I've been reading about the MBTI for years and I think it's a great character-writing tool! From the outset I assign a type to my characters because it really helps me get into their head and figure out how they figure things out.
I used to test as ISFJ usually but on the fence with INFP, when I was in high school, but these days I think I'm pretty strongly INFP. I had some unhealthy tendencies towards some people in high school that I think often skewed my results towards ISFJ based on how questions were written on tests.
Where the MBTI gets really interesting (and especially useful) is when you get past just the letters and get into the functions. The first test I ever took directed me towards Typelogic and I've kept it bookmarked ever since. It gives a decent functional analysis for each type after the general descriptive write-up.
As for my characters...
Shoshopu is ENFP, and Awyrbyrt is ESTJ. Just in case Arkamas doesn't lurk into this thread, Fyrilsunn has developed into a pretty solid ISTJ. I tried to get him to pick a type for Fyrilsunn at the beginning the way I do, but there were two he couldn't decide between, so he just did whatever and wound up there. The player himself we reckon is INTP.
Rarely-sees-the-light-of-public-RP Dyrstswys is ISFJ and Lahzlona is..... undecided, she's a mess, I made the mistake of not deciding early on and now I need to analyze the actions she's taken thus far and figure it out
I used to test as ISFJ usually but on the fence with INFP, when I was in high school, but these days I think I'm pretty strongly INFP. I had some unhealthy tendencies towards some people in high school that I think often skewed my results towards ISFJ based on how questions were written on tests.
Where the MBTI gets really interesting (and especially useful) is when you get past just the letters and get into the functions. The first test I ever took directed me towards Typelogic and I've kept it bookmarked ever since. It gives a decent functional analysis for each type after the general descriptive write-up.
As for my characters...
Shoshopu is ENFP, and Awyrbyrt is ESTJ. Just in case Arkamas doesn't lurk into this thread, Fyrilsunn has developed into a pretty solid ISTJ. I tried to get him to pick a type for Fyrilsunn at the beginning the way I do, but there were two he couldn't decide between, so he just did whatever and wound up there. The player himself we reckon is INTP.
Rarely-sees-the-light-of-public-RP Dyrstswys is ISFJ and Lahzlona is..... undecided, she's a mess, I made the mistake of not deciding early on and now I need to analyze the actions she's taken thus far and figure it out
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