How To Be Charismatic?

I don't even get up when I need to be online. Classes from bed, yep.

INTP & Sleep #1

Mode 1: Sleep? I don't need sleep. I need an answer! *continues to read at 3 am*

Mode 2: I've slept 12 hours already, two more don't make any difference *goes back to sleep*

There is nothing in between.

Royce: [teaching Arista how to drive] So, you're driving down the road and see Gaunt and Hadrian on the road. What do you hit?

Arista: I hit Gaunt. I could never hurt Hadrian.

Royce: [rubbing his temples] The brakes, Arista. You hit the brakes.

I’m...

DOMINANT FUNCTION:

Fe: Empathetic and warm-hearted. Other people are one of the most important things to me and I find it hard not to care about them or to want to keep them happy. I’m a lover of people

Fi: Emotional and opinionated. I have strong feelings about who/what I value and what is truly right, so I let my personal values influence myself more than anything else. I’m an idealist

Te: Driven and responsible. If I want to get something done, I’ll quickly find the most efficient way to do it. I’m a go-getter

Ti: Rational and independent. I love making logical sense of what I don’t know and figuring out how things work to solve problems or just for the hell of it. I’m an analytical thinker

Ne: Very stimulated by ideas and concepts. My mind is always energised by interesting thoughts and connections between them. I’m a visionary

Ni: Detached from the moment by itself and perceptive of the bigger picture. My 5 senses only take me so far, I’m mostly concerned with intangible possibilities and hidden meanings behind things. I’m a contemplator

Se: Spontaneous and highly in tune with my surroundings and happenings in them, which I’m almost always confident in experiencing and interacting with. I’m a realist

Si: Quite in touch with information I’ve gained in the past. My memory is very strong and I’m constantly comparing what I experience in the present to things I’ve experienced in the past. I’m a traditionalist

who…

AUXILIARY FUNCTION:

Fe: Highly values peace and harmony.

Fi: Is very in touch with their emotions and their sense of right and wrong.

Te: Takes charge to organise their environment and accomplish objectives in it.

Ti: Thinks logically and analyses information as objectively as possible.

Ne: Has an active imagination when it comes unrealistic/abstract ideas and possibilities of what could be.

Ni: Has clear plans and goals for the future along with a good idea of how to realise them.

Se: Sees things as they are and has no problems with improvisation or immersing themselves in the moment.

Si: Lets past experiences guide them and influence how they see the world.

When needed, I can…

TERTIARY FUNCTION:

Fe: Be gregarious and charming to get others to like me or to keep a social situation running smoothly,

Fi: Remind myself of my emotions and ideals of right and wrong,

Te: Do whatever it takes to complete a task or solve a problem,

Ti: Step away from emotions and make sense of things rationally,

Ne: Consider multiple possibilities and play with novel ideas,

Ni: See beyond my senses and pay attention to the intangible and to what could become of something in the future,

Se: Indulge in sensory experiences and be open to spontaneity,

Si: Thoroughly compare an experience or an idea to one that’s in my memories,

but many of my faults come from…

INFERIOR FUNCTION:

Fe: Not being very empathetic or sociable and not fully understanding how to properly act in some social situations.

Fi: Being too objective and not being able to foresee what feelings certain things can provoke in myself and others.

Te: Being reluctant to ignore my personal values and consider objective measurements of value and achievement.

Ti: Placing too much value on my own and other peoples’ feelings and not enough on objectivity and rationality.

Ne: Not being very open to novelty or uncertainty.

Ni: Failing to plan for the future or to perceive what my senses can’t.

Se: Being uncomfortable with living in the moment or interacting with my physical environment.

Si: Being bored by constant routine and predictability.

“The whole world is small at a height like this. Almost makes sense the way it lays out, like watching an ant hive. You never look at one of those and consider the politics, the petty prejudices, and all the vanities that drive them, but it’s the same everywhere. The queen has her favorites, her courtiers. The bigger ants lord over the smaller, the more productive over the weak, and the fortunate over the unlucky. We just can’t hear their squabbles. We’re too far above. Instead, they seem so pure of purpose, so simple, so happy. Maybe that’s how we all look to Maribor and the rest of the godly pantheon. Perhaps that’s why they never think to help.”

Royce Melborn (via we-are-but-dust-and-shadows)

MBTI types and their oxymoronic identities

ISTJ: Idealistic Pragmatic

ISFJ: Logical Caregiver

ISTP: Intuitive Engineer

ISFP: Practical Dreamer

INTP: Human-centered Robots

INFP: Delicate Fighter

INTJ: Sensitive Thinker

INFJ: Logical Feeler

ENTJ: Pragmatic Six-senser

ENFJ: Judgmental Caregiver

ENTP: Empathetic Joker

ENFP: Philosophical Life-of-the-party

ESTJ: Impulsive Organiser

ESFJ: Needy Protector

ESTP: Insensitive People-lover

ESFP: Organised Fun-lover

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THEY’RE BACK!

Aaand adult women too. Arista is probably one of my favourite characters. But yeah it’s sad the fandom isn’t huge

when your fave series is aimed at adult men so you know it will never have widespread fandom presence

“Because that’s what he is,” Royce assured them as he approached from the direction of the keep, “a big, dumb street thug. I once saw an old woman better him senseless with a butter churn.”

-Hadrian proceeds to own the fuck out of Mauvin, the son of a noble family renowned for their swordsmanship and who was trained in an ancient art of swordplay considered to be unbeatable-

With his eyes on Hadrian and an expression of awe on his face, Denek (Mauvin’s youngest brother) turned to Royce and said, “That must have been an awfully wicked old lady and a big butter churn.”

Lmaoo yes. I was so aware of how it was all so ridiculous from their PoV, which is hilarious. 

But from the humans’ POV it was epic. I knew Hadrian would win, there’s no way he wouldn’t, he’s our insurmountable Teshlor knight, buut it still gave me such an adrenaline rush reading those sequences man.

Stupid humans...

This is super spoilery for the Riyria books which is a pretty decent fantasy series - so don’t read this if you don’t want parts of the very end of the series ruined.

I was re-reading it, and I found myself picturing the end of the novel from the point of view of the elves - they must have been mortified.

This thing that should have been a sacred tradition had a banished murderer on one side and a bunch of humans on the other - none of which could seem to decide who the heir was. The combatants changed literally four times, with a healer butting in occasionally and the loser getting unexpectedly shanked by some random bystander.

Seriously, Yakety Sax should have been playing.

You just know that afterwards the humans were like, “oh man that was epic, I’m going to tell everyone I know!” And the elves are all, “let us never speak of this again”.

Ah yes.

INTP: I do miss some of my old friends. I wish we could chat again, maybe remember the nice times in the past, reconnect,

Old friend: Reaches out

INTP: Screams in social ineptitude