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And this is where we can discuss Fi vs Ti.īoth Ti and Fi are introverted judging functions. Everything Shion sees and does, he passes a judgment upon.
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He uses them seamlessly, continuously, without fail. But that’s not all, of course, what really discriminates between Fi/Ti and Fe is just how much Shion cares for his own values and beliefs, his own subjective set of rules. Shion is blissfully unaware, he’s there but not really, not completely, it’s a feeling that’s really hard to pinpoint but that Nezumi notices too: there’s a very typical oblivious-INXP attitude to Shion. Speaking for Ni-Fe, not all INFJs have great social skills of course (I do not for a fact), but they are more… in the moment. He says so himself: he doesn’t like people, he appreciates alone time and silence, he is reserved and not very talkative or sociable, his only close friend is Safu and he doesn’t have very developed social skills in general. This may look like Fi/Ti-Ne (or even Ni-Fe), but the more the novel goes on, the more Fi-Te becomes evident, which made me settle for INFP quite confidently. Shion has a knack for looking for possibilities, like the ‘third way’ he keeps talking about, and for ideals: peace, harmony, comradeship. Shion is not receptive of his environment at all, often missing what’s right in front of his eyes (like the prostitute approaching him at the beginning of the novel). Indeed, he calls Shion dense, idealistic, natural air-head, hopeless, naive… which pretty much hints at INXP if you ask me. Shion’s tendency to look for alternative possibilities instead of what is right in front of him is pretty self-evident. And you always say you can only ever choose one of them.” “ Don’t you think that there could be a third way?” You put everything into dichotomies,” Shion continued, ignoring Nezumi’s comment. So let’s look at my favorite quote from Shion:
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But truth is I started re-reading No.6 also becauseI wanted to type the characters properly, so it’s not like I became a super organized ISTJ all of a sudden. This time, I’ve done something I never do when writing an analysis: take notes as I go.