#I’m getting off my soapbox now dw

[nathaslosthershit]

Lando actually said " i guess it was an honour" like it must've been an honour of trump watching the race for him to come up to him

No British person gives a single fuck about donald trump , he's a giant meme and we all hate him . Stop trying to make up shit to make lando look bad

Okay- let’s not go pointing fingers at the other person because I don’t think that’s their point.

I’d thought I made it clear with my posts but that I am ~not~ blaming Lando for this situation it is fully on McLaren higher ups that welcomed him with open arms. I like the Lando! And definitely like him way more than those other people who who are suddenly coming out of the woodworks saying ‘they always hated him’

In a sport that has banned non neutral stances in politics and has admonished Lewis Hamilton for his own, bringing in Trump goes against all of that.

at the end of the day, especially during a terrible election year, Trump is so much more than just a meme to Americans, he is proof that we are still so far away from all the “freedoms” we preach that we have. Also keep in mind he is facing far too many criminal charges currently to even be able to run for president in my opinion but we won’t go into that discussion

To see a man who has done so much harm to this country be welcomed into F1 by many people is scary to see and makes American viewers like me upset for good reason

Drivers cannot be blamed for sponsors or guests the team makes. I think that is very important to remember in this time, but teams are allowed to and should be held accountable.

[macfrog]

Hello…..San Angelo?!?!?! 🙏🙏

they way you wrote joel’s perspective had me on the FLOOR??? i’m in so much awe of your beautiful brain!!!! really curious as to how you manage to write the characters perspectives so deeply and beautifully.. is it a whole process of getting yourself in their head or does it just come naturally?

also rereading scom is my only grasp on sanity right now so thanks for that masterpiece✨

aaah thank you so much! cries

it's sort of fifty-fifty, i guess? like, on the one hand, i am conscious of joel's character as i write him. it's always in the back of my mind - the things i think he would or wouldn't do. everything he says, does, thinks and feels has to track with who he is (and, in the case of san angelo, who he becomes). it's just an important part of the process, for me.

that being said, i don't think i'm doing any of it intentionally. he's just a very well-rounded character who i've spent a fair bit of time playing, watching, admiring lol, so he feels quite easy at this point to predict and imitate. i think (hope) i know him pretty well - so i just guide the story where i want it to go and watch how the dude reacts.

joel and reader always just feel like active agents in my head. when it starts to feel like i'm getting too involved and directing or positioning them a little too heavily, that's when i figure i've bled outside of his character. if i have to convince myself that he's doing something, then he probably wouldn't realistically be doing it.

i hope that makes sense. i'm stepping off the soapbox now, dw. but thank you for such a lovely question! i love talking about this man.

and thanks for reading! so glad you're enjoying :-) x

edit: make that old man do whatever the fuck you want him to, though. who the hell am i and who the fuck cares - it's fanfiction!

[funkymbtifiction]

Hi! Hope you're doing well :) just saw your post that your cat is healing up, yay! On to some happier days for you both :)

I have two MBTI/enneagram questions. Feel free to answer either/both/none, whatever.

Question 1

This is a tritype + MBTI question. I've been ruminating a lot this summer about tritype, and have found it to be super illuminating for me to use in conjunction with MBTI. It blows my mind that these theories can build on and work with one another and that consistent patterns can be determined to help us understand ourselves and others better! (ok, getting off the little soapbox now.) I've had some frustrations deciding how to distinguish functions from enneatypes though.

How does one know whether they're a 5 because they are (maybe they're a Ti-dom, etc.) or because they're in a Ti-grip or some Ti-loop when they take the test? Same idea with 7s and Se, or other enneagram + function combinations that are really common?

Does the person in question (you) have problems with minimizing their life rather than expanding it? 5s shrink their world. Make it smaller. Do without more things. Deny themselves experiences. Pull away from people. Remain hidden. Observers, not participants. If you have 5 in your tritype, that will show up. It's not the same as low Ti nitpicking or tearing people's words to shreds to humiliate them. Ti breaks things apart to understand them; strong Ti knows how to then put them together again, with a strong understanding of how the object, system, belief, principle, etc., functions. Inferior Ti can pull things apart, but can't always put them back together again.

You need to know functions and Enneagarm types enough to know the difference; 5 is not analytical, and Ti is not analytical. 5 is minimization of needing anyone, anything, of shrinkage and distance; Ti is deconstruct, study it to learn it, and rebuild it through an inner framework of comprehensive understanding. It's not just driving a car, but knowing how the engine functions.

[...] How would someone know whether their answers to these tests are indicative of enneagram or MBTI, in your opinion?

The tests aren't reliable. You have to do inner studying to determine your type structure. To be able to see each number's mechanisms operating in you, when you are using them. (EG, being fully aware that I'm using 2 mechanisms right now... that my 7 really wants to cut and run and not stick around to face the hard stuff... that my 5 just said no to an experience for no reason other than fear... that 9 is overreacting to someone raising their voice, and I'm interpreting that as Threat Level 6...) Enneagram is meant to give you a window into your own default mechanisms, so you can be aware of them, and choose whether to surrender to instinct or choose a different path. A test can start you on a path, but you really need to focus inward to know for sure.

Regarding INFJ or ENFJ... are people your entire universe or secondary to your inner musings? Fe-doms can't shut off Fe. People are their world. Emotions are their world. Human dynamics are their world. INFJs can shut off Fe. They often do so, and become too lost in their heads, inert in the outer world, and fearful of Fe connections, because they may lose themselves in other people and that would pull them away from their thoughts.

If you have any input on parenting effects, or whether being around lots of Fe-users impacts Fe-usage (especially since Fe is all about mirroring and blending in to fit what others need/norms), I'd love to hear it. Thank you thank you thank you!!

Your environment does impact you somewhat, but you are "you" when you are alone. What do you choose to do? Where does your focus go? How well can you dwell "inside myself" for long periods of time? The longer extroverts do this, the more uncomfortable, depressed, or imbalanced they become, because their natural focus is on the world and its potentials. Introverts do this easily, because their natural focus is on their "me" filter (the world passes through me / my dominant function, I'm not a fish swimming in it).