Thread:Sisterofthesouth/@comment-4977079-20160124071204/@comment-4977079-20160302051336

That makes so much more sense! :) Thanks! I haven't read the Rowan books in a while, so I forgot about how Rowan thinks about the past a lot. And I'm still not completely familiar with how the functions are like in the auxiliary/tertiary/inferior positions. I think I grasp how each function acts regardless of which position they're in, though I'm still iffy about Te, Ti and Ni.

I made the same mistake when typing Devlin from the Wicked Lovely series. Devlin's a hard character to type, since for most of his character arc he's trying to be something that he's not (kind of like Zuko in ATLA). It's also much harder because Devlin's been suppressing his emotions for millenia and has a extremely well-developed Te (at least, I think it's Te). It was hard to tell whether he was a Thinker or a Feeler, because he uses logic so much in his decision-making but also has the typical characteristics of Fi-dom (or perhaps Fi-aux). He's said to make the decision to serve Faerie and put logic before emotions every day of his life and it's constantly stated that it's not within his nature to be extremely logical and emotionless (which are the main traits of the High Court). I originally typed him as INFP, but had second thoughts because he also seemed to have Se somewhere in his type (as he's an assassin, and relies on his senses a lot when he fights and also seems to like it a lot). I thought that he had Ne-aux because he's a seer who can see threads of possibilities of the people around him. After taking another look at him, though, I decided that being a seer didn't necessarily mean that he has Ne-aux and ended up typing him as ISFP (Fi-Se-Ni-Te). It seems to fit him, and it feels more right to me than INFP.

As for my type, well, I'm pretty sure I'm INFP. I took the test on 16personalities and got INFP and the description resonated with me, and then I researched more into the type and it still resonated with me. And then I looked at the functions. I know I'm Fi-dom (I'm very private in my emotions, I find it hard sometimes to articulate what I'm feeling, etc.), I think I'm Ne-aux (I have a good imagination, I'm good at seeing things from different perspectives, I'm good at seeing possibilities (at least when it comes to stories and writing), etc.), I'm Si-tertiary (I love history and think it's important to remember the past, and I'm also very sentimental). That means Te is my inferior function. I'm not sure exactly what it entails, but I know that I can get really disorganized and feel uncomfortable sticking to strict schedules (I tried setting myself on a structured daily study schedule during high school once, but I couldn't stick to it). And according to some sites that's a common characteristic of INFPs.