The Unyielding Stoics

ISTJ Heroines

Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games Saga

Okoye, Black Panther

Nebula – Guardians of the Galaxy

Anna, Frozen

Queen Elisabeth, The Crown

Rebecca Jordan “Newt,” Aliens

Hope Van Dyne “The Wasp,” Ant-man and the Wasp

Dana Scully, The X-Files

Angela, The Office

Agent Maria Hill, Marvel Universe

Rachel, Bladerunner

Bo-Katan Kryze, The Mandalorian

Temperance Brennan, Bones

Queen Maeve, The Boys

Minerva McGonagall, The Harry Potter Saga

Macedonia, Far Away Bird

ISTJ Female Villains

The Borg Queen, Star Trek

Nurse Ratched, One Flew Over the Coo Coo’s Nest

Minn-Erva, Captain Marvel

ISTJ Heroes

Rick Grimes, The Walking Dead

Eddard Stark, Game of Thrones

Mace Windu, The Star Wars Saga

Robocop, Robocop

James Rhodes “War Machine,” The Avengers

Mother’s Milk, The Boys

Caesar, Planet of the Apes Trilogy

The Punisher, The Punisher

Cpl. Hicks, Aliens

Wong, Doctor Strange

Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory

Cassian Andor, Rogue One

Thorin Oakenshield, The Hobbit

Admiral Ackbar, Star Wars Saga

ISTJ Villains

Darth Vader, Star Wars Saga

The Terminator, The Terminator Saga

Stannis Baratheon, Game of Thrones

Ronan the Accuser, Guardians of the Galaxy

Korath the Pursuer, Guardians of the Galaxy

Admiral Piett, Star Wars Saga

ISTJ – The Unyielding Stoic

In fiction, what do ISTJ characters all have in common?

Willpower. Persistence. Results.

The Unyielding Stoic is statuesque in their emotional control. You’ve learned to bury your feelings as a way to maintain your authority and keep people at a distance at the same time. You wear your poker face like a mask. And once you make up your mind, you rarely change it. Your rigid attitude makes you an unbelievably effective person when life or circumstance hands you an objective. You prefer to follow your own counsel and keep your reasons to yourself. Because you calculate everything, you have a strategy for everything.

Even social situations are a battlefield in your mind. Your hard-practical nature makes you a human calculator in terms of going about your business. You can be a ruthless pursuer of specific outcomes and tend to solve problems with accuracy and cunning. You notice the details that others often miss. You’re also very stubborn when it comes to changing your plan. You prefer to stick to your plan no matter what and analyze it later rather flip-flop decisions midstream.

If you are a hero or heroine, then you’re often a critical leader in a crisis because you never let emotions cloud your judgment. If you are a villain, then watch out. Your unwavering mentality makes you a formidable, relentless opponent because, like a machine, you’ll never stop until the job is done. You’re mathematical in your thinking and rational in your application of strategy. Your control over your emotions has made you extremely efficient at completing tasks. Also, you also tend to be patient and cool-headed, allowing you to pounce on the mistakes of your enemies. Not everyone likes your leadership style, but then again, they aren’t the leader. The Unyielding Stoic has no sympathy for those who question them and sometimes lack compassion. But your enemies will rarely ruffle your feathers. Your loyalty to the cause is unquestioned. You may not be one for the big ideas, but you are the one who will carry them out. The Unyielding Stoic overcomes all obstacles and finishes what they start.

When Unyielding Stoic Become Villains

The good news is that the Unyielding Stoic makes up a larger percentage of people on planet earth. The bad news is that they make great villains in fiction. Arguably, the greatest villain of all time shares your personality, Darth Vader. When ISTJ characters serve the bad guys, then watch out. They prove to be relentless and machine-like. The quality that seems to tilt an Unyielding Stoic toward the path of evil is an uncanny desire to restore order. All these villains believe that the world (or universe) went awry and needs a dramatci correction. Without any moral restraints, Unyielding Stoics will summon all resources toward the narrow focus of defeating their opponent. That makes an ISTJ villain very tough to beat. Each example of this type of villain refuses to compromise, refuses to rest, and trends toward ruthlessness. Unemotional, these villains feel little remorse for their actions and operate on a pure form of confrontation logic: win. Remember, Unyielding Stoics are not the warmest people persons. So when people are the enemy, the ISTJ villain will pursue and destroy with the same coldness as playing a game of chess. It’s no surprise that many characters on the list, both heroes & heroines the same as villains, are all or part machine.

Frequency

According to the “MBTI Manual” published by CPP, The Unyielding Stoic accounts for 11.6% of the world population, making it the third most frequent personality type. 16.4% of men (the highest) and 6.9% of women are ISTJs.