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To save everyone (and myself) time… [I shortened these from here.] I basically use these as shorthand to type characters from.

Gut Types:

1w9 - Seeking Rightness and Peace

Calm although eruptions of temper are possible. Detached quality. Tendency to formulate and embrace principles that have little human content, but this is also their strength. When awakened, may be objective and balanced, cool and moderate in their evaluations. More unhealthy, might have perfectionistic expectations not humanly possible to meet. May hold social or political opinions that are supremely logical but ultimately heartless and draconian. The rules come first no matter what. Can be merciless or unwittingly cruel. Often a little colorless in their personal appearance. Many Ones with this wing are plain dressers, preferring functional clothing that is appropriate to context but not flashy. The emphasis on function may extend to their general lifestyle. Practicality is highly valued.

1w2 - Seeking Rightness and Love

This wing generally brings more interpersonal warmth. High standards are tempered by humanism. May understand and partly forgive humanity for not doing its best. Work hard to improve the conditions of others, sacrificing time and energy to do good works. When more unhealthy, can be volatile and self-righteous. Authoritarian inflation and moral vanity on the low side. Can give scolding lectures or display a kind of touchy emotionalism. “Do as I say, not as I do” attitudes possible. Hypocrisy likely because the person is so convinced they have moral good intentions. Overlook inconsistencies in their own behavior. Dependency in relationships. Far more likely to be a jealous intimate subtype than Ones with a 9 wing.

8w7 - Seeking Power and Stimulation

Expansive, and powerful. Gregarious and generous, they may display a cheerful bravado. Can be forceful but with a light touch, funny. Often have a sense of humor about themselves. Extroverted, ambitious, materialistic. May talk loud and be sociable partygoers. Driven to bring the new into being. Can be visionary, idealistic, enterprising. Willing to take risks. 7 wing brings an intellectual capacity. Aggression combines with gluttony to form an virulent tendency to addiction. Prone to temperamental ups and downs—can be moody, egocentric, quick to anger. Tendency to court chaos, inflate themselves narcissistically. Some are ruthlessly materialistic. Can use people up, suck them dry. Maybe be explosive or violent, prone to distorted overreaction.

8w9 - Seeking Power and Peace

Aura of preternatural calm, no self doubt. Take their authority for granted. Gentle, kind-hearted, quieter. Often nurturing, protective parents; steady, supportive friends. Informal and unpretentious, patient, laconic, somewhat introverted. A dry or ironic sense of humor. Aura of implicit, simmering anger. Slow to erupt but when they do it’s sudden and explosive. When unhealthy, callous numbness. They can be oblivious to the force of their anger until after they’ve hurt someone. Calmly dominating, colder; may have an indifference to softer emotions. If very unhealthy, they can be mean without remorse or aggressive in the service of stupid ends. Paranoid plotting, muddled thinking, moral laziness. Can be vengeful in ill-conceived ways, abuse those they love, don’t know when to quit.

9w8 - Seeking Peace and Power

Modest, steady, receptive core. Great force of will. Get things done, make good leaders. May have an animal magnetism of which they are only partly aware. Can seem highly centered, take what they do seriously but remain unimpressed with themselves. Strong internal sense of direction. Relatively fearless and highly intuitive. Not intellectual unless they have it in their background. When more unhealthy, they manifest contradictions. Can be passively amiable then horribly blunt. May be slow to anger and then explode. Or angry but don’t know it; may confuse being assertive with being rude. Placidly callous—both styles support numbness. Tactless and indiscriminate and indiscreet. May be unwittingly disloyal, spilling everyone’s secrets. Sexual confusion, sometimes they are driven by lust.

9w1 - Seeking Peace and Rightness

Model children. Virtuous, orderly, and little trouble. Great moral authority plus good-hearted peacemaking tendencies. Often have a sense of mission, public or private. Principled expression of love. Desire to contribute, do little harm. May be well-liked, modest, endearing, gentle yet firm. Great grace and composure, bursts of spontaneity and sweetness. Elegant simplicity. When unhealthy, they self-neglect. Dutiful to what they shouldn’t be. Play the good child, settle for being overlooked. Passive tolerance of absurd or damaging situations. One-sided relationships where the Nine gives too much. Rationalize, minimize, tell themselves they everything’s fine. Placid numbness creeps over them. Intolerance of their own emotions. Gradually deaden their soul.

Heart Types:

2w1 - Seeking Love and Rightness

Conscience and emotional containment. When healthy, they act from general principles about the value of serving others. Ethics come before pride. May hold themselves to high standards. Discreet and respectful of other people’s boundaries. When upset, tend to go quiet and experience strong emotions internally. More melancholy than Twos with a 3 wing. When less healthy and unhealthy, tend to confuse their sense of mission with self-centered needs. Go blind to their own motives; invade and dominate others. Believe their actions are perfectly justified by their ethic of helping. May repress their personal desires and focus on others as a way to avoid guilty dilemma between the rules and their inner needs. If really blind they will warp their ethics crazily to justify personal selfishness and prideful hostility.

2w3 - Seeking Love and Image

This wing brings Twos an extra measure of sociability and the capacity to make things happen. When healthy, can be charming, good-natured and heartfelt. Really get things done, serve effectively on projects that involve the well-being of others. Thrive on group process and are generally good communicators. Enjoy keeping several threads or projects going at once. Unhealthy Twos with a 3 wing can be quite emotionally competitive and controlling. 3 wing brings a double dose of vanity. Strong tendency to live in one’s images. May grow brazenly deluded, preferring their glamorous, self-important scenarios to reality. Tendencies to deceit and emotional calculation. Highly manipulative. This wing is also more extroverted; dramatization of feeling in the form of hysterical snit-fits is far more possible.

3w2 - Seeking Image and Love

Highly gregarious. Tendency towards playing a role. Social perception, prestige and recognition important. Personal warmth, leadership qualities. Sincere desire to do well by others; may be genuinely nice. If they have achieved success, generous in their mentorships. When unhealthy, they are preoccupied with seeming ideal. This can extend to friendships, family, work. Want to seem a perfect spouse, friend, parent, employee, good child. Strong social focus because they need validation from others. Preening and boastful behavior possible. Bursts of egotism. Wanting to be on top, better than others. Slip into impersonation easily, may falsify feeling and not know it themselves. Deep emotional self-recognition is lost. Malicious intentional deceit is possible. Behavior of con-artists and sociopaths.

3w4 - Seeking Image and Identity

Less image-conscious or project an image more implicit and subtle. 4 wing brings a degree of introversion. May measure themselves more by their creations, artistic or social. Compete with themselves more than with other people. Motivation and ability to work on oneself. May accomplish everything they set out to do, then embark on self-analysis. Will still like a challenge, but thoughtful, intuitive or humanistic concerns of prime interest. The low side of this wing can bring a haunted, self-tormented quality or a haughty, competitive pretentiousness. Might be snobs or accuse critics of being too plebian to appreciate them. Cool, hard shell. In private, can lapse into self-questioning and melodrama. Instability and moodiness can be factors. Unrealistic grandiosity.

4w3 - Seeking Identity and Image

Outgoing, sense of humor and style. Prize being creative and effective. Intuitive and ambitious; may have good imaginations, often talented. Colorful, fancy dressers, make a distinct impression. Self-knowledge combines well with social and organizational skills. When unhealthy, have a public/private split. Conceals feelings in public then goes home to loneliness. Can enjoy their work and be dissatisfied in love. Tendency to melodrama and flamboyance; true feelings often hide. Competitive, sneaky, aware of how they look. Some have bad taste. May be fickle in love, drawn to romantic images that they have projected onto others. Could have a dull spouse, then fantasize about glamorous strangers. Achievements can be tainted by jealousy, revenge, or a desire to prove the crowd wrong.

4w5 - Seeking Identity and Knowledge

Withdrawn, complex creativity. Intellectual, exceptional depth of feeling and insight. Very much their own person; original and idiosyncratic. Have a spiritual and aesthetic openness. Will find multiple levels of meaning. May have a strong need and ability to pour themselves into artistic creations. Loners; enigmatic and hard to read. Externally reserved, internally resonant. When they open up it can be sudden and total. When unhealthy or defensive, easily alienated and depressed. Many have a sense of not belonging. Can get lost in their process, drown in their ocean. Whiny, ruminate and relive past experience. Prone to shame. Air of sullen, withdrawn disappointment. May live within a private mythology of pain and loss. Can get deeply morbid and fall in love with death.

Head Types:

5w4 - Seeking Knowledge and Identity

Abstract, intuitive cast of thought, as though thinking in geometric shapes instead of words or realistic images. May be talented artistically and inhabit moods. Combine intellectual and emotional imagination. Enjoy the realm of philosophy and beautiful constructs. The marriage of mental perspective and aesthetics. Fluctuate between impersonal withdrawal and bursts of friendly caring. Can get floaty and abstract. Act like they’re inside a bubble, sometimes with an air of implicit superiority. Cliché of the “absentminded professor” applies especially to Fives with this wing. Environmentally sensitive and subject at times to total overwhelm. Touchy about criticism. Can be slow to recover from traumatic events. Melancholy isolation and bleak existential depression are possible pitfalls.

5w6 - Seeking Knowledge and Security

Detail, technical knowledge, thinks in logical sequence. Intellectual, extremely analytical. Loyal friends, offering strong behind-the-scenes support. Kind, patient teachers, skillful experts. Sense of mission and work hard. Project an aura of sensitive nerdiness, clumsy social skills. When defensive, unnerved by others’ expectations. May like people but avoid them. Sensitive to social indebtedness. Has trouble saying “thank you.” Fear of taking action, develop “information addiction” instead. Asks lots of questions but doesn’t get around to deciding. When unhealthy, they suspiciously scrutinize other people’s motives but can blindly follow. Misanthropic and Scrooge-like when defensive. Cuts off their feelings consistently. Cold, skeptical, ironic, and disassociated.

6w5 - Seeking Security and Knowledge

Introverted, intellectual. Many interests, competencies and skills. Original, idiosyncratic point of view. Bookish; interested in history or feel rooted in the past or related to a long tradition. Good at predicting the future. May test friends for a long time but become a friend for life. When unhealthy, project a willed remoteness. Hidden dimensions, intensity and activity. Tension between needing to be seen and withdrawing for protection. Might act arrogant, cryptic or cynical when afraid. Can be diplomatic and say things without saying them. Counterphobics are cool loners or argumentative and violent. Can brood over injustices, entertain conspiracy theories, spend time alone building cases. Paranoid. Sneaky vengeance, passive/aggressive toward others, self-attacking and self-destructive at home.

6w7 - Seeking Security and Stimulation

Outgoing, nervous. Want to be liked, pursues others. Can be charming, sociable, ingratiating. Fast tempo. Personal warmth. Cheerful, forward-looking drive, disarmingly funny. Self-effacing, gracious, curious. When unhealthy, may be self-contradicting and want two things at once. Sometimes test others overtly, drive you crazy with mixed messages. It may be hard to follow what they’re saying. When threatened, impossible to please. When counterphobic, accusative. Some get caught up in big plans they hope will result in material security. Insecure, irritable, petty, irrational, chaotic. Mood swings, inferiority complexes, runaway fears. Hair-trigger paranoid flare-ups . Falsely accuse others and not realize it. Other times plead to be taken care of. Conservative in their lifestyle.

7w6 - Seeking Stimulation and Security

Responsible, faithful, lovable, nervous and funny. Oriented to relationships, want acceptance. Steady, willing to stick with commitments. Openly vulnerable, unguarded, tender sweetness. Has trouble expressing anger. May evade authority but are still aware of it. Canny and practical, they look for deals and loopholes. When unhealthy, may have episodes of sensitivity or insecurity. Get their feelings easily hurt. Sensitive to comparisons. May avoid testing themselves. Grow dependent and addicted to other people, afraid to be alone, suspicious and skittish. Easily feels guilt, may act irresponsibly. Shallow, falls in and out of love easily. Breezily betray others by running away. Can be reckless, unstable, and self-destructive. Hates to be told what to do.

7w8 - Seeking Stimulation and Power

Generous, gregarious, expansive. Loyal to their friends. Leaps aggressively to their defense. Loud or boisterous, urbane and witty. Enjoy social celebrations, storytelling, jokes, food and travel. Self-confidence for worldly matters and getting what they want. Talent for making something out of nothing. Shares what they have, wants others to share their interests. When unhealthy, demanding, selfish, impatient. Self-justifying narcissism. Wants what they want right now. Aggressive, greedy for money, pleasure, recognition. Can demand others say only what they want to hear—sugarcoated truths. Lashes out angrily if reality doesn’t meet their expectations; sometimes vengeful. Moralize to others while being irresponsible. Amnesia for promises. Particular difficulty with sexual fidelity.

I was knocking about 9types and ran across these and … it’s the first time I’ve ever “recognized” myself in any of the instinctual variants. So, maybe it will help you. Source (look under “Are you my type?” for each number). - ENFP Mod

Head Variants:

Enneagram 5: The Observer

Observers rely on their own resources and find safety in knowledge and/or withdrawing.

Self-Preservation Fives: “My Home is My Castle”

I need to live in a private place where I can concentrate; I want no expectations, intrusions, demands, questions, coercion, or noise.

I try to keep my life simple.

The more time I spend with people, the more drained I become.

It would bog me down to have a lot of belongings; I need easy access to books and other information though.

I have a tendency to save; I protect both my time and my money.

I am self-reliant; it rarely occurs to me to seek help or advice.

I dislike owing or being owed anything.

Some of the most introverted of all the nine types are of this subtype.

Sexual Fives: “Confidences”

My close relationships often involve sharing secrets such as inside information with a colleague, a piece of forbidden knowledge about someone, or a made-up language with a friend or lover.

Keeping things to myself can give me a feeling of excitement and power; I have taken revenge by not telling something that I knew people wanted to know.

I don’t want my partner to discuss our relationship or private business without consulting me first.

I like to have interesting conversations, although I rarely initiate them with people I don’t know; as a thinking type, I tend to discuss logistics, scientific matters, or mechanics; as a feeling type, I am more likely to discuss literature, the arts, or psychology.

I especially value the people I know who respect my boundaries.

I know I look aloof, but I’m often very involved with what is going on as an observer. I find this more comfortable than having to be a part of the action, where I might feel inadequate or put on the spot.

Expressing my feelings sensually is very important to me, because this gets me out of my head and into my body.

When I’m alone with my feelings, they seem quite clear; but when I try to express them to my partner and close friends, I can’t find the right words.

Social Fives: “Recognition and Hierarchy”

I prefer to work in a flexible, unstructured way and to set my own goals.

I like either to be self-employed or to have a safe nook in the hierarchy of a university or company where I can be relatively autonomous.

Rules and regulations often get in my way.

When I do high-quality work, I like praise from people who matter to me, but I don’t usually ask for it.

Either I attend meetings in order to pick up knowledge and meet interesting people, or I avoid groups and organizations altogether.

As an extrovert, I like overt attention for my ideas and contributions, As an introvert, I am usually satisfied by having my work known and my name respected but am embarrassed by showy accolades.

I love to dig out information and find out what the experts in my field, and in other fields, have to say.

Social Fives usually appear more extroverted than other Fives.

Enneagram 6: The Questioner

Questioners try to control their fear through vigilance, approval of authority figures, or through rebelling against authority.

Self-Preservation Sixes: “Ingratiating”

Those in the self-preservation subtype are sometimes referred to as warm Sixes because of their friendliness.

I am responsible, loyal, and witty. I try to make sure that people like me because then I feel protected.

I love opportunities to prove that I stand by my friends. The bonus is they’ll stand by me when I need it.

I evaluate carefully how authority figures perceive me so I can stay in, or get back in, their good graces.

I can’t help trying to be cordial, even when I’m angry with someone.

I have many worries and doubts and look to others for assurance and protection.

I analyze every ramification of every action I’m about to take in order not to make mistakes or to jeopardize my safety.

I need to have a safe house and to feel protected from the outer world.

Sexual Sixes: “Strength and Beauty”

I am very energetic and competitive. I work hard to achieve my goals.

I try to make myself strong (physically or intellectually) and attractive (sexually or aesthetically).

I need to be sure either that people know me and care about me and will come to my aid, or that I am capable of defending myself.

Sexual Sixes, especially males, are usually counterphobic and resemble Eights in many ways.

Social Sixes: “Duty”

I’m in constant dialogue with a committee I carry around in my head. It’s based on voices of authority from my family, school, and church. When I’m making a decision, I will refer to this committee to verify that I’m doing the right thing.

I am loyal to those within my family or group and skeptical of outsiders.

I either try to be conscientious and follow the rules or test and break them, preferably with the support of coconspirators.

When those in charge tell me what to do, I either feel relived that the responsibility for the decision has been taken off my shoulders, or I become annoyed.

It is not safe to depend on any one individual. I’d rather put my trust and support in a group or a cause.

I am anxious about promotions. I want to succeed, but I worry about having serious responsibilities. I am also reluctant to take on a highly visible role where I might be ridiculed or criticized, as I do to my superiors.

I have idealized a leader or a boss and later felt disillusioned.

I can work untiringly for a cause I believe in.

Enneagram 7: The Adventurer

Self-Preservation Sevens: “Family and Like-Minded Friends”

Self-preservation Sevens tend to be more family oriented than the other subtypes.

I like having a home base where we share values and interests and provide a network of support for each other.

I often take the role of keeping people entertained and happy.

Planning for and reminiscing about an adventure is usually at least as thrilling as the adventure itself.

I prefer my friends to be positive, as I am.

I like to be spontaneous, but I also plan ahead to make sure I will see my friends and not miss out on anything.

When I take risks, they are usually measured rather than reckless.

I spend a lot of time in and around my house.

Sexual Sevens: “Excitement”

I like challenge and action.

Sometimes I push things to the edge or step on people’s toes.

I prefer whatever is unusual, intense, complex, or aesthetically pleasing.

Sometimes I am seductive without meaning to be and get more entangled than I had intended.

I pursue fascinating people and adventures.

When a relationship loses its charge, I may romanticize the person to avoid boredom, or, if I feel trapped, I back away.

I can become upset over the discrepancy between the ideal relationship and reality.

It makes me unhappy if my partner doesn’t fully experience excitement and adventure with me.

Social Sevens: “Impatient vs. Idealistic”

I can see myself risking my life for a principle or cause I believe in.

Sometimes I’m slow to act on my good intentions, especially when I would have to give up some freedom.

I try to stifle my longings for adventure and put responsibilities to my family, career, or a cause first.

I don’t like the burden of feeling responsible for the people around me.

I like companionship and brotherhood, but I can’t stand it when anyone tries to control or coerce me.

I can be impatient. I want to take action right now instead of wasting time bickering about procedures.

Inequality among people upsets me. I wish there didn’t have to be pecking orders.

I have a large circle of friends.

Intj: The Reverend. A hulking figure in black, the kind of person who was born to be an intimidating silhouette. His voice is bass thunder, and when he tells his flock to repent, shivers shoot down everyone’s spines. He seems absolutely, nearly intimately, certain of God, and absolutely, almost intimately certain that God is terrifying. It always seems like it storms more when he is angry about something.

Entj: A  sharp old woman with a high collar and a pair of knitting needles that glint like daggers. The way they clink together always make you shiver a little. She’s rich- owns half the land around here and says she’s got important friends in the city who want to “develop” it. She’s got big plans for this place, she says. She scolds you for playing in the creek on her land and the night after you play in the creek you have a nightmare that her important friends from the city come down, and that her important friends from the city are buzzards, and they fly, cackling, in a tornado formation, gobbling up all the places you love.

Esfj:  The way her eyes twinkle when she sparks up a conversation makes you nervous, but she makes the best sweet tea in town, and you can never seem to resist sitting down with her to have a glass. You find miasma of lilac scented perfume, gazing into her soft, heavily powdered face.  “Bless your little heart” she says when the conversation is over. As you walk away from her porch, you realize that you don’t remember what exactly you just talked about, but you have a sinking feeling you might have told her a secret or two about yourself.

Isfj: on the edge of town there is a kind-eyed old man who lives alone. He whittles animals out of wood. He makes corn-husk dolls and apple dolls and he will give them to children who visit him. People she their heads and sigh when they talk about him- he talks about his wife like she’s still alive. He makes her dinner and buys her new clothes. Every once in awhile somebody will mention that the dirt on his wife’s grave is a little lumpier than than it was when she was first buried- like somebody had been digging there. But nobody ever talks about that for very long. afterall, he ain’t hurting nobody. Best to leave these things alone.

Intp: In class and in church she is quiet, often teased. A face overly solemn for a little girl, and two long, but the inside of her room looks like madness and wonder. it is full of pressed butterflies and jars with stick insects or dormant cocoons. With dried leaves and jars of elderberries. With junebug shells. With fossils. Sometimes when boys make fun of her, they notice later that day that their milk at lunchtime tastes a little funny, and from the other side of the playground, her nose in a book, she smirks. She’s a concocter, and she’s brewing something big- one day, they’ll all see what she can do.

Entp: He can talk up a storm, that one. As a kid he had a reputation for telling tales but they thought he’d grow out of it. He never did, really. His ideas just got bigger and wilder and now he remains a charming scoundrel- he’ll tell you he’s building a hot air balloon and he’s going to fly it all the way to Chicago. He’ll tell you he made a special kind of glasses that lets you see people’s bones. He will tell you these things you’ll only half know whether he’s joking or not.

Istj: the middle aged schoolteacher with the tight bun, the drab clothes, the soft voice, and the forgettable face. Used to be people would feel sorry for her, or walk all over her. Until one day funny things started happening in the school house- the kids would hear a gravelly voice laughing around lunch time. They’d come in the morning to see jagged claw marks down the door. Erasers would fly through the air and chills would rush through the room during long division lessons. “This is my school house,” she said, “And I won’t have any haints in it.” Everyone laughed at her, but they say the next night she walked up the hill alone to the schoolhouse, with eight carefully sharpened stakes, a cross, some chalk and some big bundles of thorny plants. And they say the next day she came back home with a black eye and her hair all messed up. And everything was back to normal in the schoolhouse after that, but she walks with a slight limp now.

Estj: The best hunter and trapper in town, with a house full of trophies and taxidermied animals. It seems, sometimes, like he can’t talk about anything else besides the things he’s killed. He wears lots of hair grease, and has a sharp part and a sweaty handsomeness. Lots of the girls in town are always trying to court him- you think he smells always like raw meat. You notice that there is always just a little bit of blood coming out from under his fingernails.

Infj: the old blind lady who is always on her porch in a green rocking chair. if you water her ferns for her, she will fish you out a sticky peppermint from the jar she keeps beside her, and then she’ll clasp your hand, quote a verse of the bible and tell you what you need to watch out for in the future. (“watch out for them crows,” “watch out for the way the creek looks at you sideways”) no one has ever seen the inside of her house, and no one remembers a time when she was not old.

enfj: she knows your mama. She knows everybody’s mama. She is the queen of big hats and knowing people’s mamas. She makes all the church brochures and she is very concerned with the state of everyone’s soul and she says “you behave now- I’ve got eyes everywhere you know.” And you thought it was a figure of speech but sometimes you’ll look at a milk snake or an owl and their eyes will seem too green, the wrong shape, and a little bit… familiar.

Esfp: Everyone calls her “granny” but she’s nobody’s granny really. She could be anywhere from 45-85, her face a little leathery and well laugh lined. She walks with a knobby walking stick and carries a mother of pearl flask with her wherever she goes. She spends most of her time sitting outside the corner store flirting with the farmers in their overalls. If you pay her a couple dollars to go buy a little more booze, she’ll tell you a dirty joke.

Isfp: “No good,” your mama tells you, “will ever come of that one.” But there is something about the way the isfp looks, isn’t there, hunkered down behind the schoolhouse aloofly and effortlessly smoking a stolen cigarette. You’ve taken to hanging around with him- Only then came the night he drank half a jar of moonshine on his own, punched the wall of his barn until his knuckles were bloody, cussed the moon for hours. You were a little scared then, but you already love him, and you always will; it’s too late, now.

Enfp: everyone is in love with her. She is wild, beautiful, creative, and always going barefoot. Plays a mean banjo, likes to dance in mud puddles, and seems as though she might be made of sunlight. She says she dreams of running off to the city, she writes poetry in a red notebook and wants to get it published in magazines. When she goes, there will be conspicuous absences, the smell of just-after-a-rain, everyone will wonder if she was ever real.

Infp: the youngest Kelly boy has always been a little off, bless him. Not like the other kids. The way he never smiles and barely speaks, just stares into the distance, no matter how much the others pinch him take his toys. He never cries when they hurt him, and has a pet mouse that he keeps in the front pocket of his overalls.sometimes he says he sees people that aren’t there, sometimes he looks scared and says he sees people with no faces, and his mama tells him to hush.

Istp: the town drunk’s tomboy daughter comes swaggering up the road in overalls, and you spot her from the porch. She waves at you, hops your fence. “Got a secret” she says, and she opens her palm. In her hand is a pocket watch with initials on it that aren’t hers, and two human teeth. She grins, and her gums dripping crimson. she’s been fighting again. She’ll be fighting her whole life.

Entp Aesthetic

INFP - The Healer

i was talking with @galacticlust about this and it seems pretty interesting

i compared both 4 types with to listening a song with whom you really resonate. the main action is the same, just how the main characteristics of the type 4 remain in both 4w3 and 4w5, but there are some differences

the 4w3 will not only listen to the song, they will feel the song with their whole body. they will sing along at the top of their lungs, pour their energy into moving as the beat flows and they’ll end up having all eyes on them. they see this attention as a validation for their identity. they are unique, the only one who dares to dance on the beat of their own soul and be proud of it. this is where w3 kicks in.

then we have 4w5, who also listens to the same song. they won’t necessarily make a show out of it, but rather let the song surround them, getting in every corner of their heart untill it is ingrained into their being and anything else loses any meaning. they’ll try to understand what they’re feeling rather than instinctually jump on the beat. this is where w5 makes it’s presence known.

Hi anon,

Great question!

Conceptualization (maybe not the best word for it? I’m not sure how to put it) is forming an abstract idea about the concept of something. Basically, stripping off all the concrete stuff (if there is any) and forming an idea of an abstract thing.

Imagination is thinking of things and ideas that are not physically there at the moment.

For example, the stereotype I never fail to kick when it’s down is the moronic one that sensors don’t like fantasy and sci fi. It’s not actually intuition to like, think of a dragon or magical powers. Those are things that don’t exist, but they are concrete: a dragon is a big-ass firebreathing* lizard. I used Mistborn as an example before of sensing in fantasy fiction; obviously we do not live in a world where some people can swallow a pellet of pewter and suddenly be super strong and fast but that is a concrete process that can be envisioned (or for a more widespread example, using the force in Star Wars. Doesn’t exist, but again, concrete process: focus this innate power you have, lift a spaceship). Or when people argue that Elsa must be an intuitive because she created an ice castle, even though that’s sensor as fuck (like, she literally grew up in a castle. She has ice powers. She makes a physical castle from ice).

Conceptualization as I mean it is about things you can never sense even if they did exist, like relationships between ideas. It’s so vague that it’s hard for me to even describe.

Note that looking this up on the internet doesn’t help because they are sometimes used interchangeably (for example, one site used as a sample sentence ‘conceptualizing a new car design’ which is imagination or invention). My point is, making stuff up isn’t intuition, intuition is specifically idealized concepts. A good source for better understanding this, actually, is the wikipedia article on abstract vs. concrete, specifically in philosophy: ‘Tennis’ is a concept; the collection of rules and equipment and the process of a tennis match are all concrete. So to go back to the fantasy example, ‘Magic’ is a concept, but the description of actual magical powers and how they work is concrete. “The Force” is a concept; focusing the power within you to lift a spaceship with your mind is concrete.

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou ;; x

🌟 ENFJ: The warmth you bring to every conversation. The way you make every effort to make others feel comfortable. How you speak with true intention and tact. The way you lift others up. How you go out of your way to create change. The way your mind churns when no one’s watching. The eloquence with which you share your insights when they are. ENFJs will be remembered for being loving, genuine, and empathetic people with great personal charm and warmth.

🌟 INFJ: The perspective you bring to every conversation. The endless complexity of your mind. The way you never leave a stone unturned intellectually. The holistic way in which you explain your thoughts. The compassion you include in each encounter. Your effortless energy. How you never stop striving to improve the world around you. The way you would go to the end of the earth and back for those you love. INFJs will be remembered for being original thinkers, guided always by their unfailing belief in the value of their vision.

🌟 ENFP: Your adventurous spirit. Your introspective soul. The way you’re not afraid to jump into what’s messy. Your unending support of your loved ones. The way you advocate so fiercely for what’s right. How you bounce back from adversity. The way your optimism permeates through darkness. ENFPs will be remembered for being independent, confident originals, with a multitude of talents and a resilience to overcome obstacles.

🌟 INFP: The empathy you bring to each encounter. The fierce yet calming nature of your mind. The depth that you deliver to each insight. The unexpected joy in your laugh. The balm your words apply to even the most aching of wounds. Your soft, accepting presence. The honesty with which you share your truth. The inspiration you give others to share theirs. INFPs will be remembered for being creative, visionary, and inspired problem solvers, and original and alternative thinkers.

🌟 ENTJ: The power that radiates straight through you. The strange and offbeat habits you enjoy. Your commitment to self-improvement. Your diligence and never-ending effort. Your honesty and care for those you love. The way you stand unwaveringly for what matters. How you tackle challenges without a second thought. ENTJs will be remembered for being willing to stick their necks out, take risks to change the world, and aspire to be the best at whatever they are doing.

🌟 INTJ: The perspective you apply to every issue. The fascinating routes your mind travels down with ease. Your firm insistence upon justice. The better world you naturally perceive. The way you never cease to challenge your own growth. The potential that you see in those you love. Your lifelong commitment to learning and understanding, and your daily commitment to moving mountains with your mind. INTJs will be remembered for being intellectually capable, and confident people who find peace in their individuality.

🌟 ENTP: The energy you bring to new ideas. The restless nature of your mind. The warmth with which you bring people together. The radical honesty you employ. The way your eyes light up when you are scheming. The frankness you naturally exude. How you inspire people to think harder and dream bigger. Your endless striving. ENTPs will be remembered for having an enormous energy to change the world for the better, driven by an innate sense of fairness and ability to see past the obvious to the novel.

🌟 INTP: The honesty you bring to each encounter. The measured way in which you choose your words. Your endless curiosity. The dark humor you readily employ. How you question with the intrigue of a young child. Your wisdom. The way you challenge others when they ought to be challenged, and how you never stop challenging yourself in that way, either. INTPs will be remembered for being capable of understanding and synthesizing complex and technical information with almost no effort.

🌟 ESTJ: Your capability. How no one is ever nervous when you’re on their team. The steady and consistent nature of your investment. The way you can rile up a group of people to make them try harder, do better, and enjoy themselves more fully. The way you push others and yourself. How ambitiously you reach for new heights. The ease with which you arrive at them. ESTJs will be remembered for being counted on to do as they say, get things done, and inspiring others by their tireless work.

🌟 ISTJ: Your strong sense of morality. The way you protect your loved ones without exception. Your grounded nature. Your sense of perseverance. Your diligence in making the world around you a more just place to live. The fair chance you give every person. The way you can always be trusted, in a way that most people simply can’t. ISTJs will be remembered for consistent, fair, and reasonable people whose word is their bond.

🌟 ESFJ: Your attentiveness. The way you invest yourself completely in the people you love with your whole heart. Your sassy nature. The way you empower the people around you to know their worth and to fight for it. Your attention to detail. Your endless empathy. The way you always make time when it matters. ESFJs will be remembered for being loving, genuine, and empathetic people with a strong desire to hep others.

🌟 ISFJ: Your patient nature. The home you make for others in your heart. The way you selflessly listen without judgement. Your reliability. Your adaptability. Your quiet competence. Your steady softness. The way you never stop working to make the world a better place for the people you love. ISFJs will be remembered for being warm, giving, generous, and fully committed to the people and causes they believe in.

🌟 ESTP: The way your energy ignites every room you walk into. Your mischievous grin. The force with which you tackle every topic that intrigues you. The warmth you bring to every interaction. The excitement you inject into everyday life. The capable nature with which you approach even the most complicated of situations. The way you seem like a superhero in human form. How seldom you take yourself seriously, and how wholly you encourage others to do the same. ESTPs will be remembered for being delightful, enthusiastic, and exciting people to be around.

🌟 ISTP: Your intellect. Your astounding ability to find shortcuts. The way speaking with you feels like wandering through an encyclopedia with a never-ending set of trapdoors. Your patience. Your surprising ability to smooth things over. Your independence. Your dry sense of humor. The protectiveness that flares up unexpectedly. The insight that no one else can replicate. ISTPs will be remembered for being supremely competent and able to easily adapt to any situation.

🌟 ESFP: The way you move a thousand miles an hour. How your laugh echoes for miles and miles. Your compassion. Your propensity to always say “yes.” How you make people see the best in themselves. Your unending optimism, even in the face of adversity. The way you bounce back from setbacks with strength and enthusiasm. ESFPs will be remembered for being exuberant, joyful, delightful people with an infectious zest for life and solid personal values.

I have thought this for a while and am very interested to hear what other people have to say on the matter: Do INXJs have the best inferior?

Inferiors are nearly never a good thing to notice but some are far more detrimental than others. Inf Fe looks exhausting, Inf Ni is scarily dangerous, Inf Fi is kind of sad, but Se isn’t all that bad. It’s worst trait is probably that it is a ‘lazy’ inferior. It’s like a grabby child demanding sweets and naps at in opportune times but is rarely harmful. We also are not often outdoorsy or exercise junkies but that’s no crime or heavy burden.

Not being able to mentally grasp reality by the horns because whenever we have to act fast or live in the moment we have a mental shutdown. Having several ideas but not knowing how to properly apply them to reality, so you don’t, and you end up feeling worthless because you get nothing tangible done. “There has to be a better way to do this”, so you start imaging better ways to do this- but who’s going to create them? You tried but failed; it was easier thinking about it than having to do it. The details are continually lost to you as you basically go through life with underwater vision. Sure it’s all laughs when you don’t see your parents new car in the driveway for a week, but this lack of awareness could easily lead to you getting hurt or killed. Who knows how many things you missed in your life.

 Having a goal but not knowing all the steps to get there. Realizing half way your goal might be physically impossible but you’re not giving up now because reality can’t be that bad right? New flash: it was bad; things didn’t work out the way you expected them to. All your great ideas tend to stay in your hand so you barely leave a dent in the world past 12am talks about philosophy or whatever. Getting an intuitive idea about something or someone but not knowing why because Se is too low, so no one believes you when you make a ‘prediction’ since you have no reliable evidence. And if you don’t realize how you have no reliable evidence then you’ll miss heaps of important clues/information as you charge blindly into any discussion. Making overarching assumptions about the world and people with no decent amount of evidence.

Getting repeatedly frustrated when the few ideas/projects you actually manage to bring into the world don’t turn out the way you envisioned them. Taking literally two years to formulate a decent idea that your extroverted perceiver counterparts were able to generate in 5 minutes. Only realizing how fun anything in your life was until after it’s done. Your friends have changed the conversation topic 5 times now but you still have so much to say about the topic of conversation from last week. Either overusing what life gives you or never using it. Missing multiple opportunities in life because you need a week to think about the longterm consequences/benefits of it. Being called mentally slow by peers because you need way more time to process information/instructions you’re unfamiliar with. Probably can’t drive for crap; would die immediately in an apocalypse. Your XSTP friend drives like a manic but has never gotten into an accident. You drive super carefully but have gotten into 3.

Being a hermit because reality is too overwhelming and wishing to high heaven you could just observe life than live it. But by the time you finally realize you can’t just observe life, most of your life is gone and you lived more in your head than the real world. So you start searching for any kind of tangible experience that can remind you you actually existence and-whoop- all your money is gone and you might be addicted to sweets or drugs now. Time to go back to being a hermit, watching all your friends have these great experiences .

The one about being considered mentally slow is really poignant. You hear all the time about INTJs being OBVIOUS GENIUSES but I feel like that's a self perpetuating myth, or it really only applies to certain situations. I'm in the field of animation where making good quality work quickly is super valued but damn if i don't lose so much time considering all the ways to animate something, or considering all the instructions and still not realizing I have a problem with my scene until the end of the day and just feeling like I t h i n k t o o s l o w l y. That kind of outcome in that kind of environment (high Se dominates that field and for good reason) can be a self esteem killer.

(the "would die first in an apocalypse" one also bothers me everyday)