Your Fictional Soulmate in Another Universe, According to Myers-Briggs

When I was writing this Friends article for Truity, I spent an outrageous amount of time pondering the characters’ Myers-Briggs types and figuring out why some of the show’s many couples just click. And it got me wondering—what if these “soulmate” pairings weren’t confined to one show? What if I played matchmaker across universes to see which ones might be a perfect match?

So I dove into the world of fiction, hunting for characters whose types line up in all the right ways. The results surprised me. Some of these pairings look unlikely at first glance, but there’s a real case for why they’d have a happily-ever-after if their stories ever crossed over. I’m also a big comic book fan so be warned—you’re about to get a few superheroes and villains crashing the party with plus-ones you’d never expect!

Loki (Marvel) and Arwen (LOTR) – ENTP and INFP

The Marvel Cinematic Universe offers up a veritable ocean of Myers-Briggs types all on its own, and Loki is most definitely an ENTP. ENTPs are talkers, and Loki just loves chatting the ear off his partners in crime. When Thor breaks Loki out of prison in the Dark World, Loki just won’t shut up—he constantly goads his adopted brother. And never one to back down from an interesting challenge, he takes on the most impossible challenge of all—trying to take over the world. He sneakily impersonates Odin and runs the realm for years.

Arwen from The Lord of the Rings is about as different as you can get. An intensely idealistic INFP, she’s full of conviction and refuses to conform to her father’s expectations, choosing a life with Aragorn over immortality. She tells Aragorn, “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone”. She believes in Aragorn’s destiny as King, even when he doubts himself. Arwen is sympathetic and gentle, but has an iron will when it comes to choosing her own fate.

One wouldn’t typically put a sarcastic, sometimes villainous god and a sweet, half-elven maiden together, but ENTPs and INFPs are highly compatible. Things might be rocky at first, with Loki being too blunt and sarcastic for sensitive Arwen. But then Loki would come to respect Arwen’s depth and sincerity, and Arwen would be charmed by Loki’s wit and spontaneity.

Tony Stark (Marvel) and Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice) – ENTP and ENTP

Tony Stark is another MCU ENTP, but unlike Loki, he tends to use his powers for good. He doesn’t have any actual superpowers, though, apart from his genius-level intellect. Stark is endlessly witty, always ready with a comeback (like calling Thor “Point Break” to mock his long, flowing hair). He’s often running late or in the midst of skipping some important event to have fun instead, and encourages Pepper Potts to live in the moment. He’s excited by new ideas, like his many inventions, or when he and the Avengers find a secret door on a mission.

Now, there’s lots of speculation over Elizabeth Bennet’s personality type and no clear consensus. But you can’t deny that the Pride and Prejudice heroine matches Stark’s energy perfectly. She’s spontaneous, always quick with a clever remark, and committed to being herself no matter what society thinks (or what she thinks of society). She walks three miles to check on her ill sister, Jane, not caring at all about arriving with dirty stockings and her petticoat “six inches deep in mud.” Elizabeth is perceptive and imaginative, often seeing through people’s facades, though she can sometimes jump to the wrong conclusions. Which, let’s face it, is the entire premise of the book.

Two ENTPs together can spark serious chemistry. Both would be drawn to the other’s sharp mind and charm. Elizabeth respects strength of character and intelligence, and despite his ego, Tony appreciates people who challenge him rather than fawn over his wealth and status (much like Elizabeth’s behavior toward Mr. Darcy). The banter alone would be legendary. 

Arya Stark (Game of Thrones) and Han Solo (Star Wars) – ISTP and ISTP

Arya Stark is a strong, driven ISTP who feels most at home with a sword in her hand. She quickly adapts to risky situations, training under Syrio Forel and later the Faceless Men to become a master assassin, and thrives in a crisis. Arya rejects society’s expectations for her to be a traditional noblewoman and is determined to forge her own path. She can be reserved, but not out of meekness—she’d just rather be taking action against a problem than talking about it.

Han Solo is an arrogant scoundrel (“You know, sometimes I amaze even myself”) and the archetype of movie ISTPs, but that’s just what Princess Leia loves about him. A lone wolf, he values his freedom and is reluctant to follow authority. He has an “act first, think later” approach to life, which we can see when he flies directly into an asteroid field to evade Imperial ships. Like Arya, he is great at thinking on his feet in an emergency. He kills Greedo immediately rather than waiting to negotiate.

Two ISTPs make an adventurous, “just do it” pairing. If Arya and Han ever got together, you just know they’d run headfirst into dangerous, hostile environments, so the honeymoon possibilities are literally endless. No villain would stand a chance against this scrappy, rebellious duo, and they would respect—and be incredibly attracted to—each other’s skill in combat. They might take some time to trust each other since they both come with quite a bit of emotional baggage, but they would be fiercely loyal from then on.

The Joker (DC Comics) and Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs) – ENTP and INTJ

I know the Joker has Harley and Hannibal has Clarice, but pairing two of fiction’s greatest villains felt too fun to pass up. The Joker is the fourth ENTP to show up in this article—clearly, ENTPs are able to hit the soulmate jackpot with several different types. This type is nicknamed the “Visionary” which fits the Joker to a T. Every scheme of his is perfectly planned, every clown in the bank heist exactly where he needs to be. But the Joker also acts on impulse, creating unpredictable chaos purely for entertainment or to prove a philosophical point.

It’s not the greatest feeling to know that cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter is an INTJ like me, but I guess we all run into villains of our own type in fiction sooner or later. The way Hannibal plots his escape from prison down to every detail shows the kind of strategic mastery INTJs are known for. Life is a chess game to him, and he is always several moves ahead. He’s only onscreen for 25 minutes of The Silence of the Lambs, and yet his fierce intelligence makes itself apparent with every word he says. He totally steals the show. 

These two would be compatible in a terrifying way. NTs, the rational thinkers of the 16-type system, tend to find their intellectual match in each other, and these two would run circles around the cops and plan schemes so brilliant that they’d never get caught. While fights between them could get explosive (maybe literally?), they would be fascinated by each other’s minds and philosophies. It’s also possible that the Joker would try too hard to break Hannibal’s cool composure and end up as dinner, but I think there’s a good chance those two would ride off into the sunset together, leaving death and destruction in their wake.