People keep saying INTJ, and then refusing to elaborate on which specific functions are standing out. I find this odd, because this is a MBTI/Typology subreddit. It sort of matters.
If I still had to type Walter White, I think I'd go with INTJ over INTP; mainly because he's so objective-oriented.
The reason he's objective-oriented is because we only see 1-2 years in his life, where he was a drug-dealing, meth-manufacturing criminal.
From what I observed, and what was presented about walt, he was known as the long-winded, "absent-minded" professor-type that failed to start his own company (He was an original founder, but bailed as soon as the going got tough), and subsequently failed to keep a job working in his chosen profession (When they showed the flashback to he and skyler buying the house, he mentioned another company he was working for and how he was looking forward to getting a raise/moving up the ladder soon)
That, above all else, is indicative of an INTP.
How many INTPs on this subreddit have a similar story? (And don't get me started about how many people here have "started" working on their own business but got lazy, or unmotivated. )
They go to college, study something half-way decent, then struggle to find the right job, or fail at getting the right position that will intellectually stimulate them and financially support them?
Then, how many of them go on to take a job just because it's "good enough" for them?
Walt was Mr. Good-enough, for 20 years.
For years he sucked it up & took it laying down.
Then suddenly he got cancer, and needed money.
I've watched the entire show, some episodes more than once, and I don't think Walter ever does any random pondering, for example. He's always looking to achieve or gain something with everything he does.
I disagree. He does tons of random pondering, and frequently gets lost in the running of his operation. Walt, unlike Gus, was always hands-on with the happening of his business.
He got caught up in the small details often because of his random pondering, or his Ne. He was constantly thinking about possibilities, and new ways to cook more, make more money, or to solve any other pressing issue.
But those are the keywords here: Pressing. Issues.
The 1-2 years that we see are the most stressful of his entire life - I think if we're going to attempt to type a fictional character, we have to treat them like real people.
Sometimes I think people forget that PEOPLE write characters. So even if they're fictional, the writer's weren't.
Real people appear differently in times of great stress.
If I thought I was dying in 2 or 3 months, I don't know what the fuck I'd do to make sure my family was supported in the event of my untimely death.
I think classifying Walt as an INTJ because he was willing to do anything (within reason, though, his morals did get looser and looser as the story unfolded) for his family.
And at the end, we find out that it was all really about his ego: He didn't want to die, being known as a helpless, dying dead-beat that couldn't take care of his family.
Gus, the real INTJ, wasn't concerned with what people would think after he was gone, he was more concerned with what a little Mexican man in a wheelchair thought of him.
These are classic examples of Ti-Fe and Ni-Fi.
Ti-Fe: Pride
Ni-Fi: Ego
I'm an INTP, and while Im not very prideful 99% of the time, there is that 1% of the time where I AM, and Im concerned with the legacy Ill leave behind, and how people will perceive my character.
Even on a smaller scale, there are some things, like for instance how my business is run, that I will not budge on, and am very particular about, because of how it makes me/my brand look.