'It's based off of the stereotypical opposites attract angle which may be true in some cases while completely false in others (birds of a feather anyone?). You hear the same thing regarding...|||I was chasing it. I love chicken, so delicious.|||What strikes me as interesting is this shift between Fe denial and dislike to an Fe acceptance and embrace. Is this one of the hallmarks of a mature ENTP? Please go on, I've been enjoying this...|||There's nothing mystical about it. When you stop searching, you end up finding what you want which oftentimes goes unperceived due to myopia.|||Ah, this is one of my favourite topics as of late and a relevant one to boot. Yes, I am an INTP that embraces as in readily acknowledges and accepts the emotional undercurrents of his mind. Now,...|||It worked! Good stuff. I contemplated leaving this place several times based on formatting issues alone. But now, I think I'll be lengthening my stay after all.    Just like that! Thumbs up to you...|||INTP (fiction) writer here. I haven't read the thread yet, so I'll just share a few impressions that I have. Speaking on behalf of myself, I believe the INTPs are natural writers, be it of fiction or...|||Would you mind telling me how to do that exactly? I find the layout on this site most confusing.|||The irony of creating a topic dealing with the subject of maturity...Btw, If anyone knows how to get around the formatting bugs on PerC, please let me know. :proud:|||The sly approach that you alluded to may have some advantages, though obviously I tend to favour a more direct and in your face approach to getting the information that I'm after. I like your...|||Something with the browser settings on this forum prevent me from skipping lines. It seems to be an ongoing problem on PerC. Is there something to be said about maturity and presumptuousness? Hmm...|||@ Word Dispenser: What a sleepy looking girl. Did she just wake up? She doesn't seem expressive at all, which I'd expect from a tertiary Fe. I'm an inferior Fe but look like at least an aux from the...|||This is a really interesting perspective: that a developed Fe actually reinforces rationality instead of rendering it more fragile. I find this cooperative interplay between Ti and Fe to be truly...|||Note: It just occurred to me that this topic would be better situated in the MBTI or Cognitive Functions subforums. If any mods are reading this, and if it's not too much trouble, I put in my request...|||Hello. I am currently exploring the theory which posits a link between mental maturity and the development level of tertiary and inferior functions. Seems general enough, doesn't it? Then why did I...|||Potentially, but that's just a generalization.|||Stop searching and you may find what you're after...|||You can't find us by searching...|||Like a wolf who will always remain true to his pack, regardless of what we may say.|||We INTPs are like Master Swords, brimming with great potential and ability they say, but without a hand to wield such power nor a purpose for us to apply ourselves, we sit, idly, embedded within the...|||You will need to be upfront and straightforward with her if you want her to know where indeed you stand on the friendship; passive-aggressiveness and withdrawal won't solve anything imo, as it may...|||They have a lot of potential, on paper, but whether or not they give themselves a personal reason to make something out of it is another matter entirely. Seems similar to the INTP experience. I can...|||Like any personality type, a developed ENTP would have a good grasp on their tertiary and inferior functions, namely in this instance Fe and Si. I'd expect a developed/mature ENTP to be emotionally...|||Whoa, sounds you ran into an unhealthy one. At least you had the common sense to end it when you did; good job.|||Would you mind providing examples of concrete affirmation? I am under the impression that it's something that I simply don't do very often.|||None. I'd need the option to change every other day.|||You question whether you are even INTP to begin with.|||INTP girls huh? Well if they're anything like me, you won't find them. ;)|||I appreciate the in-depth response, though certainly there are things that you listed that I don't necessarily agree upon (i.e. women's greater emotional maturity). On a whole, I find the list...|||This was helpful, thanks. I suppose I'm simply overthinking as I have a tendency to do. All of this is more or less the result of me wrestling with my demons with regards to subconsciously...|||At home in front of a computer, at the library in front of a computer, at school in front of a computer....I leave the cave only when my stomach urges me to.|||This.|||Whoever said I would be spending a few hours a TV Tropes was correct. Haha, I am finding it however both enlightening and depressing. It's humanely impossible to avoid them all.|||Oh yes, how I could I forget about TV Tropes.|||Great suggestions! Currently, I am experimenting with first-person POV (i.e. memoirs) in order to get a better feel for the internal world of my female characters. In this proves to be successful,...|||I see. So essentially I'd construct questions that would pertain to the character-centric plotline situations, in order to get a gist of what W-type women would do in situation XYZ and why.|||Hmm...open-ended questions that are contextualized within the framework of my story, correct? So they would have to be story specific while being general enough that a respondent can answer in an...|||It only seems logical. Oh yes, Guardians are the types I know best besides the Rationals, being one myself and all. It's funny how the mind works: I've known this for a long time, but I still try to...|||Female friends are lacking, so that leaves the eavesdropping option available to me. However, if been thinking about drafting a questionnaire that I may post here on PerC for female members to...|||Goes to show that height isn't everything.   Well in particular I've been juggling between the INFJ and ISFJ in my current work, and there's an ENFP/INFP in yet another project . It's collecting...|||I take pride in creating empathetic and realistic characters, and this is especially true for those that happen to be female. If I can't do it properly, then might as well not even bother with the...|||Ouch. Yea, body-checking isn't recommended regardless what sex you are. I do think it is wise to get the basic character outline down on paper first before attributing gender to the character;...|||This is helpful. I imagine how all could apply to one person, though for the sake of simplification it may not be necessary within the context of literature. On a similar not, what I've attempted to...|||I understand what you are getting at: essentially personhood should come first and gender second. There's some subconscious operation at work that just seems to say yea, that sounds good, but is it...|||Perhaps I am overanalyzing again. I do that, a lot. I suppose I am trying to create something which I don't fully have a grasp on, which obviously isn't wise in the least bit. Hmm...I've got some...|||Well I am definitely guilty of the first, though this seems to happen subconsciously. IN-- male protagonists naturally end up borrowing my own thoughts which is definitely a problem I've been...|||Yes, not thinking of a character on the sole basis of gender is definitely a start. Questions like the ones you've listed I've been able to answer, but what I experience difficulty with is getting...|||It's my favourite literary genre.|||Hello fellow writers and enthusiasts of PerC. I am an amateur fiction writer experiencing difficulty creating well-rounded and believable female protagonists. If I failed to mention it, I am a man....|||Two common ideals I've imagined: (1) A peaceful passing in my sleep; (2) dying while safeguarding friends/family from a great danger.'