However, your first part needs some work. First off, your historical typings mean nothing: they VERY easily be WAY off the mark (and, in some cases, by no fault of your own). Secondly, descriptions are written by people, and everyone works his/her own individual twist into them; one or two people talking about Ni dominants "going against the grain" does not make it a fact and, in addition, I doubt much is said about Ni dominants having a specific need for autonomy or independance. Thirdly, when most people think of the term "follower" today, they think of someone who goes where someone else goes, does what they do, etc; basically, [b]depending on another for action[b]. Now, is this kind of thing not what Ni dominants get from Se dominants? Granted, not all IEIs are tagging along on the coattails of SLEs, but this kind of behavior does occur more often with Ni dominants than any other type.