A question for writers familiar with Jungian typology/MBTI:

>mfw

im an entp according to this chart but an istp according to online tests

>not an F or J
thank god 2bh

same desu

I've gotten both infp and intp....

>Can confirm that INFPs are the worst

what's so bad about them?

I'm INFP. Pretty much everything.

But it isn't without its merits.

My life is hell but at least my brand of autism always keeps humanity and the world interesting to me. Even at my lowest and most depressed I'm always interested. The flame never dies.

I'm a INTP and i'm a fucking autist, it sucks

ENTP here. I got the same idea as you while time ago when i discovered MBTI. However, instead of basing my characters on the typology i tried to classify them in order to make a believable character. But at the end i think it restricts your creative drive more than what it impulses. Sure it's funny and interesting the usage of different personalities in fiction and it will help you, but i think it's more orientated to genre fiction. Experiment and decide for yourself.

I know people shit on these but I reckon they're good at basic, surface level evaluations/characterisations - the personality functions are interesting to think of as a basic groundwork for building more nuanced personas upon.

People who give MBTI too much credence tend to turn identification with their "personality type" into a self-fulfilling prophecy, I think. At least, that's what I'm always wary of when I try to use some external system as a crutch for self-exploration. I sort of loathe the idea of becoming someone who pseudo-analyses everyone around me and fits them into categories. Like obviously all personality types are not objective ingrained labels, but they come from consciously sorting common distinctions in basic human behaviour into different groupings. I think it's limiting to take up someone else's made-up typology and use it as a philosophy to define yourself and other people by. But it's a very fun and satisfying exercise, it really appeals to our egos and desire to understand other people.
t. INFP

>I sort of loathe the idea of becoming someone who pseudo-analyses everyone around me and fits them into categories.

I don't think anyone takes MBTI *that* seriously.

Well anyone who'd regularly lurk Veeky Forums at least.