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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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?