welcome to the party barge

the best mgs ship arrangement is 'none of the old man war criminals get to be happy in the end'

- kaz wants bb dead and is too emotionally dysfunctional to even consider anyone else, and even into the 90s is using nadine as emotional crutch more than anything else which is why she wises up and divorces him

- bb prioritized ideals over his personal life but genuinely liked kaz with all 3 of his post-trauma feelings and is still captivated by him bc he's the only person that had the guts to defy him, and kaz going all-in on wanting bb dead is exactly why bb liked him in the first place.

- ocelot has been gone for bb for half his life but bb sort of just passively accepts ocelot's insane level of dedication bc people being willing to die for him five minutes after he met them is the default in bb's life. so ocelot literally cannot get his attention despite being right there by his side for years and years.

- v has bb's 3 feelings for kaz imprinted on him but kaz refuses to touch him because he's a copy and also sometimes gets wires crossed with his hatred of bb because they look exactly alike. and kaz knows it's irrational and tries to hide it but v Knows and it feels real bad to catch splash damage rage for something you didn't even do. which ironically drives v further into playing the role of the other big boss and eventually dying for him.

- ocelot thinks about hypnotizing himself again for a few days to think v is bb and fuck him, and v might even go for it if it was post-quiet, but ocelot never gets quite that desperate