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Inspired by your reply @daeus-lamb, I decided to do some research on INFP villains. Not surprisingly, I couldn’t readily come up with any very good examples of INFP villains.

I did read a comment, however, where someone mentioned how they often saw INFPs as protagonists and sidekicks, and the reason why INFP villains are so uncommon came to me.

Most villains are divas, but INFPs hate the spotlight. Period. While they might be compromised or misguided enough to be a sidekick to a villain, be inspired to support a hero as a sidekick, or prompted enough by their sense of responsibility or/and by the need to protect those they care about to become protagonists themselves, INFPs aren’t naturally drawn to power and leadership. (My INFP mom wholeheartedly agrees with me on this. Recognition means loss of privacy!)

They value the comfort of themselves and others a great deal. The spotlight is like torture to them.

They would probably take the spotlight as some form of self-sacrifice rather than because of ambition.

Also, while I could imagine an INFP possibly turning to evil in order to save their family and friends (like how Luke was tempted by the Emperor), or destroying the world in order to save it in some bizarre way, I think they are often far more likely to think about it, maybe even talk about it, rather than actually do it.

Kylo Ren was motivated by betrayal, desire for revenge, and thirst for power and recognition. After being betrayed just one time by Luke, he hated him and thought Luke was the true evil. He blamed Luke for his own weakness. He held a grudge against him that he never forgot or forgave.

He justified the evil he did because of his perception of Luke and his behavior. Luke betrayed me first. He had it coming. I had a right to retaliate. It’s his fault for starting it.

Using someone else’s behavior to justify his own? All of this sounds incredibly ISFP/ISFJ to me. I think if my ISFP brother were an evil villain he would be a lot like Kylo.

Kylo’s character is rather inconsistent, so I don’t think it can be too deeply analyzed, but still. I don’t think his motivations are like an INFP’s at all.

You mentioned that Kylo had twisted values. Where did he get those values? Surely his parents didn’t raise him that way, and Luke didn’t train him that way. Yes, he was influenced by Snope, but, especially if he were an INFP, I hardly think that would be enough to undo all of the good influences in his life and the way he was raised.

Honestly though, regardless of whether I’m right or wrong about his MBTI type, Kylo is a terrible example of an INFP character to give someone for reference because both he and his story are so poorly invented. I would suggest Luke or Frodo first. They’re both pretty awesome characters. 🙂