Texting habits per judging function
No one asked, but here are some observations I've made in my personal life.
*Note that this probably differs by age, gender, and culture (for instance, I have been told by several Americans that I use an insane amount of emojis, whereas it's not considered weird at all here in Germany).
FJ:
Generally very good at texting, will respond to absolutely every point you make. If you send them a long voice message, they can be found taking notes while listening so that they will not forget to answer any point you made.
Have a very hard time leaving someone on read and if they do, either something happened and they forgot, or they simply don't like you very much. If they open the message, they answer. If they don't have time to answer you right now, they simply will not open the message yet.
If the text conversation is done (i.e. you wrote something like "bye, see you tomorrow!" that does not require another response), they will still at the very least send you an emoji back for no reason other than letting you know that "Yes! I read your message! I'm not ignoring you! I love you!" (Literally every FJ I have ever known does this. Every single one, including myself.)
They will adapt to your style of texting. If you are the kind of person that likes to send a bunch of heart emojis to friends and the FJ friend is not, they will still pepper in a heart here and there. If you generally don't use emojis, they will use them only occasionally. If you reply in wallpaper long messages, so will they. If you break up your messages into several texts one after the other, so will they.
FPs:
Also generally quite good at texting and can actually appear a lot warmer in writing than in person (there have been several instances where I received really lovely messages from FPs who I used to think hated my guts whenever we met in person).
Prepare for emojis. Seriously.
You can have infinitely long text conversations with them. If you are willing to commit, the conversation between the two of you will never end. With NFPs, the conversations usually end up spiralling into nonsense scenarios, while SFPs keep telling you about their day and keep answering you about your day every day.
TPs:
(my texting experience with TPs is unfortunately very limited, so feel free to fill in my blanks)
Fe is very noticeable in the extroverts, i.e. they tend to go the FJ route described above, but in a more nonchalant and more relaxed way. Like with FJs, the focus of the conversation is on you and their dynamic with you.
The introverts (i.e. my dad, i.e. my only point of reference) are bad at texting and prefer to call, so almost all text conversations go something like this:
TP: "Hi, I tried to call you, but you didn't pick up. I hope everything is alright with you?" You: "Yes, sorry. Everything's good here, how about you, everything okay?" --- end of conversation ---
TJs:
Generally bad at texting. Also don't really like it and see no point in it, so they usually prefer calling or talking in person.
Will appear colder in writing than in person, especially the STJs. Their answers will be straight to the point. No beating around the bush and no needless extension of a conversation in form of jokes/questions/anecdotes for a bonding experience. If they want to tell you something, they will tell you in person.
Have absolutely zero problem leaving people on read and usually don't mean anything by it.
STJs rarely use emojis, NTJs do but not excessively
If their answer requires them to type anything more than two sentences, they will send you a voice message instead. (Literally every single TJ I know does this, except my INTJ brother who is a complete maniac and calls instead.)
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My mom and my grandma can't even talk for 15 minutes without arguing over something, so to indulge in the mommy issues mood of the evening, some thoughts about Midori's relationship with Ming-Hua, because why not??
The thing is, Ming-Hua loves Midori just as much as she loves Suiren. Midori is her daughter, her little seedling, she would kill and die for her if she had to. Midori is a part of her, always was and always will be... but she isn't a waterbender.
Of course, it's something way out of Midori's control, your bending isn't something you can choose. Ming-Hua would never love her child any less just because they didn't inherit her bending, especially when instead they inherited the bending of the man she loves. When Midori finally discovered her earthbending, Ming-Hua was just as proud of her as she was of Suiren's waterbending. She held her close and kissed her cheeks, whispering words of endearment and encouragement. But that happened when Midori was four, there were many years before that.
When you spent so much of your life fighting tooth and nail for the right to learn waterbending, persevering against everything and everyone, running on sheer spite, and suddenly you get the opportunity to freely pass on that knowledge to someone else, are you not going to take it? Are you not going to give it your all? Are you not going to make sure your daughter never lacks a teacher?
Ming-Hua was a good mother to her kids, but no parent is perfect, even if they are better than most. She got so engrossed in teaching Suiren waterbending that she sometimes unintentionally neglected Midori and didn't give her enough attention. It wasn't like Midori was left completely alone, she had her dad and her auntie and uncle who made sure she never felt ignored, but when you have a mother who loves you, is there really anything that can replace that?
If Midori asked for it, she would never be turned away, but overall she couldn't help but feel as if Suiren was the favourite, as if she herself was only second best. How many full moons had Midori spent wanting her Mama to sing her to sleep when she was busy waterbending with Suiren? How many times had Mama's reaction to Suiren mastering a move been more full of happiness and pride than to something Midori had done? It's really no wonder that Midori ended up much more drawn to her auntie instead, that she ended up missing the warm touch of a hand much more than the cool embrace of water?
If the Red Lotus were never imprisoned, these feelings would have never festered. Midori would've started getting a hang of her bending and wouldn't feel inferior, maybe she'd even voice her troubles and Ming-Hua would make the conscious effort to do better. But that wasn't what happened. Midori was left alone with no one but Suiren to care for her, with less than mediocre bending skills and no way to get better. And though Suiren was young too, she is a prodigy, so there was really no way to prevent those seeds of resentment from taking root.
Over the years, as Suiren's bending got better, Midori's inferiority complex got worse. Suiren grew up to be gorgeous, talented, capable of handling herself, while Midori grew up to be awkward, painfully anxious and timid, and nowhere near skilled enough. She can barely handle hiding the disdain she holds any longer.
And then, they get their parents back after 16 long years. Finally, Midori thinks, finally she can receive that love and appreciation she desperately craved for almost her entire life... But that doesn't happen. No, everyone is still focused on Suiren and her self-imposed angsting. And if dad and auntie at least try to give Midori the attention she needs, then mom barely talks to her if not to ask something about Suiren
But Midori isn't a meek little kid anymore who silently takes everything thrown her way. She spent too long under Haya's iron fist to endure it any longer when things are supposedly meant to be better. So one day, she'll snap. She'll tell her mom everything she thinks of her favouritism of Suiren, if she loves Renny more she can just say so, but please, please stop viewing Midori as a key to Suiren's puzzle, Suiren's extension, Suiren's shadow, instead of her own separate person. And Ming-Hua listens. She listens and realises how wrong she had unintentionally been. And she promises to try and rectify it
It adds to Ming-Hua's self blaming and guilt. Not only had she left her beloved girls with a woman who would abuse them for their entire childhoods, but turns out, things weren't as great for Midori even before that. But she does stick to her promise and tries to do better. It helps that Suiren is also at the point where she stars recovering, but even if she wasn't, Ming-Hua would still make sure to set time aside every day to talk to Midori, to really listen to her, to watch her learn and improve in her bending. Because she never wants her little seedling to feel inferior or less loved ever again
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you’ve been katsuki’s for as long as you can remember.
sure, he had never outwardly called you his girlfriend, but when you were both seven years old, he came up to you. chest heaving slightly from running up and down the hill where he had gotten you a freshly plucked out bouquet of flowers. the roots were still clinging to them and he got dirt all over your hands from forcibly grabbing them and shoving the bouquet in them before you could even form a sentence.
“since you accepted the flowers, you’re mine now.” he mumbled, his little hands tightened into fists at his sides and chubby cheeks a cute shade of pink, staring at you as confidently as he could.
a grin grows on his face when you respond with a simple “okay !” and a bright smile. the grin on his face never disappears even as his mom scolds him for getting you both all dirty.
you were katsuki’s in middle school too, when the boys in class decided to play kiss, marry, kill and he had somehow gotten dragged into it. the girls in your class tried their best to seem uninterested, claiming the boys were being childish, but you noticed how hard some of them were straining their ears trying to hear what the guys were talking about in their own little corner of the room. you’d be lying if you said you weren’t a little curious as well.
katsuki was as ruthless as you’d known him to be, choosing to kill any girl that wasn’t to his liking, which ended up being all of them. much to the other boys’ chagrin, claiming he had no taste.
then your name was brought up.
at that, his eyes widened and he turned in his seat to see if you were watching. you had never turned your head away so fast in your life and you were pretty sure you heard something go “crack”.
he clicked his tongue. mumbling something about how stupid the game was before muttering out a “kiss yn, marry yn and kill that other bitch.” before getting up and stomping away, claiming he had to go to the bathroom followed closely by the whoops and hollers of his two friends behind him.
you both made eye contact when he walked out and you think you’ll never forget how red his cheeks were.
you were katsuki’s when he was the one to walk you to and from school everyday, claiming you would somehow get lost without him. you were katsuki’s when he had begrudgingly shoved homemade valentines day chocolates into your arms, mumbling something about how you had been upset nobody had gotten you anything last year, conveniently leaving out the fact he had scared off all the other guys trying to offer you anything.
you were katsuki’s when he grabbed your hand during the winter because he said you’d “end up dying of hypothermia with the way you’re chittering over there.” and you were his when you were the only person he laughed around. loud, genuine laughter that you and only you could squeeze out of him. you were katsuki’s when he randomly kissed you goodnight at your door one night and he’s been doing it ever since, and gets all pouty when you turn away from his kisses to tease him.
“are we dating ?” you had asked him. you’re both in high school now and you’re in his dorm room. your legs are on his lap and he’s got a comfortable grip on your leg, which tightens after he registers your questions “hah?” he looks utterly confused and a little insulted as he looks back at you, his entire face scrunched up in confusion. you pinch his nose and he swats at your hand.
“are we dating ? like—am i your girlfriend.” you say again and katsuki’s face scrunches up even harder. he huffs and looks back at his phone, landing a little smack on your leg still placed in his lap. “ ‘course yer my fuckin’ girlfriend.” he spits out, obviously irritated. then he looks back at you “I haven’t made it obvious ?” he says sarcastically. one of his eyebrows lifted as he pokes at your leg still very much in his lap.
you simply shrug “s’not that. it’s just because you’ve never actually asked me out before, so i was a little confused on where we stood.” you mumble. he stares at you while you speak and he stares a little longer before sighing. then he leans towards you and flicks your forehead.
“ow !”
“dumbass.” he murmurs. there’s a slight pout on his face and his cheeks are light shade of pink when he looks you in the eyes again. he grabs both your cheeks with one hand and smushes them together to push your lips out and presses multiple wet kisses onto them that have you squealing and squirming. his wet lips are pulled into a smirk when he pulls back and you try your best to at least look a little angry, you really do. but it’s useless when he looks at you like that.
“of course you’re my girlfriend” he reiterates. his smirk’s been replaced for something softer, something more sincere as he gazes at you with so much unadulterated affection it makes your head spin a little. “you’ve always been mine.” he says it in a teasing tone and his hand is still smushing your cheeks out and it hurts a little but his eyes are still the same. they’re warm and soft and so, so enamored with you and only you.
when he finally let’s go of your face and pulls you fully into his lap, you realize katsuki’s been yours for as long as you’ve been his.
you smile brightly at him but turn your nose up when he leans in to kiss you again. “i still haven’t heard what i wanna hear though, mr. bakugou.”
he rolls his eyes and pinches at your thigh as he mumbles out a “don’t call me that.” sighing, he looks at you intensely and you suddenly feel very shy.
“will you be my girlfriend, ya shitty girl ?” and he says it as a joke, you both know it is cus his lips are already forming into a smirk the second he finishes his sentence. and you’re pulling at his nose the moment you register it, but you’re both smiling hard. he laughs and you’re sure you’ll never get tired of the sound. “what’s your answer, pretty ?” he asks playfully and you pretend to really think it over just to mess with him, and giggling out a “yes!” when he suddenly pounces on you. flipping you both over and tickling you mercilessly, calling it revenge for you “taking too damn long to answer.”
you’d been katsuki’s for as long as you can remember, and you hope you can be forever.
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