teslashock
Geolectric
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"Claiming" and "demanding" isn't introverted feeling behavior either.
Introverted feeling can cause people who have strong introverted feeling to claim that they are skilled in analyzing emotions and being "in tune" with others' emotions to the point that they are a bit arrogant about it. Sure, Fi people can be good at emotional analyses and understanding others' emotions, but this does not happen all of the time. Fi people know that they have this skill, so like anyone else who is aware of their skills, they may come across as arrogant with it. I have seen people claim that they are so good at understanding emotions that they can understand others' emotions better than the actual person feeling them.
You can be an introvert and still be arrogant. Having a dominant introverted function does not necessarily result in being timid and reserved. Having a dominant introverted judging function simply causes people to have a natural tendency to analyze and manifest their own internal preferences through their actions and behaviors. Strong introverted judgment causes one to analyze internally based on an internally categorized system, whether it's Ti or Fi. You are playing a game of semantics when you say that introverted functions will cause people to not "make claims" or be "demanding." People can be very strong in expressing their opinions even if their natural cognitive tendency is based upon an introverted function.
Also, Fi can be strong in those who use it as an auxiliary as well (ExFPs), and these guys are EXTROVERTS and according to your argument, this could result in being "demanding" and "making claims" (though I'm still going to disagree with your theory that "introverts" don't make claims or demands).
Vanity or self-absorption would have worked better for Fi. Pretentiousness is more of an extroverted activity.
Pretentiousness is only more of an "extroverted" activity when that word is used to mean ostentatious. I already clarified my connotation though.