jin x takeda: valid. i like jacqui x takeda as a good rare example of a well-handled straight romance, but jin x takeda would make sense and work well too, as well as pairing jin with an age-appropriate bf (important)

jin x erron: nah. not only do they have incompatible personalities, but erron is drastically older. i’ll pass 

erron x kotal: god i love erron x kotal and i hate that mk11 killed it (kind of, but you have to be really brave to ignore canon). i think it had a solid foundation in the mkx story and it’s something i always enjoyed seeing fan content for

liu x lao: no; they view and address each other as brothers, heavily indicated in their mkx dialogues and continued into mk11, so that’s way, way too close for comfort. besides, they both have raiden as a dad figure. so no 

hanzo x kuai: probably the most popular ship in this fandom, and one that i personally really enjoy (see also: my icon). it was the third ship that i really fell for when i was getting into fandom, and i will always have a soft spot for it, although i don’t make much content for it since so many others do 

ermac x erron: i have a good friend who ships it, and while i have no strong feelings on it one way or another, i’m inclined to lean in a positive direction about it. like nearly any mk ship, with some convincing writing and character development, it would work

erron x kabal: i guess this is a mk11-based thing, but i just don’t see it. however, i’m very much not into what mk11 did with any of the characters whatsoever. kabal x stryker is my ship of choice. in mk11′s context, though, i guess i can understand this one 

johnny x erron: first i’ve heard of this one, but i actually really like the idea, now that you mention it. i feel like their personalities would contrast in a very amusing way, especially since johnny would be throwing pop culture references at him all the time 

jade x kotal: i will never like this. it was forced, out-of-the-blue, and clumsily retconned. ironically, if they made it something that develops organically through the story (or if we truly get to see the reasons for it, or like, anything) i would warm up to it. as it is, i hate that they did it

jade x kitana: the writers tried to aggressively kill this ship throughout mk11 in every way (intro dialogues included), but i do not care, i will always like jade/kitana. it’s cute and feels like a natural extension of their friendship