Originally Posted by
Gilly
Well the thing is, tritypes are basically implied in the theory itself: we all possess the three centers, because they are very core instinctual drives in human survival. Subwings aren't implied in the theory, they are just adding extra shit on. Tritypes actually have theoretical basis, and IMO are very much observable in the way people deal with different aspects of their lives; subwings have no theoretical basis, serve no purpose other than to explain away incongruous minutia, and IMO the reality of their existence and whatever degree to which they are actually observable is just as easily accounted for by salient triad characteristics, especially in the case of the attachment triad types, which lie in the middle of each triad and inherently have characteristics of the surrounding types.