Honestly he loves his whole unit but Sanguine is probably the person he's closest to one Bad End right now, thanks trauma! He worries about Sanguine a lot though, because Sanguine has a tendency to take a lot on himself and never try to get help and internalize everything and Phoenix finds that all really frustrating. He appreciates when Sanguine is there for him, both to cuddle and talk to! And he wishes Sanguine didn't seem so allergic to sharing his own problems.
He does appreciate when Sanguine talks to him about his problems or lets him be there to keep him company, but it bothers him that Sanguine's base response to all negative feelings as far as Phoenix can tell is to run away and hide, as if that doesn't worry his unit MORE than just talking to them.
He's oblivious to Sanguine's feelings for him, but he does feel very close to Sanguine. Bad End is like family to Phoenix and Falcom loves adoption incest aside, it means when H said he might be into Sanguine his initial response was both like, super happy for both of them, kind of jealous of both of them, and also like, protective brother for Sanguine. ANYONE WHO HURTS HIS FAMILY WILL BE MURDERED. Not murdered but definitely Rean is a protective type of brother, and it's important to him that his family and friends are happy and treated well. Not that he thinks H will be anything less than good with Sanguine, it's just a kneejerk wanting to protect Sanguine feeling.
He thinks Sanguine is probably the person on the team most on his own level in terms of how to play games, too. Though more self-sacrificial than Phoenix himself is, which again, worrying, he does think Sanguine and he agree on the basic principle of play soft or even against themselves, since prisoner's dilemma, though he suspects they see it from slightly different angles.
He really wants to get back to a happy place so he and Sanguine can jam with Nemesis and things can be less stressful for everyone all the time.
Like honestly, even if he didn't have romantic feelings for Phoenix he'd love the hell out of Phoenix. He's so earnest and caring and open in a way that Sanguine finds refreshing-- Phoenix can call it nosiness all he wants, but he admires and respects it. He knows that Phoenix has things he doesn't talk about, and he wants to find a way to gently encourage him to-- he feels like Phoenix gives so much himself, and he wants to answer that in kind.
He couldn't honestly tell anyone when he started to fall for Phoenix-- was it during Betrayal? Possibly even before? He really doesn't know. But the house definitely bonded the two through trauma, and anything that existed before then increased a thousand fold. And if you tried to ask him why, he could happily sit there all day and tell anyone all the many ways he thinks Phoenix is wonderful.
Which isn't to say he thinks Phoenix is perfect-- he did get annoyed and frustrated during the poison game, but he also (once he got some sleep) understood that maybe Phoenix had a point, too. He realizes maybe it was selfish in its own way to want to be the one protecting everyone, as if survivor's guilt weren't a thing for them. He's still going to talk to him about being frustrated at the multi-person pileup, but also try and temper that with the knowledge that they weren't being malicious.
Sanguine would tend to agree that Phoenix is the person most aligned with his thinking on how to play games-- though he thinks Phoenix is likelier to be more intelligent about it. Sanguine doesn't try to be impulsive, but he thinks of things in different ways than Phoenix does. And that's fine too.
Sanguine vaguely worries that he might have put pressure on Phoenix by confessing to him, but he feels relieved too-- he knew that Phoenix would be gentle even if he'd rejected him, and that he didn't and even somehow feels the same way too is more amazing and precious than he could have imagined. He hopes that Phoenix is able to talk with H and E successfully and maybe they'll get to date (let's be real, E is the only one he's concerned about that), but even if they don't.... he can be happy, he thinks, knowing that Phoenix cares about him too.
idk if you're still accepting question meme questions, but if you are-- would you say that Phoenix's perspective changed any with that confession?
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Honestly he loves his whole unit but Sanguine is probably the person he's closest to one Bad End right now, thanks trauma! He worries about Sanguine a lot though, because Sanguine has a tendency to take a lot on himself and never try to get help and internalize everything and Phoenix finds that all really frustrating. He appreciates when Sanguine is there for him, both to cuddle and talk to! And he wishes Sanguine didn't seem so allergic to sharing his own problems.
He does appreciate when Sanguine talks to him about his problems or lets him be there to keep him company, but it bothers him that Sanguine's base response to all negative feelings as far as Phoenix can tell is to run away and hide, as if that doesn't worry his unit MORE than just talking to them.
He's oblivious to Sanguine's feelings for him, but he does feel very close to Sanguine. Bad End is like family to Phoenix and Falcom loves adoption incest aside, it means when H said he might be into Sanguine his initial response was both like, super happy for both of them, kind of jealous of both of them, and also like, protective brother for Sanguine. ANYONE WHO HURTS HIS FAMILY WILL BE MURDERED. Not murdered but definitely Rean is a protective type of brother, and it's important to him that his family and friends are happy and treated well. Not that he thinks H will be anything less than good with Sanguine, it's just a kneejerk wanting to protect Sanguine feeling.
He thinks Sanguine is probably the person on the team most on his own level in terms of how to play games, too. Though more self-sacrificial than Phoenix himself is, which again, worrying, he does think Sanguine and he agree on the basic principle of play soft or even against themselves, since prisoner's dilemma, though he suspects they see it from slightly different angles.
He really wants to get back to a happy place so he and Sanguine can jam with Nemesis and things can be less stressful for everyone all the time.
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Like honestly, even if he didn't have romantic feelings for Phoenix he'd love the hell out of Phoenix. He's so earnest and caring and open in a way that Sanguine finds refreshing-- Phoenix can call it nosiness all he wants, but he admires and respects it. He knows that Phoenix has things he doesn't talk about, and he wants to find a way to gently encourage him to-- he feels like Phoenix gives so much himself, and he wants to answer that in kind.
He couldn't honestly tell anyone when he started to fall for Phoenix-- was it during Betrayal? Possibly even before? He really doesn't know. But the house definitely bonded the two through trauma, and anything that existed before then increased a thousand fold. And if you tried to ask him why, he could happily sit there all day and tell anyone all the many ways he thinks Phoenix is wonderful.
Which isn't to say he thinks Phoenix is perfect-- he did get annoyed and frustrated during the poison game, but he also (once he got some sleep) understood that maybe Phoenix had a point, too. He realizes maybe it was selfish in its own way to want to be the one protecting everyone, as if survivor's guilt weren't a thing for them. He's still going to talk to him about being frustrated at the multi-person pileup, but also try and temper that with the knowledge that they weren't being malicious.
Sanguine would tend to agree that Phoenix is the person most aligned with his thinking on how to play games-- though he thinks Phoenix is likelier to be more intelligent about it. Sanguine doesn't try to be impulsive, but he thinks of things in different ways than Phoenix does. And that's fine too.
Sanguine vaguely worries that he might have put pressure on Phoenix by confessing to him, but he feels relieved too-- he knew that Phoenix would be gentle even if he'd rejected him, and that he didn't and even somehow feels the same way too is more amazing and precious than he could have imagined. He hopes that Phoenix is able to talk with H and E successfully and maybe they'll get to date (let's be real, E is the only one he's concerned about that), but even if they don't.... he can be happy, he thinks, knowing that Phoenix cares about him too.
idk if you're still accepting question meme questions, but if you are-- would you say that Phoenix's perspective changed any with that confession?