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Michael Jordan — Chicago Bulls

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Michael Jordan — Chicago Bulls

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Michael Jordan — Chicago Bulls

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Michael Jordan — Chicago Bulls

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Michael Jordan — Chicago Bulls

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i really should use this blog more especially since i actually started writing again wow okay. i've been writing all day and it's crazy because i forgot how much i actually miss writing shit down. sometimes i'll go months where it's all in my head "cooking" so to speak but today i actually got down to it. i'm writing this scene right now and i had to stop because i'm just like this is GROSS i would die if i had to do this shit because one character is getting terribly injured and i'm just sitting here like wow i'm a horrible human being poor jordan...but it's for the best so anyways i'm done now. 

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i feel like talking about jordan......

basics: her name is jordan aryana valenti and she's sixteen years old. her mother was french canadian and her father was a mutt but dominantly italian which is where she got her name from. her mother picked out jordan and her father wanted her named after his mother, thus aryana, and obviously valenti is her birth last name and the one her grandparents stuck with. in the story she's in, the one heavily involving super-powered humans, her ability is to cast illusions and she uses it to give herself different haircolours primarily before she's swept away in the adventure. her natural hair colour is this deep brown that has a golden sheen to it, she is about five feet tall, with big blue eyes, and really fair skin. 

background: jordan's story is lightly based off of the main character in the book "house of the spirits" but only one aspect of it. jordan had a normal upbringing through her childhood with her parents together, living in raleigh, north carolina. she was a soft-spoken little girl who mostly stayed in her own little world of imagination, never really getting the hang of making friends. due to that, she had her own way of doing things free from outside influence - because really, she never cared. while jordan has always been introverted, problems never arose until her parents were both killed. she had been driving with them when their car was hit by a semitruck and flipped off of the road on the ice. it happened just after christmas. jordan survived with minimal injuries thanks to her child seat and a set of lucky circumstances. her father died on the spot and her mother had been able to sing jordan to sleep while they awaited rescue crews. she died at the hospital. following the incident, jordan became a selective mute. she was turning seven when it happened. her grandparents took her in, her mother's parents, and she was moved to their vacation home in the blue ridge mountains where her seclusion could only get worse. she never spoke but communicated through the use of a small notebook or a dry erase board. in school she was put into remedial classes for special attention, worsening her social skills. to this day her grandmother suspects that it was this special treatment that led to her stunted maturity levels, but her grandfather insists that jordan is simply an innocent mind and a late bloomer. from age 8 all the way through middle school, jordan stayed to herself and drew pictures, spent a lot of time outside watching the world, exploring on her own, and loved to be in her room watching TV. as she aged, she found a love in music when she began listening to records she found in with her parents' old things in the attic during one of her mini-adventures. soon after, her grandmother signed her up for piano lessons and soon enough, jordan began to talk again, but only after her piano teacher caught her singing along to a song before a lesson one day. her teacher helped her with her voice and from there, her passion began. mere months before this happened, the cabin next door, which belonged to a retired couple, became home to the couple's daughter who decided to go to school in the college town, appalachian state. the girl started a repair shop out of the garage that ended up assisting jordan's grandfather in fixing up and purchasing a computer for the family. this was the first time reese met jordan and immediately, the girl looked up to reese. as she moved on into high school, jordan's grandparents became good friends with reese as she always helped with their technology needs. jordan attached herself to reese in a way and would soon start talking more and more, opening up and for the first time expressing interest in being around someone. she saw reese as an older sister and found her to be her one and only friend in the world. despite reese's original disdain and annoyance, she secretly cared for jordan, especially after jordan's grandmother talked to her about the girl's past and asked her to please look out for jordan, seeing as they would not be around forever and jordan wasn't exactly built for surviving on her own. while at first reese hated the idea of knowing jordan forever, she promised the old woman that she would always look after jordan and began to see her as family. 

Likes: jordan has a deep well of love for a lot of things. she mostly enjoys girly and childlike things. she loves cartoons, art, drawing, colouring, board games, and reading books. she loves nature and animals passionately. introspecting, spending time alone, laying under trees, and looking out over the mountains are her favourite things. she loves jazz music, piano, saxophone, and big band music. she loves older genres, especially from the twenties, thirties, forties, and fifties. singing is her pastime and she's talented at it as well. this was mainly developed from her dad and obviously living with her grandparents. she does possess an eye for fashion and really enjoys creating styles for herself. simple things fascinate her. she loves cute things, disney movies, stuffed animals. taking walks, drinking tea, fireplaces, vanilla wafers, and ice cream are just a few of the greatest things to jordan. she also really loves performing at open mic nights. she has a strong love for older music, tv, books, style, and decor because of being raised by her grandparents. so while she loves kid-like things, she's also become somewhat of an old soul. 

Dislikes: conflict, stress, forced social situations. she also hates not having anyone to take care of her. while jordan loves being alone, she needs to feel like someone is watching out for her. she doesn't hate many things because everything is beautiful to her. but she really doesn't like hate, control freaks, war, death, unfortunate events, etc because she barely understands them. she hates betrayal too - jordan's the type to blindly trust because she see's the good in everyone. responsibility and growing up aren't in the cards for her either, she disdains the idea of having to move on and get a job and be on her own. she doesn't get greed at all. one thing she hates is money. but she doesn't really like loud noises, the dark, bugs, or the crowded rooms. driving at night or too fast bothers her as well, understandably and she will never get behind the wheel herself. these are just some of her fears. if people are fighting around her she shuts down as well.

Strengths: in a sense, jordan finds strength in her childlike innocence and her ability to trust people. she is an optimist because she doesn't really understand looking for the worst in every situation. jordan is forgiving and understands right from wrong. her strengths lie in the fact that she is not one to fight for the sake of fighting. she doesn't hate and doesn’t believe there’s time for it. her innocence results in optimism and allows her to remain clear-headed. she's also intelligent despite not exactly showing that on the outside. she was also raised with a strong set of values.

Weaknesses: PTSD, select mutism, and social anxiety can hinder her sometimes, especially when she's misunderstood and labeled as being a nutcase by ignorant people. she doesn't talk a lot and has this problem when she looks really sad when she's in a deep well of thought and people who know of some of her issues might pin that on the issues. people tend to treat her like she's made of glass because she's really young and somewhat damaged from losing her parents but she's actually moved on from it very well ever since she began singing and see's the world so much differently than they may think. going from that, every strength has a negative side as well. her forgiving nature and inability to fight with people results in little backbone and this causes people to walk all over her. her optimism also makes for a harsher blow when things don’t turn out right. she’s also incredibly shy and quiet and that results in people missing her existence completely. 

Personality: well, her personality has been laid out up there quite a bit, but in a nutshell, jordan is clearly an introvert with a need to introspect, have quiet time, and think about things. she gets so uncomfortable in crowds and around strangers unless there's a trusted figure right with her. she barely talks as well and is not very social at all. she doesn't care to get to know anyone other than those who come to her and even then, she'll push you away unless she see's something in you that she likes. it's why reese is her only friend. truly, she's hard to get to know because of her inability to share and speak up. she never talks about herself. while her inner world is really loud and vivid, she projects a calm and sheepish child on the outside. she's also very submissive and goes with the flow if someone else is leading her. she needs to be led and taken care of. if she's not brought under someone's wing then jordan will veer off course. this may be owed to the fact that everyone babied her when she stopped talking, but she's grown accustomed to it and she can't break away from having someone telling her what to do next. at the same time though she needs her freedom and loves to be alone. she loves when it's quiet or theres music playing. she likes to have her time to be isolated with nature. jordan is also incredibly gentle and sweet. she has the biggest heart and while she's a little flower most of the time she probably won't open up and tell someone she loves them, but she will definitely show it by sacrificing her own needs for others. she will stand up for her friends and family even if its quiet and in the background. jordan never boasts of anything she does and doesn't brag. she won't put herself down either on the other hand. taking from jordan's inner thoughts, she has a clear and concise hold on everything that happens around her and is very perceptive. she has an opinion formulated on just about anyone she'll meet because she's fantastic at studying her surroundings and reading people. she will never share these findings though. she's extremely interested in nature, animals, beauty, fashion, etc. jordan just loves LOOKING at the world around her and taking it all in. she's so into aesthetics. she loves cute things. animals are just the greatest things to her. jordan seems to have the inability to grow up as well and is lost in a world of innocence. she barely understands the big mean world outside her backyard and yet she's willing to accept that it's not fair. she doesn't get it, but she knows it's wrong and will rebel against it. she's okay with going against the rules for the greater good and just wants to help people she cares about. sure she's got a child's mindset, but that's the purest and most honest one to have so the people around her accept it and love jordan for who she is because she's the most genuine one they'll meet.

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fun with personality types: isfp

these are some of my favourites because this is a wonderful personality type, really. 

Quiet, serious, sensitive and kind. Do not like conflict, and not likely to do things which may generate conflict. Loyal and faithful. Extremely well-developed senses, and aesthetic appreciation for beauty. Not interested in leading or controlling others. Flexible and open-minded. Likely to be original and creative. Enjoy the present moment. 

i'll compare them to one of my isfp's - my friend jasmine who completely just IS the isfp. she's really quiet, i mean i could barely get her to talk when we first met. she's also serious - really serious. i mean, we joked that jasmine would have the same serious face no matter what. she's also really kind and has a huge love for animals. i know she didn't like conflict - jasmine never did anything that could possibly generate conflict. she is also incredibly loyal and faithful. she's got the BEST appreciation for beauty too gosh just look at her blog. she's also very open-minded and creative too. 

annie jakobs; the second example of how mental disorders can break such personality types. she's basically got nothing left but the exo-skeleton of this type left. annie is serious and quiet. she doesn't have a real ability to be sensitive since she's essentially a sociopath. she doesn't like conflict though and will retreat or go completely silent when it happens. she isn't able to grasp how her actions could cause conflict though, so isn't careful to avoid them. she has developed senses but doesn't care about beauty, it's not important to her but she can still recognize it. she isn't interested in leading or controlling, she just IS unless she has a reason to lead or control someone and that comes from her mental problems. she's also not interested in the future...or really...anything.

jordan valenti; god i love this character like a child. jordan is quiet as hell. she's the biggest introvert ever and hasn't really ever had many friends. she actually stopped talking from age 8 after some trauma through age 13. she exists in the background and is so careful not to stir the pot. she's just a little mouse essentially but at the same time she's fiercely loyal and faithful to whoever she chooses to be her friend. she sacrificed nearly everything to help a friend who basically never really showed her the same affection because that's who jordan is. she's got the best appreciation for beauty and it shows in how she takes care of herself and dresses. jordan is big on this part. she's also one to hang out in the background unless she's got a really profound idea. and, another thing she is, is open-minded. she really wants to believe in the best of other people and wants to believe that anything's possible even when it's proven that that won't be the case. it's just her nature. she's really childlike in that sense. she's very original in her looks and essence and lives in the moment. i just love her and realizing she's a perfect isfp gosh just even more so.

scout cooper; it's funny because scout cooper is the polar opposite of the two i just described as far as her role and place in the stories but has the same personality type. she's not necessarily quiet all the time but she's very introspective. she's also insanely sensitive and will be insulted easily. she's a hunter and was raised by a bounty hunter so she's developed the most insane senses. she knows everything happening around her, ever detail. and while it's not always the beauty she picks out or strives to keep up with, she is big on keeping her personal space up to par. she will know if something's been moved, even if the room is messy. she hates conflict but sometimes her emotions get the best of her because she acts on impulse with how she's feeling and sometimes inadvertently creates a fight and then hates the result. she's not a leader and she's very flexible and ready to go at the drop of a hat. while she can be open-minded, scout is typically set in her opinions already. she's REALLY original in her style and is really creative with how she presents herself. she's noticeably different. while she's always thinking about her ultimate task or goal in the back of her mind, scout generally enjoys living in "right now" and that's where she stays.

finn zeller; he's outspoken around those he loves but other than that he barely speaks. he's really kind because his sister is a brat and uses him but he still takes her in even though his parents wouldn't like it. he keeps it a secret instead of fighting with either party, just because he wants to stay loyal to both parties. he see's beauty in everything and loves life. he's an artist and he notices details. he doesn't want to control his sister - the reason she's still there. 

beck fallon; here's for kicks. beck is an ISFP. he's generally quiet but when he's around his friends, he's a big-mouth. he's a senser because he's a photographer and he can pick out details and notice why something is beautiful. hell, he can make something beautiful because he knows how. beck is also sensitive even though he may not seem like it because it's all inward. he's kind too - he's a sweetheart even though he will joke around and pretend to be the opposite among friends. he's incredibly loyal and faithful to his friends too. he doesn't like to lead or control and that was why he worked so well with jordan because she is more controlling and the reason he left was because he felt that if he pursued a relationship, he would be leading her or controlling her and the thought scared him. he's flexible which is why he's so good at touring and was able to adapt easy to change growing up and jumping from home to home. mostly, he enjoys the present with his friends, and sims, and his dog. 

benjamin carter; my sixteen types prototype guy. he's an artist, just like the type dictates. quiet, sensitive, able to see beauty. because he's not much of a T people might think he's sort of dumb. he notices everything though. he's horribly unorganized and always comes to school in paint-splattered clothing. he's flexible and doesn't care much. he mostly goes with the flow.