guilty and lost track of his own identity, resulting him to be less responsible for his life during a long time. He never ever talks about how he felt about his past, not even to his friends or to Nala. He'd rather keep his feelings inside of him and would be angry or evadable if someone would try to open him up. In the second movie, Simba lets his emotions flow through his Te....sometimes in an unhealthy way. He seems to have a powerful parental instinct. Despite him being very rigid and blunt, he's excessively worried about the well-being of his daughter and would try anything to protect her from any kind of harm even if it doesn't please Kiara. Simba wants the best for his family and friends and he would not be afraid to risk his life for them. 

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Possible Tritype: 683 "The Justice Fighter"

Now I'm going to answer to some possible reactions toward my analysis.

Stop. Do not believe stereotypes. ESTJ does not make you automatically a serious and rigid asshole. In fact, when relaxed, ESTJ has a big sense of humor and can takes things pretty smoothly. They're still serious and organized when they have to, but they're perfectly capable of having a good time in YOLO mode. 

Stop. Every type has feelings. In fact, when Simba doesn't know how to deal with them, he freaks out. He repressed them too much, that's the problem. 

To be honest, me too. But most of the time, Simba is guided by his fear. That's it, his 6 is both phobic and counter-phobic, that's why he seems to act completely different sometimes. 

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The end. Who's going to read this long ass description seriously?!?!?