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2. Some writers seem to like to imply that affect has nothing to do with by contrasting bubbly, friendly ESEs with reserved, brooding EIEs.

But obviously that's just, like, my interpretation, man.
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Are types undemonstrative, in your interpretation of Socionics?
Yes, Fe does have to do with emoting and theatricality, in my interpretation of Jungian psychoanalytics (I thought Socionics was the best system for a while, but now I try to read MBTI, Socionics, stuff in Beebe's model, Pod'lair...it all gives me a better mental image). These things are ways of controlling some kind of external emotional field which I don't really understand because I'm a Te user. Even "brooding" EIEs know how to control this energy.



There's a long article about the Evolution/Involution Reinin dichotomy which says something along the lines "ESE-Involution, natural, earthy emotions." "EIE-Evolution, artificial, play emotions." I think this video (NSFW) of Amanda Palmer (EIE) is an excellent demonstration of EIE brooding. What happened to her was quite horrible, but she's using the doo woop major key in the way an ESE might unironically express happiness, to make an ironic, evolutionary-style point. But essentially, ESEs and EIEs manipulate the same form of information, despite in different fashions.

Fi types on the other hand do not care about/do not understand this field, so they tend to express what they feel without forming a way to present it to other people. All Fi Egos can be demonstrative if they want to, because they are also strong in Fe (hell, I believe all types can use all the functions, it's more a matter of where you are most comfortable and adept), but it isn't usually something they are constantly doing.