Quote Originally Posted by Danielle

Socionics temperaments are one of the least explored aspects in English. Intertype relations the most.

Why not approach from that angle, then go into IM elements, types, quadras, etc?
because intertype relations depend on information metabolism. if you actually started talking about how information metabolism is manifest (and did a competent job at it), intertype relations would be discussed constantly as a matter of course, rather than only after information elements and types are established.