This is how I imagine ILE-ESI conflict interactions in my head

[JWC3]

Creative Writing 101 - StumbleUpon

[Azeroffs]

That was awesome, and i totally agree

[ArchonAlarion]

I have done this very thing.

[munenori2]

Gary may be the funniest fucker alive

[Mediator Kam]

I want Rebecca to die. Gary is so amazing <3

[silverchris9]

A) That was extremely funny.
B) Awww... I sympathize with the poor girl trying to write serious emotional fiction even though she was doing a very poor job of it. Being an (attempted) writer myself, pretension and bathos are my lingua franca.
C) Other dude's story was just as shitty, tbh.
D) I really enjoyed reading that site, but returning to stumbleupon will increase my PQ (Procrastination Quotient) by 200%

[Krig the Viking]

I wonder if sympathies to the writers in this story will divide along Ne/Si - Se/Ni lines?

For the record, Gary is awesome.

[ArchonAlarion]

That bitch had it coming to her. Who in their right mind thinks they can get away with starting the activity like that? Was she that air-headed to assume Gary would proceed with anything other than outright mockery?

[Mediator Kam]

And not just that, she took offense to his mockery, as if he would go along with her serious emotional writing. What a naive girl.

[ArchonAlarion]

If it was a private activity he'd be a jerk for mocking her, but c'mon have a sense of humor girlfriend...

[nilv]

ahahaha, that's epic.

It would be interesting to do a project like that with people of known socionic types...

[Wynch]

There's nothing wrong with starting the story as a romance and I hardly think she's a bitch for doing it. What's annoying imo is the fact that she picked a very structured direction for the story that doesn't leave a lot of freedom for the next person to give direction. I don't think that's something to treat her like shit over. Some people (ISXjs...) tend to have very concrete and directed ideas. Not their fault. Quite frankly, I think he's the jerk. Her paragraph wasn't offensive or insulting or air-headed. He was the one who went ahead and treated her like shit for no reason. I wouldn't want to write her story either, but I would find a better way to redirect it than to be a total douche. I agree that the essence of this seems like an ILE-ESI conflict, but I would not attach myself to his reaction. What a tool.

[ArchonAlarion]

She's a bitch for getting upset about it. Also, he didn't treat her like shit AT ALL

Her: Wistful romance starting point

Him: A humorous offshoot

Her: A silly attempt to try to redirect the story back to a wistful romance

Him: A comical way of once again redirecting the story, demonstrating his skill at assimilating her material into his, giving a nod to the practical political concerns about the meaningless of peace treaties to those who exist outside of them, and also illustrating the hopelessness of the situation for Rebecca.

Her: I'm a bitch

Him: Yeah you are

[Wynch]

That's not the way I saw it at all. She seemed to be making a genuine character and his reaction to her writing was to call her character an air-headed, asthmatic, bimbo. I don't care that he went in an entirely different direction with the story. He didn't have to be a prick about it and insult her.

[ArchonAlarion]

"At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The camomile, which used to be her favourite for lazy evenings at home, now reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times, that he liked camomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind off Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about him too much her asthma started acting up again. So camomile was out of the question."

If I got that to work with I would be just as inclined to redirect the story because that is not only boring as dirt, but it is a very narrow platform to work with... What did she expect? Imo she was being overly restrictive and he reacted by throwing her a curve ball.

If they had not been acquainted beforehand (they didn't have a history where she could have possibly been insulting to him in the past), then I agree his words were a bit too strong. Creative writing entails putting yourself out there, so yes he was in the wrong partly.

[JWC3]

Creative writing entails putting yourself out there, so yes he was in the wrong partly.

Naw. If you put yourself out there and can't handle being mocked or criticized then it's your own damn fault for either being naive or over estimating yourself.

[Galen]

I wish they had continued that story to its finish. It sounds like a fucking masterpiece in juxtaposition haha.

[Galen]

I'VE GOT IT

EVERYBODY ON HERE SHOULD FIND A CONFLICTOR AND DO ONE OF THESE THINGS

I'M DEAD SERIOUS



edit OKAY MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY BUT ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH TYPE

[Bardia]

I thought the exchange was pretty hilarious. I would have to say he is the jerk though. Yea I wouldn't want to write off of her story either but you could redirect it enough to keep its semblance somewhat but make it interesting. He didn't have to just change it completely to sci-fi and insult her. I would have started a writing war with him too for insulting me.

[717495]

The guy automatically wins imo, because the girl decided that it would be funny to kill his character right off the bat without giving him a chance, and that's mean and unfair. Tension is what drives a story. Killing the character out of annoyance like that is just stupid.

[Azeroffs]

Killing the character out of annoyance like that is just stupid.

Or, incredibly sexy.

They're both egotistical douche bags without any imagination for really trying to work off of what the other is writing. But, it was entertaining nonetheless.