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Hey all. . . I could use some help! 😀
So a little while ago I took an MBTI test for the MC of my current WIP (I actually hadn’t developed her very thoroughly and didn’t know her that well). The results were weird (I think it said she was ESFJ or something), and I don’t think it was accurate. I’m thinking she’s closer to an INTJ, but the problem is. . . I don’t really know how to write INTJs well, especially those that are girls. However, I know of several girl INTJs here, so I came hither to beg counsel!
In addition to her, I have a main secondary character who is a guy INFP. I want to make sure I’m writing him accurately and not just getting caught up in my desire to adopt him and messing things up 😀 . I don’t personally know of any self-proclaimed INFP guys here, but if anyone knows one/is one, please advise me so I don’t ruin him! 😀
So yeah. I’ve got some specific questions for each one, so if you have advice on any of them, I could use it! I would also welcome any other helpful tidbits you’ve got .
For the girl INTJ:
1. How is she likely to act under intense pressure (like, life-and-death pressure)?
2. How is might she act around people she cares about, and how would she express her love for them?
3. How might she react if someone she cares about talks about things that matter to them or about hard things in their life (both internal and external reactions)?
4. How is she likely to react to seeing someone she cares about being bullied (verbally and physically)?

And for the guy INFP:
1. Again, how is he likely to act under life-and-death pressure (this time including instances where past trauma jumps up to slap him in the face)?
2. How is he liable to express both positive and negative emotions? (Important backstory info: he grew up in a tribe that had a strong unspoken “men don’t cry or show much emotion at all” outlook. My current plan is to have him learn to hide what he’s feeling until he’s alone, and after he leaves the tribe, slowly leave that mentality. Would this be accurate, or do you think by the time he left the tribe—at about age thirteen—the mentality would be too firmly set to be reversed like that? Are there other issues I’m not seeing?)
3. How is he likely to act toward people he cares about (both guys and girls)?
4. How is he likely to react to being bullied and to watching someone else being bullied?

That’s all I have for now, but I’ll probably remember something else later. I’ll tag people I think might be able to help (and hope I don’t annoy them ), but anybody can feel free to give any advice they’ve got! @hope-ann @maddiejay @sarah-inkdragon @daeus-lamb
Thank you!