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WhisperanzaRose — My Cognitive Functions

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Published: 2020-06-20 22:40:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 2535; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 0
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Description     Being the MBTI nerd that I am, I got inspired to do this by two things: 
        1. seeing some people's interpretations of what their own Inside Out (Pixar) style emotions would be, and 
        2. thinking about what it would look like if it was cognitive functions instead of emotions.

    Many people are vaguely familiar with MBTI but the next level of understanding yourself and others is learning what their cognitive function stacks are. For an INFP like myself, my functions are Fi, Ne, Si, and Te (in that order). I'm not going to go into a lot of detail here because I want to talk about the characters themselves, but if you want to learn more, here are two links: 

    An overview of the 8 cognitive functions
www.personalitycafe.com/thread…
    INFP-specific function description (this website has a detailed page like this for each of the types)
www.typeinmind.com/fine


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  • Fimi is the tallest, strongest, most mature, and wisest of the four functions-- the natural leader on board the ship. She may look gentle and mysterious, but she is a full-body cyborg created to be an experimental living weapon (the only organic part of her is her brain). However, she restrains herself and contains everything privately inside, letting no one see what or who she truly is. She has no memories of her true past (pre-cyborg) but that doesn’t matter to her because she knows who she is right now and her values are everything. Her face appears to be an expressionless mask, and the others think that’s what it is, but it’s really just how she looks. Robotic limbs and features are all concealed under much fabric which she occasionally takes the time to customize and make it into her own style. Usually she prefers to wear darker colors and baggy clothing to blend in and hide her robotic body. In times of dire need she will shed the unnecessary clothing and come out into full weapon mode.

  • Nel is slim, quick, witty, and bubbling over with energy. She has huge compound eyes (and four simple eyes) to better see possibilities with, and can hover and zip here and there with her wings. Her nimble fingers are useful to handle many things at once and she can multitask at default. She is the pilot of the little ship and sometimes people mistake her for the leader of the group because she is more noticeable and gregarious with her bright color scheme and quirky nature (extroverted functions are usually more prominent in the introverted personality types because it's how we interact with the external world). Unfortunately, Nel's attention span is lacking and she doesn’t have the patience to become a true expert on anything.

  • Sivara is slow, introspective, thoughtful, and wrapped up in her head most of the time. When she happens to look around her, she remembers things pretty well, but sometimes her memories can seem distorted and skewed out of perspective, making some things look more or less important than they really are. Especially bad or sad things. She tends to be melancholic a lot but make no mistake, she experiences joy and happiness deeply when a new treasured experience is synthesized into her mental collection. Aboard the ship, she serves as a navigator and cook. 

  • Terp is fed up with the universe and tends to be a grumpy, bossy little creature, but she yearns after logic and order. She is always looking out at the world, looking at others and at resources and desperately wants to be efficient and punctual and organized; wants to be taken seriously. As the mechanic and general engineer, it is Terp’s job to keep the ship running, which she sees as a thankless task but it keeps her busy for the majority of the time. She is the shortest of the group because she’s the inferior function, but she’s collected, level-headed, and only comes out to angry mode when one of the others has been offended or when they’re all experiencing a lot of stress and Fimi collapses under the pressure.

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    I thought about making these personifications humans at first, but it wasn’t gelling so I went back to the drawing board and envisioned them as quirky alien creatures who all live on board a little spaceship. Fimi is the core of the group and started out looking for a squad after she fled from her assigned fate to be a supersoldier. With her stolen spaceship, she recruited Nel to be her pilot (giving them both a sustainable way to travel). Sivara is an orphan they rescued from a wartorn planet, and Terp is an uptight little alien who is tiny and will fight you but is nonetheless useful for keeping the ship in motion. 

    Fimi and Nel are a dynamic duo. Nel defers to Fimi’s instructions and guidance but is usually content to blaze a trail herself. Fimi is protective of the younger Sivara and appreciates her observations, but sometimes Sivara’s fears hold Fimi back in spite of what Nel advises. When Terp isn’t making sure everything in running smoothly, she can be found occupied with small tasks, researching, organizing stuff, or sleeping. In the “grip” when Fimi just can’t deal with something anymore (being exhausted or feeling incapable), Terp will forcefully take over and stand on Fimi’s shoulders, hands clutching either side of Fimi’s head, screaming orders to the whole group. When this happens, Nel panics and Sivara steps up to the plate, desperately calling on prior experience and past knowledge to help the group flee from danger.

    One might not suspect that they would be able to work together too well, but as they learn to trust each other and get along, they make an effective team. 

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