Dany is the NiFe or FeNi character whose idealistic hero journey goes to shit. Because she doesn't.. um.. revise it. 😉

I had conceptualized that Fi was about the characters "embodying the essence" of something in a highly personal way, and then Te would be about cutting away at that idealistic, personal essence and transforming it for the sake of survival. Basically you can't embody your Fi identity, principles and "cause" or bring it to fruition, if you don't…Read more

@bera
Hmm, I absolutely love your post, but it brings up an interesting issue for me - that my book actually functions the way you describe. Certain characters and their "mistakes" represent certain moral lessons and instruct the reader. In fact, my books offer a lot of religious and political advice and methods in the same manner you describe,…Read more

^^Seconding this XD. What's funny is that I had that exact same observation of Ned Stark that Bera did when my best friend (TiNe I'm fairly certain) said that Ned Stark did nothing wrong; from an honorific/ moral perspective that is true, but he did do something wrong in that he didn't understand what kind of a jungle he was living in, to borrow a…Read more

@bera - That is a wonderful post with lots of things to think about! *processing*

So he is NiFe after all !

(I am basically confirming the Se addiction theory by coming back on the forum 2 days after saying I'll take a break because I am falling behind at work :)) )

Regarding the methods of rulership - I think this is actually the main theme of the books ! The books and the TV show both seem to explore what makes the best…Read more

Oh, I just saw @auburn's post above, I had somehow missed that. But I'll leave up my initial reaction, since it was actually quite similar to what Auburn wrote.  Auburn is more articulate 🙂 but this is what I was getting at.

The message seems to be “even if you fight heroically for your cause and are a good citizen, political/financial cor…

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