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15: Do you know your characters’ MBTI personalities? 

Uggh. As useful as the general concept of introvert/extrovert and all that is, honestly I find MBTI lists sit somewhere between Zodiac signs and Hogwarts House Sorting. And absolutely none of that was anything I had more than a cursory interest in. As a useful tool to start thinking about general personality concepts, sure. But do I bother to actually sit down and feel out a questionnaire-type outline of any character’s personality? *snort of laughter* Are there characters I can point to and say, this one feels like an introvert more, or is going to want to be nurturing, or prefers things regimented and orderly? Yeah, some. 

Heledir is an introvert (in that he needs recharging after heavy social situations), ace, very invested in the gossipy romances of people around him, doesn’t mind chaos, so he appears to be more sensing and intuition. Edrahil and Finrod will have to be a foil. But to have this defined and adhere to that – nope.

11: Which character do you have the most in common with?

Confession – I also hate these ‘do you relate to your characters or not’ questions. Uh, off the top of my head, eldest daughter with mild emotional trauma who stays home instead of leaving her family far behind, who is if not ace then probably somewhere on the grey spectrum, who would prefer to stay in her library and listen to small concerts and write hundreds of popular children’s stories and romance novels – yeah, there’s both projection and wish fulfillment with Findis.

12: Which character do you have the least in common with?

Well, I’m often writing from the POV of male elves, ones that have fought wars and died and led armies and countries. One of those.