Thanks Mimosa, that was very helpful, actually. I appreciate your sharing your observations. I think you made some good connections and according to what you and others have said so far, I would be the Ni subtype. I'm glad you brought up the enneagram because it's a good point that that would definitely influence things and even though I realize I typed myself as "4w5" on my signature, I feel like I know way too little about it to say for sure. The couple of tests I've taken have turned up 4w5 and reading descriptions it makes sense, yet I am hesistant to confirm anything without really understanding it. I'm also very aware of my subjectiveness, which makes me doubt my judgement a lot.
Also, in addition to the outward manifestations of the subtypes, I was hoping someone would touch on information processing, though I realize the subtype thing is pretty debatable in the first place and we're talking about subtleties here. But if someone could go into the information processing differences that lead to these perceptible differences, that'd be cool.
Another one where I know opinions vary, subtype compatibility. For instance, if I find myself more attracted to SLE-Ti's, would this be an indication that I'm more likely to be IEI-Fe? Eh, I know I'm pushing it wanting to go so deep into all this minutia, but yes, I overanalyze EVERYTHING.
lol I've also noticed I tend to write in "broken sentences". My tendency tends to be to say and write things like "Has it always been that way, the way she looks at him?". I was wondering if this could be type-related or maybe just some weird grammar thing I've always had, since it's always been this way with me. I remember teachers making me re-write my sentences in school to the most standard way, like "Has she always looked at him that way?". I also tend to not use common ways to describe things or common phrases. I don't do it on purpose, I guess maybe I just don't pay a lot of attention to actual words? Just something I noticed and thought I'd mention. Blah.