Complementary relation
Semi-duality
ILI ↔ SLEThere may be real warmth and understanding here, along with a gap that keeps showing up when they try to coordinate.
Also called Partial duality
ILI and SLE stand in the same position, so the relation reads the same from either side.
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How Semi-duality works
When it helps
They speak openly, take each other's concerns seriously, and allow some space without treating it as a setback.
What to notice
Plans can bring unexpected disappointment when they reach an area where neither can give the other enough support.
Complementary relations. One person's strengths may help with things the other finds harder. That can feel supportive, even when they help each other in different ways.
What passes between them
Every type has eight functions, from what comes most naturally to what costs the most effort. These are the places where ILI’s and SLE’s meet most directly.
- HelpILI → SLEWhere things are heading
NiComes easily to ILI, and it is exactly the kind of help SLE looks for.
ILI leading · SLE suggestive - HelpSLE → ILITaking action
SeComes easily to SLE, and it is exactly the kind of help ILI looks for.
ILI suggestive · SLE leading - Common groundGetting things done
TeComes easily to both, so they tend to understand each other here.
ILI creative · SLE demonstrative - Common groundHow things fit together
TiComes easily to both, so they tend to understand each other here.
ILI demonstrative · SLE creative
4 quieter links
- Quieter linkSLE → ILIComfort and balance
SiSLE can handle it quietly; it is a weaker area for ILI.
ILI role · SLE ignoring - Quieter linkExpressing emotions
FeWeaker for both: one looks for help here, the other would rather avoid it.
ILI vulnerable · SLE activating - Quieter linkTrust and personal bonds
FiWeaker for both: one looks for help here, the other would rather avoid it.
ILI activating · SLE vulnerable - Quieter linkILI → SLENew possibilities
NeILI can handle it quietly; it is a weaker area for SLE.
ILI ignoring · SLE role
How this pairing resolves to Semi-duality
Both types’ eight functions, side by side
Rows follow Model A’s eight function positions, from Leading (1) to Demonstrative (8); they are not a ranking of strength or value. The highlighted rows are the contacts that hold across all sixteen ordered pairs the archive assigns to Semi-duality.
Where this comes from
The relation name and roles come straight from the archived relation table, and the meeting points follow from Model A. The summaries are the Atlas’s plain-language reading of the archived Semi-duality guide: a place to start, not a prediction about two real people.
Archived guide metadata
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Technical details
- Structural fingerprint
5 → 8 → 7 → 6 → 1 → 4 → 3 → 2All eight contacts, ordered from ILI’s first through eighth positions.- All eight contacts
- 2 ways to help · 2 shared strengths · 4 quieter links
- Why Semi-duality
- The same broad block shape also appears in Benefit and Mirage. The exact order of the contacts is what makes this Semi-duality.
- Model A
- Function positions and blocks come from the archived Model A and Functions pages (
17f5a976a93f…). These contacts hold for all sixteen ordered pairs the table calls Semi-duality, checked against all 256 cells. - Relation table
- Read the relation table hereCanonical citation ↗
intertype.html#complete-table - How the guide is written
- Atlas learning guide · source synthesis; editorial guidance labeled separately