So I keep seeing INFPs and ENFPs rightly push back against the crybaby and manic pixie dream girl stereotypes.

However, when I think about the xNFPs archetypally speaking I do think of Faeries... but not the cute, delicate little faeries in popular media a la Tinkerbell... Not the kind of stock characters the stereotypes portray. No, to me they evoke the image of the Archfey. The might of Oberon and Titania. Of Elrond and Galadriel.

Maybe it's my own shadow flavoring this but to me, Fi seems both beautiful and terrible. It evokes the image of a serene field and foreboding forest simultaneously. Fi and thus those who led with it can be gentle, sensitive, and resonant while also be

I've been meaning to ask this but the post from yesterday regarding the accuracy of the 16 Personalities type names pushed me to finish. I am curious to know how much other people relate to the type names that doctors Dario Nardi and Linda Berens use in their works.

The first word in the name is how the individual sees themselves while the second word is how others perceive that type. If I recall the approach correctly, the words were chosen by looking at common terminology used by those of a given type and then iterating to find what they related to most. I have also included the 16 Personalities names for references.

|Catalyst / Idealist (AKA Diplomat)|Improviser / Artisan (AKA Explorer)

Ne-Trickster/Ne-PoLR whatever you want to call it, I’m curious how it differs from blindspot Se.

With INTP being my best fit as far as I’m aware, I find Se being in that position comes with difficulty with generating willpower or initiative as well as having a hard time being present and enjoying sensory experiences.

So I’m wondering, how are things for you guys with the extraverted perceiving functions swapped? Have you observed a different form of hesitation in yourself related to your cognition?

Lately, I have been listening to various self-help and counseling content. To nobody’s surprise, I find myself running into a lot of language I would consider Feeling-Coded; discussing matters like “authentic self” and “masking” which is what prompted me to post this.

I don’t believe that masking is entirely bad. To me, I find a certain degree of masking is necessary in order to perform in a professional setting or context. For example, if I am upset, I’m going to do my best to avoid bringing that negative energy into a group of people who are not involved.

So as the title asks, I’d like to know how you see this topic based on your type and experiences. Do you believe masking different fr

I’ve been asking people of different types if they’re able to describe how they view the way they intake and store information… or put another way, to visualize what their inner world would look like if someone else could see it.

I’ve believe I have INTP preferences, so I wanted to compare experiences.

I visualize my thoughts as having the qualities of crystal. Like a collection of little crystalline stars I link together to make constellations. I can use the same crystals to make new constellations, resulting in a big web of understanding.

I believe this comes from how I view the processes of Ne and Si in myself, so I was wondering if there is a similar experience for any of you or do y

"Do you have a built-in need or tension based out of your Extraverted Intuition (Ne) that you're trying to solve with your Introverted Sensing (Si)?"

I've been thinking about the dynamics within Dominant-Inferior function pairs. Right now I'm most curious about how the types with Dominant Introverted Sensing (Si) relate to their Extraverted Intuition (Ne). I've seen the fourth slot function described as something aspirational for each type. A part of our psyche that we value and identify with, but don't consider ourselves good at.

I believe this statement holds up based on my understanding of Ti-Fe (which I believe I'm working with), but I would like to know if this has been the cas

I have heard that in Dr. John Beebe’s 8 function model, the polarity made from our auxiliary and tertiary functions makes up the “axis of relation”; the means by which we interact with the world? (This is alongside the dominant-inferior polarity which comprises our “axis of self” or how we see ourselves.) The model also puts forth that the auxiliary function has the archetypal energy of a Parent and is the main way we want to help others.

My question is, how would you describe this utilization of Parent Extraverted Intuition to help others?

Would you say that an INTP wants to help the world see possibilities and connections? To show people the interconnectedness of things?

I have been studying the cognitive functions for about a month, so I have a basic understanding of the MBTI model: What each function is doing, the axes, the cognitive stack, etc. However, I wanted to get some first hand accounts about the way the ISTJ thinks. The questions that have been on my mind are:

• How you do relate to your Ti?
• How does the interplay between your Si-Ti manifest (looping or otherwise)?
• How does your Fe auxiliary inform your mental dynamic?

If you could share your understanding of your thought process I would appreciate it.

(I'm not sure if Discussion or Question is the appropriate flair.)

Hello everyone, with that super suspicious Twitter post out, I wanted to strike up some discussion on what the gameplay of a theoretical BE2 might look like. Namely, I wanted to discuss implementing the Civ6 District in a Beyond Earth context.

I know not everyone likes Civ6 for various reasons, but in terms of city planning, I find the adjacency bonuses that Civ 6’s Districts and Improvements use as opposed to the “stacked” cities of Civ5 to be much more engaging. Of course, I do think there is room for iteration and improvement on what Civ6 brought to the table but having more city infrastructure being placed on the map leads to more interesting decision making in my opinion. Humanit

I have always found the way that Bungie frames Destiny's elements to be rather unique. In the past, I've described it as "looking at fantasy elements through the lens of physics". So I was super excited to get some rationale straight from Sandbox Lead, Kevin Yanes in the most recent Destiny Community Podcast. There are a few places where Kevin talks about the flavor reasoning behind Stasis and Void. A lot of this is about the mechanical side of things, but it does offer us some insight into how Bungie thinks about their elements and how they translate that into a specific "Feel" for each. It even helps provide more evidence for what drives o

TL;DR - With the preview of the Void 3.0 changes, I wanted to take this opportunity to speculate on and discuss what abilities Bungie will turn into Keywords for Arc 3.0 and Solar 3.0 reworks.

What do we know about Void?

To paraphrase parts of the TWAB, Bungie will be applying the same methodology that approached Stasis with, making certain effects into mechanics shared between the subclasses of the same element. This is to give a each element it's own "feel" and specialty while allowing other game components to tap into that shared language. To help figure out what Arc and Solar might look like, let's analyze the Void keywords.

Bungie took existing effects from all three subclasses an

So I've been trying to get the Europa Rewards III Sabotage mission from Variks done. I ran two Empire Hunts but I only got 2 out of the 12 Finisher kills done.

The bounty states:

"In Empire Hunts, defeat powerful combatants with finishers while wearing at least 4 pieces of Crystocrene armor."

I'm definitely wearing four pieces of Crystocrene armor and I'm trying to target anything with an orange or yellow bar (Edit: Yes, I am using finishers). It doesn't appear to be giving progress from killing Elites, unlike other "kill powerful enemy bounties". So I'm left to ask, do only kills versus Champions or Majors count towards this Sabotage?

If anyone could verify how this bounty works I

With the impending Stasis subclasses on many people's minds, I thought it would be fun to once again try and speculate on what the existing subclasses might look like if they were changed to a similar system of Aspects and Fragments that the Stasis subclasses are on. This is what I thought the Dawnblade, Gunslinger, and Sunbreaker might look like if they were reworked, with some of my own ideas thrown into the mix.

This is mostly for fun and to theorize on what changes might be necessary in order to make the current perks we have interact with one another more readily.

Before we continue, let me describe some of the parameters I set for this rework: Grenades, Jumps, and Class abilities ret

WALL OF TEXT INCOMING. Read at your own discretion.

NTTE: That purpose of this post is to speculate on what one of the existing subclasses might look like if it was converted to the same kind of system that the new Stasis subclasses have with Aspects and Fragments. This is me ruminating on the Dawnblade.

Being a long time Solar Warlock, I wanted to tackle what the Dawnblade first and foremost. This is not just because of my desire to see some of its abilities improved (that is part of it), but because the Dawnblade has some structural issues when you try to convert it. These issues are born from the irregular perk distribution that happened when Bungie decided to stray from the tex