fix: Make node options composable

[nasdf]

Relevant issue(s)

Resolves #2642

Description

This PR fixes an issue where node subsystem options were not composable.

Tasks

• I made sure the code is well commented, particularly hard-to-understand areas.
• I made sure the repository-held documentation is changed accordingly.
• I made sure the pull request title adheres to the conventional commit style (the subset used in the project can be found in tools/configs/chglog/config.yml).
• I made sure to discuss its limitations such as threats to validity, vulnerability to mistake and misuse, robustness to invalidation of assumptions, resource requirements, ...

How has this been tested?

make test

Specify the platform(s) on which this was tested:

• MacOS

[AndrewSisley]

Sweet, thanks Keenan - this should allow us to further improve the test framework stuff :)

praise: I like the solution you found to this

[shahzadlone]

Thanks for the cleanup :)