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Identity
同一 · Тождественные
You only have to start the sentence.
同一 ／ one of the sixteen relations
No explanation needed. Whatever you start saying is understood to the end. Because you are alike, it works best when the roles are kept separate.
IDENTITY
01 When you first meet
Fast talk
No preamble is needed. You find the same things interesting and the same things tiresome. Halfway through an explanation, the other person has already understood. From the first meeting you talk as if you had known each other for years.
There is relief, too. What you thought was odd about yourself turns out not to be odd. A person who handles the world the same way is actually standing in front of you.
The value of this relation is not fit but confirmation. Knowing you were not the only one is what matters.
02 After a while
You both stop in the same place
Ask for advice in a tight spot and you get exactly the same answer back. And it is the answer you have already tried and found wanting.
You are good at the same things, so there you both light up. But you are weak at the same things too, so there neither of you can reach. One taking it over for the other rarely happens.
The other person's inability can be irritating. It has the same shape as your own, so you see it exactly. When you are annoyed with this person, you are usually looking at the same trait in yourself.
03 If it is to last
Walking side by side
As friends it lasts long. The quality of understanding is high, so there is no reason to part. But being together rarely adds something.
If you do something jointly, you need a design that splits the roles clearly or hands the weak area to someone else. Best for understanding; for complementing, you need a different partner. These are two different things.
Because neither pushes the other, you can stay side by side for a long time.
Same type, not the same person
Even when the types match, upbringing, experience, values and profession differ.
- What matches is the handling, not the content
- Only the way of handling information is alike; what each holds dear is a separate matter. Two of the same type disagreeing is entirely ordinary.
- The difference in experience shows directly
- You hold the same tools, so the difference between the one who has used them longer shows easily. With a gap in age or experience, it can look like teacher and student.
Where this relation is useful
The situations where being alike is an asset, and where it is not, are sharply divided.
- Best when you want to be understood
- A person who understands without the labour of explaining is rare. When you are low, or lost, you do not have to begin by describing the situation.
- Keep someone else for advice
- The field of view is the same, so what you cannot see, they cannot see either. Consulting them is reassuring, but answers are hard to come by.
- Do not stack the same duties
- Two people in the same role means the gaps overlap. Make the division clear and the strength of this relation shows as it is.
PROne thing for this relation
A relation that gets through from half a sentence, so experiences needing no explanation.
- Two sets of the same hobby gearFor two who enjoy the same thing at the same speed.
- A service that takes daily chores outsideWhat comes from neither, put outside.
- A senior's bookIdentity is most useful when learning.
Works that draw this relation
Chosen from works where the relationship between the two is itself the centre of the story.
- Thelma & Louise1991 · film · US
Two people cornered in the same place in the same way, making the same call. With no one to stop them, they move side by side in the same direction.
This is not a typing of the characters. They are listed as examples where the shape of this relation is drawn clearly.
Songs this relation runs through
Chosen from songs whose subject is exactly what happens between the two.
- Tomodachi no UtaBUMP OF CHICKEN · 2010
A song to someone who needs no explanation. It gets through because you stand in the same place; in return, neither can push the other beyond it.
- You're My Best FriendQueen · 1975
Nothing special happens. A whole song stands on the reassurance of simply being alike.
No lyrics are quoted. The songs are listed for the shape of relation they deal with.
Identity in Model A: what talks to what
Example: INTJ and INTJ. Every pair in this relation connects the same positions in the same way; only the elements inside change.
Lines connect the same element in the other person's structure. 1–2 (strong) 3 (role) 4 (vulnerable) 5–6 (wanted) 7–8 (capable, indifferent)
The 16 pairs in this relation
Identity is the relation with someone of your own type.