How i think every (yes, EVERY) Mcog duo bonds:
Esteban and Zia: They do an activity together. They go on picnics. They paint. They swim. They play a new sport together. They go from one thing to another, never stopping, always trying something new
Esteban and Tao: Tao mostly teaches him stuff, cause he loves explaining things to people. He probably teaches him Atlantean, and then stuff about Muan culture. And Esteban ends up getting really interested
Zia and Tao: They talk. They stay up late, for hours, just talking and talking. That’s what I do with my sisters when we don’t have to wake up early. Talking and talking and laughing. Usually, Zia ends up laughing the most and the loudest
Mendoza and Esteban: Esteban just lowkey follows him around everywhere, begging him to tell him a cool story about previous adventures. Unlike Pedro and sancho, Mendoza doesn’t embellish stories with extravagant details that didn’t happen. He just tells it as realistically as possible. And sometimes that’s a lot more cool than listening to a fun made up story
Mendoza and Zia: They enjoy each other’s company in silence. Sometimes Mendoza likes to be alone, or at least be somewhere quiet. And Zia understands that, and sits with him. They like to just breathe and absorb their surroundings. Zia likes having with Tao and Esteban, but sometimes it’s nice to just relax and not do much
Mendoza and Tao: Tao loves talking about science and exchanging ideas with others, which is something he used to do with Ambrosius. Now that he’s gone, he’s kinda got no one to talk to. Good thing Mendoza is here. Sure he’s not really a scientist, but he’s knowledgeable on a lot of things, like astronomy, and the two are able to have lots of interesting conversations about it
Pedro and Sancho: well we know they spend every second of their waking lives together, but I think their most favourite activity ends up being fishing. They’re really bad at it. But they like to challenge the other in a fishing contest
Mendoza and Pedro: Yeah so they go commit petty crimes together. Even though they’re “good guys” now, they still miss the high of doing illegal stuff. So every so often Mendoza is like “hey do you wanna rob this guy” and Pedro’s like “whatever, sure”. Do they get arrested. Yes. But escaping jail is even more fun then getting in in the first place
Mendoza and Sancho: whenever the team is staying in a new place for some time and they need to restock on supplies for the condor, they go shopping together. Idk it’s just their thing. Mendoza’s got the money and Sancho tells him what they need to get
Pedro and Esteban: they pretend to fight each other. With wooden swords or just plain wrestling. They’re not very good at it but it’s very fun. Esteban wins mostly cause Pedro is too confident. They also have a lot of inside jokes that everyone else is tired of
Pedro and Zia: whenever a new episode of a show comes out, one that they’re interested in, they have a watch party together, full with snacks and everything. Then they have an obligatory post episode debrief and prediction session
Pedro and Tao: ultimate therapy session. Tao often goes to him when he wants to complain about something (or someone). Pedro is there to listen and give him advice better than a therapist could. He’s just a lot more chill and laid back and Tao lowkey wishes he could be like that sometimes, to be less of an over thinker
Sancho and Esteban: they’re both bad at singing but for some reason, they’re the most excited when it’s karaoke night. They get half the lyrics wrong, they’re out of sync, but they ARE having a lot of fun so it balances out
Sancho and Zia: they’d have tea parties. Sancho likes the food and Zia likes the company and the fake gossip. It’s perfect
Sancho and Tao: I like how in season 1 you can see Sancho really looks after Zia and Esteban on the Esperanza, like a mom. For example, he brings them their food, and also tells Esteban to be careful when he’s playing on the ship. So what I’m saying is. When Tao is busy working on his latest invention, Sancho comes in with some freshly cut up fruit, like a mom. Tao is like “ugh no I’m busy” but he eats it anyway
BONUS:
Isabella and Mendoza: fighting. Not just sword fighting, but arguing. A lot of arguing. And shouting. But they really enjoy it, for some reason
Isabella and Gaspard: They go to the gym together. Yeah that’s it. They for sure helped each other create their workout routines
Mendoza and Gaspard: rage bait each other and make their lives a living hell. And they have fun doing it
Gaspard and Gomez: uhhh smoke break because yeah that’s cool